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  The God Don't Like Ugly Series: Book 1

  God Don't Like Ugly

  by Mary Monroe

  Annette Goode, born in the racist South of the 1950s, is the heroine of Monroe's strong second novel (after The Upper Room), a coming-of-age journey depicted with wit, poignancy and bite. Up until 1963, when 13-year-old, overweight Annette Goode meets beautiful Rhoda Nelson, only daughter of the Richland, Ohio, town undertaker, Annette's life has been a nightmare. After Annette's father left her mother (Muh'Dear)... (more)
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  Never Satisfied: How & Why Men Cheat

  by Michael Baisden

  The book is a collection of interviews of men who have cheated. It examines how men are raised from childhood to be unfaithful and how parents play a large part in creating cheaters. It also takes a hard look at the role of the other woman as well as the tolerant wives and girlfriends. Never before has a book dealt with infidelity on such a realistic level. This is a book every woman and man should read!
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  The Big Girls Book Club: Book 1

  Something On the Side

  by Carl Weber

  Carl Weber--the New York Times bestselling author of The First Lady and So You Call Yourself a Man --represents with a straight-up novel about friendship and love, sex and betrayal, and how getting some on the side is never as simple as it seems... Meet Tammy, Egypt, Isis, Nikki, Coco, and Tiny--the bodacious women of the Big Girls Book Club. There's only one rule to being a member. You must be at least... (more)
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  Murder on the Down Low

  by Pamela Samuels-Young

  A high-profile lawsuit erupts into chaos, revealing its place in a larger spree of violence in this scandalous tale of lust, lies, and vengeance. A brazen gunman is targeting prominent African American men on the streets of Los Angeles, and police are completely baffled. At the same time, savvy big-firm attorney Vernetta Henderson and her outrageous sidekick, Special, lead the charge for revenge against a man... (more)
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  Dirty Little Secrets: Book 1

  Dirty Little Secrets

  by Joy King

  Nothing prepares Tyler Blake for the fast-paced living of New York City. A small-town girl from Georgia, she quickly gets caught up in the glamorous entertainment industry.  While pursuing her dream of becoming an actress, Tyler continually gets sidetracked by men who promise to help her and finds herself going from one dysfunctional relationship to another. Just when Tyler finally believes she has found her ideal... (more)
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  On the Down Low

  A Journey into the Lives of 'Straight' Black Men Who Sleep with Men

  by J. L. King

  Delivering the first frank and thorough investigation of life "on the down low," (the D.L.) J. L. King exposes a closeted culture of sex between black men who lead “straight” lives. The trend is proving to have skyrocketing health consequences for wives and girlfriends unwittingly caught in the double lives of their men: African American women represent 68 percent of new HIV cases, and an alarming one out of 160... (more)
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  Thieves' Paradise

  by Eric Jerome Dickey

  The sensational New York Times bestselling author of Between Lovers, Liar's Game , and Cheaters returns with an irresistible novel about grifters and con artists, brothers and sisters, looking for love and making ends meet-on the wrong side of the law.
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  The God Don't Like Ugly Series: Book 2

  God Still Don't Like Ugly

  by Mary Monroe

  Sequel to God Don't Like Ugly An Essence Bestseller A Selection of the Black Expressions Book Club In this haunting and powerful new novel, national bestselling author Mary Monroe revisits Annette Goode, Rhoda Nelson, and the other unforgettable characters from God Don't Like Ugly. After a five-year separation, Annette is ready to take tentative steps to re-establish her friendship with Rhoda, but has her... (more)
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  Red Light Wives

  by Mary Monroe

  An Essence(r) Bestselling Author A Black Expressions Book Club Selection From the bestselling author of God Don't Like Ugly comes a powerful and passionate new novel about six unique women who share life on the streets of San Francisco - under the control of one charismatic man. With humor, style, and empathy, Mary Monroe lets us in on their hopes and dreams, their laughter - and their limits.
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  Chasing Destiny

  by Eric Jerome Dickey

  Eight-time New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey’s new novel is filled with intrigue, speed, and sex appeal. And an unforgettable female narrator rides her sexy yellow motorcycle right through it all. Billie (aka "Ducati") is known as much for her extraordinary beauty as for the sexy yellow motorcycle she rides through the mean streets of Los Angeles. Tough, talented, and self-assured,... (more)
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  Married Men

