Josie, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a French Quarter prostitute, is striving to escape 1950 New Orleans and enroll at prestigious Smith College when she becomes entangled in a murder investigation.

"Unlike their younger brother, Andre, whose star as a comedian is rising, neither Dwayne nor Brick Duquesne is having luck with his career or love life. But while Dwayne is reconnecting with his teenage son, he finds himself torn between animosity and attration with his son's mother, Frenchie. And Brick's latest job as a chauffeur and bodyguard to three women temporarily working as escorts opens a world of possibility in both love and money. Penny,...

Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid only to find that she has been sold into the sex slave trade in India and that there is no hope of escape.

"Sassy, streetwise Sammy is falling through the cracks. Neglected by an alcoholic mother, the problems she endures at school and home lead her to act out, seeking attention from unseemly adults when what she wants most is protection. Meanwhile, in a small Eastern European village, sweet Nico is about to turn 13. As her family falls upon desperate times, her father receives an offer of money to marry her off. But when she's shuttled across the border...

"A biography of Pearl "Polly" Alder, New York City madam and icon of the Jazz Age"--

"Leshaun is the true definition of a bad girl, who goes from corporate to hood and back again with ease. While she lets others think that she's just one of a team, those who truly know her understand that she runs the streets all by herself. Let Leshaun tell it, a big girl can be the whore, the pimp, and the broad that owns the sleazy hotel all at the same time, The issue is that others need to respect her gangster. When someone has the balls to burn...

"The woman on the bed was barely out of her teens. She wasn't exactly beautiful, but she'd tried to make the most of her looks. And now, alone in a seedy beachfront motel, she was dead. Paradise Police Chief Jesse Stone doesn't know her name. Whoever she is, she didn't deserve to die. Jesse starts digging, only to find himself caught in the crosshairs of a bitter turf war between two ruthless pimps. And more blood will spill before it's over"--

Examines human trafficking today, including the sale of body organs, babies, and young girls for sex. Features victims' stories, facts and figures, calls for action, color photographs, and sources of further information.

Nearly 15 years after her real-life inspired Wifey Series launched author Kiki Swinson to stardom, this first installment in her spin-off series receives its mainstream paperback release. After a near-death situation and the loss of someone she loved dearly, Kira gave up being wifey and found herself a new hustle in Florida selling high-end rides at a luxury dealership in South Beach. Kendrick Miles, a dope boy, is her best customer, who keeps her...

Cold and poverty define Hanna Renstrom's childhood in remote northern Sweden, and in 1905, at nineteen, she boards a ship for Australia in hope of a better life. But none of her hopes--or fears--prepares her for the life she will lead. After two brief marriages, she finds herself a widow twice over, and the owner of a bordello in Portuguese East Africa, a world where colonialism and white supremacy rule, where she is isolated within society by her...