Download or read book In Love With The Hood In Him 2 written by Natisha Raynor and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jaxyn is fed up with Inaya’s blatant disrespect, and she no longer desires to be her friend. The way Inaya ‘jokes’ with her, was always a sore spot for Jaxyn, but she isn’t willing to take it anymore. Despite the demise of their friendship, Jaxyn knows she can’t continue to sleep with Hiram. She’s not out to hurt Inaya just because she no longer cares for her, but leaving Hiram alone is easier said than done. Jaxyn just can’t understand why it seems that a man that was created just for her, designed to be her soulmate, and destined to capture her heart, has to be the husband of her friend. Just when Jaxyn is determined to leave Hiram alone once and for all, she gets some news that further complicates the situation. It seems as if everything is going wrong for Jaxyn, but anytime she’s in Hiram’s arms, it almost makes it worth it. Jaxyn isn’t only fighting her own feelings, she’s fighting Hiram as well because he refuses to let her walk away. Biyou is heartbroken. Never in a million years, did she expect Kinkaid to do her the way that he had. Although she is heartbroken, Biyou refuses to be just another victim of cheating. She is out to hurt Kinkaid just as much as he hurt her, possibly a whole lot more. Kinkaid loves Biyou more than anything in the world, so he refuses to just let her walk away from him. In an effort to clear his name, he goes to great lengths to find out if Unique is pregnant by him, after all. After finding out that she isn’t, Kinkaid is ready to live happily ever after with Biyou. Unfortunately, a secret that Biyou never wanted exposed lands directly in Kinkaid’s hands. As Jaseem prepares for the arrival of his baby boy, he finds himself in the middle of a whirlwind of drama. Between issues with his baby mother, Kinkaid, and Biyou, Jaseem has a lot on his plate. Sadly, the drama is nowhere near an end. When he murders a burglar in cold blood, more problems arise. Ones that will change lives forever.

Download or read book In Love With The Hood In Him written by Natisha Raynor and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since she was a teenager, Biyou has had a thing for bad boys, despite her sheltered and privileged upbringing. After a few failed relationships, she finds solace in the arms of the ultimate bad boy - Kinkaid Washington, one of Atlanta's biggest dope dealers. To Biyou, Kinkaid is more than just a drug dealer, though. He's loving, attentive, and supportive of her dreams. One thing she doesn't know is that he's also a cheater. Eventually she finds out and her perfect image of Kinkaid quickly diminishes. Kinkaid runs the streets of Atlanta with his day ones Harim, and Jaseem. What started out as petty corner hustling turned into a lucrative drug empire. With money, power, and respect comes a plethora of beautiful women too. Unable to control his urges, Kinkaid dabbles a bit. One night of drinking and partying leads up to him sleeping with an ex; an ex that Biyou soon finds out about. Learning of Kinkaid's infidelities, Biyou catches feelings for someone she least expects. Jaseem had always been viewed as the clown of the crew because of the hasty decisions he's made over time. Because of his impulsive ways, having children had never been in his plans. Unfortunately, life has other things planned for him and he has a baby on the way. Refusing to be a deadbeat father, Jaseem prepares for the arrival of his child by purchasing a home and having it decorated through Biyou's interior design company, LUXE, which, ultimately creates a chemistry that neither of them saw coming. To those on the outside looking in, Inaya Lewis has the perfect life. She’s written songs for some of the dopest artists in the game, and she’s married to a handsome businessman with the riches of a mogul and the swagger of a dope boy. However, no one knows how good Inaya is at pretending. She wants to be the one singing the hits she writes, and her heart melts at the sight of babies. Yet and still she’s reminded that her husband wants them to wait before starting a family. All the things Inaya want most, get the same response from her husband Hiram. No. Wait. Inaya loves her husband with everything in her, but as more time passes, she’s no longer willing to stall her dreams to make him happy. Jaxyn Wright has only been in two relationships in her entire life, both with women. She’s found men cute, but she’s never been sexually attracted to them. A nasty break up with her ex leaves her homeless, and she moves in with a friend. Jaxyn is going through a lot that she doesn’t understand, and one of those things just happens to be that out of the blue, she develops a strong desire for a man. She’s never been with a man, never wanted to be with a man, and now she suddenly “needs” a man like she needs the air she breathes. No matter how hard it is, Jaxyn has to walk away because if she gives in to her desires, lives will be ruined, and nothing will ever be the same

