Joy King is one of our favorite authors of urban fiction.  Like many authors, her books are mostly about relationships, the music industry and the drug underworld, however her books are well written and thoroughly entertaining. You can read one of her books in one sitting… Joy has written over a dozen books but she is most known for her Bitch series- Bitch, Bitch Reloaded, The Bitch Is Back, Queen Bitch and Last Bitch Standing; a saga of a young women going from nothing to having it all…

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With this week’s release of Cash Money Content’s debut book Raw Law, author Muhammad Ibn Bashir, Esq. gives his Top 5 reasons why this read will help you fight the power

1. You Don’t Know

There’s an old Frederick Douglas statement that says you have to speak truth to power. And that’s exactly what it does. It not only speaks to the street but it speaks to the corporations, it speaks to the government, it speaks to system in to itself. So when you look up to something that speaks truth to power, this book will do it for you. That’s number one. 95 percent of my work is criminal trial work. So what I’m really running up against is young people who don’t know. Nobody’s really educated them on what’s going to take place when they have to deal with the system. So my point was, enough of this waiting around for someone to walk into an office and blame their lifestyle. I wanted to get 10 to 15 people all at once to get that light moment in their head where they “get it.” They realize the consequences and know the rules. I’m tired of having the same lecture over and over with kids so I figured I would go ahead and do it in writing and try to get the point across a little bit quicker.

2. Public Enemy #1

This is also a book that is targeted for our community. When I say “our” community, I’m talking about the hip-hop community, the generations that nobody speaks to. I am hoping this will become an empowering book, a book that you can read and say, “I walked away and felt, I’m feeling it and I know what to do now.” It’s one of those kinds of things. It gives you an opportunity to read something, enjoy it and understand what you were feeling. Having seen hip-hop for what it really is, growing up with it, it is a cultural phenomenon. It could be great or it could be destructive. So once you see that and self-awareness of pride in the culture, you’ll want to move it forward. My idea was to put it on a pad, like Chuck Dsaid, “When I get mad, I put it on a pad.” This is what the hip-hop community needs. Sometimes you need to stop, look in the mirror and check yourself out. That’s what I’m doing with the book.

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Peter Mack, author of THE SEDUCTION  OF AYANA CHERRY, raises heart rate with hot new novel. View sexy video summary at petermackpresents.com If you like Zane and Walter Mosley, you’ll fall in love with Peter Mack.

Seduction can be a useful tool for giving pleasure and to secure love, money and power. In the wrong hands, especially those of a young woman who has not yet learned to use the power of seduction with purpose, this gift can cause a great amount of pain and heartache.

Ayana Cherry soon learns that her new home in a quiet wealthy suburb of Indianapolis has just as many opportunities for sexual intrigue and deception as the raw streets of Los Angeles. She never imagined that she would be exposed to a secret world of strippers and pimps, and the lies, infidelity, and voyeuristic lust of the family and otherwise respectable neighbors she’d at first believed were simple squares living the good life. Realizing her natural powers of seduction in this place of sexual decorum could cost her more than she can handle.

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Stud Princess, Notorious Vendettas

by N’Tyse

Chyna s back, and this time she s bringing the entourage. While still on a murder mission hunt for the crooked lawyer that double-crossed her uncle, the latest addition to the family brings her one step closer to that sweet revenge. This ruthless queen-pin owns the day and the night. Mother Nature herself can t interrupt her cash flow. But when bad calls are made and her chief female escort goes missing, it s time to set things off. Sand and Rene can admit that they haven t always been honest with one another, but are they ready to forgive and forget? When they each find themselves being blackmailed into working for Chyna, it s no coincidence. They go against the grain to prove their love for one another, bearing in mind whose turf they re treading on. An unrelenting thirst for notorious revenge has Chyna, Sand, and Rene, riding out, hanging low, and staking out their highest claims yet. Click Here to Order

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By: Mr. Bigmann

STREET GANGSTOETRY: O.G. RATED. (loyalty is to die Fo’) is a book of realitypoetry from the Loccish Lifestyle Crip way of life.

STREET GANGSTOETRY represents a cult of life that real street gangstas can relate to. The loccish livelihood of poet Mr. Bigmann begetted from the streets of the Gangsta Mac(Macon, Georgia), where the clip and the trigger decide your fate, as the streets separate color flags by boundaries. Mr. Bigmann expresses reality in every way of a gangsta who has begetted from the culture of their color flag in which they all represents. As the accolade to the late Henry Lee Clark III (Pookie Loc) who was a close loved one to the Mr. Bigmann. Mr. Bigmann dedicates this book to Pookie Loc. Street Gangstoetry will take you through the reality of a Loc’d out banger, hustler, rider, and poet.
STREET GANGSTOETRY defines loyalty is to die Fo’ from the beat of a gangsta of gangsters, man of men, born to win with the breathe of God the rider. Real Street Lit Publishing’s gives the streets realitypoetry from the real streets and executes realitypoetry in its realest lit. Continue reading »

DIAMOND BULLETS

.44 LAWS DISPELLING ILLUSIONS OF THE GAME

BY AL MONDAY

When all the trinkets and material objects are stripped away, and you find yourself in a 6′ x 9′ box, all you have are your experiences. And in these experiences, lies your power.

