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2) Capital city
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In the 1990s, four black men, seeking money, power, and respect, discover the ultimate price of making fast cash in the harsh inner city of Washington, D.C.
3) Conspiracy
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When elite escort Abrianna Parker is framed for murder, she must evade the police, government agencies, and a lethal third party in order to clear her name, relying on a sexy ex-con to help her expose a web of corruption.
4) Collusion
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In D.C.'s cutthroat political arena, revenge is the ultimate nuclear option . . .
Framed for a high-profile murder, Abrianna Parker finds herself hurtling down a conspiracy rabbit hole in a desperate attempt to clear her name. Her only way out is to go after the most powerful man in the country. But the powers that be play dirty—and expose her billionaire adoptive father, Cargill Parker, and his criminal...
Framed for a high-profile murder, Abrianna Parker finds herself hurtling down a conspiracy rabbit hole in a desperate attempt to clear her name. Her only way out is to go after the most powerful man in the country. But the powers that be play dirty—and expose her billionaire adoptive father, Cargill Parker, and his criminal...
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"Original and arresting….[Jones's] stories will touch chords of empathy and recognition in all readers."
-Washington Post
"These 14 stories of African-American life…affirm humanity as only good literature can."
-Los Angeles Times
A magnificent collection of short fiction focusing on the lives of African-American men and women in Washington, D.C., Lost in the City is the book that first brought author Edward P. Jones to national attention....
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This third entry in the author's D.C. Series, about a trio of up-from-poverty friends who juggle careers, love, and family in the cutthroat political world of Washington, D.C., delivers a high-octane blend of intrigue and twisted morality, as her heroines lean on each other to "stay strong, stay focused, and make it in life." Self-centered Sherise tries to manage the press for presidential candidate Jerry Northman, steady her rocky marriage, and hide...
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A compelling new voice in urban fiction, award-winning author Kia DuPree has been praised for her depictions of real-world problems. In Shattered, a young girl named Kiki ends up in foster care when her mother is judged unfit for custody. After Kiki and a friend run away, they are ensnared by a pedophile, who imprisons them. Months later, Kiki is finally freed, but the emotional aftermath of her trauma soon infiltrates every aspect of her life.
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Brooke Alexander, a waitress who has self esteem issues regarding her lackluster existence and her fluctuating weight, is in love with Patrick Sterling, one of the most prominent attorneys in Washington, D.C. On his good days, Patrick is a dream. On his bad days, he is angry and demeaning. Damon Johnson is one of "the last good men," but his wife treats him like a trophy husband. When Brooke and Damon's lives to intersect, truths unfold ...
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"Switching from life on the White House fast track to stay-at-home mom doesn't quite suit Sherise, especially once she suspects her husband is having an affair. And when she receives a threatening note, it's clear someone wants revenge-- but who, and for what? When successful lawyer Billie gets romantically involved with a client who might be involved in a drug operation, she discovers she may have made a fatal mistake-- and far more than her career...
10) My word
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"After marrying her college sweetheart, Ginger Williams gave up her own professional dreams to help her husband follow his dream of building a megachurch. It's not long before Ginger and her husband, Jeremy, turn a small D.C. church into a burgeoning empire....catapulting the couple into a popular powerhouse. But with a bigger spotlight comes more temptation...and the power is corrupting Jeremy in ways Ginger never imagined. When she seeks the advice...
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"[C]hronicles a critical yet overlooked chapter in American history: the inspiring rise and calculated fall of the black elite, from Emancipation through Reconstruction to the Jim Crow Era-embodied in the experiences of an influential figure of the time, academic, entrepreneur, and political activist and black history pioneer Daniel Murray" -- provided by publisher.
"In the wake of the Civil War, Daniel Murray, born free and educated in Baltimore,...
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