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Vanessa Davis Griggs - Ray of Hope - Available Now! - 5 out of 5 books - When Crystal and Sahara go to stay with their 75-year-old grandmother, Ma Ray, for the summer, they think that they're about to kick back and let loose. Unfortunately for them, Ma Ray doesn't roll like that. Every time they think that they are one step ahead of their grandmother, she's always two steps ahead of them. They will finally understand that with age comes wisdom. And all Ma Ray is trying to do is show them that they have to use their common sense to get ahead in life. Will the girls take their grandmother's advice, or will they just continue to go down their own path? Ray of Hope is about a grandmother trying to give advice to her out of control granddaughters. Each time the girls were in a predicament, Ma Ray always had a solution. I loved the fact that this book was written on common sense because nowadays, teenagers think that they have everything figured out and are grown en...

T. R. Nairn - Loyalty And The Bed You Lie In - Available Now! - 3 out of 5 books - Three friends, who have been through thick and thin, encounter different hurdles and learn the true definition of friendship in this novel. Diamond, Meko and Rae are not only best friends, but they are partners in crime. Loyalty and the Bed You “Lie” In takes you on a journey of drugs, relationship, murder, and jealousy. Will friendships be tested, or will the bond that these three girls have overcome all the obstacles they encountered. Diamond was a smart, attractive young lady. Diamond loves to go out and enjoy herself, but she was also very business savvy when it comes to her money. Diamond and her three friends ran a small empire and come across all walks in life who have a craving for the drug and pills they had to offer. One night, Diamond's life is forever changed when she meets T.O. and is immediately swept her off her feet. They become a modern Bonnie and Clyde team. ...

J. Leon Pridgen II - Hidden Secrets, Hidden Lives - Available February 22, 2011 - 5 out of 5 books - Rarely do you find a book that can span the spectrum from Urban Fiction to Romance. Mr. Pridgen carried his readers through a range of emotions as we watch "Bones" seek out his nemesis and plot an attack of revenge, have love rekindled, and experience the joy of doing what’s right for the left behind. Kwame “Bones” Brown owned the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina. He and Perry Moore had a lucrative street pharmaceutical enterprise back in the day. But it came to a pause when Kwame was sent to a detention center for a year. While Bones did his time, Perry decided to leave Charlotte and all his secrets behind. What’s unfortunate for Perry is that Bones was waiting on his return. Perry was the brains of their lucrative operation, and Bones was the face of the streets. After months of waiting on his partner, Bones did what any street thug would do...he began anew...

Shamara Ray - Recipe For Love - Available Now! - 3 out of 5 books - What beomes of the broken-hearted? Jade has finally had enough of her no good, lying, cheating boyfriend. When he commits the ultimate act of disrespect, she kicks him to the curb. The problem is..he cannot get it through his head that it is really over. Jade is a beautiful, educated woman who co-owns a restaurant called Rituals with her best friend, Bria, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend's sister. Bria is quick to come to the defense of her brother, no matter what he does. So when Jade begins dating Cain, Bria is far from supportive. Then again, that could also be because Cain owns a restaurant that Rituals is in competition with. Recipe For Love by Shamara Ray is a tale of love, lies and betrayal. Throughout the story, there is mention of different culinary dishes, which was a nice added touch considering the title of the book. The author even added quite a few interesting recipes at th...

Best Reviewed Books of 2010 Below is a listing of books reviewed on the UrbanReviewsOnline.com website that we noted as being the best of the best! *Search our site using the Search Field on the right side to find the corresponding review on our site. 5 out of 5 'Top Shelf Rating' = 'Classic' (This is a comprehensive list of those titles...in no particular order.)   Risque - Smooth Operator Wanda Campbell - Right Package, Wrong Baggage    Amaleka McCall - Price of Fame Monique D. Mensah - Inside Rain Shelley Halima - Blinding Mirror Chilufiya Safaa - Stay The Night Theo Semper - Church Affairs Pat Tucker - Daddy By Default Shana Burton - Flaws And All Judge Glenda Hatchett - Dare To Take Charge Suzan Johnson-Cook - Becoming a Woman of Destiny Venesha - Mirror, Mirror K'wan - Welfare Wifeys Michelle Stimpson - Last Temptation Denise Coleman - Drama With A Capital D Various Authors - Can't Help the Way That I Feel (antho...

