Resultados para "1" en Afroamericana

El joven vikingo Arnulf es tan salvaje como el águila y el lobo que dan forma a su nombre. Ansía lanzarse a una vida de aventuras y acción, pero sus planes pronto se verán truncados cuando el barco de su hermano Helge regrese a casa hecho añicos. Ciego de dolor, Arnulf se embarca junto con un esclavo noruego en un viaje de venganza. Sin embargo, el viaje que le aguarda estará plagado de peligros y vicisitudes, desde una incursión a un encuentro real, pasando por multitud de batallas a cual más sangrienta hasta encontrar a los vikingos de Jomsborg.

Ha dado comienzo una estación de desenlaces. Empieza con una gran grieta roja que recorre las entrañas del único continente del planeta, una grieta que escupe una ceniza que oculta la luz del sol. Empieza con la muerte, con un hijo asesinado y una hija perdida. Empieza con una traición, con heridas latentes que comienzan a supurar. El lugar es la Quietud, un continente acostumbrado a la catástrofe en el que la energía de la tierra se utiliza como arma. Y en el que no hay lugar para la misericordia.

To Merlin Mills, his family ceased to exist when his father turned his back on him, and he had to make some drastic changes in order to survive. Now, nine years later, his family is back, and their existence threatens his once stable relationship with his new wife. If Merlin wants to hold on to her, he must face the demons he’s conveniently forgotten and put them in their proper perspective. Can he undo the damage caused by his omission, or will he snap under the pressure?

A smash debut novel from rising star Yasmin Angoe, Her Name Is Knight features an elite assassin heroine on a mission to topple a human trafficking ring and avenge her family....

Twenty-five-year-old Victoria Justice has never really gotten over a near drowning at the hands of a high school bully, but has attempted to build her confidence and career as a court stenographer under the mentorship of The Honorable Frederica Scott Wannamaker, the county's first African American Superior Court judge. But when her old nemesis appears on the court docket, Victoria's carefully crafted world implodes - evidence goes missing, a potential mistrial abounds, and the judge winds up drowned in the courthouse bathroom.

Local gangster Dante (Jack Boy) knows more than anybody how dangerous and ruthless the streets can be. But against his better instincts, he allows himself to fall for a local female gangster named Alinna, considered to be somewhat of a competitor to Dante because she leads her own all female crew. Alinna, too, is very well aware of the dangers that come with letting feelings get in the way of business. But like Dante, she decides to embrace the attraction anyway. That however proves to be a mistake when she discovers Dante is two-timing her with a female gang unit officer.

Their fiery connection ignites memories from a past life, reckoning them to a love that cannot be denied. Brace yourself for a thrilling ride filled with passion, deceit, and the undeniable power of true love in this urban paranormal romance.

Carmen Vasquez was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, a real Georgia peach. With a Mexican father and a black mother, she has such a spice to her, which forces people to either love or hate her. She grew up wealthy, but that didn't stop her from always finding interest in those bad boys from the other side. The other side is where she meets her baby's father, Ramonte.

I always knew marriage for me would never be to a man of my choosing. As a young girl, I was all too aware of the power I wielded in a world where men were supposed to be the superior gender. To the underworld, I was just a mafia princess. To my family, I was an equal. To my soon-to-be husband? Well, that was yet to be determined. But I prayed Enzo Bianchi was ready for me because I was damn sure prepared for him.

In the middle of a water crisis, Money, a popular young boy throughout his neighborhood, has gotten himself into a deadly game of cat and mouse as he struggles to survive through the night when the city’s most notorious crime lord orders a hit on him. This story follows Money as he is on the run for his life desperately trying to find help in a lawless town.

Taz is the ruthless leader of an elite group of bandits who rule the streets of Oklahoma City. No one has met the mysterious boss who gives them their orders via laptop, but the arrangement works for everyone involved. Their criminal enterprise keeps them rolling in dough, allowing them to purchase property and businesses all over town. When Taz falls in love with Sacha, an ambitious young lawyer, he makes an unexpected enemy. Cliff, another lawyer at the firm, wants Sacha for himself, and he'll stop at nothing to win her back from the thug she's with.

