125 Publications from Urban Books an Imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp.

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National bestselling author Carl Weber presents Urban Books, a new line of books focusing on the drama and grit of inner-city life, featuring edgy, and exciting new voices; writer’s who tell it like it is.

Girls from Da Hood 14
by Treasure Hernandez

Imitation of Wife
by La Jill Hunt

Moth to a Flame: Tenth Anniversary Edition
by Ashley Antoinette

Belle
by Treasure Hernandez

Grand Opening 2: A Family Business Novel
by Carl Weber

Wrath
by K’wan

The Family Business 5: A Family Business Novel
by Carl Weber and La Jill Hunt

Lawless
by K’wan

Around the Way Girls 11
by Treasure Hernandez, Clifford “Spud” Johnson, and India Johnson-Williams

Carl Weber’s Kingpins: Houston
by Treasure Hernandez

Trouble in Rio: A Family Business Novel
by M. T. Pope and Carl Weber

My Mama’s Drama
by La Jill Hunt

Influence
by Carl Weber

Goodfellas
by Carl Weber, Ty Marshall, and Marlon P.S. White

Carl Weber’s Kingpins: Los Angeles
by C. N. Phillips

The Banks Sisters Complete
by Nikki Turner

Hood Tales, Volume 1: Maid for You and Robin the Hood
by C. N. Phillips

Larceny: Triple Crown Collection
by Jason Poole

Watch Out for the Big Girls 3
by J.M. Benjamin

Charisma: Baller’s Wife
by Nikki Turner

Black President: The World Will Never Be the Same
by Brenda M. Hampton

Deep: A Twisted Tale of Deception
by C. N. Phillips

Memoirs of an Accidental Hustler
by J.M. Benjamin

The Family Business 4
by Carl Weber and C. N. Phillips

The Banks Sisters 3
by Nikki Turner

The Last Kings 2
by C. N. Phillips

No Shade
by K’wan

The Doctor Is In
by Carl Weber and Brenda Hampton

Carl Weber’s Kingpins: St. Louis
by Keisha Ervin

The Last Kings
by C. N. Phillips

Animal: The Beginning
by K’wan

Mina’s Joint: Triple Crown Collection
by Keisha Ervin

Flip Side of the Game: Triple Crown Collection
by Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker

Banks Sisters 2
by Nikki Turner

Capital City
by Omar Tyree

No More Mr. Nice Guy (Family Business Novels)
by Carl Weber and Stephanie Covington

The Fix 3
by K’wan

Still Sheisty: Triple Crown Collection
by T. N. Baker

Sheisty: Triple Crown Collection
by T. N. Baker

Grand Opening: A Family Business Novel
by Carl Weber and Eric Pete

Hold U Down: Triple Crown Collection (Urban Books)
by Keisha Ervin

Reckless 2: Nobody’s Girl
by Keisha Ervin

Flip Side of the Game: Triple Crown Collection (Urban Books)
by Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker

The Banks Sisters (Urban Books)
by Nikki Turner

The Family Business 3
by Carl Weber and Treasure Hernandez

The Fix 2
by K’wan

The Cartel 5: La Bella Mafia
by Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman

To Paris with Love: A Family Business Novel
by Carl Weber and Eric Pete

Reckless 2: Nobody’s Girl (Urban Books)
by Keisha Ervin

Road Dawgz
by K’wan

My Steps Are Ordered
by Michelle Lindo-Rice

The Prada Plan 4: Love & War
by Ashley Antoinette

A Project Chick (Urban Books)
by Nikki Turner

You Make Me Wanna (Urban Books)
by Nikki Rashan

The Fix
by K’wan

Gangsta
by K’wan

A Hustler’s Wife (Urban Books)
by Nikki Turner

To Paris with Love
by Carl Weber and Eric Pete

White Girls
by Hilton Als

The Family Business 2
by Carl Weber and Treasure Hernandez

The Prada Plan 3: Green-Eyed Monster
by Ashley Antoinette

The Sunday Only Christian
by E. N. Joy

The Cartel 4
by Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman

The Cartel
by Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman

The Family Business
by Carl Weber

Reckless (Urban Books)
by Keisha Ervin

Dopeman: Memoirs of a Snitch
by JaQuavis Coleman

The Dirty Divorce (Urban Books)
by Miss KP

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (Urban Books)
by Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman

Redbone
by T. Styles

The Family Business (Family Business Novels)
by Carl Weber and Eric Pete

Moth to a Flame (Urban Books)
by Ashley Antoinette

Murder Mamas
by Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman

Soft
by T. Styles, J.M. Benjamin, Boston George, Danielle Santiago and Caroline Mcgill

Material Girl 2
by Keisha Ervin

Gunz and Roses
by Keisha Ervin

The Prada Plan 2: Leah's Story
by Ashley Antoinette

Material Girl
by Keisha Ervin

The Cartel 3
by Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman

The Season
by Omar Tyree

The Cartel 2
by Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman

Around The Way Girls 3
by Pat Tucker, Alisha Yvonne and Thomas Long

Turned On: Summer Series (Urban Renaissance)
by Angel M. Hunter

Holy Hustler
by P.L. Wilson

No More Tears In The End
by Roy Glenn

One Crazy Night
by Omar Tyree

The Cartel (Cartel, Book 1)
by Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman

Flint: Book 4: Resurrection
by Treasure Hernandez

The Trophy Wife
by Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman

Urban Affair
by Tony Lindsay

In A Cold Sweat
by Roy Glenn

Harlem Confidential
by Cole Riley

One Dead Lawyer (David Price Mysteries)
by Tony Lindsay

The Honeymoon Is Over
by Keith Lee Johnson

Guaranteed Success
by Percy Master P Miller

Cash Rules
by Thomas Long

A Gangster’s Girl
by Chunichi

Street Life
by Jihad Shaheed Uhuru

Girls From Da Hood 3
by Mark Anthony, KaShamba Williams, and MadameK

Guilty As Sin
by Cole Riley

Around the Way Girls
by La Jill Hunt and Angel Hunter

One Dead Preacher: David Price Mysteries
by Tony Lindsay

Outlaw: A Street Saga
by Roy Glenn

Supreme Clientele
by Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman

Ghetto Heaven
by Erick S. Gray

Dogism
by Mark Anthony

Girls from Da Hood
by Nikki Turner

In Her Mother’s Shadow
by Faye Thompson

Riding Rhythm
by Jihad Shaheed Uhuru

Diary Of A Street Diva
by Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman

Dirty Money
by Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman

Payback
by Roy Glenn

Gigolos Get Lonely Too
by Dwayne S. Joseph, Roy Glenn, and Jihad Shaheed Uhuru

Married to the Game
by Chunichi

Baby Girl
by Jihad Shaheed Uhuru

Sister Girls
by Angel M. Hunter

Drug Related
by Roy Glenn

A Thug’s Life
by Thomas Long

Mob
by Roy Glenn

The Womanizers
by Dwayne S. Joseph

Chasin’ It
by Tony Lindsay

Love Is Blind
by Parry Brown

Is It a Crime: A Street Saga
by Roy Glenn