Allison Hobbs - Lipstick Hustla - Available Now! - 4.5 out of 5 books - Misty is back with more drama and issues than ever before. Misty is in the process of rebuilding the business that she lost. She now has a stable of young, sexy men who have no problem with satisfying her clients. Misty’s men are bringing in more cash than she could ever imagine. But she still wants the one thing that she can no longer have…Brick. Brick has left Misty behind to marry her mother Thomasina. Brick (a.k.a. Baron) is now enjoying the married life and is excited about the pending birth of his child. But Misty is still holding out hope that Baron wants to come back to her. But Misty’s scandalous ways may be her ultimate undoing when she crosses the wrong person. Allison Hobbs brought us some more of her signature drama and spice with Lipstick Hustla. If that’s even possible to imagine, Misty is even more scandalous in this book than in the previous ones. Readers will find that Misty is still a...

Eric Jerome Dickey - Tempted by Trouble - Available Now! - 4 out of 5 books - Dmytryk Knight is a well educated man with a white collar job at a Detroit automobile company. Dmytryk is doing pretty well until a recession hits, and he’s laid off from his job. After being on unemployment for two years and looking for work, he feels like he’s at the end of his rope. Dmtryk’s wife Cora convinces him to take a job offer from a dubious criminal. Soon Dmytryk is a working with a gang of bank robbers and things spiral out of control when things go terribly wrong. Will Dmytryk be able to walk away from his new lifestyle before it’s too late? Tempted by Trouble is another fascinating novel by Eric Jerome Dickey. Dickey created another fresh, new character in Dmytryk. Dmytryk is a character that has an air of mysteriousness throughout the book. This story wouldn’t be complete without a lot of action packed scenes that Dickey is known for. Readers will need to pay close attention to wha...

D K Gaston - Darkest Hours: A Joseph Hooks Novel  - Available Now! - 4 out of 5 books - Private detective Joe Hooks is back to take on what he thinks is an easy case. All he has to do is pick up a package from an eccentric businessman named Montgomery Webb. But Joe finds himself in the middle of a strange situation when he finds the billionaire tied to a chair clinging on to his last breath. What’s even more disturbing is what Montgomery’s last words to Joe are. Joe enlists the help of his ex-partner and best friend Kool-Aid to find out why this package is so important. With contract killers, a mysterious attorney, and a government agency hot on their trail, Joe and Kool-Aid are soon thrusted into a potentially deadly situation. Will Joe find out the true meaning of a dead man’s words and why this package is so important? Darkest Hours is an intriguing mystery by D K Gaston. Gaston once again brought a unique storyline with this book. This story starts with some non-stop...

Traci Bee - Two Tears In A Bucket - Available Now! - 4 out of 5 books - After being abused by her stepfather and betrayed by her own mother, 18-year-old Simone Woodard has had enough. She moves out on her own to carve out a new life for herself. Simone soon catches the eye of a mysterious young man named Kevin. Kevin quickly finds out that Simone seems to be the one woman that he’ll leave the streets for. But leaving the streets is hard for Kevin to do, and he ends up with a lengthy prison sentence. Simone is left with raising their baby alone, but her father steps in to give her the support that she needs. But Simone is faced with terrible circumstances when someone is threatening to take her baby away from her. Fast forward years later and Simone is now a married woman who is still in close contact with Kevin. Upon his pending release, Kevin has feelings for Simone and he thinks that the feelings are mutual. Will Kevin be able to get Simone back, or will she continue wi...

