Treasure Hernandez
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Born and raised in Flint, Michigan, Secret Miller knows deep inside that she isn't cut out to live the ghetto life her mother, Yolanda, has prepared for her. She realizes that her only way out of the neighborhood and away from the watchful eyes of her mother is to be the first in her family to graduate from high school and go to college. Although she plans to go far enough away to break free from the streets, Secret may need a Plan B when her estranged...
42) The Flint saga
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Welcome to Flint, Michigan ... Malek Johnson's hustle is the basketball court, and he's destined for the pros straight out of high school. He finds love in the super fine girl everyone calls Halleigh, and he promises her that he will take her out of the hood. When Halleigh's virginity is traded in exchange for her mother's drug tab, their dream spirals out of control and they are quickly separated and sucked into the life that they have so desperately...
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Derek Fuller is the head detective of the Baltimore Narcotics Division. His team has been assigned to take down the biggest drug operation in the city. There's only one problem: the head of the operation is his twin brother, Scar Johnson. Separated in Baltimore's foster care system, they came from two different walks of life, but both met at the top on opposite sides of the law. With the Assistant District Attorney in their back pocket, this was a...
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All the way in: "Born into the struggle, Sonya Mills and Melody Ham Tatum are far from living the good life. They're missing meals, have no clean clothes to put on their backs, and are forced to sleep in abandoned houses. There are zero possibilities in sight for a legal come-up for either young woman. The desperate teens have no choice but to beg, borrow, and steal if they hope to survive on the savage streets of Detroit. In a twist of fate, the...
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Girls from da hood volume 8
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Bad education: Gabby is forced to move into the Cumberland Projects after her mother dies; Mika and her posse are intent on making Gabby's life miserable.
Friendly fire: Keisha, LaRhonda and Shawna are best friends, but Keisha steps out of her box, and Shawna's life begins to look up, while LaRhonda still struggles in the confines of the ghetto.
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A lover's embrace?: "Rayne creates beautiful works of art, but her personal life is a blank canvas, void of love and passion. With a life-changing showcase on the horizon, Rayne is completely content being alone. She has kept clear of distractions since her last breakup, five years earlier. Things are working in her favor, until an erotic dream shakes her to her core. As if things weren't becoming complicated enough, a new co-worker seems to have...
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Love won't let me wait. "Giánni's past is riddled with failed relationships and broken hearts, so she has chosen to focus on her self-worth instead. However, when she finds herself just going through the motions in her job, she feels the need for some entertainment. A new customer's flirtatious advances might just offer her a new way to occupy her downtime. When Ford decided to skip out on a four-year degree to become a truck driver, his parents...
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"There's a saying that if you come from my part of town, you're from around the way. Urban Books bestsellers Treasure Hernandez and Marcus Weber bring readers a fast-paced look at the lives of some street-smart women who think they know it all. Do they have what it takes to survive on the streets?"--
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All in the family: First cousins Jakki and School Boy must defend their family name and their loyalty to one another.
Counterfeit love: Gambling house owner Sanaa decides to inject phony currency into her business, and all hell breaks loose.
Sack chasing Star: When Star meets Rello, a hustler selling dreams of a better life, she jumps at the chance to lock him down.
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All the way in: Born into the struggle, Sonya Mills and Melody Ham Tatum are far from living the good life. The desperate teens have no choice but to beg, borrow, and steal if they hope to survive on the savage streets of Detroit. In a twist of fate, the pair link up, adapting a bloodthirsty, anything-goes, what's-yours-is-mine attitude that they inflict upon all they come in contact with.
Escaping a thug's love: The Dexter Linwood Area is one of...