Kira is the on the homicide detectives' radar once again. Right now, she's clueless as to how she's going to fix this situation but with Dylan now dead, things are going to get even stickier.

Nine Lives: Wild-card Aiden. Dead-shot Ava. Efficient, fast, and brutal, this notorious brother-sister hit team grew up abused, unwanted--and in lethal tune with each other. Killing nine targets in ten days will be their biggest score yet. But as Ava sets up their final target, she falls hard for him and a chance at a normal life. And that's a betrayal she may not live to regret-- The Crushed Ice Clique: At first all ghetto princesses Honore and Cucci...

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Kira owns a profitable hair and nail salon. Her husband, Ricky, is an infamous, well-known drug dealer from the rough streets of D.C. Kira feels the need to devise an escape plan-- will she choose loyalty or her life?

"Kill your secrets ... Volunteer Virginia Beach firefighter Alayna Curry used to pride herself on saving lives. But now, determined to conceal her part in an arson-for-insurance scam gone bad, she's using her skills to have the scheme's leader, Tim--her ex-lover--shot dead, claiming it was a robbery. She's carefully set him up to be the ultimate fall guy. And she's ruthlessly aiming to silence more witnesses--which will also get her beloved brother...

As an off-air TV news journalist, Khloe Mercer covers the tough Norfolk, Virginia, neighborhood she grew up in. But between a hostile boss and stiff competition, she has to break a major exclusive to save her job--and lock down the coveted anchor desk slot she feels she deserves... When a murder takes place on her home turf, Khloe has easy access to the dirty truth behind it. But she'll have to decide whether to exploit every angle and leverage any...