HOW DO YOU DO YOU WANT IT by Darrell King

Sixteen-year-old Katrina Ricks, aka “Trina”, hails from Washington, DC’s most notorious and rugged projects. While experiencing the stark of poverty, she also endures the molestation at the hands of her stepfather, while her mother works the night shift. Eventually, fear leads to the murder of her stepdad at the hands of a tormented Trina.

Her past history of sexual abuse causes her not to trust men and leads her into an illustrious lesbian affair with her school teacher, Ms. Carlin. Unbeknownst to her, Ms. Carlin’s druglord boyfriend, “Lil Mo” Gentry doesn’t condone same-sex philandering and promises death to both women.

Life altering changes continue as she grows steadily in the drug game. Making underworld connections with some of the District’s most feared thugs, negotiating deals with major traffickers from the west coast to the east coast. Netting millions in profits for her superiors bring a come up for Trina. Unfortunately, life changing events occur before she lands a major score. To make matters worse, the new drug kingpin sets sights on the fertile drug market in Trina’s old neighborhood, declaring all-out street war. Chocolate City undergoes a major transition as the reign of power switches hands. There will never be a dull moment in Capital City ever again.

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BLACK SKYY: THE LADY IN BLACK SERIES by Janet Stevens Cook

Meet Skyy: a fantastic new superhero – and sensitive assassin – who defends the helpless and brings justice to those who cannot fight for themselves.

Sandora “Sandy” Knight is an enigma even to those who know her. Running a Fortune 500 company by day, she sheds her hip-hop cosmopolitan identity by night to become the Lady in Black, also called Skyy, a sexy, smart vigilante who protects the innocent from child molesters, rapists, serial killers, and other low-life scum.

The first novel in The Lady in Black series, Black Skyy weaves an intricate tale of heroism, lethal beauty, and intoxicating eroticism. Skyy believes she is called by God to use her abilities to save others from the brutality of life – even if her methods are questionable at times. Set in both New York and Washington, D.C., Black Skyy follows Skyy’s adventures in all their sensational and sensual thrills as she employs her uncanny intellect to capture and punish evildoers. Battling not only the bad guys, but also her inner conflicts, Skyy must fight to find her place and purpose in life, as both a woman and a symbol of justice.

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SNOW by Kenji Jasper

HE KILLED FOR HATE.

Life on the darker streets of D.C. can turn a clean kid grimy. Snow was one of those good kids – until a gang killed his next door neighbor and he decided to settle the score. But doing what he thought was right only plunged him deeper in a deadly game. Now he’s a killer for hire, a grown man who’s willing – and able – to do anything necessary to survive. But even a cold-blooded hit man has a heart…

NOW HE MAY DIE FOR LOVE.

When Snow falls in love and becomes a father, he’s more than willing than ever to do what it takes to support his woman and baby girl. But what that means for a hit man and what it means for a family man are two very different things. When the clash between his home life and his street life threatens to explode, Snow decides to make one last score to put his family on easy street, and get out of the game. But as much as he wants to break out, there’s someone just as dangerous and just as determined to keep Snow right where he is…

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THE STREET LIFE SERIES: IS IT SUICIDE OR MURDER? by Kevin M. Weeks

Jet through the streets of Philly with Teco Jackson. The women are not only captivated by his great looks, but also by his smooth touch. Teco, a.k.a. Homicide, makes a ton of money for the Strictly Business (SB) Crew. When the SB boss, Mujaheed Bashi Fiten, promotes Homicide to be his right hand man, Homicide gets into a major power struggle with the only female and toughest SB crew member, Gail Indigo Que, a.k.a. GQ. When Bashi is found dead, will Homicide and GQ be partners in the quest to find out the truth? The street life, is it suicide or murder?

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ANGEL by Teri Woods

With a tormenting secret from her past haunting her every step, the once sweet and innocent Kareemah El-Amin’s delicate mind snaps, sending her on a darkened path that will transform her into her deadly alter ego, Angel. With nothing to lose and the world to gain, she embarks on a quest to rule the gritty streets of our nation’s capital, by taking over the rough and rugged D.C. drug trade.

Guile, cunning and ruthlessness re her tools, while death, destruction and deception are her trade. Her quest to conquer the shady underworld is brought to a cataclysmic halt by a horrendous act against the one person who brought her any semblance of sanity, her baby sister.

With revenge on her mind, Angel sets out on a blood thirsty quest to avenge the one person in life whom she tryely loved. The clock is ticking, the police are on her trail, and shocking betrayal threatens to send her to prison for life. Will Angel avenge her sister’s shocking torture and manage to escape the clutches of the determined detective Sean Jones? Will she find out who her betrayers are, before it’s too late? Will she get her life together and move on? Or will she suffer the same fate that she has dealt to so many others?

The stakes are high, the players are ruthless, and the result of failure is death.

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