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In the Slums, yesterday’s secrets don’t stay buried for long—they come back deadlier than before. Love turns poisonous. Loyalty flips. And betrayal? Sometimes it’s the only way out. In the hood, it’s a dog-eat-dog world—and one wrong move could cost you everything. One woman’s demons force her to face the blood on her hands. Another grinds harder than ever, until the hustle eats her alive. And the last is fighting to hold her family together while the people closest to her rip it apart. They thought surviving the first storm was enough… but this time, the storm is them.

Mitchell Crawford always wished, hoped, and dreamed for a RUFFNECK—a hiphop-lovin', street-struttin', cool posin', crazy crotch-grabbin' brotha. And he finally finds one in Raheim Rivers, who is a vision of lust: six feet tall and 215 pounds of mocha-chocolate muscle. Mitchell knows Raheim will take him for a walk on the wild side, especially between the sheets. But he doesn't count on getting behind Raheim's mask—and finding someone he can love.

These five salacious stories are filled to the brim with sizzling, steamy encounters for anyone who enjoys, fantasizes about, or simply craves girl-girl sex.

No matter how direct Loretta is, Granville doesn't get it. He was fine when it came to burning up the sheets, but that's where their connection ends - or so she thinks. When he begins stalking her, Loretta's gorgeous girlfriend, Madison, claims she can tame any man...so Loretta dares Madison to prove she can tame Granville. But sexing Granville while she's engaged to the most eligible bachelor in Houston may cost Madison more than Loretta's bet is worth....

Grace Jenkins has had little experience with men - feeling too awkward and insecure to free the passionate woman inside her. But that hasn't stopped her from dreaming about Noah Harper. Gorgeous, strong, and darkly sexy, his rough edge beneath the polish promises no mercy in the bedroom. When Grace learns Noah's engagement has ended in scandal, she shyly offers him her support and her friendship. But Noah's looking for something extra....

Zane Winston is used to fielding women's not-so-subtle advances. But he's still shocked when an exotic gypsy whispers some very suggestive words in his ear - and surprised to find that he's aroused by her words rather than amused. After all, she's not exactly his type. But he soon discovers that Tamara Tremayne's not really all that exotic. Her so-called psychic powers are (mostly) made up. Her waist-length black mane is a wig. And underneath the witchy makeup is a very stubborn, seductive woman.

Death before dishonor was the only way out—but now Anthony Padmore is paying the price. Incarcerated for his role in the Padmore family's criminal empire, he's awaiting trial while the empire he helped build begins to crumble. Behind bars, Anthony faces new enemies and old ghosts, including the nagging question of whether Soldada Andrews, the woman who once set his soul on fire, was the one who sealed his fate.

Ivy Tremaine is head over heels in love. He’s sweet, loving, caring, attentive and caters to her needs. He’s perfect… well, almost perfect. Even with so many great qualities, Ivy only has one complaint… He won’t have sex with her. While sex isn’t the most important thing, for a woman like Ivy, it’s a pretty big deal. Her patience is wearing thin and she is seeking answers.

Cancel your plans, witches and warlocks! You're invited to tonight's Firewick Festival. Taking multiple lovers is a family tradition. Hell, it's a witch tradition, but Charice Brixton isn't having it. She doesn't have time for a man, let alone two powerful warlocks. She's perfectly fine running...

Aquila Richards-Oliver has the life many envy: a high-profile husband, two beautiful sons, and a seemingly perfect role as wife, mother, and big sister. But perfection comes at a steep price. When her marriage to a world-renowned chef unravels under the weight of betrayal and long-buried truths, Aquila chooses herself—for the first time in years—and begins the hard work of rebuilding her life on her own terms.

Rayna thought her life had been stabilized, in spite of losing her sole source of support. Azmir throws a monkey wrench in her world to include himself, but not without exposing a few of his own imperfections. With all the mistakes he makes, he finds trying to secure a place in Rayna’s heart is no easy feat. He fights at all cost to remain there, even if it means removing all competition, including the woman herself, by breaking down the ice-covered walls surrounding her heart.

