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Get It Girls Treasure E. Blue 3.5 out of 5 books Jessica Jones and her three best friends: Vonda, Lynn and Tiny dubbed the "Get It Girls" have two months before they graduate. Life for these girls are filled with the promise of a bright future. The night of prom they all share a special moment that they vow to hold dear to their hearts and a secret they plan to keep from their parents. The morning after, their futures are shattered in a matter of minutes. Doing a seven-year bid in Bedford Hills Correctional Institution, each of these girls are impacted one way or another by their experience. Although the only time that really mattered was the time they walked in and the day they walked out. Everything in the middle...didn't count. So they did what they had to, to survive. Each girl will walk out changed beyond measure. Some for the best, others for the worst. When the girls are released, they return to Harlem, New York. They soon see h...

Passion In Disguise by Truth Russell     2 out of 5 books Seventeen-year-old Heaven has a body like that of a grown woman. Heaven comes from a two parent household and is a junior in high school who brings home a 4.0 GPA, although she does not have to study much and has a boy that is a geek doing some of her homework. Hanging out with her girls dubbed the Diamond Diva’s, Heaven tells of her first sexual experience at the tender age of fourteen. From there how she was sexing and doing it “all” by the time she was seventeen.  Heaven was looking for love in all the wrong places. That is until she met Justice at a club and after having sex with him that first night she could not get him out of her head and he could not get her out of his. The problem is Justice is a bit older than Heaven and when charges are brought on him for being with a minor this may hinder any future dealings with Justice. Not only does Justice have to worry about his upcoming court ...

Payback Ain't Enough Wahida Clark Available Now ! 1 out of 5 books Mills 'aka' Dark is released from prison shortly after he murders Forever and Dark has plans on making a serious come up. Dark enlists the help of his cousin Shaira, Briggen's ex, who is hell-bent on revenge for the way Briggen dogged her. Dark is willing to do anything to make his come up in the hood. A pregnant Shan is angry once she finds out her husband, Briggen has been keeping secrets from her. When the police come to arrest him, it is revealed to Shan that he is still in the game. Shan is so angry that Briggen lied to her she refuses to see him while he is behind bars. With Briggen locked up Shan happens upon a package and some money that she knows belongs to someone else, but greed has her plotting and planning on what to do with it. So she turns to the one person besides her husband that she trusts, but will it be a mistake? Payback Ain't Enough by Wahida Clark is...

Creeping With the Enemy Kimberly Reid Available Now ! 4.5 out of 5 books Chanti Evans is anything but normal starting with her cop-mom and dangerous skills.  Starting fresh at Langdon Prep would be anything but easy .  By already uncovering lies and almost killing her somewhat of a boyfriend Marco, Chanti finds she needs to do a better job of keeping herself low and out of trouble. First, she doesn't reveal her mother's occupation and also so she can win the heart of Marco's mom . Still, Chanti finds her way into trouble starting at the Bodega which was off limits . More and more mysterious things creep up on Chanti and with the undercover cop skills Chanti asorbed from her mom , she plans on solving this mystery herself .. no matter what it takes. I loved Creeping With The Enemy by Kimberly Reid. I loved the mystery and how every chapter made the story grow more mysterious . It felt as if I was watching a CSI type of show on tv . The author...

Animal 2 : The Omen K'wan Available Now! 4 out of 5 books Animal 2: The Omen by K'wan picks up right where the last book left off. Animal now knows that Priest the man that kidnapped him and saved his and Gucci's life is not the enemy but his father. Animal has a hard time trusting Priest since he abandoned him at a young age and questions why all of a sudden he reappears in his life. Especially after finding out that Preist has been working for the family of Shai Clark. Priest suggests instead of Animal going to the streets and trying to kill Shai and anyone affiliated with him that it would be a bad move on his part. Especially since the main reason he is wanting to get retribution is for the woman that is alive today. Not to mention there are more of Shai's men than there are guns. No, what Priest suggests is far more complicated, but in order to carry out his plans he advises Animal to remain still and out of sight. When all is said and done and...

30 Day Notice  Kai Mann Available Now! 2 out 5 books Kori Maitland is a woman that thought she found the “one” that she would be with forever. When Layla Bradford and Kori started dating they would spend all their free time together. They could finish each others sentences and when they were in a crowded room, it always seemed like it was only just the two of them. Kori thought that Layla would never leave her, but five years into the relationship Kori felt like she was gut punched when Layla told her she was going back home to be with her family...without her. After many sleepless night sleeping on a friends couch, Kori decides its time to move forward, so she puts her meager belongings into her car and heads to Detroit. There she stayed with a friend and had a business plan that she wanted to execute but first she would need some backing and money. So Kori took on temp assignments from the job agencies when she could. A series of events land Kori in situations where...

A Blessing and a Curse   Andrea Clinton Available Now! 5 out of 5 books   Malika is not an ordinary woman by any means. Looking at her you would see a hardworking woman that is beautiful in her own right. She is extremely busy with owning an art gallery and working on her own pieces for the gallery leaves little time for having her hair done often or to dress up, but when she does her beauty shines through and through. What is extremely extraordinary about Malika is she has the gift of seeing visions of the future and at times being able to read someone’s mind. Malika at times feels like it is more of a curse than a blessing. Although Malika can see into the future,  the one person she cannot seem to read into is herself.  Malika’s husband Hooch is an ex-football star that is miserable on how his life turned out. Looking at the perspective on how his life could have been had he not have been injured years ago. Just the thought...

Sade’s Secret Sparkle Available Now! 5 out of 5 books Sade Washington has been holding onto a secret for nearly ten years. Sade’s well-kept secret is suddenly exposed when she becomes pregnant. When her mother finds the empty pregnancy test in the garbage, Sade is forced to tell her mother who the father to be is. When Sade reveals who it is, her mother Joyce refuses to believe it. Things between Joyce and Sade reach a boiling point and Joyce is determined to try to keep things calm before the storm really hits. With Sade’s sixteenth birthday and the arrival of her unborn child right around the corner, more than ever Sade needs her mother’s love and support… as much as her protection. Sade’s Secret by Sparkle was a story that will take you on an emotional roller coaster ride. The reader is sure to feel the pain of Sade’s character jump off the pages. The author did an excellent job in bringing this type of topic to attention. I would strongly recommend this read, e...

Awaken Timothy George Available now! 5 out of 5 books Timothy George takes his readers along with Thomas Jet the protagonist on a journey into history of the continent of Africa.   An investment banker, Thomas Jet meets a psychic, by the name of Dr. Oble at his family reunion.  After his meeting with Dr. Oble Thomas starts having distressing dreams, which prompts him to seek help. The story really begins when Thomas learns he is part of a group of men that have been recruited from all over the world. It is during what is called their ‘awakening’ that they find out about their individual history to Africa and their ancestral lineage. Awakening by Thomas George is a story about brotherhood, history and organizations such as the CIA and (IBC) Internal Bureau of Commerce. The story is filled with action which makes for a page turning experience, on the edge of your seat read. The title and the cover fit well for the storyline.  The reader eas...