From #1 Essence bestselling author, K'wan, comes the next installment in his bestselling Hood Rat seriesPorsha: the ghetto princess. Boots: the scandalous baby mama. Frankie aka Francine: the con artist. These three girls live in one...

"One of hip-hop fiction's hottest authors."--King"K'wan steadily builds to a frantic, movie-worthy climax."--Entertainment Weekly"The legacies of Iceberg Slim and Donald Goines are forever preserved."--Up...

Only the strong survie on the streets of Brooklyn. And while Dena Jones definitely has what it takes not only to survive but to succeed, she wants out. And she's determined to make it out of Crooklyn. She’s determined to make ...

In the Frederick Douglass Housing Projects, the name Butler is synonymous with drama. From the cigarette-selling grandmother, Ms. Pat, to little Ashanti, who can't seem to stay out of trouble, there's always something going on with th...

IIt's the penthouse or the morgue.' This is the philosophy adopted by Keshawn Wilson, a.k.a. `K-Dawg,' self-proclaimed lord of the streets. Keshawn is the youngest of five kids and one of only two that doesn't belong to his mother's ...

Since she was a little girl, Tionna's on and off addicted mother taught her to get hers by any means necessary. Tionna's heart is as cold as a December chill, but she holds a warm place in it for Duhan, the father of her two sons, and...

They say that good girls like bad boys, and this was especially true for Pearl Stone. A child born of privilege to a drug baron and reputed killer known in the streets as Big Stone. Although the flashy, fast-paced nature of the street...

[Read by Kim Johnson] From #1 Essence bestselling author K'wan comes the sixth installment in his bestselling Hood Rat series.No shade means no offense (as defined by the Urban Dictionary). Example: Don't tell her I told you, but your...

#1 Essence bestselling author K'Wan returns with The Diamond Empire, the explosive, hard-hitting follow-up novel to the street love story Diamonds and Pearl.It's about to be an all-out war. While an ambitious rival has taken over Diam...