Author: Keith Lee Johnson
Publisher: Urban Renaissance
ISBN: 1622863585
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Revealing the roots of Johnnie Wise's family tree, the author takes readers to Nigeria where a beautiful sixteen-year-old girl, preparing to marry a much older man, escapes with her young lover on the night before the arranged marriage is to take place on a Dutch slave ship bound for America where she becomes Josephine Baptiste.
Author: Keith Lee Johnson
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 9781601621382
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Courtesan Johnnie Wise must pay for her past indiscretions when the police believe that she is involved in several murders and the theft of two hundred fifty thousand dollars.
Author: Keith Lee Johnson
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 9781601620378
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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As a follow-up to his bestselling Little Black Girl Lost, Keith Lee Johnson takes us back into the life of Johnnie Wise, a stunning 15-year-old whose beauty is so seductive it sparked a race riot in New Orleans. Now, the riot is over, the National Guard has left, and life can begin to return to normal in the black-owned Sable Parish. For Johnnie, though, there is still some unfinished business. She has made it her mission to get to know the white side of her family, the Beauregards, and takes a job as a maid in their home, watching quietly to learn what really goes on behind the walls of their stately home. What she sees is more than she ever expected. Outside of work, Johnnie is determined to win back the love of her life, Lucas Matthews, but first she must convince him that the night she spent with ruthless crime boss Napoleon Bentley meant nothing to her. To Bentley, however, the night was unforgettable, and he will stop at nothing to have Johnnie to himself. He has set the wheels in motion to take over the New Orleans Mob, with Johnnie by his side as his willing concubine. Keith Lee Johnson weaves an intriguing tale of love, lust, deception, and power, all against the backdrop of a racially troubled 1950’s New Orleans. Johnnie Wise is a young woman readers won’t soon forget.
Author: Donald Goines
Publisher: Holloway House
ISBN: 1496735978
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
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Includes special preview of Kenyatta's escape.
Author: Keith Lee Johnson
Publisher: Dare to Imagine Books
ISBN: 9781935825005
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Johnnie Wise is acquitted of murding Sharon Trudeau, but her problems with her boyfriend Lucas Matthews continue. Will Johnnie be able to escape her life as a kept woman and rebuild her fortune the honest way?
Author: Keith Lee Johnson
Publisher: Urban Renaissance
ISBN: 1622861531
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
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Johnnie Wise was just fifteen years old when her mother sold her virginity to an unscrupulous white insurance man named Earl Shamus. Stunningly beautiful, with long naturally wavy black hair, she possessed the voluptuous body of a thirty-year-old woman. Her skin was the color of brown sugar. Johnnie had heard about Earl Shamus and his escapades among the poor black women in New Orleans. But what she didn’t know was that Shamus had quietly made several of the girls in their neighborhood his reluctant concubines when their youthful bodies ripened—she was next. Enter 1950’s New Orleans, a world of betrayal, envy, lust and murder, where everyone has ulterior motives. Take a peek at Johnnie Wise, a 15-year-old girl, being pursued by ruthless crime boss, Napoleon Bentley, who will stop at nothing to have this young beauty. Little Girl Lost will shock you right up to the very end with its revealing truths.
Author: Sister Souljah
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439165327
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Natural-born hustler Porsche Santiaga refuses to accept her new life in juvenile detention after her family is torn apart and fights to regain what she has lost.
Author: Zakiya Dalila Harris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982160152
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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A Hulu Original Series Coming Soon “Riveting, fearless, and vividly original” (Emily St. John Mandel, New York Times bestselling author), this instant New York Times bestseller explores the tension that unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publishing. Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired of being the only Black employee at Wagner Books. Fed up with the isolation and microaggressions, she’s thrilled when Harlem-born and bred Hazel starts working in the cubicle beside hers. They’ve only just started comparing natural hair care regimens, though, when a string of uncomfortable events elevates Hazel to Office Darling, and Nella is left in the dust. Then the notes begin to appear on Nella’s desk: LEAVE WAGNER. NOW. It’s hard to believe Hazel is behind these hostile messages. But as Nella starts to spiral and obsess over the sinister forces at play, she soon realizes that there’s a lot more at stake than just her career. Having joined Wagner Books to honor the legacy of Burning Heart, a novel written and edited by two Black women, she had thought that this animosity was a relic of the past. Is Nella ready to take on the fight of a new generation? “Poignant, daring, and darkly funny, The Other Black Girl will have you stressed and exhilarated in equal measure through the very last twist” (Vulture). The perfect read for anyone who has ever felt manipulated, threatened, or overlooked in the workplace.
Author: Keith Lee Johnson
Publisher: Urban Renaissance
ISBN: 9781601621870
Category : African American women
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A riveting page-turner in which an FBI Special Agent finds himself investigating a series of seemingly related murders that are being committed by two serial killers.
Author: Brian McGilloway
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062336584
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
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This New York Times bestseller is perfect for fans of Tana French and Dennis Lehane. Midwinter. A child is found wandering through the snowy woods, her hands covered in someone else's blood. And she cannot—or will not—speak, not even to share her name. Who is this little girl lost? The only adult she seems to trust is the young officer who found her, Detective Lucy Black. Before long, Lucy manages to connect her case to that of a missing teenager, the kidnapped daughter of a local real estate tycoon. As the investigation twists and turns, Lucy is forced to question not only a range of dangerous suspects, but also everything she thought she knew about her own past.
