Fiction - Urban & Street Lit

*Winner of a Lambda Literary Award and an Independent Publisher Book Award *Nominated for a Golden Crown Literary Society Award What is it about a pretty girl in a tight skirt bent over to adjust her stockings? Or that hotter-than-hot butch, swaggering into the...

In the ruthless streets of New Jersey, where betrayal runs deeper than blood and survival is a game of strategy, Dishonorable Deeds introduces a new kind of hood thriller-one that doesn't play by the rules. The first installment in the Street Sweeper Chronicles, this...

From USA Today bestselling author K.C. Mills comes a scorching romance about a ruthless crime boss who discovers his greatest weakness may be the woman he vowed to protect--a gripping tale of power, protection, and the kind of love that breaks all the rules....

Allure is well on her way to achieve" boss bitch" status while on her way to transform her man into the king pimp that he was destined to be. Apple is confused about who she is, who to trust, and where to find a...

Ultra is a young man born into the dark underworld of pimping and whoring. He is forced to takeon the burdens of life before he learns the meaning of the word "life." Faced with the demonsof his subconscious, Ultra struggles to maintain his sanity....

In tis coming of age story, teen Chooka grows up in the weird world of 1950s Aussie pub life. When his alcoholic dad dies, he searches for his identity, and that of his shadowy underage girlfriend, Iris. Captivated by the pub's many crazy customers...

"Get it how you live it," is the foundation of the street lawmakers. When two well-connected Arabs enter the city limits of Durham, North Carolina, they do so without knowing the rules of the land. Pay close attention to the main character of your...

Joi, a real estate agent for one of the leading acies in the metropolitan Detroit area takes a stroll through life believing that good things happened to good people; until she stood face to face with her past improprieties Her childhood sweetheart, Major, invaded...

Balladeer of the city's broken and forgotten men, Joseph G. Peterson looks for inspiration in urban side streets and alleys, where crooked schemes are hatched, where lives end violently, and where pretty much everyone is up to no good. Depicting the lives of people...

"Andrew Porter is a born storyteller . . . He makes his own space instantly and invites you in. Hats off " --Barry Hannah From a commanding new voice in fiction comes a novel as perceptive as it is generous: a portrait of an...

Melvin "Parlay" Anderson finally settles an old score-the rat Calvin gets laid down cold, no apologies. Street justice. The bond with Traci is dead, and Tisha's now the one holding him down. Sherita, his daughter, carries years of trauma, but Melvin steps up, fixing...

In this urban novel, the self-proclaimed king of the streets, Maurice "Big Reese" Payne has been federally indicted by a grand jury. Now it's up to his most trusted lieutenant, Demon, to keep a firm grip on the empire it took them years to...

Author: Ashley & JaquavisISBN-10: 1601622775ISBN-13: 9781601622778Publisher: Urban BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2010Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 8.22h x 5.57w x 0.65d

Author: Gordon M. WilliamsISBN-10: 1035073560ISBN-13: 9781035073566Publisher: Picador UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/10/2026Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 7.76h x 5.12w x 1.00d

Secrets within my Words is the release of Joy Washington's undying talent blooming in the streets of New York City. Her vibrant spark allows her poetry and skills for music to rise and open up the biggest chance of her life. Past demons and...

Twin brothers, Cam'ren & Cam'ron are faced with the trials of growing up when their mother dies from cancer, and their father is murdered right before their eyes for cheating a notorious gangster named Mickey. They become separated after the tragedy with Cam'ron taking...

Swallowing her pride, Rhonda auditioned for an opening at Sugar Daddy's Gentlemen's Club as an exotic dancer. Rhonda felt it was degrading, but what other option did she have? The only downfall with her plan of being a stripper was... "I honestly had no...

Nothing stays the same...... ever Tired of walking the streets of San Francisco selling their bodies and not reaping anything from it, Keymah and Diamond try to come up with a plan to come from under the hard regime of their cold-blooded pimp P-Sly....

The journey of Tory Smith continues in the sequel to Life Ain't Fair. From Minneapolis to New York, Tory has turned her life around for the better. After escaping her previous abusive relationship, Tory finds herself living what she thinks is any woman's fairytale...

JuneBug is free at last, and he is a changed man. Although he suffered a lot during the time he'd spent as a member of the ill-famed RockBottom Family, he has a new vision in mind as a parolee. Instead of picking up where...

Author: John TerlatoISBN-13: 9798230750819Publisher: John TerlatoLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/11/2025Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.22d

Aaliyah's life has been a rollercoaster of love, betrayal, and self-discovery. Now, as she stands on the brink of a new chapter, she's ready to take on the world with renewed strength and resilience. "My Sister Betrayed Me Book 2" follows Aaliyah as she...

Severe weather canceled their flights, bringing two complete strangers together. Determined to make it to Atlanta to accomplish their individual goals, the pair decide to hit the road despite the treacherous weather.Joiful Nichols loves her family but isn't exactly excited to see them for...

A vital and honest book exploring the pain of the immigrant experience and the turmoil it can carry across generations, from the winner of the Desmond Elliott PrizeDEREK OWUSU NAMED GRANTA'S BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE...

As young as 9 years old, Bohead already craved greatness. Living in Haynes Garden Apartments, he built a multi-million-dollar drug empire with the help of three girls named Africa, Brazil, and Lexus. The three sisters treated Bohead just like their baby brother and mentored...

