Frank Carlson Library

Tamara Jenkins, a federal prison guard, finds herself desperately racing against time and a corrupt prison adminstration as she tries to free her baby's daddy, I.C.Miller, a death row inmate who is about to be executed by lethal injection for a hideous crime he didn't commit. She is torn between two arch rival thugs: the Haitian Kingpin Bleu Baptise and Atlanta's dopeboy Pharaoh Green, in a deadly, deceptive, lustful love triangle in which neither...

The epic saga has come to an end...but has justice been served? After finding love in the midst of the most treacherous circumstances, Keisha and Trigga decide to leave everything behind them and focus on their marriage and new baby. But when Trigga overhears interesting news regarding the baby's paternity, it leaves him doubting the loyalty of the only woman he's loved. After all they've endured to be together, will this new challenge ruin them? Lloyd,...

INNOCENT'S REVENGE IS THE EPIC TALE OF MURDER, DRUGS, SEX AND BETRAYAL. After his release from prison, where he served time on death row for a hideous crime that he did not commit, Innocent comes home a changed man. He can't seem to shake the demons from his head; the racist attacks on his life, the violence, the killings, and the many men that he killed in order to survive life on the Row. He is determined to make a new life for himself and Tamara,...

The Saga Continues from critically acclaimed author, Leo Sullivan, it's the long awaited Essence Best Seller, A Gangsta's Chick 3. When self-made gangsta and millionaire, Jack Lemon, finds himself desperately to get out of Cuba, he encounters some of the most ruthless foes he's ever faced. Deeply amid the original Cuban thugs, Jack races against time to get state side and save Gina. Will he make it? Or is he finally too late. Once again, Gina finds...

Freddy Thugstin's saga continues from In this Life, the national best selling novel, as Life Thugstin meets Hope Evans an eccentric college student, born and raised in Miami's notorious Pork and Beans Projects. All her life, Hope has dreamed of becoming a lawyer and one day helping her people out of ghetto oppression. By some uncanny fate, Hope meets the handsome thug, Life, in the midst of his desperate attempts to elude a massive police manhunt....

Gina Thomas is a gangsta's girl, down for whatever. Even after her man, Jack Lemon, is cased up, Gina does what she has to do, holding it down for herself and her man. When Jack wins his appeal, vengeance is no longer just for the Lord. A vindictive cycle of mayhem and murder catapults Jack and Gina to the forefront of DieHard Records, a multi-million dollar empire. But when the headless body of industry rival Damon Dice is discovered, Top Cop Anthony...

This love story is not for the faint of heart… After a series of events no one saw coming, Gunplay decided to keep his distance from LeTavia to keep her life from spiraling even more out of control than it had since the day he'd placed himself into it. However, the time has come for him to get her back and he's determined to have her as the lady by his side. LeTavia is on her way home from a difficult trip to the clinic, her first step to wash...

In the series finale of Gangland, there is a deadly stand-off between Kato and Polo, forcing Star to make a decision. With both men demanding her love and loyalty, she has no other option but to figure out which one is worthy. With her sister missing, she is also racing against time to find her but when she does, it may be too late. This tragic story of Chicago gang life comes to a close and just like in real life, many don't make it to the end....

When times get hard, the ones who survive are the realest of them all. Gina Thomas is a gangsta's chick, down for whatever. Even after her man, Jack Lemon, is sent to prison, Gina does what she has to do for herself and her man. When Jack wins his appeal, vengeance is no longer just for the lord. Follow Gina as she rides out for her man, and shows how a real Gangsta's Chick gets down.

There are no fairytale love stories when you live in the hood... Raised in the heart of the hoods of Brooklyn, 18-year-old LeTavia was the oldest of two children looked after by their grandmother after their mother ran out on them. Built with a strong sense of responsibility, it was this trait that pushed her to protect Deshaun Banks, aka Gunplay, the very first time she laid eyes on him. Gunplay, a born hustler, ducked into a local food spot,...