There are terrible misconceptions about those in prison. Misconceptions like, “Everyone there says they’re innocent,” or other ones that suggest we are all losers. Having been incarcerated 14 years, I can tell you, being innocent is not the sentiment of most of those I’ve met. Over indicted and overcharged maybe, but innocent, no. And loser is a term I’d be careful to use, because if we are all honest with ourselves, the only difference between you and the incarcerated is that you weren’t caught for the crime(s) you committed. Continue reading »

Ride or Die Chick

By: J.M. Benjamin

RIDE OR DIE CHICK is a love story about Treacherous Freeman and Teflon Jackson. Treach and Tef, orphaned in their pre-teen years, discovered each other at a youth detention center, and quickly became inseparable.

Since Treach’s birth, Rich Robinson raised his son to be an emotionless, “treacherous” hustler who feared no one. After Rich’s incarceration, Treach discovers his father committed the ultimate crime, and realizes why his father had prepared him for the streets his whole life. Before he can put his father’s training to the test, Treach ends up sentenced to five years in the youth detention center. Continue reading »

Ignorant Souls

By: Richard Jeanty

Buck Johnson was forced to make something out of nothing. He has witnessed and experienced the most cruel events and situations in his life. Those events led up to the man that he has become and his family will suffer as a result? They say ignorance is bliss, the Johnson family has been the epitome of ignorance due to life s circumstances, but one day change will come. Will it be too late for the Johnson family? How will they make the adjustment in a civilized world?

Cheetah

By: Missy Jackson

Sometimes in the drug hustle some females don’t get the respect they deserve. Well that’s about to change once you take a trip to New Jersey and get acquainted with Cheetah.
She’s been making a name for herself in the city of Newark holding things down with her drug moves; but not quite getting to where she wants to be. Although Cheetah rocks a tough exterior and has a swagger that commands attention from both men and women, she has a big heart that’s revealed only to the ones she loves. Continue reading »

Carbon Copy

By: Azarel

Dominique has been considered the black sheep of the family, while her identical twin sister Monique has always been placed on a pedestal. Ever since they were kids it’s been all about Monique. Both ladies are beautiful divas that are different as night and day but have one thing in common; they are in love with sexy Raphael. He turns his life from ashy to classy and appears to only have eyes for Monique or does he? Dominique is determined to do everything in her power to become Raphael’s main squeeze by any means necessary. Continue reading »

Last Bitch Standing, Part 3

By: Deja King

Precious Cummings is the hurricane that your local news channel failed to warn you about. She’s raging, she’s furious, and she’s out for blood. Queen Bitch left Precious fighting against her frenemy, Maya, one she’d taken in and befriended only to be duped and betrayed in her very own domain. Maya has skillfully schemed and ensnared a confused Supreme into thinking that Precious had left him for her past love, the infamous Nico that Supreme despises as well as fears to some degree. Pulling up stakes, Supreme, Maya, and baby Aaliyah have left with no forwarding address, and upon Precious’ conquering yet another near death experience, she arrives home to find it void of those that she loves more than life itself. Continue reading »

Kissed By The Devil II

By:  Dashawn Taylor

Publisher:  Next Level Publishing (February 9, 2010)

Not since the early days of True To The Game and The Dutch Trilogy has a book series grabbed the attention of the Urban Fiction world with a proverbial death grip. What begins as a typical domestic violence dispute turns into a nasty web of deceit and revenge.  Heidi Kachina’s story begins in a quiet section of Newark, New Jersey.  Heidi spends most of her time getting prepared to marry her fiancé Jayson. Her storybook idea includes everything a young woman dreams of from the loving husband to the nice home to the best things in life. But there are some things about her husband-to-be that Heidi couldn’t imagine was possible. After her fiancé Jayson gets drunk one evening he accuses her of betrayal and mercilessly beats her.  The punishment she receives from her lover is beyond brutal. After he tries to set their house on fire, Jayson dies from a terrible accident. His sudden death sparks the beginning of an insane ride down the dark secrets of his life. Continue reading »

Author: Prince Kofi with Pe Cross

Publisher: Ghetto Life Publishing Company, Inc.
Reviewer: Barbara Nelson

Richie, a tall, brown-skinned, curly-haired, im-poverished youth from Waltham Park in St Andrew, is the main character in this saga that exposes the ugly, violent and brutal roles some Jamaicans play in the drug business in parts of the United States.

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