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Life is perfect for Donna and Kim Boon when they move in with their Aunt, until her murder unearths a secret that will alter everything they've ever known. When Donna and Kim lost their parents after a violent home invasion, they were taken in and raised by their aunt, Lisa. She showered the girls with everything a young woman could want, but she also raised them with a hustler's mentality. With the help of Aunt Lisa and her friend, Keraun, Donna and Kim have become experts at identifying the easiest marks and then using their beauty and smarts to take them for everything they're worth. Life is good, and they're surrounded by the finest things. Things become complicated when Keraun and Kim begin an affair, and she is forced to choose between him and her family. Donna and Kim have always been inseparable, but this puts a wedge between them that they don't know if they can repair. They're forced to reunite when an unknown enemy comes after them. Suddenly, everything they've known is turned upside down, and Donna and Kim are suspects in a murder. Who is out to get them? Could it be one of their former marks? Or could it be a traitor from within their own circle? Aunt Lisa always had a plan: in the case of an emergency, get out of Houston and meet at a predetermined spot in New Orleans. But with an unseen enemy hunting them, there's no guarantee that Donna and Kim will make it to the safe spot alive. When you've been living life at the top, the fall can be harder to survive
Tiphani Fuller is on the run for her life. This former district attorney, wife of a Baltimore detective, and mother of two has burnt bridges and left dead bodies across the country. Now she has nowhere to turn but to the home she ran from in her youth. As a child, Tiphani did everything to put the bullet-infested and crime-laden streets of Flint in her rearview mirror. Now she finds herself back in the community with people she swore she would never deal with again. Will Tiphani's past misdeeds, coupled with her present circumstances, be the death of her? Returning to Flint in the middle of a drug war and with nowhere to hide, what will Tiphani do to survive? Sex, lies and betrayal have always been the tools of her trade. Will they be enough to keep her alive this time?
Imagine a girl so in love that she's willing to serve time in jail for her man. Now meet Secret Miller, eighteen and pregnant, being hauled off to jail while her boyfriend, Lucky, looks the other way. The dope the police found in the car is Lucky's, but since it's Secret's car and she's the one driving, the police throw her in cuffs. Not only does Lucky not speak up for his girl, but he has his side chick come and pick him up from the scene while Secret sits watching in the back of a police car. Imagine a girl so obsessed with revenge that she's willing to spend the rest of her life in jail after paying back her man for his disloyalty. Now walk with Secret Miller and a boatload of other broads who have been burned by Lucky. They want to see him pay for the hurt and pain he's caused in their lives.
Treasure Hernandez returns with Magic Touch Simone "Simmy" James never had it easy. When her father's drug operation, one of the biggest on the East Coast, was dismantled, Simone lost both of her parents to the system--her father to a life sentence, and her mother to a 25-year sentence. Gone were the days of luxury cars, high-end clothes, and jewelry that Simmy had grown accustomed to. Forced to live in overcrowded conditions in her grandmother's house, Simmy has to learn how to make money any way she can, and her cousin Jayla is happy to show her the art of high-end boosting. Things run smoothly for a while, until Jayla is arrested. In Jayla's absence, Simmy is forced to go out on her own. Simmy is such an amateur that she gets knocked right away. Before she can contact anyone to come get her, she learns that her bail has been miraculously paid by a stranger named Alexander Stephenson. Alex has several lucrative businesses--high-level boosting, counterfeit checks, credit card scamming, identity theft, and drug trafficking. Simmy feels like she has no choice but to join Alex's team, but she soon learns that fast money is a huge magnet for drama in the form of jealousy, betrayal, and violence.
Follow Treasure Hernandez as she gives you the heart wrenching story of love . . . and blood. Young and naive, Tiara Rogers learns the hard way what happens when you are green in the game. She has everything a girl could ever want, except a normal life. Not understanding that being the daughter of Dallas, Texas kingpin makes her a walking target, she does everything she can to defy her father, including losing her virginity when she falls hard for the charm of a boy she barely knows. She's unaware of the boy's true plans for her, and truths soon turn to deadly lies. Before she knows it, she is left alone, with nowhere to go. She is tossed into a world that she knows nothing about, and the cruelties are unimaginable.Lost in the underworld, with no friends or family, she realizes that her father hadn't done her any favors by keeping her sheltered. He came up from the mud, and she wishes he would have shown her how messy it could get. But now it is too late. With his empire up for grabs, it turns the people that she once trusted into bloodthirsty hounds. Will she be able to reclaim what is rightfully hers, or will she be too broken to even stand up on her own two feet?
