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Darius 'D-Boy' Jensen was pronounced dead from a car bomb explosion. But is he really dead? His only living sibling, Jay-Roc, knows the truth and he's been keeping the secret for 7 years. D-Boy and his lawyer, John, exiled themselves to Dubai until the 7-year statute of limitation of investigation was up. D-Boy and John were excited and anxious to go back home to the United States. What they didn't know was that Special Agent Heron dispatched an agent to monitor and keep tabs on his brother Jay-roc. J-Roc was running American D-Boy Records and clothing line that D-Boy founded before his supposed demise. He signed a group called the Billigoats that became the biggest rap group in history. Jay-roc planned a tour to Dubai as a way to sneak D-Boy and John back into the United States, but there is a glitch. One of the Billigoats is murdered on the last day of the tour which makes it difficult for them to get back to the States without raising some suspicion.Meanwhile, Special Agent Heron sealed a treacherous deal with a Mexican drug cartel called Lost Souls. The plan was to open up the southern border to allow thousands of Lost Soul soldiers into the United States. Two of the Lost Souls soldiers, The Diaz Brothers, staged a coup and started their own organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Diaz Brothers quickly become competition for the Lost Souls Cartel with their own brand of highly potent cocaine labeled 'Super-Coke' that was sweeping the nation.

He never expected to justify himself to anyone, least of all a celebrity talk-show host.Ethan West has been in the political race long enough to know how to play the game. Shine a light on your good deeds and keep your playboy ways in the dark. As a man of few words, he doesn't answer to anyone, instead demands answers from those running against him. When an ex-lover reveals his playboy lifestyle to the press, Ethan accepts an interview with Maya Armstrong, to save his political aspirations.Maya Armstrong is known throughout the industry as headstrong, fearless, and independent. When Ethan takes a seat on her couch, she's determined to hold this billionaire banker turned politician accountable for his actions. The last thing she expected was for the sparks to fly on and off air.Find out what happens when two alpha personalities collide. Will this rift end his campaign, or will it be the beginning of something much more lasting, like love?

At once cinematic yet intimate, Broughtupsy is an enthralling debut novel about a young Jamaican woman grappling with grief as she discovers her family, her home, is always just out of reach<BR><BR>Tired of not having a place to land, twenty-year-old Akúa flies from Canada to her native Jamaica to reconnect with her estranged sister Tamika. Their younger brother Bryson has recently passed from sickle cell anemia—the same disease that took their mother ten years prior—and Akúa carries his remains in a small wooden box with the hope of reassembling her family.<BR><BR>Over the span of two fateful weeks, Akúa and Tamika visit significant places from their childhood, but time spent with her sister only clarifies how different they are, and how years of living abroad have distanced Akúa from her home culture. "Am I Jamaican?" she asks herself again and again. Beneath these haunting doubts lie anger and resentment at being abandoned by her own blood. "Why didn’t you stay with me?" she wants to ask Tamika.<BR><BR>Wandering through Kingston with her brother's ashes in tow, Akúa meets Jayda, a brash stripper who shows her a different side of the city. As the two grow closer, Akúa confronts the difficult reality of being gay in a deeply religious family, and what being a gay woman in Jamaica actually means.<BR><BR>By turns diasporic family saga, bildungsroman, and terse sexual awakening, Broughtupsy is a profoundly moving debut novel that asks: what do we truly owe our family, and what are we willing to do to savor the feeling of home?

“Truly the mistress of romance. Ms. Ford knows how to turn up the heat.”—Romantic Times In Can’t Get Enough of You, perennial favorite Bette Ford revisits the group of friends she introduced in Unforgettable, and enthralls readers once more with a tale about the chances we take for love, and what we’re willing to risk for a second shot at happiness. Can’t Get Enough of You is a sizzling hot love story about a brilliant and beautiful professor who’s life is turned upside-down when the ex-love of her life, who once chose an NBA career over her, re-enters her world—and it reestablishes Bette Ford as a major force in African American romance fiction. 

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Roger Blythe has a reputation for being here today and gone tomorrow.That's fine with Corinne Walker, until he decides to take their relationship to the next level. Corinne's cycle of dating men who have no chance of touching her heart has kept her sane over the years.Roger's turnaround unsettles her, because just when she considers changing the way she lives, his secret life threatens to destroy everything they're building together.When her past and future collide, Corinne has two choices. Run away from what could be a repeat of the devastation that has gone before, or stay and fight for what her heart says is right for her.

