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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"A murder and a case of mistaken identity brings the police to Hannah Elias' glitzy, five-story, twenty-room mansion on Central Park West. This is the beginning of an odyssey that moves back and forth in time and reveals the dangerous secrets of a mysterious woman, the fortune she built, and her precipitous fall. Born in Philadelphia in the late 1800s, Hannah Elias has done things she's not proud of to survive. Shedding her past, Hannah slips on a...
2) Libertie
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Coming of age as a free-born Black girl in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, Libertie Sampson is all too aware that her mother, a physician, has a vision for their future together: Libertie will go to medical school and practice alongside her. But Libertie feels stifled by her mother's choices and is constantly reminded that, unlike her mother, Libertie has skin that is too dark. When a young man from Haiti proposes to Libertie and promises she will be...
Author
Series
Coldest Winter ever volume 2
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Twenty years ago, Sister Souljah's debut novel, The Coldest Winter Ever, became a bestselling cultural phenomenon. Fans fell in love with the unforgettable Winter Santiaga, daughter of a prominent Brooklyn drug-dealing family, who captivated her lovers, friends, and enemies with her sexy street smarts. For two decades, fans have begged for answers about what happened to Winter. Now all is revealed in Sister Souljah's page-turning sequel, filled with...
Author
Series
Coldest Winter ever volume 1
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
2005.
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IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Winter Santiaga, the daughter of one of Brooklyn's most powerful drug czars, uses her own weapons--including sex and an aggressive attitude--to stay on top, after her father's empire is threatened by a drug war.
"'I came busting into the world during one of New York's worst snowstorms, so my mother named me Winter.' Ghetto-born, Winter is the young, wealthy daughter of a prominent Brooklyn drug-dealing family. Quick-witted, sexy, and business-minded,...
6) Drumsticks
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Series
Publisher
Vintage
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Nanette is on the rocks. Heartbroken and alone, she finds what comfort she can in the bottom of a bottle. But Nan's life seems to turn around when she's given a voodoo doll, so much so that she seeks out the doll's creator, Ida, to thank her. That's when Nan's luck seems to run out, and Ida ends up with a bullet in her head. Guilt-ridden, Nan resolves to get justice for her new friend, only to find that Ida was hiding some dark skeletons in her closet....
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