Download or read book Hood Boyz Fall in Love Too 2 written by Shvonne Latrice and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the previous installment, Owen was faced with her haunting past, and with nowhere to run. Having let her guard down due to being with the handsome and protective Conquer, will she be able to get away unlike the last time? Or will the perpetrator strike again, ruining the progress Owen has made personally and romantically? If so, Owen will quickly realize that Conquer loves very hard, is extremely zealous when it comes to his La Bella."--Page [4] of cover.
Download or read book Hood Boyz Fall in Love Too 3 written by Shvonne Latrice and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the final installment, outsiders will give it one last whirl to attempt to break up the unbreakable Owen and Conquer. From fake pregnancies to jealous family members, no stone will be left unturned when trying to rip this couple apart. Not to mention, the young, handsome, intelligent, and extremely envied capo, has daggers being shot his way constantly, prompting Owen to become leery of what she's signed up for. Will the couple make it in love and out of all the drama alive? Or will people finally yank them apart by any means necessary, giving seemingly the world what it ultimately wants? Take this last ride with Owen and Conquer, two people with a bond and love so strong, that some covet it, some loathe it, and others can't comprehend it."--Page [4] of cover.
Download or read book A Ruthless Love Story written by K.L. Hall and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-21 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When love leaves nineteen-year-old Loyalty Wallace with nothing but a pair of bruised ribs, she finds herself with $500,000 in stolen cash from her boyfriend, Whip, and a target on her back. She plans to use that money to escape her toxic relationship, but what she doesn’t know is the money she stole wasn’t his to keep. It was a loan from the Belmonte family, one of the most dangerous families in the heart of the Big Apple. Most children are taught not to play with their food, but Nevahn “Lourde” Belmonte was taught never to play with his money. He comes from a world of trappers and killers disguised as businessmen, so there are no college savings or 401K’s, only street money. As the only son of a street god, he’s next in line to inherit the million-dollar family “business” until his father throws a wrench in his plans. He must create a legacy, and he will not hand him the keys to the kingdom until he has a wife. With the lifestyle he lives, there’s no room for monogamy, let alone marriage. When Loyalty’s actions land her in Lourde’s presence, he’s immediately drawn to her fearlessness and beauty. She just may be the girl he needs to get what he wants. When given the chance, he makes her an offer she can’t refuse. Over time, what was supposed to be just a “business” deal turns into much more than just six zeros scribbled on a check. In A Ruthle$$ Love Story, she will find out what it’s like to fall in love with a man whose reputation is almost as ruthless as his smile, and he will learn what it means to love someone unconditionally.
Download or read book Open Water written by Caleb Azumah Nelson and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION 5 UNDER 35 WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION “Open Water is tender poetry, a love song to Black art and thought, an exploration of intimacy and vulnerability between two young artists learning to be soft with each other in a world that hardens against Black people.”—Yaa Gyasi, author of Homegoing In a crowded London pub, two young people meet. Both are Black British, both won scholarships to private schools where they struggled to belong, both are now artists—he a photographer, she a dancer—and both are trying to make their mark in a world that by turns celebrates and rejects them. Tentatively, tenderly, they fall in love. But two people who seem destined to be together can still be torn apart by fear and violence, and over the course of a year they find their relationship tested by forces beyond their control. Narrated with deep intimacy, Open Water is at once an achingly beautiful love story and a potent insight into race and masculinity that asks what it means to be a person in a world that sees you only as a Black body; to be vulnerable when you are only respected for strength; to find safety in love, only to lose it. With gorgeous, soulful intensity, and blistering emotional intelligence, Caleb Azumah Nelson gives a profoundly sensitive portrait of romantic love in all its feverish waves and comforting beauty. This is one of the most essential debut novels of recent years, heralding the arrival of a stellar and prodigious young talent.
Download or read book Dope Boyz Who Love Hood Gurlz 2 written by A'Zayler and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-08 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although everything isn't all good for the Washington sisters, everything isn't all bad either. With the love of her life finally home, Vanity is on cloud nine. Having missed him and their relationship more than anything she's doing everything in her power to make sure he's happy, which means putting away her old habits. If only that was as easy as it sounded. With Malcolm and the strip club in Vanity's rearview Rico is having a hard time trusting her. What is Vanity to do when old flames and hidden secrets begin to resurface? Has she gone through three long years without Rico only to lose him again? Cruz and Vega are one of the most sought after couples in the city. Although people are loving them together, clearly seeing them a part is even better. After finding out that the love of her life may possibly have a child on the way with another woman Cruz is crushed. Now that the fairytale relationship she's grown accustomed to have come to a screeching halt its time for her to take matters into her own hands. Since Vega is having such a hard time putting a stop to this paternity scandal, Cruz decides to abandon the weak girl role and handle it on her own. Just when Ronnie thought she'd finally found a boy to give her heart to, she discovers he's been cheating. After giving Turk her body and a small space of her heart, only to find out he's still into games, Ronnie is on to something new. Cute, sweet, and fun loving football star, Courtney, is exactly what Ronnie needs to take her mind off of the drama with Turk. As always it took for Turk to see her with another man for him to change. Only problem with that is, it may be too late.
