Nikki Turner presents Street chronicles : girls in the game   F NIKKI A collection of street-smart tales embued with the sharpness, violence, and dangers of urban life includes "Big Daddy" by Seven and Y. Blak Moore's "Thicker Than Mud," in which a man returns to his old neighborhood haunts after a stint in prison. 2007 Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL S_TACOMA SWAN_CREEK
	Alers, Rochelle     All my tomorrows   F ALERS-R Chef Lydia Lord returns home to Baltimore where she volunteers at a summer camp for less-advantaged kids. Her life changes forever when she finds romance with the camp's gorgeous sports director, a former football star who gave up his career to dedicate his life to the less fortunate. 2005 Owned by: MAIN
	Baker, T. N.     Dice   F BAKER-T When hustler Wasuan Wells is challenged by a powerful man from the same hood, he must choose between paying up, taking his last breath, or sacrificing his girl, who soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous love triangle. 2007 Owned by: FERNHILL S_TACOMA SWAN_CREEK
	Blake, Toni     The red diary   F BLAKE-T Shocked and titillated when he stumbles upon Lauren Ash's diary, in which she has recorded her most secret and seductive fantasies, Nick Armstrong sets out to seduce her, make her fall in love with him, and then abandon her in retaliation for an old wrong, never expecting to fall in love with his prey. 2004 Owned by: MAIN
	Brown, Parry A. (Parry Ann)     What goes around : a novel   F BROWN-P Seven years after losing custody of her twin daughters, an ailing Catherine Hawkins is back to insinuate herself back into their lives, hoping to prey on the girls' sympathy in order to get what she needs. 2006 Owned by: MAIN MOTTET
	Brown, Tracy     White lines   F BROWN-T Fleeing her home to escape the abuse of her mother's boyfriend, Jada seeks refuge with Born, the neighborhood kingpin, but her new life is threatened by crack addiction, prostitution, a struggle to rebuild her life, and a stormy romance with a street hustler. 2007 Owned by: KING SWASEY
	Clark, Wahida     Thug matrimony   F CLARK-W In Wahida Clark's gritty novel, Angel is getting ready to marry the man of her dreams - but his past isn't about to let him go. 2007 Owned by: MAIN MOORE
	Dickey, Eric Jerome     Sleeping with strangers   F DICKE-E Drifting from relationship to relationship in his work as a killer for hire, Gideon interacts with a range of con artists, prostitutes, and broken-hearted clients while passing time with three very different women, each of whom wishes to capture his heart. 2007 Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL KING MOORE MOTTET SWASEY SWAN_CREEK
	Ervin, Keisha     Chyna Black : a novel   F ERVIN-K Chyna Danea Black tells the story of growing up in a tough St. Louis, Missouri neighborhood and explains how her choices led to her getting caught up in "the life." 2004 Owned by: MAIN
	George, Nelson     Show & Tell   F GEORG-N Talk-show producer Dean Chance takes a bizarre odyssey into New York's sexual underworld when he becomes involved in a love triangle with his girlfriend, Millie James, and the beautiful but mysterious Bee Cole. 2001 Owned by: MAIN KOBETICH MOORE S_TACOMA
	Harris, E. Lynn     A love of my own : a novel   F HARRI-E As a band of close-knit characters (old and new) navigates life's challenges and tries to find their place in the world, each person goes on a journey of the heart in search of the one thing everyone wants: a love of their own. 2002 Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL KING MOORE S_TACOMA SWASEY WHEELOCK
	Hobbs, Allison     Pandora's Box   F HOBBS-A Victoria Carlton is a wannabe singer, fallen on hard times after she invests the small inheritance left to her by her grandmother, to make a demo with sleazy manager, Justice Martin. 2003 Owned by: MAIN
	Holmes, Shannon     Bad girlz   F HOLME-S Taken under the wing of Kat, a veteran stripper, Tender and Goldie must turn to the streets and strip clubs as a way to survive difficult times. 2003 Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL
	Jackson, Brenda (Brenda Streater)     What a woman wants   F JACKS-B Following the suicide of a close friend, Faith, Monique, and Shannon head for a Hilton Head beach house, where they are determined to spend the summer making the most of their lives, enjoying new adventures, finding new men, and strengthening their own friendship with one another. 2007 Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL MOORE MOTTET
	Johnson, R. M. (Rodney Marcus)     Do you take this woman? : a novel   F JOHNS-R Inseparable throughout childhood after Pete's abandonment by an addicted mother, Pete and Wayne find their adult bond tested by a shared attraction to Carla, who ends her engagement to an unfaithful Wayne but continues their affair in spite of her subsequent marriage to Pete. 2006 Owned by: MAIN KING
