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Parish “Pain” Wells is a man freshly reintroduced to society, after serving time in state prison. Prior to his fall, Pain had been a heist man who showed the promise of someone who could go on to be a legend. His trajectory changed on the night he had made the mistake of accepting a ride from a friend, and found himself behind bars for the one crime he hadn’t committed. Several years later, Pain returns home to a world that wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire. The only one who still remains in his corner is his ailing grandmother.

Autumn, a survivor of an abusive relationship, finds solace in the arms of Patience, a kind-hearted single father. With her ex refusing to let go, their love becomes a dangerous game. Can Patience protect Autumn and his child from the clutches of her obsessive ex, or will their love be doomed from the start?

There’s chaos in Hollywood at the end of the New Year’s Eve countdown. Working her graveyard shift, LAPD detective Renée Ballard waits out the traditional rain of lead as hundreds of revelers shoot their guns into the air. Only minutes after midnight, Ballard is called to a scene where a hardworking auto shop owner has been fatally hit by a bullet in the middle of a crowded street party.

Disaya Morgan, a character first introduced in Girls from Da Hood 4, returns in this gritty tale of a money-hungry woman who finds her life spinning out of control. When Disaya meets Indie and falls hopelessly in love, she is determined to keep her lifestyle a secret - but everything done in the dark eventually comes to light. When she loses control of her own hustle, things go horribly wrong, and she learns the hard way that, in the game she’s playing, there are no winners.

East Harlem, 2008. In an instant, a five-story tenement collapses into a fuming hill of rubble, pancaking the cars parked in front and coating the street with a thick layer of ash. As the city’s rescue services and media outlets respond, the surrounding neighborhood descends into chaos. At day’s end, six bodies are recovered, but many of the other tenants are missing. In Lazarus Man, Richard Price, one of the greatest chroniclers of life in urban America, creates intertwining portraits of a group of compelling and singular characters whose lives are permanently impacted by the disaster.

This is a Rerelease... Do you believe you can find love in a one-night stand? Successful and beautiful, Hazel Morris is living her best life and doesn't know that she is missing anything until one lustful night changes it all. After meeting Charvez, a bad boy to the core, on the night of her best friend's wedding, she is caught up in the moment and lets her lust take over to enjoy one night with him, even though she knows it is wrong. It is only supposed to be a single night of fun but there is one problem: Hazel's emotions are quickly caught up and she wants more. Charvez was a street ...

The gang is back with more drama than one can handle. Everyone has a past filled with secrets. Will the person you’re with, love you the same when their deepest and darkest secrets are exposed? 
Hood hasn’t been the best boyfriend, but no one can deny the love he has for Yana. With everything against them can they remain in love and happy, even when secrets threaten to steal their happiness they both thought they had?
 Both Diva and Sham were living the life they’d both wanted, and the blessing they had on the way was the icing on the cake. That was until a woman who spoke of ...

This is a re-release You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe. Brie perceived the horrors of hell; she’s undergone the darkest times. It made her hard. She now strides with the fearlessness of the wolf. She lives with the bravery of the lion. And acts with the fierceness of the dragon. Now, can she prove to Rock that she’s capable of loving him, being the woman that she is? In a choice between love and fear, choose love. That’s what Rock aims to do, but everything he wants is on the other side of fear. He doesn’t know meeting with a client about ...

Ocean was the driver's name, and it fit her perfectly. Just looking at her, he knew that her beauty was endlessly deep, and behind the allure in her eyes was violent turbulence. She was beyond her curves, chocolate skin, and artistic features. Despite her youth, life had dealt her a bad hand. She had the eyes of a fighter—determined and unafraid. Her pain was evident in the creases of her brow and the natural pout of her full lips. Her amazing eyes revealed a broken soul, fighting to put itself back together.