Tiana and Cee Cee have more in common than just the city where they were raised. Both have fathers who were involved in criminal activities--fathers who have been murdered. Neither one is coping very well. Tiana wants revenge on her father's killers, but she can't face the pain of his loss, so she attempts suicide. Cee Cee, maniuplated by her scandalous mother, overdoses on antidepressants. Now Cee Cee and Tiana are patients at the William P. Rollins Psychiatric Hospital, but the treatment they receive might be worse than the problems they had on the outside. Dr. Peter Syed uses his position at the hospital to indulge his twisted fantasies. He has repeatedly raped and abused Tiana and Cee Cee, along with Izzy, another Flint resident who was committed to the psychiatric hospital by her abusive boyfriend. Now Tiana, Cee Cee, and Izzy have had enough, and they're ready to take control of their lives again. They blackmail Dr. Syed to get him to release them from the hospital. Each woman is set on returning to Flint to take care of unfinished business with the people who have wronged them, but first, they want to make sure Dr. Syed pays for his sins. When Dr. Syed dies in a car explosion, the women are ready to put him and the psychiatric hospital in the past. Unfortunately, dangerous kingpin S. Gates is about to complicate things for the women. When Peter Syed died, he had his nephew in the car with him--and that child was Gates's son. Now he is hunting for the people responsible for the death of his child. Tiana, Cee Cee, and Izzy return to Flint with revenge on their minds, but what will happen when S. Gates sets his sights on them? Will anyone make it out alive?
Once again, Carl Weber brings together two literary divas to give readers what they've been asking for: empowering stories about big, beautiful women.Rayne creates beautiful works of art, but her personal life is a blank canvas, void of love and passion. With a life-changing showcase on the horizon, Rayne is completely content being alone. She has kept clear of distractions since her last breakup, five years earlier. Things are working in her favor, until an erotic dream shakes her to her core. As if things weren't becoming complicated enough, a new co-worker seems to have stepped directly out of her dream, offering her the opportunity to experience pleasure with no strings attached. Rayne must decide whether to take a chance, or pass up the opportunity that her body is craving. Will this be a masterpiece in the making, or a catastrophe waiting to happen?Given the nickname Pooh Bear by her besties, Dakota Marie Smith is just as lovable, thick, cuddly, and soft spoken as a teddy bear. She's known by family and friends as the good girl, a wallflower who can do no wrong; but she's tired of being the bore in the bunch, so she flies to Las Vegas with plans of leaving her old self behind. Will Dakota be able to throw caution to the wind and explore the stranger within? Considering that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, she might be able to do just that . . . and then some.
Carl Weber presents the second installment of an eight book series, Kingpin. Carl Weber brings the best of Urban street lit authors together, each telling their own dramatic tale of life in the streets in known cities across the USA. The second installment continues with Treasure Hernandez telling the tale of the Dirty South.
Born and raised in Flint, Michigan, Secret Miller knows deep inside that she isn t cut out to live the ghetto life her mother, Yolanda, has prepared for her. She realizes that her only way out of the neighborhood and away from the watchful eyes of her mother is to be the first in her family to graduate from high school and go to college. Although she plans to go far enough away to break free from the streets, Secret may need a Plan B when her estranged father comes back into the picture.Secret is willing to forgive and forget the fact that her father robbed her of being a daddy s girl by not being in her life. In fact, she welcomes him with open arms. But when he sets her up for a fall in which the landing could break her very being, she doesn t know if she ll ever be able to trust men again.Lucky has lost his best friend, Quick, who was gunned down along with Quick s girlfriend, Tiffany. He can t help but to feel guilt and shame, considering that near the end, Lucky hadn t been a very good friend. When Lucky meets Secret by chance, could she be the one who makes him want to change his ways for the better, or will it be just the opposite, making Secret turn from a good girl to straight-up hood?"
