FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. While DeMarco Winslow finds that his frequent trips to a juvenile detention house provide better living conditions than his own home, his twin sister Jasmine becomes close with the DIVAs, a dangerous gang.

Product Description: The future he was meant for is just within his reach. . . Franklyn "Franky" Bourgeois is fifteen, and he's already done more living than most. First he was blasted out of a normal childhood in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit...read more

Essence bestselling author Travis Hunter tells the story of a young woman who takes control of her own destiny after lifelong abuse. Zola Zaire never had a chance to choose her man. Raped at fourteen, her mother threw her out at sixteen and she was forced to live with a man three times her age. Abuse was all she’d known and she had gotten comfortable as a bottom dweller, until her son was taken from her. That’s when she decided to become the predator instead of the prey. Momma’s a Virgin is Ngiai’s struggle to overcome a horrible past and take control of her future. With the help of her brother, they settle all past scores—but will her quest for revenge jeopardize her future?

Product Description: When poor babies wind up missing, no one seems to care. Urban Brown is a white man who grew up in the dark recesses of the inner city where he was the victim of torment, abuse, abandonment, deception and murder. Urban overcame his horrid past to live a peaceful and prosperous existence in his upper-class community...read more

Product Description: When poor babies wind up missing, no one seems to care. Urban Brown is a white man who grew up in the dark recesses of the inner city where he was the victim of torment, abuse, abandonment, deception and murder. Urban overcame his horrid past to live a peaceful and prosperous existence in his upper-class community...read more

Product Description: Growing up on Philadelphia’s gritty streets, Jermaine Banks was used to fighting, but life has now thrown him some unexpected hooks and jabs. Almost thirty years old, with a three-year-old son who worships the ground he walks on, a pregnant girlfriend whose family hates every breath he takes, and a slain best friend whose death racks him with guilt, Jermaine realizes it’s time to change...read more

Star high-school quarterback Romeo has everything on the right track until his older brother Kwamé gets out of jail and returns to their hard-knock Atlanta life, luring Romeo away from his bright future. Original.

In a follow-up to Something to Die For, lawyer Karim Spencer finds his successful lie threatened by his single-mother sister Nadiah's efforts to blackmail him--over the killing of the man who had murdered Karim's young son--into helping her deal with her own out-of-control son, who is beginning to resemble his no-good father. Original. 20,000 first printing.

Even with his marriage to the perfect woman, Terri, rapidly approaching, Genesis Styles, a smooth-talking womanizer, cannot seem to stop himself from cheating on Terri every chance he gets, despite the warnings of his best friend, Prodigy Banks, until a family crisis makes him realize how important his relationship with Terri is. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

A former college basketball star until a bum murder rap lands him in prison, Nasir Lassiter finally gets the chance to start over when his conviction is overturned, only to find that his girlfriend, Ayana, had given birth to his daughter and is now living with the wealthy and possessive Alonzo, and his mother has become addicted to drugs during his five-year absence. Original. 25,000 first printing.

Three African-American men--each at a very different stage in his life--confront the challenges, emotional upheaval, choices, and problem relationships in their lives. Reprint.

Once again finding themselves in trouble as adults, Dallas Dupree, a successful teacher and father, and his sister, Carmen, an affluent doctor, turn for help to their shady older brother, Priest, the man who had raised them both. Original.

Even with his marriage to the perfect woman, Terri, rapidly approaching, Genesis Styles, a smooth-talking womanizer, cannot seem to stop himself from cheating on Terri every chance he gets, despite the warnings of his best friend, Prodigy Banks, until a family crisis makes him realize how important his relationship with Terri is. Reprint.

Three African-American men--each at a very different stage in his life--confront the challenges, emotional upheaval, choices, and problem relationships in their lives. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.