Download or read book Better Than Your Ex written by K. C. Mills and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donovan Barron AKA Young is Southside to the heart and not even his NBA career can change that about him. The streets taught him to trust no one but after running into Stony Dorrian a few times he quickly learns that she has the power to change that. Falling for Stony, hard and fast may be his biggest blessing or his biggest downfall. Stony Dorrian's life has been carefully planned out by her parents and in their minds if it don't make money then it doesn't make sense. This is true even when it comes to Stony's love life. Unhappy with the way her life has been planned out Stony and after a little encouragement from her best friend, Ashlyn, Stony takes a chance with Young. This one decision will change Stony's life forever and have an impact with her parents that no one ever saw coming. Stony's parents won't lose control of their only daughter so easily and the drama will commence. Secrets that will threaten to destroy not only Young and Stony's new found romance but also their lives will be revealed. As Stony's best friend Ashlyn always wants what's best for friend which is why she encourages Stony to give Young a chance even if it is only for one night. Little does she know that one night will not only change Stony's life but hers as well. After a bad break up with her ex, Ashlyn isn't looking for love but it just might find her in the form a mysterious stranger. Papa is the man in the streets in his mind life is complete, he has everything he needs. Planning to leave the streets soon, Papa is cruising through life. One favor for Young, thrust Ashlyn into his life and he quickly realizes that maybe his life isn't as complete as he thought. Ashlyn has has him reevaluating things and making decisions that he never saw coming. As with all new couples, the drama will be there to try and destroy both couples relationships and they will have to fight hard to survive it all. The secrets and lies maybe too much for them to handle when it is all said and done. Even if you find the one who is Better Than Your Ex, the universe might not play nice enough to let you have your happily ever after, but when it's for you, no one can stop you from having it, or can they?
Download or read book A Hood Chick s Story written by Lashonda Devaughn and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-02-13 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drama is no stranger to Tiara James. When it felt like the world had finally changed the hand that she'd been dealt, reality continued to creep up on her. With a mom on the verge of becoming an alcoholic and an alcoholic crack-addicted father who use to beat her mom in front of her, who could blame Tiara for finding a family on the streets. Tiara's loyalty to her friends was undeniable. The crew consisted of, Tiara, Tamika, Shavon, Renee, Ke Ke and Karen. They jumped, robbed and fought other girls who stood in their way. When trouble surfaced, the crew had no problems with getting their hands dirty. Tiara was faithful to her crew handling any drama that presented itself. But when jealousy get's the best of friends, things continued to get ugly. With an older brother Tre James wrapped deeply into the streets becoming a drug dealer at 13, their younger brother Sharod had no choice but to admire both Tre and Tiara's lifestyle. Tragedy continued to hit home and Tiara's life continued to go down hill. She lost people who she loved and trusted the most to death, jail or betrayal. From welfare, section 8, jail, drugs, abusive relationships and lies, Tiara's future seems uncertain. Will she finally rise above the drama that meets her at every corner, or remain trapped in the jaws of the hood? Brace yourself as Tiara James takes you on a rollercoaster ride in her footsteps, in her hood, telling her story.
Download or read book A Deeper Love Inside written by Sister Souljah and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural-born hustler Porsche Santiaga refuses to accept her new life in juvenile detention after her family is torn apart and fights to regain what she has lost.
Download or read book The Brave written by James Bird and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of Rain Reign, this middle-grade novel The Brave is about a boy with an undiagnosed anxiety issue and his move to a reservation to live with his biological mother. Collin can't help himself—he has a mental health condition that finds him counting every letter spoken to him. It's a quirk that makes him a prime target for bullies, and frustrates the adults around him, including his father. When Collin asked to leave yet another school, his dad decides to send him to live in Minnesota with the mother he's never met. She is Ojibwe, and lives on a reservation. Collin arrives in Duluth with his loyal dog, Seven, and quickly finds his mom and his new home to be warm, welcoming, and accepting of his disability. Collin’s quirk is matched by that of his neighbor, Orenda, a girl who lives mostly in her treehouse and believes she is turning into a butterfly. With Orenda’s help, Collin works hard to learn the best ways to manage his anxiety disorder. His real test comes when he must step up for his new friend and trust his new family.