When Desiree Johnson receives an unexpected call from her brother, Ernest, Jr., about their father, she and her sixteen-year-old son, Tyree, pack up and rush to her family's summer home in Idlewild. Desiree hasn't been to Michigan in over seventeen years, but when her family calls, she feels she has no choice but to answer. Arriving in the beautiful town, Desiree quickly realizes that no matter how long she has stayed away, the place still holds a special place in her heart. As the summer heats up, Desiree struggles to balance the joy of returning to the community that shaped her childhood with the overwhelming memories of the love and pain she suffered the last summer she spent there. Tyson Rockwell is taken aback by Desiree's return. Their relationship might have lasted only a few months each summer, but their connection was powerful. Tyson might have succumbed to family pressure and let Desiree go once before, but now that she's back, he vows it will not happen again. He needs to prove to Desiree that he never stopped loving her. The problem is that Tyson is now married with children. Desiree's siblings, Donna and Ernest, Jr., have their own share of childhood secrets and adult scandals. Donna is recovering from addiction and convinced her sister's return is all about their ailing father's money She wants to send Desiree a message--go back where you came from or I'll ruin you. Ernest, Jr. is determined to take his rightful place as their father's heir-apparent, and he'll do whatever it takes to keep himself at the top, even if it means backstabbing his siblings and making sure his father never recovers. As the summer heats up, Desiree finds herself in the midst of jealousy, piling secrets, and strong, unexpected feelings for another woman's husband. Will she stand and face it all, or will she run like she did so many years ago?
Anissa Burke has one goal, and that's to be the baddest bitch to ever walk the earth. Using seduction to her advantage, she stays laced in designer clothes, in the best homes, and behind the wheel of fancy cars. Things are good, and when Anissa meets a pimp named Leon, he promises to make them even better. At first Leon treats her like royalty. He tells her she's better than his other girls and even shows her the game. Soon, though, she begins to see the evil in him take root, and his love turns to brutal blows. Tired of seeing bruises on her skin and giving him all her money, Anissa can't take it anymore. After witnessing Leon commit a murder, she calls in an anonymous tip that leads to his arrest.With Leon gone, his spot is up for grabs, and Anissa knows she's the only one who can step into it. The girls trust her, and under her wing, they become the highest paid underground escort business in South Beach. However, sometimes the things buried in the past can dig themselves up. When escorts start turning up dead around the city and an attempt is made on her life, Anissa discovers that Leon has been released from prison. With vengeance in his heart, he wants back what he's started, and he won't stop until there is no more breath in Anissa's body.
Named for her beauty, Belle Dubois is as sweet as can be. Born with a silver spoon in her mouth, she is always given the best--until her world is turned upside down. When she is away in her second year of college, she receives a call informing her that her parents have been murdered. She soon finds out that they were broke, and subsequently so is she. With no home and nowhere to go, Belle is whisked under the wing of a woman named Aria, better known by her stage name, Lady Passion. Before she knows it, Belle becomes part of an underground world that she knows nothing about--one filled with bright lights, sexy clothing, and shiny poles. The money starts to pour in, and soon Belle loses herself in the very same fantasy that she gives every night. Her heart has a void that only money can fill, until she meets a handsome brother named Kidd. He shows her that the sadness in her heart doesn't have to be there. But just when she's thinking about saying her goodbyes to the fast life, her past comes knocking on the door, revealing the truth about her parents' murder. Soon, revenge becomes her temptress...and murder is the only objective.
Treasure Hernandez takes readers on a captivating, headlong plunge into the depths of the streets of Raleigh, North Carolina. It will leave you feenin' for more. With the skills of Michael Vick and the looks of Tyreese, Andrew Amir Davis, a.k.a. Amir, is destined to be a star. But in the streets of Raleigh, North Carolina, NFL dreams can quickly vanish, and a black man can either go with the flow or become another name added to the local obituaries. Amir has the whole hood behind him. He's a beacon of hope for young men who feel they've been discarded by society. North Carolina is breeding him to be their star, but he has other plans in mind. Amir wants to be like his daddy, a hustler with principles who keeps his enemies close and treats his friends like family. Death Before Dishonor is his motto. When his childhood friend ends up in prison with a nine-year bid, Amir is true to the game and holds him down. He adheres to the code of the streets, but will that be enough to keep his crew together? Will Amir be able to forgive one of his childhood friends for being unfaithful to the game that made him the man he is today? Sometimes, a big booty and a smile can bring a soldier to his knees, but there are consequences for violating the code of the streets. Once a vow is taken, there's no turning back.
Carl Weber's Kingpins: The Girls Of South Beach
Treasure Hernandez
KENSINGTON PUBLISHING
2022
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When tragedy strikes, Krystal is faced with decisions that could alter her fate. Right or wrong, good or bad, the choice is ultimately hers to make. She has brains, beauty, and she's eager to please. Krystal Davenport can be anything in life she desires. Well, at least that's what her teachers tell her. However, the brutal truth is that Krystal has one destiny, and that path defines who she is and who she was born to be. This conniving female is indeed her mother's child. Being Ms. Thang's offspring means Krystal is hood royalty. Her family is infamous in the game. They live and die by the code of the streets.