HOOD: AN URBAN EROTIC TALE by Noire

Lamont “Hood” Mason is a fearless nineteen-year-old gansta who was born and raised in the projects of Brooklyn, New York. He was an abandoned child who roamed the cold city streets and fought hard for his survival. The only thing constant in his young life was the safety of a Brownsville barbershop owned by a father figure called Fat Daddy.

The barbershop is where Hood comes of age, but cutting hair isn’t the only thing Fat Daddy has going on. His daughter, Egypt, is the love of Hood’s young life, and the one person whose dreams of a stable future can lead him off the grimy urban corners and out of the hustling life.

But when Fat Daddy gets caught slippin and crosses paths with Xanbar, a notoriously brutal drug kingpin, his vices threaten to bring death down on the family Hood loves. In an effort to protect his own, Hood and his best friend and hustling partner, Dreko, take to the streets on a bloody mission that doesn’t go exactly as planned. Hood returns to find his world turned upside down by a wave of sex, violence, and betrayal. No longer the starving kid on the street, he’s now a man seeking vengence and retribution, and he might be forced to choose between bending or breaking as he picks up the shattered pieces of his life, one by one.

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CANDY LICKER by Noire

Have you ever laid down with a man and wasn’t sure if you’d ever get back up? Tossed the sheets with a bone-knocking fear that only a hard-core hustler could produce? Sexed him like your life depended on it, because it really did? You still with me? Than let’s roll over to my house. Harlem 145th Street. Grab a seat and brace yourself as I show you the kind of pain that street life and so called success can bring…

Nineteen-year-old Candy Raye Montana, an ex-drug runner for the Gabriano crime family and a former foster child, dreams of becoming a hip-hop superstar, if only someone will discover her talents.

Someone does. Mega music producer and king thug of Harlem, Junius “Hurricane” Jackson, CEO of the House of Homicide recording studio, cuts a deal and puts Candy on the stage. Sudden;y she is a hot new artist on the notorious Homicide Hitz record label. Her career takes off and she blazes the charts, but it’s not long before Candy realizes that the man she thought was her knight is nothing more than a cold-blooded nightmare.

Caught between the music and the madness, between the dollars and the deals, Candy belongs to Hurricane - body and soul - and must endure his sadistic bedroom desires while keeping his sexual secrets hidden from the world. But Candy has some strong desires of her own that simply cannot be denied, especially when she finds herself turned on by a brilliant investment baller who just happens to be Hurricane’s right-hand man. Candy longs for her reedom, but if Hurricane gets wind of her betrayal the blowback will be lethal - and not only will she risk losing her recording contract, she just might lose her life.

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THUG-A-LICIOUS by Noire

“Have you ever wanted something so bad you was willing to crawl over bodies to get it? I mean, fiened for it so hard it didn’t matter who got hurt, how low you had to scrape, it was gonna be yours? That’s what music and balling did for me. They were the fundamentals behind my rise… and the perpetrators of my fall. They called me Harlem’s black prince - a rising star who carried the street dreams on his back. But the streets, ya know. They got a way of coming for theirs. A method of sneaking up on you when you ain’t looking…”

Andre”Thug-a-licious” Williams came up on Harlem’s meanest streets. But thanks to his nearly ankle-breaking hoop moves and explosive mic skills, he makes it out - and dominates the rap scene with chart-topping urban hits.

Thug has sexed all the hottest freaks and has a slew of baby mamas to show for it. But no matter how many women he takes to his bed, only one can clain his heart: successful beauty salon owner Carmiesha “Lil Muddah” Vernoy, his ride-or-die queen, who has stuck by his side and guarded his back through thick and thin.

But Thug has a nightmarish history with someone else. Pimp Williams, his older cousin and ex-partner in crime, is a cold-blooded killer who spreads havoc all over Harlem and will stop at nothing to get what he wants - even if it means betraying his own family, crushing Carmeisha, and forcing Harlem’s black prince down to his knees.

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G-SPOT by Noire

Her man demanded loyalty, but her body wouldn’t obey.

Have you every rolled over in the middle of the night and realized you were doing things you swore you’d never do? Sexing brothers you vowed you’s never tough? Bending backward and stooping lower than you ever thought you’d stoop? Well, if you can feel me even a little bit, then let me hit you with a story that might just blow your mind…

Nineteen-year-old Juicy Stanfield is the sexy young girlfriend of Granite “G” McKay, owner of Harlem’s notorious G-Spot Social Club. A drug dealer with a lethal streak, he runs Harlem with an iron fist. But even the cash and the bling can’t keep Juicy from getting restless, and while G fulfills her every material desire, she’s burning up with unrequited sexual energy. to cheat on him would mean a death sentence, so Juicy finds pleasure in secret ways: fantasizing on crowded subways, or allowing her eyes to hungrily take in male dancers on the club’s ladies’ night.

