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Urban and African American Fiction October 2018
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New and noteworthy titles.
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Mycroft and Sherlock
by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Rising War Office star Mycroft Holmes persuades his brother, Sherlock, to volunteer at a best friend's orphanage, where the suspicious death of a street urchin and a mysterious Chinese woman lead the brothers into the London opium trade's dark underside.
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Tempest
by Beverly Jenkins
When Regan Carmichael, his mail-order bride, arrives, widower Dr. Colton Lee, who is in need of someone to care for his daughter, gets the unexpected in the form of this independent beauty who makes him believe in second chances.
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My Husband's Mistress
by Racquel Williams
"Hassan Clarke is a self-proclaimed ladies' man with his eyes set on the prize. With his jovial ways and gift for gab, he has managed to weasel his way into the lives of two women--his wife, Destiny, and his mistress, Imani. His mistress is a gold-digging, self-serving side chick determined to be with her married lover even if it means losing everything, including her soul, to get to him. However, after putting years of hard work and her hard-earned money into building her husband's firm, Destiny doesn't plan to forgo all the benefits without a fight. Hassan soon finds out that living the double life is not what it's cracked up to be. Destiny's life has been turned upside down by the cheating husband she once thought was the man of her dreams. His reckless behavior has not only caused major heartbreak, but it has also caused her major health problems. With the cards stacked against her, she must dig deep within to pull out her inner strength."
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Secrets of a Kept Chick Saga
by Ambria Davis
Born into poverty in New Orleans, Mimi seeks a way out of the ghetto and finds it in one of the city's biggest dope dealers, but being a gangster's wife soon catches up to her and she moves to Atlanta where she finds new struggles and a past that won't stay behind her
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The Sheisty Saga: Triple Crown Collection
by T. N Baker
After years of pent up anger, rivalry, and troubled relationships, the complicated friendships between Epiphany Wright, Keisha Moore, and Shana Scott, girls who grew up together in Queens, are tested
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Mouths Don't Speak
by Katia D Ulysse
After the 2010 Haitian earthquake tears her family apart, a Haitian immigrant in the U.S. tries to deal with the emotional fallout.
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Testify
by Michel Moore
A criminal without remorse, Clay, who rules his small territory of the Detroit drug scene with an iron fist, finds himself at the mercy of seven eyewitnesses who, always forced to live by his strict street code commandments, saw him commit a cold-blooded murder on a crowded city block.
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Awaken by Denese Shelton "Sierra is a successful real estate agent living a comfortable life. But she has a secret so painful that she has erected emotional walls around her heart that block anyone from getting close." "Then the dreams begin. In one, Sierra is running from the sound of dogs barking and men chasing her in the darkness; in another, she’s in a field, lashes coming down on her back; in many, she is a woman of faith named Dorothy, fighting for civil rights. Sierra tries to ignore the dreams and continue with life as usual―but the more she disregards them , the longer and deeper she sleeps, and soon the long nights begin to affect her work and sanity. Finally, she seeks the help she needs."
"The more she works to understand the nature of and reason for her dreams, the more freedom Sierra feels in her own life. Doors to relationships with other people open. She meets a client that could be the love of her life. And soon, she has a decision to make: she can be who she has always been, living in fear; or she can be Dorothy, allow the dreams to show her who she really is, reconnect with God, and fill the void in her spirit."--from Amazon
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Dallas
by Treasure Hernandez
Tiara Rogers, the young, naive daughter of a Dallas drug kingpin finds herself lost in the underworld after falling for a charming boy she hardly knows in the latest addition to the series following Carl Weber’s Kingpins: Charlotte.
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Back to Life: Love After Heartbreak
by Shantaé
Love-scarred author Dakota Bibbs wants no part of love until Giannis Williams refuses to take no for an answer, while her jilted cousin, Breelyn, finds that DeMario Taylor is the perfect man to help her get over her ex.
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Won't Stop
by Clifford Johnson
On the verge of committing murder, Hot Shot, an undercover FBI agent assigned to clean up as many urban cities as he can, is determined to get his woman back at all costs even though he is the one responsible for incarcerating her family.
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BFF's Forever
by Brenda Hampton
In a collection of the first three volumes of the series, three longtime girlfriends find their friendship tested when one has an affair with the other's man, sending them into a downward spiral of jealousy and violent revenge.
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Shot Through the Heart
by Ms. Bam
Mourning a series of messy breakups, Nicole begins to think she will be alone forever, until she meets Jeremiah, who is fresh off a relationship with a rising R&B star and is hurting almost as much as Nicole
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Bikes, Toys & Hot Boyz
by Genesis Woods
Making sure the legacy of their motorcycle club, Hart’s Angels, continues to live up to Julian Hart’s expectations, sisters Diem, Drea and Ophelia find their bond tested and family motives questioned when their enemies start to surface.
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Goodfellas
by Carl Weber
Headlined by New York Times best-selling author Carl Weber, three authors bring readers tales of power, greed and ambition set in some of the country’s roughest neighborhoods.
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