Some people are best left in the past, along with your mistakes and regrets. However, it’s a hard habit to unlearn what you have learned. Rae has finally released her deepest darkest secret. She vowed to take that secret to the grave, but now that it’s out she’s not sure if she can trust Baby with that information. She spent months crying, forgiving, and learning about herself and her past. Rae feels she’s going to die of a broken heart, but Baby wants to teach her to let her tears water the seeds of her future happiness. He’s going to do everything in his power to gain her trust ...

I’m Leslie Velveeta Spinx, the ‘L’ in LMAO. Come and join me on my journey to the Edge Control Tour. It’s about to be a sold-out show! Before you take your seat, I should warn you, there are a few important things you should know about me.

**THIS IS A RE-RELEASE** In this New Jersey Love Story spin-off series, we take a ride through the streets of the dirty Jersey, with the heirs to the Jones and Knight throne, as they experience love and everyday life. Thanks to their parents’ hard work and sacrifices, these siblings have always lived the privileged life of luxury houses, cars, and jewels. Meet Malachi Jones… the twenty-four-year-old laid back, ambitious playboy. During the day, he’s an elementary school gym teacher, but at night, he’s a whole different person. Money and women fall on his lap wherever he goes. ...

They say that good girls like bad boys, and this was especially true for Pearl Stone, a child born of privilege to a drug baron and reputed killer known in the streets as Big Stone. Although the flashy, fast-paced nature of the streets calls to Pearl, she's been brought up to look but not touch. Yet when a young hustler named Diamonds crawls up from the swamps of Louisiana and sets up shop in New York City, everything Pearl was taught flies out the window.

At Christmastime, a family of three are missing someone dear to them. Until unexpected guests begin to arrive at their empty house, filling it with Christmas memories in the making.

Seventeen-year-old Camryn Piers has only one goal in mind: graduate high school and get as far away from Monroe as she possibly can. Camryn has a vision for her young life, and it doesn’t involve getting caught up like most of her peers. She wants to become a Journalist and one day write a best-selling novel or two. Camryn’s a good girl who only wants the best for herself and works hard to achieve her goals without the distraction of boys and the issues that come with them. She was perfectly fine being the single virgin who never had a boyfriend in her life. In walks Aasim, or Ace, as ...

Renée Ballard is working the night beat again and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours only to find a stranger rifling through old file cabinets. The intruder is retired detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin. Ballard kicks him out but then checks into the case herself, and it brings a deep tug of empathy and anger. Bosch is investigating the death of 15-year-old Daisy Clayton, a runaway on the streets of Hollywood who was brutally murdered and her body left in a dumpster like so much trash. Now, Ballard joins forces with Bosch.

Nobody's better at taking out bodies than Larry Jackson, aka "Daddy Cool." Long as he's paid in full, he'll pull the trigger or stick a knife deep, whatever it takes to get the job done. No questions asked. Nobody's better. Nothing knocks him off his game-except his own family. Dead ass. He's got two stepsons wasting space and a wife he almost forgot about. But his daughter is another story.

Operated by the same family for more than a century, Midnight Blues may be fun for the locals and the tourists, but as of late, the club hasn’t been fun for its owner, Big Shirley Duncan, or her son Tyrese, descendants of the original proprietors. The pair finds themselves in the middle of a turf war between local politicians, developers, and a ruthless underworld boss, Jean LeBlanc, who is looking to make a name for himself. Afraid for the first time in her life that her family may lose control of The Blues, Big Shirley sends Tyrese to New York to see her brother-in-law, LC Duncan.

Step into the vibrant world of Oakland, where a group of Black adults navigating adult autism, adult ADHD, and the complexities of AUDHD find each other and form an unbreakable bond. "The Full Spectrum" is a raw, honest exploration of neurodiversity in urban fiction, challenging stereotypes and celebrating the beauty of neurodivergent minds.

In the little city of Flint, Michigan, the good die young, and the people left standing are the grimiest of characters. With reign over the city's drug trade, Benjamin Atkins made sure that his precious daughter, Raven, was secluded from the grit that the city had to offer. But when Raven's young heart gets claimed by Mizan, a stick-up kid in search of a come-up, there's nothing Benjamin can do about losing her to the streets.