BAD GIRLZ 4 LIFE by Shannon Holmes

Coming of age in the badlands of north Philadelphia – one of the toughest and poorest communities in the country – Tonya Morris has had to make some desperate and, at times, ruthless moves in her bid to survive. When Tonya stepped into the unforgiving business of stripping, she found herself caught up in a world of sex-filled nights, dirty money, backstabbing cohorts, and murder.

She left that world behind to become a hairstylist. However, after she is blacklisted from salons across Philadelphia and is evicted by her shady landlord, Tonya finds herself back in the stripping business. Except this time, she promises herself, things are going to end differently. Tonya teams up with her best friend, Na’eema, to organize underground sex parties, and not long before they find success, rubbing elbows with athletes, rappers, and celebrities.

Then Tonya’s ex-lover and now music industry superstar, Q, steps onto the scene, and everything takes a dramatic new twist. Because it’s not just Q who is back in her life. his murderous baby mama, Niecey, is fresh out of jail and ready to raise hell. And she’s got Tonya in her sights. In the meantime, Tonya’s past has risen like a beast, threatening to tear away all her newfound success. but Tonya isn’t going down without a fight.

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CRIMINAL MINDED by Tracy Brown

Lamin Michaels learned at his mother’s knee the importance of chasing paper, so it’s no surprise he gets into the drug game when he’s just a teenager. When he meets Zion, a product of the New York City foster care and prison system, Lamin knows he has met the perfect partner in crime. Together, they build a huge narcotics empire.

Then Lamin falls hard for a beautiful girl named Lucky, who makes him realize that there is more to life than the hustle. When Lamin goes legit with a career in the entertainment industry, Zion tries to keep their business going both in the streets and boardroom. It’s not long before Zion become the target of a corruption scandal involving murder, extortion, and money laundering. Once the dirt is exposed, will Lamin and Zion be able to remain one step ahead, or will their paper-chasing days bring them to an unfortunate end?

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IT’S LIKE CANDY by Erick S. Gray

Sisters River and Starr flee their abusive home and their drug-addicted mother when they are only teenagers. And on the cold, hard streets they lose sight of each other as they find their own hustles in order to survive.

Beautiful River joins a stick-up-crew, but she doesn’t know that Big Red and Twinkie have a secret that she’s not in on. When she falls in love with Eric, one of their victims, all she wants is to find her baby sister and settle down with her new love. But River soon becomes a prisoner in her dangerous world. And escaping may cost her more than her life.

By the time she turns sixteen, Starr is working for a pimp and turning tricks daily. But when an assault by one of her “dates” lands her in the hospital, Starr meets a woman who wants to help her change her life. Starr’s heart is too hardened to believe in second chances, but she soon begins to long for something more than selling her body just to survive. However, the game does not give up its players so easily.

Enter Eric’s cousin Yung Slim, fresh out of jail after seven years. He’s looking to reclaim the streets, and take care of some old grudges. When Yung Slim goes to battle, Eric is torn between his love for River, his ties to his cousin, and the lure of the streets – and gets in too deep. When war breaks out on the battlefield of the streets, who will be left standing?

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IF I RULED THE WORLD by Joy

Harlem Jones is a twenty-six-year-old bad-ass female who owns her own home, her own car, and her own business. And no, some drug dealer didn’t front her the money for any of it. Nor did she have to sell herself to get what she’s got. Harlem came up the hard way. She had the perfect family until her mother fell prey to an addiction and Harlem’s whole world fell apart. After several life-changing encounters, Harlem seems to have lost everything until, under circumstance she wishes never existed, she inherits a modest fortune and opens up her own business.

Then into her life comes an unexpected and unlikely love, a street-bred charmer named York. Not your typical hood, York is out for Harlem’s heart. But when tragedy strikes, Harlem knows that, as a survivor, she must be the one to decide her own destiny.

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A GIRLS’S GOTTA EAT by Michelle Valentine

A slick-talking, cunning sex siren, Remmi comes from humble beginnings and a tragic past, but is determined to make it in the male-dominated, dog-eat-dog world of Hollywood – using any- and everyone to make her dreams a reality. Only associating with those who can assist her climb up the success ladder, Remmi encounters a slew of suitors, each of who in some way has a hand in helping her.

Remmi takes L.A. by storm, quickly joining the ranks of Hollywood’s elite and becoming one its most sought-after new talents. But as she navigates through the Hollywood scene, she leaves a trail of deception in her path. The film world embraces her, but all is not necessarily forgotten. The past eventually catches up to Remmi, threatening to snatch away everything she’s worked so hard to get. In an effort to save her career, her image, and ultimately her own skin, Remmi is willing to get down, dirty, and scandalous. After all, a girl’s gotta eat….

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