Download or read book Be Dazzled written by Ryan La Sala and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Project Runway goes to Comic Con in an epic queer love story from the author of Reverie about creativity, passion, and finding the courage to be your most authentic self. Raffy has a passion for bedazzling. Not just bedazzling, but sewing, stitching, draping, pattern making—for creation. He's always chosen his art over everything—and everyone— else and is determined to make his mark at this year's biggest cosplay competition. If he can wow there, it could lead to sponsorship, then art school, and finally earning real respect for his work. There's only one small problem... Raffy's ex-boyfriend, Luca, is his main competition. Raffy tried to make it work with Luca. They almost made the perfect team last year after serendipitously meeting in the rhinestone aisle at the local craft store—or at least Raffy thought they did. But Luca's insecurities and Raffy's insistence on crafting perfection caused their relationship to crash and burn. Now, Raffy is after the perfect comeback, one that Luca can't ruin. But when Raffy is forced to partner with Luca on his most ambitious build yet, he'll have to juggle unresolved feelings for the boy who broke his heart, and his own intense self-doubt, to get everything he's ever wanted: choosing his art, his way. Praise for Reverie: B&N's YA Book Club Pick * Walmart Buzz Pick * Indie Next Pick * Book of the Month Club YA Box "This outstanding debut novel will light readers' imaginations on fire...Imaginative, bold, and full of queer representation, this is a must-purchase for YA collections."—School Library Journal *STARRED REVIEW* "This fantasy offers readers something wonderfully new and engaging...a gem of a novel that is as affirming as it is entertaining."—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "The story's many LGBTQ characters are prominently represented and powerfully nuanced."—Publishers Weekly "A darkly imagined, riveting fantasy... thrilling."—Shelf Awareness "Joyously, riotously queer... The themes of creating one's own reality and fighting against the rules imposed by the world you're born into will ring powerfully true for many young readers."—Kirkus Reviews

Download or read book Rapture written by Kameron Hurley and published by Start Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After years in exile, Nyxnissa so Dasheem is once more a bel dame, part of a sisterhood of elite government assassins trained to a cut a target’s head off without remorse. But the end of a centuries-long war has thrown her native land of Nasheen into turmoil. A huge influx of unemployed–and unemployable–young soldiers have brought Nasheen to the brink of civil war, even as an alien spaceship stations itself in orbit above the capital. With aliens in the sky and revolution on the ground, Nyx figures it’s a good time to get the hell out of Nasheen, so she assembles a team of renegades, shape-shifters, magicians, and mercenaries to rescue a missing political leader who may be the difference between peace and bloodshed. Just one problem: the politician is an old enemy whom Nyx once left to die in a ditch . . .

Download or read book The Kameron Hurley Omnibus written by Kameron Hurley and published by Start Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 1183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Bel Dame Apocrypha Series by Kameron Hurley. Containing God's War (2011), Infidel (2011), and Rapture (2012).

Download or read book Borderline written by Mishell Baker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-03 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A cynical, paraplegic screenwriter with borderline personality disorder gets recruited to join a secret organization that oversees relations between Hollywood and Fairyland in the first book of a new urban fantasy series from debut author Mishell Baker"--Amazon.com.

Download or read book The Last Thugs The Legend of the Wandering Circus written by Kailash and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-05-14 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do three twelve-year-olds who are the disgrace of their tribe, do when they turn out to be the only three among their peers to have evaded a mass-kidnapping? In 1972, Inaya, Raksha, and Abu, members of a tribe descendent from Thuggees (dacoits and marauders), end up being the most unlikely heroes of a great misadventure. Through the course of their tale, the three friends reveal themselves to be true Thugs—daring and dauntless—who redeem themselves in the eyes of their tribe when they rise to the occasion to rescue their friends, who mysteriously vanish one night. In this Pied-Piper-style fantasy, the three friends find themselves in possession of legendary magical gifts that aid them in their battle against evil. A gripping saga about the magic of steadfast, enduring friendship in facing life’s trials and tribulations, The Legend of the Wandering Circus is the first in a series of books chronicling the exploits of the three inglorious young Thugs—Inaya, Raksha, and Abu.

Download or read book Her Soul to Take written by Harley Laroux and published by Kensington. This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FEATURING NEW EXCLUSIVE BONUS CONTENT! Like Buffy or The Vampire Diaries but with tons more spice, a titillating fork-tongued demon, and a ritualistic monster cult, the edgy dark romance that set Tiktok on fire is now here as a special edition with bonus content for fans of Scarlett St. Claire, Penelope Douglas, and Katee Robert. The demon didn't just want my body. He wanted my soul. Leon: My reputation among magicians is unblemished. Killer, they call me; killing is what I’m best at. One wrong move and you’re dead. Except her. The one I was supposed to take, the one I should have killed. The cult that once controlled me wants her, but I’m not about to lose my new toy to them. Rae: I’ve always believed in the supernatural. Hunting for ghosts is my passion, but summoning a demon was never part of the plan. Monsters are roaming the woods, and something ancient—something evil—is waking up . . . and calling my name. I don’t know who I can trust, or how deep this darkness goes. All I know is my one shot at survival is the demon stalking me, and he doesn’t just want my body—he wants my soul.

