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"Dayna Anderson doesn't set out to solve a murder. All the semi-famous, mega-broke actress wants is to help her parents keep their house. So after witnessing a deadly hit-and-run, she pursues the fifteen grand reward. But Dayna soon finds herself doing a full-on investigation, wanting more than just money she wants justice for the victim. She chases down leads at paparazzi hot spots, celeb homes, and movie premieres, loving every second of it until...
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When a desperate family implores her to track down a woman who may not want to be found, Grayson Sykes unravels violent secrets that embroil her in an increasingly dangerous game of cat and mouse. Isabel Lincoln is gone. But is she missing? It's up to Grayson Sykes to find her. Although she is reluctant to track down a woman who may not want to be found, Gray's search for Isabel Lincoln becomes more complicated and dangerous with every new revelation...
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Halia Watkins has her hands full cooking, hosting, and keeping her boisterous young cousin from getting too sassy with the customers at Mahalia's Sweet Tea, the finest soul food restaurant in Prince George's County, Maryland. Having fast-talking entrepreneur Marcus Rand turn up in her kitchen is annoying; finding his dead body face-down on her ceramic tile after hours is far worse. To keep Sweet Tea out of the sordid spotlight, Halia will have to...
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When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules--a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, knows all too well. Deeply ambivalent about growing up black in the lone star state, he was the first in his family to get as far away from Texas as he could. Until duty called him home. When his allegiance to his roots puts his job in jeopardy, he travels up Highway 59 to the small town of Lark, where two murders--a black lawyer from...
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"Mahalia's Sweet Tea is known for serving the best soul food in Prince George's County, Maryland. But owner Halia also likes to indulge in some O la carte detective work. Can she solve the murder of a former omean girlo when a high school reunion takes a deadly turn? When the organizing committee for her upcoming high school reunion desperately needs a caterer, Halia agrees to help out. Soon she's serving up her signature macaroni and cheese and famous...
7) Skies of ash
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"Los Angeles homicide detective Elouise "Lou" Norton and her partner, Colin Taggert, arrive at the scene of a tragic house fire. Juliet Chatman perished in the blaze, along with her two children. Left behind is grieving husband and father Christopher Chatman, hospitalized after trying to rescue his family. Chatman is devastated that he couldn't save them. Unless, of course, he's the one who killed them. Neighbors and family friends insist the Chatmans...
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"Stunning, suspenseful, and unforgettably evocative, Jason Overstreet s debut novel glitters with the vibrant dreams and dangerous promise of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance, as one man crosses the perilous lines between the law, loyalty, and deadly lies " For college graduate Sidney Temple, the Roaring Twenties bring opportunities even members of his accomplished black bourgeois family couldn t have imagined. His impulsive marriage to independent artist...
10) Heaven, my home
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"The thrilling follow-up to the award-winning Bluebird, Bluebird. Texas Ranger Darren Matthews is on the hunt for a boy who's gone missing, but it's the boy's family of white supremacists who are his real target. Nine-year-old Levi King knew he should have left for home sooner; now he's alone in the darkness of vast Caddo Lake, in a boat whose motor just died. A sudden noise distracts him -- and all goes dark. Darren Matthews is trying to emerge from...
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When her fiancé William, frustrated and confused about her refusal to set a wedding date, turns to Katherine, the high-school sweetheart he left behind, Mona, to reclaim William, must come clean about her shocking past, which goes heartbreakingly wrong and changes the lives of all involved.
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Welcome to the world of Duncans. By day they are upstanding citizens running one of New York's most respected car dealerships;but by night, they're criminals who control most of the East Coast drug traffic. No matter whether they're on their day or night jobs, one thing is true about the Duncans: there is never a dull moment to be found. Baby momma drama takes over the Duncan clan, as there is still uncertainty about who has fathered the Duncan sisters'...
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Celebrity CEO Monica loves her life -- until her man pressures her to start a family. Successful author Keesha, blowing through money and cheating on her fiancé, stands to lose it all. TV presenter Danielle's relationships are strictly for pleasure -- until she reconnects with her one true love. Full-time mom and preacher's wife Latoya is popping pills to relieve the strain. After years apart, these former friends begin receiving mysterious taunts...
14) Trail of echoes
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"On a rainy spring day in Los Angeles, homicide detective Elouise "Lou" Norton is called away from a rare lunch date to Bonner Park, where the body of thirteen-year-old Chanita Lords has been discovered. When Lou and her partner, Colin Taggert, take on the sad task of informing Chanita's mother, Lou is surprised to find herself in the apartment building she grew up in. Chanita was interested in photography and, much like Lou, a black girl destined...
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WMM Advertising is one of the biggest and hardest-to-penetrate fraudulent telemarketing firms in Georgia. After a recording of a man's death surfaces that may involve WMM, Atlanta homicide detective Danny Houser realizes that he may have the smoking gun needed to go after the firm.
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"Vegas Duncan's release from prison is right on time for his older brother Junior's engagement to the voluptuous Sonya Brown. Unfortunately, Junior's attempt at happiness comes to a screeching halt when Sonya's husband, the mysterious Brother X, and his army of Muslim hit men declares war on the Duncan clan. Duncan family patriarch LC Duncan has gone up against many foes in his time and has always come out on top; however, he's never gone up against...
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In this hot, hilarious page-turner about love, life, and family values, the Duncan family, led by L C Duncan, spends their days as upstanding citizens running one of New York City's most respected car dealerships. But by night, they are ruthless criminals who control most of the East Coast drug traffic. No matter whether they're on their day or night jobs, one thing is certain about the Duncan family: drama follows them everywhere they go.
18) Influence
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When he graduates with his law degree, handsome and charismatic Langston Hudson is ready to hit the ground running as a lawyer with his family's firm, but a routine traffic stop during a night out with his friends quickly derails his plans and turns his world upside down. Langston and his friends are arrested after officers find half a million dollars' worth of drugs in his car. When Jacqueline Hudson learns of her son's arrest, she immediately begins...
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Dmytryk was a respectable man ... once. College educated, happily married, a stable job at a car factory in Detroit. But then a crippling recession annihilates the auto industry and leaves Dmytryk and his wife, Cora, jobless. And after two years of trying to live honestly, they begin to realize that honesty doesn't pay the bills. Afraid of losing her home and marriage, Cora compromises her faith and makes some choices she isn't proud of.
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It's been two years since Johnny Mayfield's murder rocked Amber, Alabama. His death, along with the illicit personal scandals that preceded it, created more drama than the town had ever seen. But now life is back to normal, at least for his widow, Geneva. Or so it seems.
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