Download or read book Ordinary Girls written by Jaquira Díaz and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the Must-Read Books of 2019 According to O: The Oprah Magazine * Time * Bustle * Electric Literature * Publishers Weekly * The Millions * The Week * Good Housekeeping “There is more life packed on each page of Ordinary Girls than some lives hold in a lifetime.” —Julia Alvarez In this searing memoir, Jaquira Díaz writes fiercely and eloquently of her challenging girlhood and triumphant coming of age. While growing up in housing projects in Puerto Rico and Miami Beach, Díaz found herself caught between extremes. As her family split apart and her mother battled schizophrenia, she was supported by the love of her friends. As she longed for a family and home, her life was upended by violence. As she celebrated her Puerto Rican culture, she couldn’t find support for her burgeoning sexual identity. From her own struggles with depression and sexual assault to Puerto Rico’s history of colonialism, every page of Ordinary Girls vibrates with music and lyricism. Díaz writes with raw and refreshing honesty, triumphantly mapping a way out of despair toward love and hope to become her version of the girl she always wanted to be. Reminiscent of Tara Westover’s Educated, Kiese Laymon’s Heavy, Mary Karr’s The Liars’ Club, and Terese Marie Mailhot’s Heart Berries, Jaquira Díaz’s memoir provides a vivid portrait of a life lived in (and beyond) the borders of Puerto Rico and its complicated history—and reads as electrically as a novel.
Download or read book Hood Love written by Shantel Johnson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tamina's childhood revolved around one person, her best friend Markus. Ever since he moved across the street she had been fascinated by him. They played ball together, went to school together, and hung out at the corner store all the time. Everyone at school would say they were together, but Markus never said anything. Tamina wanted to be with him even if it was against her mother's wishes. Markus' father was a big time gangsta but Tamina was sure Markus was nothing like him, until she came home from school one day and saw him getting put in the back of a police car. Years later, Tamina still hasn't heard from Markus. She had moved on with her life surrounding herself with good friends and spending as much time as she could in her college text books. One night, her and her girls decided to kick it at a club, trying to take a break from life. There, Tamina meets Dante, a suave, smooth, and sophisticated young man and makes her lose her breath. He just might be the one to make her forget all about Markus.
Download or read book We Beat the Street written by Sampson Davis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-04-20 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up on the rough streets of Newark, New Jersey, Rameck, George,and Sampson could easily have followed their childhood friends into drug dealing, gangs, and prison. But when a presentation at their school made the three boys aware of the opportunities available to them in the medical and dental professions, they made a pact among themselves that they would become doctors. It took a lot of determination—and a lot of support from one another—but despite all the hardships along the way, the three succeeded. Retold with the help of an award-winning author, this younger adaptation of the adult hit novel The Pact is a hard-hitting, powerful, and inspirational book that will speak to young readers everywhere.
Download or read book Harlem Girl Lost written by Treasure E. Blue and published by One World. This book was released on 2008-12-24 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A true urban novel filled with vivid images of the street.” –Black Issues Book Review Treasure E. Blue, street lit’s hottest newcomer, crafts characters that fly off the page and a story that burns with intensity. Set in Harlem, this searing novel is a poignant and gritty portrait of urban survival of the ghetto’s fittest . . . and most fierce. Silver Jones knows just how cruel life can be. Her mother was chewed up and spit out by its dark side–brutally murdered while turning a trick. Rather than live with her abusive grandmother, Silver runs away. Determined to escape the mean streets, Silver longs for an education. But after running into an old friend, a homeless youth named Chance whom she’d taken under her wing once upon a time, Silver puts her dreams of college on hold. Chance is grown now–and he’s a powerful drug overlord. But underneath the cool exterior is the same innocent boy Silver once loved. As they begin an affair, Silver tries to convince Chance to give up the lethal way of life that ruined both their childhoods. But Chance knows that walking away from the game means having to pay a deadly price. Silver won’t take no for an answer–even if it means delving into a seedy underworld and outscheming some of its most vicious drug-dealers and cold-blooded murderers. “Even in Blue’s world of double-crossing, misogyny, drugs and brutality, an against-all-odds fairy tale can come true.” –Publishers Weekly
Download or read book A Kut Above The Rest 3 written by Annitia L. Jackson and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we left Alexis and the crew, lives were hanging in the balance and their enemies were celebrating their victories. Old relationships were strained and new ones started to form. But they were quickly threatened by danger and drama from jealous exes and bitter enemies bent on revenge. Will Alexis and Kevell be able to survive and come to the rescue of their loved ones who need them the most? Or will the losses and damage their enemies have inflicted be too much for them to handle? Find out if the crew comes out with their loves, lives, and freedom intact in this drama-filled finale.
