Lil' Baby Addicted To A Thug 2


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Harper is following her dreams and staying focused on her goals. But as they say, when things are going well, there’s always something or someone trying to pull you down. After getting shot, Maleek is ready for war as he tries to find out who would be bold enough to try and kill him. Will Harper and Maleek be able to grow as a couple or will people on the outside see to it that they don’t? Phenix is still hiding her relationship from her brother, but she knows it’s time to tell him the truth. How will Maleek feel knowing that she’s been hiding a relationship with someone that he considers his brother? Liam has always had Maleek’s back and this time it’s no different. He’s ready to find out who tried to come at their organization, and make an example out of them. Money, power and respect is the root of all evil. What happens when you complicate that even more and add love?




Lil' Baby Addicted To A Thug


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After spending two years in jail, Harper is ready to make up for lost time. Although she has dreams of being a writer, the bills have to be paid, so she ends up working at a jewelry store. It is there that she meets the handsome, cocky and confident Maleek, someone she never expected she’d be addicted to. A true king of the streets, Maleek runs NYC and is at his prime in his career. Having to grow up at a young age, he worked his way up the chain until he became the boss. When Harper and Maleek meet, he stakes his claim and is set on having her at any cost. He’s used to working hard for what he wants, and he wants her. Liam is Maleek’s right-hand man and best friend. At a young age, his mother shipped him off to his father in NYC to raise him and that’s where he linked up with Maleek. The drug game has afforded him the life he’s always wanted to live, but now it’s time to go legit. With his woman on one side and best friend on the other, Liam’s ready to take over the world. Harper is just trying to get her life together, while Maleek wants to see what they can be. Will she let her guard down, or will she run Maleek away? And as Liam and Maleek are starting to go legit, will the streets allow them to level up or will they pull them back down in the trenches?




Addicted to My Thug 2


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When your addiction becomes real... there’s no escaping it. Naomi never would have imagined falling for a dangerous, fine ass thug and breaking his heart in the process. She had managed to turn her entire life upside down in just a matter of three months. Now she is forced to face the reality of betraying her husband’s trust and neglecting her family for another man. Loving a notorious street king gangster and contemplating on the possibility of their happily ever after together was a dream that Naomi knew she had to quickly forget all about. After deciding to mend her broken relationship with Tyree, she was confident that breaking things off with Marquise was for the best. That is until she is faced with the harsh reality of him discovering the truth about her life. Marquise swore that he would never speak to Naomi again after how bad she’d hurt him. He simply couldn’t believe he’d allowed her to get one over on him and play him! But even as he tries his hardest to forget all about her, he is haunted by their sweet memories and fun times together. He decides that he has to have her by any means necessary and quickly sets a plan in motion to have Naomi all to himself. And he doesn’t care who stands in his way. Naomi is torn again, between her first love and the thug that made her love like no other. She continues to sneak behind Tyree’s back, while a demanding Marquise makes a point of letting her know that he wants a future with her. Stuck in a complicated love triangle, she is having a hard time making the right decision. That is until she is hit with a shocking revelation that suddenly changes everything...




Loving a Soulless Thug 2


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After receiving devastating news that the love of his life, along with her mother, died in a fatal car crash, Freddie’s soul dies. After taking loss after loss, he loses touch with reality and just can’t handle the pressure anymore. He does something that he might not be able to come back from. Jason and Eddie’s relationship has been rocky lately. Jason has become overbearing with his need to protect Eddie from harm. He feels responsible for the death of one friend and partially responsible for the death of another. He vows to protect his family at all cost, even if it puts a rift in their relationship. Eddie has been keeping secrets from Jason. Something she has never done before. But she didn’t really have a choice with the way things have been between them, at least that’s what she tells herself. She loves Jason but she is just as stubborn as he is. One of them has to be the bigger person. Who will it be when both of her secrets come out? Michael can’t get over the death of his woman and unborn child and he uses drugs and drinking to cope with the pain. He still can’t seem to outrun his demons no matter what he does, though. He has a debt to pay and who he owes will stop at nothing to get what they want, including ending his life and the lives of his loved ones. He is in over his head and is battling with coming clean to his boys. Will the bond they had growing up be enough to heal their broken hearts, or is there too much damage to repair?




