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In the five boroughs of New York City, there are turf wars and rival gangs, but at the top are five families that run things, cooperating with their rivals whenever it means they will all make more money. Through the darkest tunnel comes the light, but for Caesar King, there is nothing but more darkness on the other side. After the failed attempt on his life, he is afraid that the Pact of the Five Families is no more. He can trust nobody. Whoever murdered Barry is now aiming for Caesar’s crown, and the only way to flush them out and figure out who’s responsible is to go to war…with everybody.
When twenty-five-year-old Matise Jackon tells her best friend, Jordan Heart, the kind of woman she thinks he should be with, she is describing herself. She has secretly been in love with Jordan for years. He is sexy as hell, smart, fine, and the two of them are so in sync that it scares her at times. Matise just knows that he is the man designed for her, but when she finally gets up the courage to tell him how she feels, her Prince Charming shows up to her doorstep with a new princess. Lia is everything that Matise told Jordan he needed in his life. However, does this new princess have some killer secrets of her own?
Join in as C. N. Phillips paints a kingpin story the way it has never been done before. To some it will be a beautiful mural; to others it will be a brutal massacre. Ever since he was a child, the only thing Cyril Anderson has wanted is to be down with his brother Cane's crew. Cane Anderson, leader of the notorious Bankroll Crips, is invincible—or so Cyril thinks. On an important night for Cyril, things take a terrible turn, and Cane is left lying in a pool of his own blood. Now the leader of a bloodthirsty gang, Cyril wants to do only one thing: seek revenge. When he learns that the man behind Cane's death is none other than Arnell "Dub" Lewis, the current kingpin of Los Angeles, it is up to Cyril to figure out why. He begins a bloody journey to redemption with a heart as black as the night sky and with a team of loyal hitters behind him.
She is the water to his fire and the calm to his storm. Never in his 26 years of life did Tron think he would find his equal, but Kleigh is exactly that. Her beauty speaks to his eyes, while her mind whispers to his soul. He can't imagine anybody else wearing the crown as queen after he kills the king of Harlem and takes over the throne. Kleigh never wanted Tron to fall in love with her, or vice versa. She isn't who he thinks she is, but how can she tell him that the kingpin he is gunning for, Kevin "Klax" Turner, is her big brother? When push comes to shove and her secret comes to light, Kleigh is forced to pick a side. That choice is what ignites the fire to a war of savages...a fire that can only be put out by blood.
C. N. Phillips returns with the next tale in the saga of five crime families that run the streets of New York’s five boroughs. The uneasy alliance they once shared has been compromised, and now no one is truly safe from retribution. Caesar knew the peace he started had an expiration date, but he never thought the end would be so explosive. With the Pact completely dissolved and the Chinese angered beyond measure at the loss of their leader, they want Boogie’s head bloody and served on a stick. Caesar is willing to protect him at all costs, even if it puts him at odds with the allies still on his side.
In 1944, during the end of World War Two, 18-year-old Maisa is longing to be someone. She becomes friends with a young boy, Aubrey, an eleven-year-old who is fascinated and bewitched by Maisa.They become intertwined in the lives of Elizabella, Manning Latimer, Hallie and Owen, a wounded soldier. A mysterious young man called Oscar arrives in town and finds himself entranced by Maisa.All these characters meet up together at the Roman Ruins, where an incident has occurred in the past which is connected with Maisa.
After his father's murder, Boogie is thrust into taking over the family business and hellbent on revenge, no matter the cost...While most young people are just getting their footing in life, 24-year-old Bryshon "Boogie" Tolliver is already being groomed to be a boss by his father, Barry Tolliver. At first, he's not so sure he wants to take his father's place in the family business. He has dreams of being the most prominent chef in New York. However, things change when Barry is murdered in cold blood and everything he built is left at Boogie's feet. Gone are those chef dreams, replaced with a new resolve to prove himself worthy of upholding his father's legacy.Boogie takes his rightful place at the table of the Five Families of New York and is quickly taken under the wing of Caesar, the head of the organization. Known as The Godfather's Godfather, Caesar shows Boogie what it takes to be a boss.The deeper in Boogie gets, the more obsessed he becomes with finding his father's murderer. When all signs point to the person Boogie knows is untouchable, he'll do anything to even the score, even if it costs him his seat at the table.
Sometimes death births new life, and that is fact for sisters Rhonnie and Ahli Montgomery. After having to fake their own deaths in order to survive, the young women have taken on the job of security detail for none other than Sadie Thomas, the fierce but fair-minded leader of The Last Kings cartel. Sadie will need the sisters’ expert combat training and superior wits now more than ever, when the formula for an extraordinary new drug comes into her possession and she stands to make millions, and even save lives, by changing the drug game forever. Vita E Morte is a dream for buyers and kingpins alike, giving a pricey high that lasts for two days straight, with no crash at the other end and virtually no chance of overdose. But is the tiny white pill too good to be true? As Rhonnie and Ahli start to learn stories of the drug, the legend of its origin, and just what happens to users after their gentle landing, the sisters find themselves pulled into a nightmare, racing against the clock to keep Sadie, and themselves, safe . . . and alive. But when all their hopes come to rest on the mysterious Trap Street, a place only spoken of in hood myth, not even these three warrior women are prepared for what awaits.
Mary Walker Phillips nearly single-handedly brought 19th-century American counterpanes — bed coverings — to the attention of modern knitters. Expanded with dozens of brand-new charts, this revised edition features 46 counterpane patterns as well as 32 lace edgings and borders that Phillips discovered in museums, private collections, and magazines. "A terrific book." — Knitter's Magazine. Revised and expanded reprint of the Taunton Press, Newtown, Connecticut, 1989 edition.
C. N. Phillips returns with the next tale in the saga of five crime families that run the streets of New York’s five boroughs. The uneasy alliance they once shared has been compromised, and now no one is truly safe from retribution. Caesar knew the peace he started had an expiration date, but he never thought the end would be so explosive. With the Pact completely dissolved and the Chinese angered beyond measure at the loss of their leader, they want Boogie’s head bloody and served on a stick. Caesar is willing to protect him at all costs, even if it puts him at odds with the allies still on his side.