Download or read book Ghost of a Gamble written by J. E. McDonald and published by J. E. McDonald. This book was released on 2024-09-16 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She might be broke, but she’s far from broken. With an eviction notice burning a hole in her back pocket, jack-of-all-trades blogger Bree Tisdale is running out of time and options. When a ghost-hunting gig lands in her lap, the skeptic sees it as a chance to pay her bills while debunking what she’s sure is just another scam. Except, her handsome and broody co-worker doesn’t fit the con-artist mold. The more she digs, the more her doubts grow, especially after enlisting her reporter friend for a public exposé. The ghosts of his past refuse to stay buried—literally. Zack Liller has learned the hard way to guard his secrets, confiding in few about his unique talents. Little by little, Bree’s infectious energy chips away at his defenses, making him wonder if he can trust her with more than the job—perhaps even with his heart. Just when he’s ready to take that chance, their investigation at the haunted B&B takes a dark turn, revealing one of the most maliciously active sites he’s ever encountered. And if they don’t risk their emotions, they might gamble with their lives.

Download or read book Blackwater Falls written by Ausma Zehanat Khan and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From critically acclaimed author Ausma Zehanat Khan, Blackwater Falls is the first in a timely and powerful crime series, introducing Detective Inaya Rahman. “A gripping and compulsive mystery, but much more than that: an exploration of faith, prejudice and fear of the unknown.” —Ann Cleeves, New York Times bestselling author of the Vera, Shetland and Two Rivers series Girls from immigrant communities have been disappearing for months in the Colorado town of Blackwater Falls, but the local sheriff is slow to act and the fates of the missing girls largely ignored. At last, the calls for justice become too loud to ignore when the body of a star student and refugee--the Syrian teenager Razan Elkader--is positioned deliberately in a mosque. Detective Inaya Rahman and Lieutenant Waqas Seif of the Denver Police are recruited to solve Razan’s murder, and quickly uncover a link to other missing and murdered girls. But as Inaya gets closer to the truth, Seif finds ways to obstruct the investigation. Inaya may be drawn to him, but she is wary of his motives: he may be covering up the crimes of their boss, whose connections in Blackwater run deep. Inaya turns to her female colleagues, attorney Areesha Adams and Detective Catalina Hernandez, for help in finding the truth. The three have bonded through their experiences as members of vulnerable groups and now they must work together to expose the conspiracy behind the murders before another girl disappears. Delving deep into racial tensions, and police corruption and violence, Blackwater Falls examines a series of crimes within the context of contemporary American politics with compassion and searing insight.

Download or read book Blood Betrayal written by Ausma Zehanat Khan and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complex and timely mystery, Blood Betrayal proves once again that Ausma Zehanat Khan is a writer at the peak of her powers. “Inaya is a fabulous character."—New York Times Book Review, "Editor's Choice" on Blackwater Falls In Blackwater Falls, Colorado, veteran police officer Harry Cooper is hot on the heels of some local vandals when the situation turns deadly: believing one of them has a gun, Harry opens fire and Duante Young, a young Black man, is killed. The "gun" in his hands was a bottle of spray paint. Meanwhile, in nearby Denver, a drug raid goes south and a Latino teen, Mateo Ruiz, is also killed. The Denver Police force is spread thin between the two cases, and protests on both sides begin. Detective Inaya Rahman and her boss, Lieutenant Waqas Seif, have their work cut out for them to consider the guilt of the perpetrators and their victims. Harry was by all accounts, an officer dedicated to the communities he served. Was this shooting truly a terrible mistake? Is Kelly cut from the same bad cloth as his father? Duante was, to some, a street artist with no prior record, but to others, he was a vandal. Mateo was either in the wrong place at the wrong time, or a dangerous drug dealer. In either case, was lethal force necessary? While Inaya is forced to reckon with her own prejudices and work through those of her colleagues, she must discover the truth of what really happened on one fateful night in Blackwater Walls.

