AALBC.com’s 20 Best-Selling eBooks of 2012
Best Selling eBooks: #1 to #10 • #2 to #20
#1 - The Reverend's Wife Click to order a Kindle ebook or NOOK Book
Print Length: 337 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (May 1, 2012)
Sold by: Hachette Book Group
From New York Times best-selling author Kimberla Lawson Roby comes the ninth installment in her award-winning Reverend Curtis Black series. It's been months since Reverend Curtis learned that his wife Charlotte had affairs with two different men, and for now, he continues to be cordial and respectful to her. But he's also made it clear that once their son Matthew graduates high school, he will be filing for divorce. Charlotte, on the other hand, continues to do everything possible to make amends in hopes of saving their marriage. Unfortunately, Curtis is ready to move on and is being propositioned by a woman who desperately wants to become the next Mrs. Curtis Black. When the situation heads down a path that is frighteningly shocking, could it be the final blow to this once blessed union?
#2 - Zane's Everything Fades AwayClick to order a Kindle ebook or NOOK Book
by Zane
Print Length: 44 pages
Publisher: Atria Books (November 20, 2012)
Sold by: Simon and Schuster Digital Sales Inc
Amanda is bored with life. She spends hours a day on Facebook, her parents
act like they are too ancient to enjoy life any longer, and her military
husband, Ralph, is deployed to Afghanistan. Gideon is not totally content at
home either. His wife, Nina, is a lifetime overachiever and a workaholic.
She has moved her mother into their home so she can have a live-in sitter,
and Gideon has fallen to the bottom of her priority list. On Black Friday
2012, both Amanda and Gideon end up at a Best Buy to take advantage of the
massive price cuts on electronics. When the store opens its door at
midnight, the potential customers rush the glass doors and end up in a
brawl. Built-up excitement turns into mass pandemonium as the police show up
in riot gear. Tear gas containers are being tossed around like lollipops and
strangers are beating on each other like a heavyweight fight at the MGM
Grand in Vegas.
Amanda and Gideon both end up in the skywalk overlooking the madness and,
even though they are complete strangers to each other, the adrenaline rush
overwhelms them and they discover quick ecstasy among the chaos. After
putting their clothes back on, followed by making formal introductions, they
embark on a sexual journey together that re-ignites the flames in their
souls. Both are forced to make choices that they never thought would have to
be made; marriages are placed at risk; heartbreak is inevitable. What starts
out merely as casual sex becomes much more than mere physical attraction and
their lives begin to unravel. No matter how incredible something wrong can
make one feel, eventually, Everything Fades Away.
#3 - My Name is ButterflyClick to order a Kindle ebook or NOOK Book
Print Length: 181 pages
Publisher: Naki Publishing (April 7, 2012)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
In the tradition of Chris Cleave's LITTLE BEE - My Name Is Butterfly, is a
contemporary story that offers an educational, eye opening account into the
practice of ritual servitude in West Africa – in this case, Ghana.
A young Abebe “Butterfly” Tsikata experiences plenty of joy in Ghana as the
privileged daughter of a government employee and stay at home mother. The
love that her parents and extended family lavish her with knows no bounds.
When the Tsikata’s idyllic life style begins to take a turn for the worse,
Abebe's father places a nine-year-old Abebe in a shrine, hoping that the
sacrifice of his daughter will serve as religious atonement for the crimes
of his ancestors. Unspeakable acts befall Abebe for the fifteen years she is
enslaved.
When Abebe is finally released back into the world and finds herself not
only dealing with the newness of Ghana, but also the fast-paced world of New
York, she is broken—emotionally, mentally, physically, sexually, and
spiritually. But to live the rest of her years on earth, she must learn to
overcome her past, endure familial secrets, and learn to love herself—the
good, the bad, and the ugly.
Spanning decades and two continents, My Name Is Butterfly will break and
heal your heart …
#4 - I Dreamt I Was in Heaven - The Rampage of the Rufus Buck GangClick to order a Kindle ebook or NOOK Book
The #7 Best-Selling eBook in 2011
Print Length: 290 pages
Publisher: Legba Books (July 7, 2011)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
In the waning days of Indian Territory, the multi-racial, teenaged Rufus Buck Gang embarked on a vicious, childish, and deadly 13-day rampage that shocked even this lawless place. Their goal was to take back Indian lands. Based on the true story, this is a tale of how real-life figures "Hanging Judge" Isaac C. Parker, notorious half-black, half-Indian outlaw Cherokee Bill, one-quarter Cherokee "gentlemen bandit" Henry Starr, relative of the notorious Belle Starr, and the worst of them all, half-black, half-Indian Rufus Buck, collided during the summer of 1895. In lawless Indian Territory the end of an era approached.