Download or read book California Soul written by Keith Corbin and published by Random House. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE • A sharply crafted and unflinchingly honest memoir about gangs, drugs, cooking, and living life on the line—both on the streets and in the kitchen—from one of the most exciting stars in the food world today “Beautiful. Moving. Inspiring. Get it.”—Chris Storer, Emmy Award–winning creator of The Bear A SALON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Chef Keith Corbin has been cooking his entire life. Born on the home turf of the notorious Grape Street Crips in 1980s Watts, Los Angeles, he got his start cooking crack at age thirteen, becoming so skilled that he was flown across the country to cook for drug operations in other cities. After his criminal enterprises caught up with him, though, Corbin spent years in California’s most notorious maximum security prisons—witnessing the resourcefulness of other inmates who made kimchi out of leftover vegetables and tamales from ground-up Fritos. He developed his own culinary palate and ingenuity, creating “spreads” out of the unbearable commissary ingredients and experimenting during his shifts in the prison kitchen. After his release, Corbin got a job managing the kitchen at LocoL, an ambitious fast food restaurant spearheaded by celebrity chefs Roy Choi and Daniel Patterson, designed to bring inexpensive, quality food and good jobs into underserved neighborhoods. But when Corbin was suddenly thrust into the spotlight, he struggled to live up to or accept the simplified “gangbanger redemption” portrayal of him in the media. As he battles private demons while achieving public success, Corbin traces the origins of his vision for “California soul food” and takes readers inside the worlds of gang hierarchy, drug dealing, prison politics, gentrification, and culinary achievement to tell the story of how he became head chef of Alta Adams, one of America’s best restaurants.
Download or read book Pride written by Ibi Zoboi and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a timely update of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic. A smart, funny, gorgeous retelling starring all characters of color. Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri wants nothing to do with their two teenage sons, even as her older sister, Janae, starts to fall for the charming Ainsley. She especially can’t stand the judgmental and arrogant Darius. Yet as Zuri and Darius are forced to find common ground, their initial dislike shifts into an unexpected understanding. But with four wild sisters pulling her in different directions, cute boy Warren vying for her attention, and college applications hovering on the horizon, Zuri fights to find her place in Bushwick’s changing landscape, or lose it all. "Zoboi skillfully depicts the vicissitudes of teenage relationships, and Zuri’s outsize pride and poetic sensibility make her a sympathetic teenager in a contemporary story about race, gentrification, and young love." (Publishers Weekly, "An Anti-Racist Children's and YA Reading List")
Download or read book A Ruthless Love Story 3 written by K.L. Hall and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life has a way of showing you who you are, and who you're not. Lourde has spent the majority of his adulthood feared by most who pass his way, always handling every hiccup the way he was taught. After all, ghosts can't talk. Now, there's more blood on his hands than ever before. If Loyalty finds out the secret he's harboring, it just may be impossible for them to make it to the top together.Growing up without a father, Loyalty never imagined she would ever get the opportunity to meet him. With the chance of a lifetime in front of her, she's ready to make the connection she's always wanted. Will her newfound link be in vain? After all, everyone always wants something. When life-altering news surfaces, she's left to pick up the pieces of her broken heart. Neenah finds herself in a state of pure hatred while stepping into her role as the head of Bell Transportation. With the betrayal of her fianc and best friend on the tip of everyone's tongue, she's on a vengeful rampage that may just lead her down a path of destruction. Being the new face of her father's legacy while simultaneously getting revenge may be nearly impossible. After spending years in hiding, Mayumi Belmonte is back. She's come home to revel the death of her estranged husband and right her wrongs with her children and her past lover, Eugene. While trying to save her children from a war they can't win, she knows one thing for sure, Eugene Hayworth isn't done with them yet. In this highly awaited finale, lines will be crossed, bodies will fall, and so will families. When the time comes for everyone to face the music for all the damages they've caused, who will be left standing?