	McMillan, Terry     Disappearing acts   F MCMIL-T He was tall, dark as bittersweet chocolate and impossibly gorgeous, with a woman-melting smile. She was pretty and independent, petite and not too skinny, just his type. Franklin Swift was a sometimes-employed construction worker, not quite-divorced daddy of two. Zora Banks was a teacher, singer, songwriter. Her musical career was just about to take off, and she was taking a break from heartbreak. Then they met in a Brooklyn brownstone, and there could be no walking away. 1989 Owned by: MAIN KING MOTTET SWASEY
	Morrison, Mary B.     He's just a friend   F MORRI-M When Fancy Taylor discovers that the man she has fallen in love with is actually married, she concocts a scheme to make him divorce his wife, but when her plan backfires, she is forced to make some difficult decisions. 2003 Owned by: MAIN
	Noire     Hood : an urban erotic tale   F NOIRE Blood, lust, and loyalty are at the heart of this tale about Lamont Mason, aka Hood, who at 18 rises up in the hierarchy of the Brownsville, Brooklyn drug trade, despite a tough childhood in which he and his younger brother, Moo, were cast off by their crack-addicted mother. Hood has to decide who he can afford to love if he wants to survive. 2007 Owned by: MAIN SWAN_CREEK
	Parks, Electa Rome     Ladies' night out   F PARKS-E Single and successful, Lexie, Meshell, Tonya, and Tracee have been best friends since college and get together monthly for wine and camaraderie. A sudden revelation could destroy long-standing friendships--or bring them closer together. 2007 Owned by: MAIN KING MOTTET SWASEY
	Perrin, Kayla     Getting even   F PERRI-K Three scorned women--Claudia, whose groom gets cold feet and then quickly becomes engaged to her rival; Annelise, whose husband claims bankruptcy so she will not challenge the prenup; and Lishelle, whose former lover steals her money--vow to use sex as a method of sweet revenge. 2006 Owned by: MAIN
	Price-Thompson, Tracy     Chocolate sangria : a novel   F PRICE-T Raised in a Brooklyn housing project by her aunt and uncle, Juanita Lucas has long been ostracized because of her light skin and green eyes. When she and her only friend, Scooter Morrison, an outsider as well because of his gay lifestyle, meet two Puerto Rican men, their lives change in unexpected ways. 2003 Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL
	Ray, Francis     In another man's bed   F RAY-F Justine is forced to make a difficult choice between her adulterous husband, left comatose following a devastating car accident and the old flame who has just walked back into her life. 2007 Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL S_TACOMA WHEELOCK
	Reid, Maryann     Marry your baby daddy   F REID-M Surprised to discover that their late grandmother has left them a fortune in her will, Giovanna, Fatima, and Keyah are even more shocked when they find that, in order to receive their legacy, they must each marry the father of their children within six months, or forfeit the money. 2005 Owned by: FERNHILL S_TACOMA
	Souljah, Sister     The coldest winter ever : a novel   F SOULJ-S 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. 1999 Owned by: MAIN MOORE MOTTET S_TACOMA WHEELOCK
	Stringer, Vickie M     Dirty Red : a novel   F STRIN-V Having tricked her boyfriend into believing she is pregnant, eighteen-year-old Red enjoys his lavish attentions until she becomes pregnant for real by an ex-boyfriend who is in jail, a situation that leads her into a successful new career. 2006 Owned by: MAIN MOORE
	Tyree, Omar     Flyy girl   F TYREE-O As a young black woman motivated by material things, Tracey plunges into a world of violence, gratuitous sex, and lies, until heartbreak forces her to take a closer look at her own life, sexuality, and dreams. 1996 Owned by: MAIN MOORE MOTTET WHEELOCK
	Weber, Carl     The first lady   F WEBER-C Charlene Wilson, First Lady of First Jamaica Ministries, has lived a good life with two wonderful children and her beloved husband, Bishop T.K. Wilson. Now the Lord is calling her home at the age of forty-four. She's ready to go, but what will happen to T.K. after she's gone? 2007 Owned by: MAIN FERNHILL KING KOBETICH MOORE S_TACOMA
	Zane     Nervous : a novel   F ZANE Struggling with a split personality that renders her shy and repressed on one side and promiscuous and brazen on the other, Jonquinette seeks psychiatric counseling, but her progress is impeded by her alter ego's determination to survive. 2003 Owned by: MAIN KING SWASEY
Tacoma Public Library, October 2007

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