The U.S. government continued to co-opt Indian land for settlement. Judge Isaac C. Parker's judicial tyranny over 74,000 square miles of Indian Territory was coming to an end. Against this background, the teenaged Rufus Buck Gang embarked on their mad quest to reclaim Indian lands from US settlement. Rufus is guided by a sense of religious mission, by heavenly visions made manifest in the form of the extraordinary, 13 year-old Theodosia Swain. With his angel to guide him, he sets out to do the impossible with a missionary's zeal, a child's anticipation, and a grown man's violence. In "I Dreamt I Was in Heaven," famous, historical figures dance with fictional characters to create a turn-of-the-century tapestry of violence and innocence, love and betrayal, butchery and grace--mirroring and chafing against the backdrop of a burgeoning United States, and a disappearing American West.
#5 - The Family Business
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by Carl Weber and Eric Pete
Print Length: 288 pages
Publisher: Urban Books; 1 edition (February 1, 2012)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
By day, the Duncans are an upstanding family who run a thriving car
dealership in Queens. By night, they live a dangerous secret life! Carl
Weber and Eric Pete deliver a thrilling underworld drama in The Family
Business.
L.C. Duncan, patriarch of the family, is at the age when he's starting to
think about retirement in sunny Florida. But the recession is taking a bite
out of the business and, worrying more, he has to decide which of his
children should take over. When his workaholic son Orlando gets the nod,
Orlando's siblings-including the favorite son Vegas, conniving daughter
London, glamorous party girl Paris and flamboyant nightclub owner Rio-are up
in arms. But so are the Zunigas, a rival family whose fragile business
alliance with the Duncans may explode at any moment.
When Vegas suddenly breaks away from the family, London's lawyer husband,
Harris, makes a play for the company and all hell breaks loose. Selling
cars, it turns out, is only a small part of the Duncans' family business.
Each member of the family has a secret expertise to reveal. And now, under
siege from the Mafia, Mexican drug cartels and the Zunigas, the Duncans will
have to stick together-or die separately!
#6 - ScandalousClick to order a Kindle ebook or NOOK Book
by Victoria Christopher Murray
Print Length: 233 pages
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Before she was a minister's wife, she was Jasmine
Cox, the most prized dancer at Foxtails. Newly engaged to her high school
sweetheart, Kenny Larson, Jasmine knows it's time to leave her secret life
behind and settle down. But on the night of her bachelorette party, she
meets Roman and their lust-at-first-sight tells Jasmine this man is nothing
but bad news. Built like a god yet sinful as dark chocolate, Roman ignites a
passion in Jasmine that has long since fizzled out between her and Kenny.
When a mindblowing one night stand with Roman turns into another...then
another...Jasmine must face the fact that she's full on addicted to a man
who isn't her husband--and this secret can only lead to trouble.
A prequel to the Jasmine series, written
with Victoria Christopher Murray's trademark twists and electrifying voice,
SCANDALOUS is a thrilling peek into Jasmine's world before she becomes the
woman we all love to hate.
#7 - January Jackson and Friends: The PremiereClick to order a Kindle ebook or NOOK Book
by Zonie Felder
Print Length: 183 pages
Publisher: iUniverse (February 7, 2012)
Beautiful women can-and will-stoop to ugly acts in the name of love, lust,
and power.
In the face of unspeakable erotic betrayal, no one is safe. Behold how lust
and passion can quickly cloud judgment-and how wrong choices will forever
change a friendship. These lifelong friends will soon learn that beauty is
truly only skin deep as the true ugliness of their souls is revealed by the
most horrific of acts and emotions.
As young girls, January, Jasmine, Monica, Charlene, and Terry vowed to be
friends forever. As teens, their emerging passions began to test the bonds
of their friendship. As adults, lust, deception, and treachery cause their
lives to come crashing down. Can their friendship survive the ultimate
betrayal?
Their passion for life is what connected them as friends, but now this same
passion threatens to break them apart. When the dust settles, who will be
left standing and able to pick up the pieces? Can friendship triumph over
betrayal?
#8 - Buttermilk BottomClick to order a Kindle ebook or NOOK Book
by H. Victoria Hargro Atkerson
Print Length: 397 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
"Buttermilk Bottom" was a real place. It existed for many years in the
shadows of Atlanta's business district and was considered a festering
eyesore. Many generations of black families lived there in almost total
seclusion because of it geographic location, which was a sunken community
riddled with poverty, crime, rodents, and economic depression that was
legally imposed by the separate but unequal Jim Crow laws that devastated
the lives of thousands of black families throughout the South.