After the death of her boyfriend, K. Mitchell, Makeda discovers H's true identity. Now bound by blood, she and H form a powerful alliance. While Makeda's acting and modeling career is back in full bloom, H is leading his lethal gang, S.K.G., in a bloody turf war for control of the streets of the Southeast. As the bodies (and money) pile up, Makeda becomes the darling of the entertainment industry, but danger lurks at every corner as H's exploits are splashed across headlines all over the country.

Menelik and Makeda find themselves imprisoned afterMenelik guns down a rival in broad daylight. While the couple battle for their freedom, Haile—still on the run for murdering a cop—expands his brand of violence to Atlanta. He teams up with a band of ruthless African immigrants and form a savage extortion gang. Aligned with a native narcotics distribution organization, they wreak havoc on the streetpreneurs of the Atl. All is well until Haile runs into a blast from his past that brings a deep-rooted seed of betrayal.

In the third title in the bestselling B-Boy Blues series, Mitchell Crawford attends his tenth anniversary high school reunion and comes face-to-face with the man who stole his virginity and broke his heart: gymnastics coach Warren Reid. Will Mitchell finally have his say and exact his revenge—or will he fall for Warren's charms and be the same fool twice, if only for one nite?

Soldada Andrews is fresh out of law school with an exciting position as an Assistant District Attorney. She has treated herself with a trip to Anguilla to celebrate her achievement. While walking on the beach, she runs into the mesmerizing Anthony Padmore. Her attraction to him is immediate, but she senses something lurking beneath the surface that suggests he would be better off left alone. However, he is too irresistible, so she opts to engage in an island fling. A passionate night boils over into a morning filled with unexpected emotions and questions better left unanswered.

Makeda Barnes is an aspiring supermodel. Drop-dead gorgeous with a raw attitude, she is clearly the next big thing in the modeling industry—if only she can shake her treacherous boyfriend, Menelik. Menelik and his twin brother, Haile, came to this country in pursuit of the American dream. Raised by a despotic father, violence is what they know best. Together, they orchestrate a bloody extortion campaign to thrust them to the top of the food chain in the underworld. As Menelik climbs the ladder in the streets, Makeda simultaneously builds her modeling career.

Is finding the pleasure you want, the way you always wanted it, worth the risk of losing everything you have? It is for Paul and Joyce Ware, a naïve couple who find themselves in the middle of a sexual revolution they never dreamed possible. The Ware family has a long list of temptations, and as chilling secrets tumble forth from their lives, the aftermath leads toward a climax that can threaten not only their marriage, but the lives of their children as well.

Now that Mink has pushed her way to the front of the line to capture the Dominion family's oil billions, her life has become a luxurious whirl of easy money, fine whips, and sparkling jewels. But she'll need to come out of a whole new trick bag in order to throw shade on her sizzling swerve with Suge, her uncle-by-marriage only. Meanwhile, Suge is going toe-to-toe with the Dominion's oldest adversary, whose shameless mudslinging could cast dirt on their family name and ruin their good fortune forever.

What can go wrong when con-mami Mink LaRue joins forces with her slick-tongued look-alike Dy-Nasty Jenkins to run a three hundred grand hustle on the super-rich Dominion oil family? With the conniving Philadelphia stripper Dy-Nasty seeking to dip her fingers into the same pot of gold, Mink knows she has to play her hand right and hustle at the very top of her grind. But when Mink is suddenly called back home to be at the bedside of her sick mother, she is forced to leave Dy-Nasty alone at the mansion...

Like a series of Penthouse letters penned by Kathy Acker, Lie with Me recounts a woman's sexual escapades, picking up random men in bars for a series of increasingly extreme encounters, hoping to understand love from the far side of sluttiness. In The Way of the Whore, Mira, an introverted Jewish girl obsessed with Jean Genet, allows herself to be seduced by the sex industry, determined to find meaning in her tormented relationships with cruel men.