K'wan

When Artie Howell moves with his wife back to her sleepy hometown, he must protect their son Nicky from the skeletons coming out of the closets from both of their pasts

K’wan’s urban fiction coming-of-age novel, Promise Broken, is set in the gritty streets of Newark, New Jersey. The story follows 17-year-old Promise Mohammed as she attempts to uphold friendships and new relationships - even if they lead to her demise....

The only family Eve Panelli has ever known is the Twenty Gang. Orphaned as a small child, Eve quickly learned the art of the hustle, and by age 17 she had spent two years in prison....

When Billy's longtime boyfriend, Marcus, finally pops the question, it's one of the happiest moments of her life. Billy calls on her childhood friends, Reese and Yoshi, to stand with her....

Hood rat: a woman of questionable repute, one who has been known to "get around" in the 'hood. Yoshi is young, fine, and larcenous. She lives her life playing on men's hearts as well as their pockets. But she learns the hard way that all that glitters isn't gold. Billy, a former high school...

All he ever wanted to be was a good son....

Diamonds and Pearl is a gritty, compelling novel from number-one Essence best-selling author K'wan. They say that good girls like bad boys, and this was especially true for Pearl Stone, a child born of privilege to a drug baron and reputed killer known in the streets as Big Stone. Although the...

After news of the attempted murder of his estranged fiancée, Gucci, Animal has two things on his mind: love and gunplay....

From the biggest names in urban fiction comes a collection of unforgettable stories of urban love and its consequences....

He set out to be the good son, but the streets had a different plan. Born to one of New York City's most notorious crime families, Shai Clark has always managed to be a good kid. A college hoops star, Shai shunned the world that his father had created and focused on his dreams of going pro...

Harlem had always lived by the code of the streets and respected the rules that governed them. But when his enemies break those rules and bring drama to his family, Harlem comes up with a plan....

After the death of a police officer, assassin Kahllah (a.k.a. the Black Lotus) is forced out of retirement in an attempt to clear her name while outrunning a mysterious enemy....

From the moment Animal's former lover Red Sonja showed up on his doorstep, he knew trouble wouldn't be far behind....

Number-one Essence best-selling author K'wan presents three explosive stories in one collection....

For years Lou-Loc, an efficient assassin and OG of the Crip organization, did dirt. After dancing on the razor's edge, he has become weary of the street life that has consumed him during his service to his set and begins to wonder if there's a better way to make a living. Lou-Loc and his...

Animal, the gentle and kind-hearted family man, is still infamous for turning at any moment into a cold-blooded killer....

While Dena Jones definitely has what it takes to succeed, she wants out. She's determined to make it out of "Crooklyn" by any means necessary....

What happens to the children the world throws away? They become animals. Tayshawn Torres is a child born in the slums and cursed by the sins of his parents. His mother is a notorious drug addict and whore who's more concerned with getting her next high than she is with Tayshawn's well-being. His...

It's been months since Lou-loc was brutally murdered on his way to freedom, and the pain is still fresh. Gutter, Lou-loc's best friend, finds himself on a path to self-destruction....

K’wan delivers his bloodiest story yet....