But as Juicy’s sexual cravings grow stronger, one thing becomes frighteningly clear: She’s virtual prisoner in G’s dangerous world. As G begins to suspect her of playin’ him, he pulls the reins even tighter. If she’s ever to escape and get a life of her own, she must find a way to start stashing away some of G’s cash. But doing that under G’s watchful eye is a challenge she might not be up to - especially when her appetite tempts her with the deadliest desire of all: G’s very own son…

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Zane’s Interview in the Wall Street Journal

Excerpt from Zane (It’s a Pseudonym) on the Art Of Writing, Publishing Spicy Fiction
By JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG
July 21, 2007

Zane, 40 years old, first used her pseudonym a decade ago in an online chat room, choosing it because it was short and easy to remember. She has since written six novels with such titles as “Shame on It All: A Novel” and “Addicted,” and edited several erotica anthologies. One of her novels, “Afterburn,” published in 2005, hit the New York Times best-seller list.

There’s little question that readers are increasing interested in spicy fare. In 2006, the industry offered 1,553 erotic titles, up from 136 in 1997, according to R.R. Bowker’s Books in Print database. “The erotica category has really come into its own over the past four years,” says Michael Norris, a senior analyst at Simba Information in Stamford, Conn.

“When women’s fiction publishers started diversifying their offerings, they noticed that the sexiest stories were being snapped up faster and faster.” As a result, such publishers as Kensington, Harlequin and Avon began to offer steamier works, he adds.

Zane has also made her mark as a businesswoman, launching Strebor Books, a diverse line of minority authors, in 1999. She eventually struck a joint venture with Atria Books in 2005, but she continues as publisher.

The Wall Street Journal Online: What accounts for the growing interest in erotica these days? It seems that every major publisher is trying to launch or build such brands.

Zane: Sales. It’s the money. They are trying to cater to a market that they didn’t realize was huge. I haven’t read every book, but a lot of them are missing the market. I also deal with social issues. I use sex as a means to explore deeper issues. A lot of erotica books are just hot sex scenes. Then publishers are disappointed when they don’t sell. I don’t publish stories without a story line, even with short stories.

WSJ.com: What is the difference between literary pornography and erotica, and do readers make such distinctions today?

Zane: Some probably don’t care, but most probably do. Pornography to me is when two people enter a room, have sex, and that’s the story. Erotica is a storyline with real characters that people can relate to, stories in which characters have motives. Most of my stories could be written without the sex scenes and they would still be stories. To me the sex scenes are the least important part of a book. It’s the story that really counts.

WSJ.com: What do you look for as a publisher?

Zane: I publish controversial books about controversial issues. For example, this September we’re publishing “Do Me Twice: My Life After Islam” by Sonsyrea Tate. It’s about her experiences as a member of the Nation of Islam. We’re also publishing Rodney Lofton’s “The Day I Stopped Being Pretty,” a candid, graphic memoir about being HIV positive. David Valentine Bernard’s literary novel, “Intimate Relations with Strangers,” just got a starred review in Publishers Weekly. I know what I want when I see it. And I don’t only look for a specific book. I look for authors who will promote their work, be enthusiastic about their work and who are willing to support the other writers we publish. They have to do signings together, and support each other.

WSJ.com: In recent years so-called “street lit,” urban-flavored crime fiction, has gotten plenty of attention. Is it still hot?

Zane: I think it’s cooling off. There are lessons being learned. It’s not enough now to have somebody walking off with $1 million at the end of the book. The stories are important, and it’s great that people like them, but ultimately there will be a lot of one-hit wonders. Only a few will stand the test of time.

WSJ.com: Can such writers hit the best-seller lists if they can’t attract white readers?

Zane: It’s very difficult. You need a good story.

WSJ.com: Will cover art become more race neutral if publishers try to broaden their reach, or would this dampen interest from black readers?

Zane: A good story will find readers. If there is a compelling story or memoir, it doesn’t have to be about a black person for me to want to read it. And it won’t matter to people who love to read. But I don’t think the covers will become race neutral.

WSJ.com: What prompted you to write a sexual advice book?

Zane: I’ve gotten thousands of emails over the years, and it made me realize people are confused about relationships and sexuality. For me, this is a way to show people why I do what I do. The main reason relationships fail is because of a lack of communication. I’m also trying to keep readers entertained.

WSJ.com: What subject is raised most frequently, and how do you respond?

Zane: I get at least 20 to 30 emails a week from women asking how to take control during a sexual situation. They’re scared. In our society, women are considered vessels for men’s pleasure. That’s why the main sexual position is called the missionary position: we’re missionaries. Women who aren’t sexually satisfied need to take a stand.

WSJ.com: There’s a line between providing advice and writing steamy books. Do you worry that your advice may have unintended consequences?

Zane: I try to be very careful, especially with advice to young women. Hopefully it won’t have bad consequences. I’m candid, but I’m also responsible.

Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118468734641069005.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Zane recently published a nonfiction sex advice book called Dear G Spot.

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