Epiphany Wright, Keisha Moore, and Shana Scott spent their teenage years as best friends in the hood of south side Jamaica, Queens. As adults, their friendship is put to the test when envy, built-up animosity, hidden betrayal, and the bad boys in their lives cause more havoc. Every day becomes a struggle to keep it tight. With all that's riding against them when drastic situations occur, will these girls be down for one another, or be just plain Sheisty?
Epiphany, Keisha, and Shana were once best friends, but envy, built-up animosity, and the bad boys in their lives have come between them. Drastic situations have left their friendship on the edge of destruction. In this sequel to the hood classic, Sheisty, T.N. Baker shows readers that you can never really take the hood out of the homegirl. Epiphany, Keisha, and Shana are still trickin' for dough, still running off at the mouth, and still being sheisty. However, as they will soon see, you can’t stay wrapped up in drama forever, because what goes around comes around. Everything will all come to a head, one way or another. Read Still Sheisty to learn the answers to these questions: Will death really come knocking on Epiphany's door? Will Keisha give up her good-girl image once and for all? Will Shana find herself in a situation that will claim her man and her freedom? Still Sheisty lives up to its predecessor—all that and then some—so get ready for the drama!
Get Money By Any Means Necessary. The Waverly Girls Group Home is supposed to be a place where troubled teens come for reform. But Jazzy, Cha Cha, and Maya have different plans. Though the three girls hail from three different cities, they've had amazingly similar hard knock lives, and the thread that holds them together is their love of money. Soon, these sheisty chicks are backsliding into a life of fraud, boosting, and hustling within the walls of Waverly. Their money is on point, and they're enjoying the good life until a new girl stands in their way by going against the grain. That is, until she turns up dead.
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The game once had three major rules that were never to be broken or compromised, regardless of how serious things got in one's life. Death before dishonor was more than just a code; it was the law of the streets, written in the blood of the OGs who killed and died upholding it. Back then, there were many rewards for those who followed the codes. On the other hand, the penalty was death for anyone who violated the laws, and anybody close to him. At the very least, that person would be blackballed from the hood and any illegal street ventures. Clearly the game as we once knew it has been changed by today's hustlers, gangsters, and crooks. Most of them have strayed far from the script. The majority of them would rather save their asses than save face. They would sooner live with shame and disgrace than die with honor and respect. With the current status of the game and the sheisty individuals who are playing it, is there anyone who will honor the past and acknowledge the rules of the game for what they used to be? A newcomer to the urban lit scene, Amir Sanchez delivers a realistic, gripping story of life on the streets, where hustlers still rule, but honor and loyalty have taken on new meaning.
She was left to die in jail, her jewels, clothes and cars where stripped away from her. She was betrayed and set up by the only family she had. When the world turned their back on her she became Shiesty. Emerald is coming home sooner than everyone thinks and the only thing on her mind is payback. Emerald killed the good girl she had in her and quickly became cold hearted and ruthless. Her new personality Shiesty wasn't letting anyone run over her or hurt her again. But when tragedy strikes and a promise to her grandmother sets Shiesty plans back. Emerald tries to forgive and forget her past and move on with her life. But sometimes forgiving isn't always that easy. With Emerald battling her alter ego Shiesty, she takes everyone on a emotional roller coaster that they will never forget. Who will win the fight between doing what's right or getting even?
Young Khye was always spoiled and told that her beauty would get her far. However, no one told her that beauty without brains would lead to a dead end. Khye and her family moved to Harlem from London when she was nine. She figured out quickly that her accent garnered attention. A decade later, her now exaggerated accent grabs the attention of many men. But Khye only has eyes for Floyd, a pretty boy making a name for himself in the music industry. When Floyd is murdered in the recording studio, Khye begins investigating. Secrets about who he really was and how he really earned his living begin to surface, and Khye is determined to pick up right where he left off.
Lisa Lennox transports readers to the heart of the crack era—the South Bronx, New York City, 1989. In the late 1980s and early 90s, the crack epidemic swept through inner city communities like the plague. Mothers abandoned their children and took to the street for a hit. Fathers sold everything they owned to get a taste. The crackhead was rampant. Some neighborhoods were never the same. Enter Laci Johnson, a beautiful, smart, privileged teenage girl from across town, who teams up with The South Bronx Bitches—an infamous girl group known for chasing men and money. When the SBB becomes envious of Laci they devise a plan to destroy her life. Finding love in the most unexpected of places, Laci turns to a local drug dealer to help save her and heal the wounds of her new addiction. Through Laci and a host of entertaining characters, Crackhead vividly captures the essence of an era and the devastating, sometimes fatal, consequences of addiction.
Kira's had enough drama and the only way she's going to make a new start is by moving to Houston with her cousin, Nikki. Though Nikki might be in a different hood, she's still up to her old sheisty ways, looking for the sugar daddy who will help her crawl out from under Kira's shadow. And when Kira falls in love with Fatu, an extremely wealthy Nigerian club owner, Nikki will do whatever it takes to break them up. Because now it's her turn to be wifey...
Karen Williams, author of Harlem on Lock and The People Vs. Cashmere, brings you this dark street tale. Follow the highs and lows of Cha, Goldie, and Red, who come together for fun, laughs, and sometimes treachery in Long Beach, California. For these three ladies, survival was always about getting over by using lies, deceit, and sex. But when a plan goes dangerously wrong, Cha and Goldie take a step back out of the life. Cha desperately wants to rid herself of the demons of her past so she can at least feel normal enough to raise her son, Omari. Goldie ain't feeling the hood life anymore. She's tired of going from man to man, and knows her parents are rolling over in their graves at the life she chose for herself. Red craves the streets, and will cross anyone, friends included, to get what she wants. She steps deeper in the game, making her dirtier than she already is--so dirty that she will betray both Cha and Goldie, leading to horrifying consequences. Dirty to the Grave goes harder than Karen Williams has ever gone, with an explosive ending that will shock you and make you wonder: Are your friends really your friends? They say life is hard from the cradle to the grave, and once you think people can't get any dirtier, they do!
