A Hustler S Son The Cartel Publications Presents

Based out of Bladensburg, Maryland, 31-year-old Janet Stayley spent her life looking for a hustler. She never knew she would find one in her 15-year-old son, Kelsi. Surrounded by violence, drugs and lies, Kelsi murders in self-defense. Suddenly Kelsi becomes charged with the newfound feeling he associates with becoming a man and feels he can take on anything, including his mother's cheating lover. The heat of murder ensues and Janet feels it's time to make a permanent move out of Maryland. Before doing so, she plans one last murder which, if goes as planned, could ultimately be worth millions. To top it all off, Janet has not revealed to her son the biggest secret yet.

Kelsi is more vicious than ever, as he returns in this gripping tale second only to the original, A Hustler s Son! A few months after receiving what was said to be his mother s bloody heart on Christmas Day, Kelsi seeks revenge on those he feels are responsible for her vicious murder. Believing that the culprits are in New York, Kelsi takes only a back pack and a heart full of hate as he bum rushes the city on the search for Kyope and Jarvis. He s so dead set on revenge, that he doesn t realize he s being set up by those he trusts. And by the time it finally comes to past, he s already way waist deep. Just when you thought it was all over, a revelation so real is born, that this finale will leave you breathless!

Kelsi is more vicious than ever, as he returns in this gripping sequel to "A Hustler's Son." A few months after receiving what was said to be his mother's bloody heart on Christmas Day, Kelsi seeks revenge on those he feels are responsible for her vicious murder.

New Strippers! More Problems! After Poe gifts Skeezers to Levine out of guilt she quickly learns that running a business and sliding down a pole are polar opposites. When she becomes financially in over her head, and at risk of losing the club, she turns to the one man everybody with financial trouble does, dope man, Jameson “Killer” Floyd. Unable to repay her debt she makes him partner and he quickly muscles his way into the operation. Stripper Cupid Sampson is in love. She’ll do anything for her man, even if he doesn’t belong to her. Sneaky from the gate, she makes serial moves to become his number one but it backfires in a major way. Catalina “Sprinkles” Santana is the new headliner at Skeezers. Together with her best friend Cupid, she reels in the big bucks. Besides, being Killer’s girlfriend has its perks since he is part owner. If only she could lessen his sexual appetite for other women she would be happily ever after. When Sprinkles confides in Cupid about a big secret, one that threatens her life and relationship, the drama in the club hits the fan as the two go at each other’s throats for blood. Skeezers 2 brings everything its predecessor offered and more!

When Amelia Rios, a young Latina with a serious crack addiction meets the love of her life, Wyld Heart, she has no idea that it’s the wrong time. Because when the self-made kingpin makes the foolish mistake of ridiculing his cousin, Ryan Heart, in public, this careless act sets off a series of incidents so violent it unearths secrets hidden within the Heart Family, forcing Amelia to relive the reckless behavior she successfully escaped. Despite Spyrits, pleas for Wyld to make amends with Ryan immediately, he doesn’t heed the warning, which turns out to be the costliest error in his life. Tiring of the perceived disrespect from Wyld, Ryan operates in the world as if it owes him knocking over anyone who gets in the way, blood related or not. Greed, secrets and drama are packed in this novel guaranteed to have you laughing, guessing and yelling as T. Styles introduces the worst villain she’s created since Kali.

The Pretty Kings are back! After offing Mitch, the Plug, the Kennedy family must deal with the consequence and it has a name…the billionaire Abd Al-Qadir. Using bombs, gunfire and murder at his disposal, Al-Qadir is threatening to bring down the Kennedy Kings if Mitch doesn’t surface in ten days. After losing Noah and Camp while battling the Russians, the Kennedy’s can’t bear another casualty and so they retreat into hiding for protection and come up with a plan. And that’s where the trouble begins... Inside a self-imposed prison, within the compound, Race discovers the steamy affair between Ramirez and Scarlett, which sends her on a mission of revenge. Secrets come to surface and blood flows as they breakdown from the inside. Before long it becomes evident that the real danger is amongst themselves as they face the question…can their family survive?

What caused the bloody massacre within the walls of a small Baltimore city church? A thin trail of circumstances lead to Devonte Harrington, a mid-level drug dealer with a devoted group of young women and block soldiers who surround him at all times. What is his hold over them? And what inspired his legacy of savagery? Son of a selfish teenage mother, and raised primarily by his aunt Angela, Devonte was born in the shadows of the Myers Home for Veterans, and for years hidden from the world like a dirty secret. Could the start of his villainous supremacy begin here? Told through the eyes of Samantha Herrnstein, one of his devotees, we learn her view on how the absence of love spawned his wrath. But as her flare for story holds you captive, be careful, you might miss something. And we promise, you won't see it coming!

When two sisters who earn careers as criminals but heads after one wants to leave the game to be with her girlfriend, these siblings find themselves in a dangerous situation. All Tasha wants is to build her family with Nikki, the love of her life. There’s only one problem, Tasha’s jealous sister Crystal will do all she can to keep her sibling in the game, even if it means their lives.