THE NAKED TRUTH by Chunichi

Chunichi, Essence magazine bestselling author, is back and keepin’ it raw in her latest drama-filled novel, The Naked Truth. Chunichi wouldn’t dare return without the infamous Ceazia Devereaux (her dedicated fans won’t allow it), the street debutante who went from being just a gangster’s girl who got married to the game to now finding herself widowed – or so she thinks – from a lifestyle she once knew.

Making a much-needed move from Richmond, VA, where she leaves behind a grueling past that she hasn’t been held accountable for, Ceazia finds her way to Atlanta, GA. There she quickly discovers that there’s nothing sweeter than becoming a Georgia peach, to get what she wants. Ceazia sets up a chance encounter with Parlay, a big-name rapper, who, she believes, has just what it takes to allow her to retire from the game once and for all. For Ceazia, will the end justify the means?

Danielle, Ceazia’s arch-enemy, is close on her heels, making sure that Ceazia doesn’t run away from her past. And so Danielle follows her all the way to Atlanta, bound and determined to make her pay for past sins. But then she gets caught up in the very same web that she weaves. Will Danielle’s thirst for revenge against Ceazia take a back seat as someone sets out to destroy her own life?

This book, by far Chunichi’s best work to date, not only keeps readers entertained and on edge, but also forces them to do a double-take…to find The Naked Truth between the lies.

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TWISTED by Tracy Brown

Celeste Styles is starting over. After losing her cherished salon in auspicious fire, she leaves her adulterous relationship and her drama filled-life in Brooklyn for the peace and tranquility of Atlanta, Georgia. But when her ex-lover, Rah-Lo, leaves his wife, Asia, and heads south, Celeste is floored and isn’t quite sure if she wants to rekindle their affair.

Meanwhile, Asia is hell-bent on revenge. Vowing not to let Celeste get away with her man that easily, she, too, heads to Atlanta. But just on her heels is Ismael Wright, ready to save the day and warn his best friend, rah-Lo, about his vengeful wife – though Ismael also has something up else his sleeve.

Secret betrayals are exposed, bitter rivalries explode, love is lost and found. Life will never be the same on the streets of “Hotlanta” is Tracy Brown’s epic new urban drama.

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GIGOLOS GET LONELY TOO by Dwayne S. Joseph, Roy Glenn, and Jihad

Three men who have a way with the ladies struggle to keep their heads when each finds that love is more important than sex.

Carter’s found the woman of his dreams, and to keep her, he’s all set to change his lifestyle as a gigolo. But all hell breaks loose when he agrees to meet Deanna for what he’s decided is going to be his last appointment.

It’s a dream come true for Vernon: a threesome with two of the finest women in Atlanta. Forget the fact that Vernon’s married, one of the willing women is his wife’s best friend, or that the other woman has motives of her own – Vernon’s just out to get his.

When he finally realizes that April is the one, Rick has to find a way to make it out of the game. All he has to do now is cut loose Laura, Vanessa, and Yvette.

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THEM by Nathan McCall

The author of the bestselling memoir Makes Me Wanna Holler presents a profound debut novel – in the tradition of Tom Wolfe’s Bonfire of the Vanities and Zadie Smith’s White Teeth – that captures the dynamics of class and race in today’s urban integrated communities.

Nathan McCall’s novel Them tells a compelling story set in a downtown Atlanta neighborhood known for its main street, Auburn Avenue, which was once regarded as the “richest Negro street in the world.”

The story centers on Barlowe Reed, a single, fortysomething African American who rents a ramshackle house on Randolph Street, just a stone’s throw from the historic birth home of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Barlowe, who works as a printer, otherwise passes the time reading and hanging out with other men at the corner store. He shares his home and loner existence with a streetwise, twentysomething nephew who is struggling to get his troubled life back on track.

When Sean and Sandy Gilmore, a young white couple, move in next door, Barlowe and Sandy develop a reluctant, complex friendship as they hold probing – often frustrating – conversations over the backyard fence.

Members of both households, and their neighbors as well, try to go about their business, tending to their homes and jobs. However, fear and suspicion build – and clashes ensue – with each passing day, as more and more whites move in and make changes and once familiar people and places disappear.

Using a blend of superbly developed characters in a story that captures the essence of this country’s struggles with the unsettling realities of gentrification, McCall has produced a truly great American novel.

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BABY GIRL by Jihad

She’s Robbin’ the Rich to Give to the Poor.

We’ve all fantasized about the old Robin Hood cliché, but Baby Girl is doing it. She made Atlanta her own personal Sherwood Forest and she’s robbing the ballers to give to the homeless and dejected.

She’s had a hard life, but now with the help of some others she’s about to make a difference in the world> The only question is if that difference is for good or bad.

Jihad, the self-proclaimed king of street fiction, is back with his best novel yet. You may think he did his thing in Street Life, but all hail the king when it comes to his new masterpiece: BabyGirl.

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