Download or read book Kid Wolf and Kraken Boy written by Sam J. Miller and published by Rebellion Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-07-13 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Kid” Wolffe is an up-and-coming boxer in 1920s New York. An honest fighter’s got little chance at success on the mob-controlled circuit—until ambitious lieutenant “Hinky” Friedman starts making moves to take over her boss’s business, and sees a use for the kid. Teitelstam is a struggling tattoo artist, whose natural talent for ink magic won’t amount to much without formal training. So he’s got no idea why Hinky would offer him ten times what he’s worth to come work for her. But Hinky has a vision for a better world, and her high-stakes plan to make it reality requires both Wolffe’s fists and Teitelstam’s magic. What neither Wolffe nor Teitelstam expects is to fall in love; and in this world, love might be more dangerous than deadly magic or an underworld turf war…

Download or read book A Twinkle in the Sky written by James KS Teo and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-04-07 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An emir eager to exercise a devious plan sets his sights on Singapore. If he has his way, the small nation in Southeast Asia will disappear from the map. Dangerous friends join the emir: a Russian physicist and a suicide bomber, Inaya Izz Din, whom both are key players in his plan. When the time comes, they will be ready. The plot begins with packets of white powder that are mailed to nine foreign services in Singapore. The contents are mainly harmless, but chaos ensues, and the governments attention is diverted at a crucial time. Meanwhile, Evelyn Lee, a semi-paralyzed woman, finds her life spiraling out of control. But when she has a vision of the Archangel Gabriel and then meets Inaya, her life changes dramatically. What she does not know is that she will play a critical role in the events that are about to unfold. As Evelyn tries to make sense of what is happening, the authorities search frantically for the terrorists. If they fail to unravel the plot, Singapore will be destroyed in A Twinkle in the Sky.

Download or read book A House Between Earth and the Moon written by Rebecca Scherm and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Inventive and thrilling. . . . I couldn’t put it down.” —Brit Bennett, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half “It’s a thrill to read this novel.” —Jia Tolentino, New York Times bestselling author of Trick Mirror The gripping story of one scientist in outer space, another who watches over him, the family left behind, and the lengths people will go to protect the people and planet they love For twenty years, Alex has believed that his gene-edited superalgae will slow and even reverse the effects of climate change. His obsession with his research has jeopardized his marriage, his relationships with his kids, and his own professional future. When the Son sisters, founders of the colossal tech company Sensus, offer him a chance to complete his research, he seizes the opportunity. The catch? His lab will be in outer space on Parallaxis, the first-ever luxury residential space station built for billionaires. Alex and six other scientists leave Earth and their loved ones to become Pioneers, the beta tenants of Parallaxis. But Parallaxis is not the space palace they were sold. Day and night, the embittered crew builds the facility under pressure from Sensus, motivated by the promise that their families will join them. At home on Earth, much of the country is ablaze in wildfires and battered by storms. In Michigan, Alex’s teenage daughter, Mary Agnes, struggles through high school with the help of the ubiquitous Sensus phones implanted in everyone’s ears that archive each humiliation, and wishes she could go to Parallaxis with her father—but her mother will never allow it. The Pioneers are the beta testers of another program, too: Sensus is designing an algorithm that will predict human behavior. Katherine Son hires Tess, a young social psychologist, to watch the experiment’s subjects through their phones—including not only the Pioneers, but Katherine’s sister, Rachel. Tess begins to develop an intimate, obsessive relationship with her subjects. When Tess and Rachel travel to Parallaxis, the controlled experiment begins to unravel. Prescient and insightful, A House Between Earth and the Moon is at once a captivating epic about the machinations of big tech and a profoundly intimate meditation on the unmistakably human bonds that hold us together.

Download or read book My Big Fat Desi Wedding written by Prerna Pickett and published by Page Street YA. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drama. Food. Fashion. More drama. More food. Nosey aunties and uncles—and, of course, the universal language of love. These elements are a must-have for any Desi wedding, inclusive of people indigenous to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. In this anthology, authors from various parts of the Desi community will share genre-bending stories that explore the lush traditions of their region, translating that universal language through the familiar lens of the Ultimate Family Gathering. In this collection that centers hope, love, and family, readers will enjoy eight stories from both award-winning and debut authors.

Download or read book Infidel written by Kameron Hurley and published by Start Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nyx is a bodyguard in Mustallah, the capital city of Nasheen. The centuries-long holy war between Nasheen and Chenja is taking its toll, with shortages and rationing causing the Queen to lose power and popularity. While protecting the daughter of a Ras Tiegan Diplomat, Nyx is attacked by a group of assassins. Nyx survives, but begins to suffer from a strange, debilitating condition that nobody can identify. Caught up in a whirl-wind of intrigue involving Bel Dam Assassins plotting against the Queen, Nyx must learn who the rouge Bel Dam is, and find a cure for her illness, while avoiding the wrath of the queen she is trying to protect. The danger that swirls around her may have finally become to much, and Nyx's colleagues and friends began to die. Will Nyx be next?

Download or read book Where Rogues Hide written by P J Shepherd and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Avangeline Nightingale is chosen by a demonic Prince to sire his child, her life as a barmaid would never be the same. With countless attempts to escape the castle, Avangeline is given a choice, to give birth and be allowed to leave, or be a prisoner for the rest of her life. But things are not as they seem when she accepts. The demonic prince she damned to hell is hiding secrets of his own. Ones that would crack the earth beneath her very feet.