Karen Pittman

A tender tale of four boys who are rapidly coming to terms with school, bullies, friendship, and loyalty. Not to be limited by a poor upbringing, they tap their immense creativity and imagination to create The Order of the Red Dragon, a brotherhood of knights determined to fight injustice with justice. It's terribly exciting, and life is one big adventure. But when fissures appear in the friendship, their adventure turns dark, and they are forced...

Sydney Isaacs has two priorities: her family, and Decadent, the gourmet pastry business they founded almost three generations ago. But both are in jeopardy when her brother, Dean, marries conniving Sheree Vern. Worse, when Dean inherits ownership of Decadent he and Sheree decide to sell it to finance his dreams of becoming a music producer-or so Dean believes… Thanks to Sheree, Dean's plans, the business, and his marriage, soon implode in ways...

JJ Isaacs' dream of becoming an R&B star has come true, and it's all thanks to Rayshawn, her amazing producer--and secret lover. But as JJ enters the spotlight, the relationship gets harder to disguise. And the more she hides the truth, the more distant she feels from her faith, and from her family's approval. But support may come from an unexpected place. . . When JJ finds herself helping her estranged sister-in law, Sheree, through a difficult...

Single mom Monica Houston needs to find a job. When her best friend suggests she answer an ad seeking exotic dancers, they both laugh. But with no work in sight, it's no joke. Soon, Monica is dancing at Scandalous, and the money is flowing. But to hold on to her children, and her heart, she'll have to keep it a secret from both her ex and her new man. . . The baddest dancer at Scandalous, Robin Douglas a.k.a. Treasure, lives for herself and trusts...

Exciting and compelling from the first to the last page. —RT Book Reviews, 4.5 Stars
Essence® bestselling author Daaimah S. Poole serves up a sexy tale of three sisters who long for the successful marriage their parents have—and a man as good as their father. But once they stop looking for Mr. Right, surprising things start happening. . .
Dana Turner is tired of watching her co-workers get married and wondering...

The Maxson family reunion is a bi-annual tradition. The big, dysfunctional family gets together one weekend every other year outside of Macon, Georgia to celebrate how far their family has come. Usually it's the same ol' routine: family activities, the reunion barbecue, and the formal banquet at the end of the weekend. This year everything has been turned upside down. Trying to keep the same schedule, throwing in a wedding and an unexpected funeral...

Michele Grant has earned critical accolades and drawn favorable comparisons to some of urban fiction's top authors. Sweet Little Lies is her spicy tale of a flawed woman who wants everyone to believe she's perfect. Behind Christina Brinsley's image are three broken engagements and plenty more problems. When she meets a sexy professor who sees right through her, the facade crumbles.

The queen of the street lit genre, De'nesha Diamond pens tales about the toughest ride-or-die chicks ever to roam the streets of the Dirty South. In Street Divas, four powerful women vie for total control of the Memphis hood, and they aren't about to let past loyalties get in their way. While Lucifer is hitting the streets to get her revenge for a deadly shooting, Essence is hitting the sheets-with her best friend's man. And Yolanda knows her path...

Felise is not the kind of woman to cheat on her husband-especially with her best friend's man. But after one perfect storm of a night, it happened and she can hardly believe it herself. To top it off, when she woke up in the morning, she found that the man to whom she guiltily made passionate love died of a heart attack overnight. Felise, who is a nurse and a good citizen at that, leaves the hotel room without reporting his death.

Music, suspense, and some steam up the windows scenes make this a wonderful book for lovers of Mature YA/New Adult books - Book Loving Mom "If you want to change up what you usually read or you like contemporary romance with a kick I dare you to read this book. I promise you won't regret it." - The Haunted Rose YA - Mature/New Adult What girl wouldn't want to be surrounded by the sexy guys from the hottest teen rock sensation in the country? 18-year-old...