Knowledge Toussaint was exposed to a fast life of grittiness. Being forced to maneuver through a life based on survival at the tender age of ten, he depended on a mother whose life was driven by addiction. All it took were two bullets to change Knowledge's life forever. When he was forced to leave his mother behind, he was taken in by one of the most prestigious hit men in Miami, Booney. As Booney leads Knowledge through an underworld of darkness, he also shines light by teaching him how to play the game of life called 'Chess.'

Aphrodite Greer was born and raised in the bricks—projects in Jagoda Bay. She met the love of her life, Baguette, on that very soil. The ghetto goddess had her entire life mapped out for her, and just like most life plans, things took a turn for the worse. Infidelity, losing her baby girl Athena, and constant fights with her lover's mistress turned her from a rigid, dope boy's queen to a soft, put-up businesswoman. With five years between their failed relationship, Baguette and Aphrodite remain best friends, and since Baguette has moved on, his current girlfriend has also joined their circle.

Chasing money is all Chloe has ever known. Just when she thinks she’s got it all, times get tight, and her body is put to work in the bedroom. Between sexin’ married men for hire and searching for the man who would get her out of the game, her life is shattered - and then her cousin Oshyn pulls in a drug dealer with deep pockets. Oshyn knows her conniving cousin would do anything to walk in her shoes, so she flaunts glamorous gifts and icy diamonds, given to her by new love, Brooklyn Jones. Chloe resorts to desperate measures when she can’t steal Brooklyn from Oshyn.

If there is one thing Constance Hawkins is good at, it's working hard. Her dad was in a car accident that paralyzed his legs, and her sister Charley is in her sophomore year of college. With her mother not in the picture, Constance started working to help her family at a young age. Now, at twenty-six years old, she has a good job working at a bank. Until her awful boss, Sandy, decides to let Constance go because of cutbacks.

Dream, a woman betrayed by the only person she ever trusted, seeks refuge in the arms of a wealthy man who promises to help her heal. But as her heart mends, she finds herself entangled in a web of lies and manipulation that threatens to consume her. Will she rise above the deceit or be forever trapped in the shadows of her past? Now Journee is a whole other issue, a driven high school senior focused on escaping the suffocating grasp of Montgomery, Alabama.

Lance Christopher is a semi-reformed thug who was lucky enough to run into the right connection to propel him to the top. His success, of course, hasn't come without its fair share of bloodshed, problems, and disappointments. A dangerously ungrateful brother who won't shake his street mentality and a money-hungry ex who tricked her way into his heart are just some of the issues he faces that money can't seem to fix. Lance doesn't want much more, just peace and a woman who can relate to him and help him battle the demons he faces.

Hitchhiking her way to a new coast, she lands at the feet of money, prestige, and a soul-touching love, all at the doing of a chance job opportunity. But it doesn't mean all even terrain, and her past has a problem letting go. Still, Noor is convinced destiny has brought her to the life she deserves. She won't allow the girl she was to stop her from becoming the woman she needs to be. Rules don't apply, and she's tired of letting life happen to her. She's determined to finally get everything she's ever wanted. Everything she's ever needed.

Regardless of learning about Kenzie's hectic life, Malakai refuses to give up. He sees something in Kenzie that he loves and refuses to take no for an answer, no matter how long it takes. When any other man would have run for the hills, Malakai buckles up to take the ride with Kenzie as she figures out where to turn. Whether in Miami or Chicago, Malakai is willing to wait for Kenzie. However, will unforeseen circumstances send Kenzie back into Chase's arms? Find out in the first installment of Movin' Different where the lies, betrayal, and deceit are ahead.

The Strong family. A family filled with hustlers, breadwinners, and stone-cold killers. They run one of the biggest drug operations to ever come out of Miami, Florida. The business dates back to the 1940s when Kamil Strong created it with his blood, sweat, and tears. So here we are, well over 80 years later, and the business is now in the hands of Korporate Strong, the great-grandson of Kamil Strong. Alongside Korporate is his mother, Shadae Strong, wife of the late Kato Strong, who felt compelled to leave the business to his wife and oldest son.