The bestselling voice of Europe's fastest-growing, fastest-living city: the new Berlin. 'The little jewellery box also held the red coral bracelet from Nikolai Sergeyevich. Its six hundred and seventy-five little coral beads were strung onto a silken thread, and they glowed as red as...

An already volatile eastside community becomes entrenched in community activism after the unwarranted murder of an African American youth. The youth-a standout athlete-is shot down in the streets under dubious circumstances by an officers questionable judgment, sparking civil unrest in the urban African American...

When retired FBI forensic psychologist Spencer Berry breaks up a scuffle between gang members, a chase ensues, leading Spencer to a creek where he discovers the nude remains of a young woman. Deidre Lawdrence, who lives behind this creek, finds herself drawn to Spencer...

Excluded from society, the characters in these short short stories are outcasts, cut off from each other, from their future, from their own lives or from sanity and meaning. In Rosalind Goldsmith's remarkable debut collection, cutting-edge prose, rich in compassion, captures lives lived in...

FineElegance Li is a protagonist in a series of novels of WeiJian Zhu. After he solved many major cases while facing life threatening situations, he was transferred to be the director of Bureau of Public Security of Green Hill in a coal mining area,...

Sometimes love and loyalty is unbalanced and we end up hurting the people that we care about the most. Imagine finding your best friend dead and you know you should've been with her or you could be next. Sometimes the only person that's there...

Blast from the Past Payback is a bitch named Maxine. She's a once-demure law student who's finally free after serving time for a murder she didn't commit. Maxine has a score to settle, and she's now driven to return the favor of destruction. Her...

I became a demon slayer...a defender of the cosmic orderThat's quite a career change from the U.S. MarinesI'll not gild the lily...training was a bitchBonus: the environment was target-richAuthor: W. J. CherfISBN-10: 0998931802ISBN-13: 9780998931807Publisher: Foxbat PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/18/2017Pages: 446Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 7.99h x 5.24w...

Live for love, or die fighting death? That's the gnawing question that haunts Red, a trained killer since his youth who finds himself in the middle of a bloody power struggle between his lady, Tanasha Black, and her father, his employer, crime lord Black...

"Night Navigation" opens on a freezing-rain night in upstate New York: the kindling gone, the fire in the woodstove out. Del s thirty-seven-year-old manic-depressive son needs a ride, but she s afraid to make the long drive north to the only detox that has...

200's jackboy ambitions has brought him millions of dollars, but its also brought him many enemies. The most active being the true underworld bosses of Dallas - the Golliday's, and the ruthless leader of their faction, PG. Scorned and hurt by the unfortunate deaths...

" A Billionaire's Bucket List: A Life of Dreams, Regrets, and Redemption" is a powerful and deeply personal journey of a billionaire who spent his life chasing wealth, only to realize that true fulfillment lies beyond material success. Told in an intimate first-person narrative,...

Have you ever looked at a woman and knew something just wasn't right with her? That no matter how hard she tried to fit in, there was always something off about her?We've all got that friend. The strange one who never wants to introduce...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES CHARLOTTE AITKEN YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD'With the sharp and delectable music of its dialect, the book grabs you by its teeth from the first page and never quite lets go . . . This is an urgent...

Can a former supervillain escape his sins? Years on a grueling, deep-cover mission left young superhero Jake Powell world-weary and broken. With his past behind him, he just wants to focus on getting his life back together to prepare for a future with his...

Wasted days and wasted nights with your friends can be a beautiful thing. Sidney Beckett finds his place among the Wildwood Dead. Summer nights of adventures, good tunes and wild fights. Join Sidney and the rest on their journeys in their world of outcast,...

The Metalheads - Heavy metal music, partying, drugs, alcohol and sex are the only things that matter to this subculture of teen misfits. When the hottest rocker chick in town, Trisha Williams, is thrown a 16th birthday bash at her father's house, things take...

Eric "Pharaoh" Wright is an up-and-coming producer and hip hop artist in the City of Birmingham. As his star begins to rise, he finds it harder and harder to find love. Groupies are good for one thing, and the women that he takes interest...

Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) is a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Divided into three separate parts, according to subject matter, it includes one of his better-known short stories, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". Several of the stories...

Together they have the world in their hands. They are the First Family of Black America. The power couple. No one can stop them. But their enemies are hard at work trying to do just that. The Mexican terrorist Jennifer Costilla returns to the...

Just one shot, and Ray became a KILLER!Provoked by his gang leader into shooting an innocent guy, Ray now faces a forty-year sentence in Chicago's infamous prison system. As far as he is concerned, it might as well be for life.In prison, he finds...

This story collection--a finalist for the annual first fiction award presented by the Texas Institute of Letters--explores Austin, Texas, a city famous for music, football, and drunken fun frolics-- and famous too for traffic jams, anomie, and dislocation. In Long Time Ago Good, Lowell...

What happens when Mila doesn't feel like going home directly after a visit to the local grocery store with her mom? Discover the adventures they encounter on their leisurely walk home. Mila becomes a guide for her mom - to see, hear, smell, and...

Teacher Raymond Donne finds himself embroiled in another baffling murder case when his friend MoJo is found dead on the school roof, pierced by an arrow. On the rooftop of Raymond Donne's school, Maurice 'MoJo' Joseph's lifeless body is found with an arrow sticking...

Author: Fern KupferISBN-10: 1683151151ISBN-13: 9781683151159Publisher: Culicidae Press, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/15/2025Pages: 258Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d