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Reesy Snowden and Misty Fine novels volume 2
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
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Language
English
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Description
"Laila desperately wants to become a mother, but each of her previous pregnancies has ended in heartbreak. This time has to be different, so she turns to the Melancons, an old and powerful Harlem family known for their caul, a precious layer of skin that is the secret source of their healing power. When a deal for Laila to acquire a piece of caul falls through, she is heartbroken, but when the child is stillborn, she is overcome with grief and rage....
Author
Series
Midnight series (Sister Souljah) volume 3
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Handsome, young, Muslim, and married to two women living in one house along with his mother, Umma, and sister, Naja: can Midnight manage? He is surrounded by Americans who don't share or understand his faith or culture, and adults who are offended by his maturity, intelligence, or his natural ability to make his hard work turn into real money. He is calm, confident, and cool, Ninja-trained and powerful, but one moment of rage throws this Brooklyn...
Author
Series
Hood rat novels volume 5
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Description
"From #1 Essence bestselling author, K'wan, comes the next installment in his bestselling Hood Rat seriesPorsha: the ghetto princess. Boots: the scandalous baby mama. Frankie aka Francine: the con artist. These three girls live in one apartment and are into all kinds of hood foolishness while having fun. Until one day they find an eviction notice taped to their door. Now they have seventy-two hours to find out how to come up with all the money they...
Author
Series
Gods of Gotham volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnams Sons, a member of the Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
In 1846 New York six months after the formation of the NYPD, officer Timothy Wilde investigates a ring of "blackbirders" who kidnap free people of color in the North and sell them to Southern plantations.
Author
Series
Midnight series (Sister Souljah) volume 2
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Powerful and sensual, Midnight is an intelligent, fierce fighter and Ninjutsu-trained ninja warrior. A devout Muslim, he takes sixteen-year-old Akemi from Japan as his wife, but their tumultuous teenage marriage is interrupted when Akemi is kidnapped and taken back to Japan by her own father, even though the marriage was consummated and well underway. To find her, Midnight must travel across three countries and numerous cultures, and meets people...
9) Push
Author
Publisher
Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Relentless, remorseless, and inspirational, this "horrific, hope-filled story" ("Newsday") is certain to haunt a generation of readers. Precious Jones, 16 years old and pregnant by her father with her second child, meets a determined and highly radical teacher who takes her on a journey of transformation and redemption.
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