  by Carl Weber

  Like Weber's pulpy debut novel Lookin' for Luv, this crudely written romance seems condemned to advertise its author's limitations, offering virtually no meaningful insight into the serious problems his cardboard cutout characters face. "Black people are treated differently than white people," one of them opines, and that's about as shrewd as it gets. Successful businessman Kyle was the first of a group of four... (more)
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  A Dollar And A Dream

  by Carl Weber, Dwayne S. Joseph, La Jill Hunt, Angel Hunter

  Which of us hasn't daydreamed about what we'd do if we won the lottery? A Dollar And A Dream brings those fantasies to hilarious, heartbreaking life in three stories by #1 national bestselling author Carl Weber and La Jill Hunt, Essence bestsellin
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  Black Girl Lost

  by Donald Goines

  In this shocking novel of a young girl alone on the streets, Goines delves into yet another facet of the ghetto experience-the dark, despair-ridden world of a black girl s soul! Sandra took to the streets when she was eight years old and tried to fight off the hunger pangs by shoplifting and moving into the profits of drug pushing. The she met Chink and discovered love and affection...and rape and murder!
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  Blackstones of Virginia: Book 3

  Beyond Business

  by Rochelle Alers

  Sheldon Blackstone, CEO of the legendary stud farm that bears his name, has a lot to be grateful for, and some regrets. But Renee Wilson, Sheldon's mysterious, new administrative assistant, is about to show her enigmatic boss that it's time to look beyond past mistakes and see the future. Renee Wilson has her priorities--a good job and a safe place to raise her unborn child. Blackstone Farms offers both, until... (more)
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  The God Don't Like Ugly Series: Book 3

  God Don't Play

  by Mary Monroe

  From Mary Monroe, beloved author of God Don't Like Ugly and God Still Don't Like Ugly, comes the entwined stories of two lifelong friends, their secrets and lies, and a new challenge that could destroy their relationship once and for all... With a handsome husband, a beautiful daughter, and a lovely house to come home to every night, forty-five-year-old Annette Goode finally has it all. Heaven knows she... (more)
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  Drama Queen

  by La Jill Hunt

  Kayla Hopkins is young, beautiful and can't win for losing. That's why everyone calls her the Drama Queen. She doesn't go looking for drama, it just happens to her. Take for instance, her love life. Kayla's not satisfied with just one man. She has two-one she's in love with and another whom she's pregnant by. A ready-made formula for disaster, but will Kayla see it before everything blows up in her face?... (more)
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  The Wave

  by Walter Mosley

  Errol is awakened again by a strange prank caller asking for him by name and claiming to be his fatherwho has been dead for several years. It feels like a surreal call from the grave, until Erroll hears the unmistakable sound of a handset being put down on a table. Curious, and not a little unnerved, he sneaks into the graveyard where his father is buried. What he finds there will change his life forever. But once... (more)
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  Boaz Brown (Reading Group Guides)

  by Michelle Stimpson

  In this daring debut novel, a young Christian woman finds her own racist attitudes as well as those of her family, friends, and church challenged when she is drawn to a man of a different race. Smart-talking LaShondra Smith and her girlfriends all face the same relationship issue-where to find a good man. They yearn to meet a strong, confident man who loves God, just like Boaz in the Bible. The problem is that... (more)
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  The Honey Well

  by Gloria Mallette

  When Esther coerced her teenage daughter, Arnell, into sleeping with the landlord to keep a roof over their heads after her husband's death, her life as a madame began. As business prospered, Esther purchased the 16-room mansion her mother worked in as a housekeeper. The men call the residence the Honey Well, and rooms are rented to tenants affectionately referred to as ladies of charm. Esther promised Arnell that... (more)
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  Strivers Row

  Promises to Keep

  by Gloria Mallette

  New from the author of the national bestseller Shades of Jade: a story about the tragic loss of a son, the struggle to keep a family together, and the hunt for a murderer who didn’t leave any clues behind After a bitter divorce, Troy Kirkwood and his five-year-old daughter, Meika, move in with his parents, Nola and Ron. Troy is a devoted father and son. During an outing with his daughter he is called away—and... (more)