Miss Wayne The Queens Of Dc The Cartel Publications Presents

Miss Wayne, Parade, and Daffany arrive in Washington D.C. for a funeral and find that after Miss Wayne hooks up his fabulous male friends he decides he doesn't want to return to the West Coast with them.

Miss Wayne from the Essence Best Selling novel Black and Ugly and Black & Ugly as Ever returns in this standalone spin-off! When Miss Daffany's mothers risky lifestyle finally catches up with her, they all come back from LA, to Washington DC for her funeral. Once in town, Miss Wayne hooks up with his fabulous male friends and decides he misses home. Both Parade and Daffany fear he might want to stay in DC and their suspicions are correct when he doesn't come back with them. With the Queens of DC, he can wear flashy clothes, live the glamorous and be around people like him. But when the novelty wears off, he realizes that there's a reason he never fully embraced his alternative lifestyle. But it's too late and he becomes a victim of the company he keeps. Murder. Hate. Revenge. All find places in his world and soon the life of those he cares about become endangered. Miss Wayne & The Queens of DC is a fast paced, funny, heartfelt story. You'll enjoy flashbacks of his life growing up with Parade, Daffany and Sky, and see how he grew to become the diva his is today. But, will he survive? A Must Read!

The chicks you love to hate are back! After witnessing the vicious murder of her beloved sister, the infamous "Queen Kat", Nyse, vows to bring demise to the culprit responsible for her slaying. Which is none other than Fatal. Just as Nyse begins to put her plans into motion, she receives yet another slap to the face when she finds out that her family has teamed up with Eliza Gibbs, to take the only person she has left out of her life, her newborn son. Feeling abandoned and alone, Nyse calls up a few old friends for reinforcement to set things in order..."Nyse Style". When things get out of hand, Nyse finds herself fighting for survival in a place she never would expect, her own home. On the other hand, her rival Fatal, finds herself facing demons from her past, and begins to question her life style. And then, an old friend that she would have loved to forget reenters her life in need of a favor. Before long, Fatal finds herself head first into drama only this time the stakes are higher. And if she s not careful she may suffer the fate she has delivered to others! A must read, Poison 2 ends with nothing less than a heart pounding standing ovation!!

Parade has loved Jay her whole life but when he makes a big bet, which yields zero benefits, their picture perfect family begins to crumble. Feeling partially responsible for a tragic event that makes the trauma to the Hernandez Family worse, Parade decides to use what she has to repair the rift in her broken family. Miss Wayne, being her true blue friend tries desperately to suggest an alternative to Parade’s sin filled plan and his intrusion could cost him the most. The follow up to Black and Ugly, Black and Ugly As Ever and Miss Wayne & The Queens of DC, this latest addition will reconnect you with the characters you’ve grown to love.

"Their desire to get high will cost them more than their lives."

Kaneesha and her boyfriend Jarvis find themselves struggling to care for themselves and their eight year old son. When they begin using crack, they lose their jobs, possessions and self-respect. Their relationship crumbles and Jarvis leaves Kaneesha and his son all alone. Then Kaneesha befriends Reds, a neighborhood pregnant crack queen. Will their downward spiral continue?

Two men. Two feuding cities. One woman. One was born in our nations capital, Washington DC. The other is a native of Murder City, Baltimore. Despising the other s city made them rivalries before even meeting. It didn t matter that they both grew up on violent streets surrounded by drugs and poverty. Soon, need arises and they re forced to cross each other s paths. But when they do, hate from generations before them rises and their meeting becomes intense. Many years later...an opportunity presents itself for them to put their dislikes aside to make millions. They agree, and quickly become the richest men on the east coast. One has a quick temper...the other has quick wit and this combination makes them unstoppable. There alliance unites soldiers from both DC and Baltimore as they solidify their empire. Defying all enemies, their bond tightens and they become the best of friends. But what happens when a woman becomes involved whose beauty is so intoxicating, that to get another woman like her would be impossible? War. The Face That Launched A Thousand Bullets is a classic love story. The love of money. The love of power. The love of a woman.

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!