This is a fi ctionalized account of the people who lived in "The Bottom" and
their lifestyle during the 50's and the early 60's. Buttermilk Bottom had a
notorious reputation because of its delapadated wooden framed apartment
houses, high crime rate, extreme poverty, and its isolation from the rest of
the city. The reader will glimpse the living conditions, the mindset of the
people, and the political atmosphere that devastated their lives on a daily
bases.
You will meet and be charmed by the handsome, dangerous ex-con Cameron
Fielding, the local number writer. The smart and very attractive school
principal, Grace, Cameron's long-time sweetheart is helplessly trapped in
her passion for Cameron despite the pressures of her peers and her
professional life. You will be amused by the intelligent and funny
storyteller, "Cripple Jake." The forbidding Voodoo Priestess will makes you
wonder, while her beautiful daughter, Jazmine, will captivate you. The
popular and well-endowed Queenie, the madame and co-owner of the local "juke
joint" is unforgetable, along with Lucille, who you will remember and laugh
about for a lifetime. In Buttermilk Bottom soul food never tasted so good,
the blues never sounded so low down, and the intimacy in love relationships
of the characters will sizzle in your dreams long after you put this
remarkable story down and re-read for years to come. "Buttermilk Bottom" is
a pictorial in words and the storytelling is brilliant.
#9 -
Covenant: A ThrillerClick to order a Kindle ebook or NOOK Book
The #1 Best-Selling eBook in 2011
Print Length: 364 pages
Publisher: Dark Corner Publishing (October 29, 2010)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
From the award-winning author of Dark Corner and The Other Brother comes an
unforgettable thriller of family secrets, toxic faith, and high-tech
suspense.
On a golden summer morning, fifteen-year-old Anthony Thorne is on a fishing
boat with his father, rods cast into the lake, when the crack of a rifle
shatters the silence. His father slumps forward, blood leaking from his
chest. Horrified, Anthony spins in the direction of the gunfire, and sees a
shadowy figure race away from the shore and vanish in the cover of the
trees--a vision that will haunt him for years to come . . .
Anthony pulls his dad into his arms, but he is beyond help. He dies in
Anthony’s embrace, Anthony’s scream of anguish echoing across the still
waters.
Fifteen years later, a happily married Marine veteran and author of a best-selling series of crime novels, Anthony has achieved a measure of
success. But the past still haunts him-—in spite of his eyewitness
testimony, his father’s murder was declared a hunting accident, and no one
was ever brought to justice.
On the anniversary of his father’s death, a mysterious message arrives from
an unknown sender that promises to lead Anthony to the truth. But is
Anthony's helper the angel he'd been waiting for--or a devil in disguise?
Determined to find answers, Anthony and his wife soon find themselves hunted
by a team of assassins dispatched by a powerful organization with
frightening technological resources. The killers pursuing them are as
fanatical in their beliefs as they are well-equipped-—loyal followers of a
charismatic leader who might be the most dangerous man in America . . .
Lightning-paced and gripping from the first sentence to the explosive
finale, Covenant marks Brandon Massey’s entry into the arena of high-stakes
action thrillers--a story exploring today’s issues that will resonate with
readers long after they've turned the last page.
#10 - Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades TrilogyClick to order a Kindle ebook or NOOK Book
by E L James
Print Length: 530 pages
Publisher: Vintage (May 25, 2011)
Sold by: Random House Digital, Inc.
When literature student Anastasia Steele is
drafted to interview the successful young entrepreneur Christian Grey for
her campus magazine, she finds him attractive, enigmatic and intimidating.
Convinced their meeting went badly, she tries to put Grey out of her mind -
until he happens to turn up at the out-of-town hardware store where she
works part-time.
The unworldly, innocent Ana is shocked to
realize she wants this man, and when he warns her to keep her distance it
only makes her more desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana's
quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her - but on
his own terms. Shocked yet thrilled by Grey's singular erotic tastes, Ana
hesitates. For all the trappings of success - his multinational businesses,
his vast wealth, his loving adoptive family - Grey is man tormented by
demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a
passionate, physical and daring affair, Ana learns more about her own dark
desires, as well as the Christian Grey hidden away from public scrutiny
Can their relationship transcend physical
passion? Will Ana find it in herself to submit to the self-indulgent Master?
And if she does, will she still love what she finds?
Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the
Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay
with you forever.
Best Selling eBooks: #1 to #10 • #2 to #20