Addicted to a Dirty South Thug


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Welcome to the life of the Prince brothers. Come feel what it's like to be Addicted to a Dirty South Thug. Khian "Khi" Prince is a certified boss with what seems to be the weight of the world on his shoulders. His job is to ensure that he and his brothers maintain their status in the streets, along with caring for his two baby mamas and the kids he shares with them. After failing twice at love, Khi's not ready to give up on finding his queen just yet, and after running into Cuba Lance, he's certain he has finally gotten it right. When Cuba mends his heart only to shatter it all over again, will Khi give up on love once and for all, or will he fight to keep the woman who has everything he's been looking for? Daelan "Dae" Prince is the ultimate bad boy with pretty-boy looks and a no-nonsense type of attitude. He's feared by many men and lusted after by plenty of women. With Amber, the love of his life, and his 5-year-old son by his side, Daelan could have a happily-ever-after ending--except that he can't seem to stop messing up. Usually his loved ones are there to pick up the shattered pieces, but what happens when Daelan makes a decision that put the lives of everyone around him in danger? Kaedee Prince is known in the streets because of his brothers, but he's also known in the courtroom as one not to be messed with. With his wife Deonna by his side, they run the most sought-after law firm in the city. Kaedee knew his law degree would come in handy for his brothers, but he never expected that his wife would one day need his services. Hit with money laundering charges, Deonna learns that your past doesn't always stay behind you. When her ex shows up in her husband's office, Deonna finds herself in love with two men at the same time. She's forced to choose, but when that decision lands someone in a grave, are the Prince brothers ready for a war?




In Love With the Wrong Thug


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Growing up with a crackhead for a mother, Sevyn Lewis was no stranger to heartbreak and pain. Life had shown Sevyn time and time again that she could depend on no one but herself. With that realization in mind, it was easy for her to ignore the random boys from around the way. Until it wasn’t. With two of the city's shot callers both vying for her attention, Sevyn finds herself in the middle of a love triangle that she wants nothing to do with. Along for the ride, Jazelle gets tangled in a love triangle of her own when her boyfriend suddenly switches up on her and opens the door for someone else to swoop right on in during his absence. Just when she feels like she has everything in her life figured out, the tables turn, and her loyalty is tested, leaving Jazelle unsure of where she wants to be. A young love is supposed to be fresh, exciting, and shared between two, and in this story, you will quickly find out that the saying “three is a crowd” couldn’t be truer.




Billboard


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In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.




The Billboard Albums


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A 50-year history of the rock era, including every album that made "The Billboard 200" chart - over 25,000! This amazing reference source provides an artist-by-artist listing of every album that charted in Billboard from 1956 through December 31, 2005. It includes all the chart data including peak chart position, total weeks charted, chart debut date, total weeks at #1, #2 or #3 positions, original record label and number, and more! Also features many bonus sections, including a top 500 artists ranking, chronological listing of all #1 albums, the top 100 albums of all time, top artists by decade, albums of longevity, and more. Includes album cover photos, artist biographies, and many other statistics.




On the Come Up


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#1 New York Times bestseller · Seven starred reviews · Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book “For all the struggle in this book, Thomas rarely misses a step as a writer. Thomas continues to hold up that mirror with grace and confidence. We are lucky to have her, and lucky to know a girl like Bri.”—The New York Times Book Review This digital edition contains a letter from the author, deleted scenes, a picture of the author as a teen rapper, an annotated playlist, Angie’s top 5 MCs, an annotated rap, illustrated quotes from the book, and an excerpt from Concrete Rose, Angie's return to Garden Heights. Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least win her first battle. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri’s got massive shoes to fill. But it’s hard to get your come up when you’re labeled a hoodlum at school, and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral . . . for all the wrong reasons. Bri soon finds herself at the center of a controversy, portrayed by the media as more menace than MC. But with an eviction notice staring her family down, Bri doesn’t just want to make it—she has to. Even if it means becoming the very thing the public has made her out to be. Insightful, unflinching, and full of heart, On the Come Up is an ode to hip hop from one of the most influential literary voices of a generation. It is the story of fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you; and about how, especially for young black people, freedom of speech isn’t always free. Don't miss Concrete Rose, Angie Thomas's powerful prequel to her phenomenal bestseller, The Hate U Give!




Cassell's Dictionary of Slang


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With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results