M.Q.W. - Entrepreneur II: The Transition - Available Now! - 3.5 out of 5 books - Swift and Block are back together again. Swift has taken over the streets and is in the process of turning his street money into legal money. Swift has a new business venture that is making his dream of getting out of the game a reality. Block has just been released from prison and is trying to adjust to life on the outside with his friend and partner-in-crime, Swift. But new problems arise when outside forces are trying to take these two friends down. Will they be able to weather the storm together? Entrepreneur II: The Transistion is a good sequel to Entrepreneur by M.Q.W. M.Q.W. does a good job of showing the growth in Swift and Block’s characters. You see just how hard it is for Swift and Block to get out of the game in order to live on the right side of the law. M.Q.W. brought a good twist to the average street tale by showing Swift and Block taking actual steps towards living a regula...

Miasha - 'Til Death - Available Now! - 3 out of 5 books - Celess and Si-Si are back again with even more drama than before. Now on the run, this duo decides to settle in Italy with the help of one of Si-Si’s former clients. Soon they start a very lucrative international escort business to serve some very wealthy clients. But as always, things are too good to be true when Celess and Si-Si's business and lives are threatened by a familiar past enemy. Si-Si and Celess may self-destruct when they bump heads over the destructive lifestyle they are leading. Miasha brings back an entertaining duo of characters with ‘Til Death. Miasha illustrates the drama that follows Celess and Si-Si, this time on an international level. Readers of Miasha’s prior books will find that there’s yet another character from another book thrown into this story. Although this is the third and final installment of this series, this book is not as good as the previous books. This novel seemed to be...

Risqué - Smooth Operator - Available Now! - 5 out of 5 books - Arri is a single mom and a hard working secretary by day. But at night, she operates Smooth Operator, a sexy website that fulfills the desires of her clients. The only thing missing in Arri’s life is someone to call her own. Her past is too painful to open her heart to another man until her sexy new boss enters the picture. Lyfe is the new boss in Arri’s office and all eyes are on him. As soon as Lyfe meets Arri, sparks fly and he’s ready to give in to his feelings. But Lyfe has to deal with his powerful, emasculating wife, Payton. Payton rescued Lyfe from his former unsavory lifestyle and always has the upper hand in their relationship. But Payton has bigger issues when her own skeletons are threaten to be exposed. Smooth Operator is a sexy page-turner by Risqué. Risqué once again brought us an entertaining novel that is full of the eroticism and excitement that we’ve come to expect. You may think that this sto...

Hunter Hayes - Stripper Pole To Heaven - Available Now! - 4 out of 5 books - Lisette Jones is a single mom trying to provide for herself and her teen daughter. She’s making a lot of money as she transforms herself into Club Bare’s marquee stripper, Golden. Lisette’s secret profession is providing her with a comfortable lifestyle, but there’s still something missing. With the help of her best friend Cynthia, Lisette is introduced to church and is on a spiritual walk. But can she continue to grow spiritually and still hang on to her profession? Cynthia is secure in her job and her faith. But her marriage with her abusive husband, Clyde, is taking a toll on her. Cynthia is trying her best to be all things to her husband, including getting a sexy makeover to add some spice to their marriage. But will this be enough? Stripper Pole to Heaven is an entertaining novel by Hunter Hayes. Lisette and Cynthia are very relatable characters that readers will enjoy. You see the struggle th...

Shelia M. Goss -  Savannah's Curse -  Available February 22, 2011 -  5 out of 5 books -  When Savannah Blake discovers her father murdered, she refuses to let anyone stop her from finding the culprit, especially Troy Bridges. Special operative turned private security owner Troy Bridges has a promise to keep and a score to settle. Troy is not sure what to expect when he sees Savannah again for the first time in 10 years, but nothing can prepare him for the rush of feelings he has once he does. Savannah and her sisters, Montana and Asia, don't know who to trust. Troy is the only person that seems to know anything about Major's death, but Savannah is not sure she can trust him again, especially with her heart. When things start to get dangerous, Troy vows to do whatever it takes to help the Blake sisters find their father's killer and win back Savannah's love in the process. Death, deception, danger, and desire are all adjectives to describe this...

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