The narrative is based on two historical figures of the late 19th century, Jean-Baptiste Lamy and Joseph Projectus Machebeuf, and rather than any one singular plot, is the stylized re-telling of their lives serving as Roman Catholic clergy in New Mexico. The narrative has frequent digressions, either in terms of stories related to the pair (including the story of the Our Lady of Guadalupe and the murder of an oppressive Spanish priest at Acoma Pueblo) or through their recollections. The narration is in third-person omniscient style. Cather includes many fictionalized accounts of actual historical figures, including Kit Carson, Manuel Antonio Chaves and Pope Gregory XVI.In the prologue, Bishop Ferrand, an Irish bishop who works in the New World, solicits three cardinals at Rome to pick his candidate for the newly created diocese of New Mexico (which has recently passed into American hands). Bishop Ferrand is successful in getting his candidate, the Auvergnat Jean-Marie Latour, recommended by the cardinals over the recommendation of the Bishop of Durango (under whose territory New Mexico had previously fallen). One of the cardinals, a Spaniard named Allende, alludes to a painting by El Greco taken from his family by a missionary to the New World and lost, and asks for the new Bishop to search for it.

"Death Comes for the Archbishop" is a masterful work of historical fiction by Willa Cather. Set in the American Southwest in the mid-19th century, the novel tells the story of a young French priest who is sent to establish a Catholic diocese in a rugged and unfamiliar land. Through his encounters with the indigenous people and his fellow settlers, the priest comes to understand the complexities and beauty of the human spirit. With its vivid descriptions and deep insight into the human soul, "Death Comes for the Archbishop" is a timeless meditation on the meaning of faith, community, and the quest for spiritual fulfillment.

Render Me Bountiful is a collection of poetry that was written to fill your entire mind, body, and spirit with a new breath of life. You are at once captivated by the poetry's potent truth and honesty, rhythmic patterns, and flowing imagery. Each poem will communicate to every reader a valued interpretation to help them grow in understanding their purpose, as well as appreciate the many experiences they have faced or will face, good or bad, throughout life, ones that each and every one of us goes through. You will sing, you will dance, you will rejoice, you may even cry. The three sections - Rhapsody, Stars and Dust, and Labyrinth contain poems you will find yourself reading over and over again for the wisdom each poem offers, for the light each brings. The author tells us in the poem, "Hearts Forever Young," that there is much more we should and must anticipate as we move forward in life rather than simply growing old. There are the doubtless reasons we should trust in the grand unknown, where, as stated so profoundly in the poem, "Love Is," the abstract and often intangible expression of love, when you do find it, means "...you and I never asking why...."

A Lost Lady, has been considered important throughout human history. In an effort to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to secure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for both current and future generations. This complete book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not scans of the authors' original publications, the text is readable and clear.

Achim Jeffers faces his most challenging mission yet. He's a proud black man caught in a deadly vice. One misstep and hard prison time will be in his future.Achim's sworn adversaries in the FBI are in utter panic. They are begging Achim, a Counter-Racist hitman, to provide them with his expert assistance. The FBI has good reason to be frightened and desperate. A twisted European assassin has been hired to take out a high value target in the United States. Infamous for his brutality and White Supremacist fervor, this faceless assassin is simply known as "The Tarpon". Everything about the man and his deadly methods, are clouded in mystery. "The Tarpon" is intent on spilling blood in New Orleans. His goal is to serve the black citizens of the city, death on a cold plate. Aware of "The Tarpon's" cruelty, yet weary of the FBI's true intentions, Achim is forced to take a big risk in order to protect the Black Community. He begrudgingly joins forces with the FBI and enters a global race to stop the crazed assassin before he completes his grisly task. Join the churning manhunt and experience the intense combat as Achim Jeffers and The Tarpon trade blows, in this sequel to the underground hit novel "War of The Heart".

It's the culture-changing summer of 1968. Upheaval is nationwide with protests and assassinations. Yet, in her hometown, a small Southern haven, desegregation is about to begin. Witness it and live it through the eyes of a seven-year-old girl nicknamed Shadow on the cusp of changing history with the rest of the world. Is she Black, colored, or Negro? Join this little girl as she learns that nothing can't be faced without family and friends. And with them as her guides, she can reach heights greater than her family could ever imagine, no matter what color she is. The Summer Tales of Shadow will melt your heart, capturing the soul and atmosphere of hope for the future while learning lessons from the journeys of the past.