Essence #1 best-selling author Kiki Swinson holds nothing back in this sensational tale of a scheming lawyer without limits. Yoshi Lomax loves playing dirty. She'll do whatever it takes to win a case-including bribing cops, sleeping with her superiors, and convincing her DEA pals to make evidence disappear. But when Yoshi runs out of tricks while defending a Haitian mob boss, the gangster makes one thing clear: Yoshi either wins the case or loses her life.

"I can't wait to see what Trice Hickman does next!" --Mary Monroe, New York Times bestselling author Two couples, two unhappy spouses--one shocking solution. . . Five years into her happy marriage, Geneva Mayfield is devastated to find that things have taken a turn for the worse. Her husband, Johnny, is suddenly hard to reach, distant, and works late too often for Geneva not to be suspicious. Is it because she's been pressuring him about having a baby? Feeling lonely and neglected, Geneva ...

In bestselling author Rochelle Alers' passionate, uplifting new series, four friends from very different backgrounds find new beginnings amid the sultry beauty of New Orleans. Corporate attorney Hannah DuPont-Lowell always pictured herself returning to New Orleans to retire-just not yet. But after her Manhattan company abruptly lays off its staff, there's no better place to figure out a next move than the porch of her plantation-style home. Nestled in the stunning Garden District, the DuPo...

Fixtures on the Essence best-seller list, street-lit powerhouses Kiki Swinson and De'nesha Diamond team up to give listeners two delicious stories. In Swinson's "I Need a Gangsta," Melody gives everything to support her husband's business - and he repays her by having an affair. Now she's looking for payback, courtesy of one bad gangster. Diamond's "Gentlemen Prefer Bullets" follows Eli, a hardened killer sent to protect his boss' beautiful daughter, Blake. But Eli gets more than he bargai...

Author Sasha Campbell has been shaking up the literary scene with her provocative tales of personal relationships. In Consequences, Trinette Montgomery is accustomed to her wealthy husband forgiving her affairs -- so she doesn't hesitate to pursue her married boss when he tickles her fancy. But when things go wrong, she pays a visit to her friend Nikki Truth, who is having marital problems of her own. As things come to a head, Trinette and Nikki must band together to save both their famili...

They're the housemates from Hell …When her disastrous Australian love affair ends, Lou O'Dowd heads to Edinburgh for a fresh start, moving in with her cousin, and preparing for the only job she can find … working at a halfway house for very high-risk offenders.Two killers, a celebrity paedophile and a paranoid coke dealer—all out on parole and all sharing their outwardly elegant Edinburgh townhouse with rookie night-worker Lou …And instead of finding some meaning an...

Packed with "high suspense" and "memorable choices and consequences" (Booklist) Kiki Swinson's novels sizzle with brutally unpredictable characters, breakneck plotting-and a uniquely gritty portrait of Southern life. Now she breaks all the rules as a young woman with two targets on her back tries to keep those she loves-and herself-alive . . . Run for cover It was supposed to be easy money. A few exchanges for cash, one big payoff, and then life would be better than ever with bills all pai...

Kiki Swinson's novels crackle with breakneck triple-twists, no-limits characters, and an unforgettably brutal portrayal of Southern life. Now she shatters all expectations as a young woman serving time must survive a prisoner-abuse conspiracy . . . Trust no one She killed her abusive boyfriend in self-defense. But in jail, violent female gangs paid off by her enemies keep her fearing for her life-and land her in the hospital. From there, a medical testing facility is her one dubious hope f...

Sasha Campbell's sizzling debut follows Nikki Truth, a radio talk show host who has no trouble dishing out relationship advice on the air, yet can't seem to follow that advice in her own life. With Nikki's marriage on the rocks and her husband overseas, her best friend Trinette urges her to seek happiness elsewhere. But once Nikki realizes she's not ready to move on, she may have already lost her husband for good. "These characters leap off the page ."-Lutishia Lovely

Real love is in a class all its own... Born into wealth, Erica Stanford has followed in her family's successful footsteps and now runs her own upscale boutique in an affluent Washington, D.C., neighborhood. But despite her good fortune, she's still missing someone special to share her life with until a chance encounter changes everything... Handsome, rugged Jerome Kimbrough is hard to miss among the fellow citizens serving jury duty with Erica. And as the two get to know each other over th...

Champaign and Zyair have been together for five years, and they're feeling the need to rekindle the erotic spark between them. When they decide to invite a third person into their bedroom, neither one of them realizes how much their lives will change. What starts out as one night of experimentation becomes an obsession for Champaign, who decides she wants to experience that kind of passion again and again. Meanwhile, her friend Alexis is tired of being used, abused, and treated as an after...

Publishers Weekly called award-winning author Michele Grant's Heard It All Before a ''scorching debut.'' This sequel follows Roman Montgomery's charming brother Beau, who shows up at his sister's Dallas condo looking for a place to stay. Instead, he finds her new roommate, Belle -- equal parts attitude and beauty -- who wants nothing to do with Beau's pretty-boy act. But when she offers him a job, Beau sees a chance to make something of himself -- and prove he's more than just a pretty fac...