Résultats pour "The Shadow" dans Afro-américaine

When private detectives Heaven and Garrick are approached by a polygamy escapee to find her long-lost missing child, they must keep romantic entanglements aside and infiltrate an underground prostitution ring run by ruthless extremists. After solving the case involving the murder of the mayor of Los Angeles' daughter and actress Lauren Jenkins, Heaven and Garrick started a private investigation business together and mutually agreed to keep their previous romantic relationship strictly professional.

Elias Omari exists in the darkness that clouds his mind. Cress Devereaux exists in the light that inspires her soul. Together, they create beautiful shades of gray. An arranged marriage forces two families to smooth the edges of their jagged past with the hopes of a new beginning. But can a union tainted with secrets and uncertainty promise an unbreakable alliance? The one thing that Elias and Cress share in common is family over everything, but should they continue to fight for family when that same family has never truly fought for them?

There is unrest in the wolf world. Fights for territories and hostile takeovers are happening everywhere. When tragedy strikes Maya's pack, her mother arranges for her to marry an alpha who can solidify the pack's future. But this alpha is not just strong—he's cruel and bloodthirsty. Maya risks it all when she runs away, determined to leave her past behind. But how long can she run? And what will she do when the shadows from her past catch up with her? People will be hurt, lives will be lost, but will a shot at true love be worth it all?

The residents of Swan Mirror Towers live in the lap of luxury and with the fame and fortune, there is a rising fear sweeping the tower. The 15-story luxury complex is a bustling hub of activity with eyes and ears all over the place...The haunted lake behind the tower isn’t done with the residents yet. The Legend of the Lake is forcing the tower to pay attention, but will they listen in time?

Moonstone, South Carolina. A town where nothing is what it seems. Marilyn Maxwell is an accomplished woman in all areas. But what people don’t know is she has struggled with the demon of death since she was a child. After a personal crisis forces her to re-evaluate her life, she reluctantly decides to relocate to her hometown of Moonstone, South Carolina. This decision sends her spiraling into a world full of conjure, celestial wonder, and the murky unknown.

In “Veiled Shadows”, the gripping finale of the Deceptive hearts trilogy, Ophelia and Caspian's fairy tale romance takes a dark turn as the ghosts of their pasts threaten to shatter the life they've built together. As Ophelia struggles to escape the clutches of a relentless blackmailer, she must face the truth about the secrets she's been hiding and the man who has haunted her for years. When Caspian begins to doubt Ophelia's loyalty, he can't help but feel an overwhelming sense of jealousy and suspicion.

It all began in the tranquil town of Cold Spring, a place far removed from the life I knew in Baltimore. At nine years old, I never expected to find a friend like Sophie Brown, a girl with a laugh as loud as the summer sun and dreams as big as the clear night sky. We grew up together, inseparable, sharing every high and low life threw our way. Our friendship was the one sure thing I could count on. But time has a way of changing the game. Prom night marked the start of something new, something deeper between us.

Along the ever-changing border of gentrifying Los Angeles, 17-year-old Monique Darson is found dead at a condominium construction site, hanging in the closet of an unfinished unit. Homicide Detective Elouise "Lou" Norton's new partner, Colin Taggert, fresh from the comparatively bucolic Colorado Springs police department, assumes it's a teenage suicide. Lou isn't buying the easy explanation. For one thing, the condo site is owned by Napoleon Crase, a self-made millionaire...and the man who may have murdered Lou's missing sister, Tori, 30 years ago.

When Azrael wakes up with an unremovable ring on his hand and visions of the Devil haunting his dreams, his life takes a dark turn. At school, he spots a mysterious girl with horns that no one else can see, and before he knows it, he’s pulled into an otherworldly dungeon filled with danger. After nearly losing his life in a battle with a monstrous creature, Azrael wakes to find himself beside Lilith, a mute silver-haired girl who reveals that she’s the demon girl he saw at school.

My ex's bad decisions got him killed. Now, I'm on the run. Working at a funeral home seemed like a safe way to lay low—until one of the bodies jumped off the table and attacked me. Forced to hit the road again, I end up stranded in Shadow Ridge when my car breaks down. Desperate, I break into what I thought was an empty house, only to come face-to-face with a dangerously handsome werewolf. He’s intense, lethal, and says he wants to help. But with danger closing in from every direction, I can’t decide what’s riskier: the people chasing me… or trusting him with my heart.

When 18-year-old Raina Reed is given an ultimatum - her family or her first love - she chooses the latter, leaves the rigid cult community she's grown up in and finds herself shunned, ex-communicated - ghosted. Raina is happy for more time with her sweet, talented boyfriend Bryce, and enjoys the freedom found in living with him, his free-spirited cousin, Jackie, and Jackie's mom Valerie, a struggling attorney. But her heart breaks at the thought of not seeing her baby sister. Abby is 10 years younger and they've never spent one day apart - until now.

“An incisive and necessary” (Roxane Gay) debut for fans of Get Out and Paul Beatty’s The Sellout, about a father’s obsessive quest to protect his son—even if it means turning him white “Stunning and audacious . . . at once a pitch-black comedy, a chilling horror story and an...

A year after Rico's death, Chloe is still working to piece her life back together after learning of his betrayal and sickness. Though she wants to be with Shane, she senses that it may be too soon to move on, given that she is broken inside. After recommitting her life to God, she learns to love again, but just when she thinks she's over the past, Raegan resurfaces. Rico's lies initially introduced them to one another, but Chloe's mother has an even bigger lie that has remained hidden for over thirty years.

When Nduka and Jona find themselves working together far from home, their shared heritage becomes a bridge of friendship in an unfamiliar land. But as success and recognition begin to shift, so does the atmosphere, from trust to tension, from brotherhood to suspicion.

Iola Leroy is a woman who contains multitudes. Born the light-skinned child of a Mississippi slaveholder, Iola is raised in the belief that she is white - and learns the truth only after her father dies. Iola is then sold into bondage and begins to question certain other lessons of her youth as well. In the midst of widespread discrimination and violence, Iola continually strives to liberate herself from all the forces that would oppress her and is eventually able to embrace her true heritage.

Raised to be the ultimate scam artist, April has been many women to many people. She seduces, extracts fortunes, then vanishes without a trace. And now she's finally living her dream of having two perfect—separate—lives. That means two mad-successful identities, and two unsuspecting husbands. But a mysterious package has just arrived—and its contents threaten to expose April's every scandalous secret . . .

On the Dark Web, Alanna Symone is the most precious commodity alive. Fathoms below in Deep Web, she is also the deadliest. Can hard-nosed homicide detective Cassiel Garrett figure out her next move or will a “Necessary Evil” kill them both?

Defiant, eloquent, and thoroughly modern, Claude McKay’s early collection of celebrated poems is widely recognized as having helped to spark the Harlem Renaissance. In Harlem Shadows, McKay gives precise and poignant expression to the injustices of white oppression in many forms. He also paints a vivid picture of Harlem at the dawn of its rebirth and shows the tremendous vitality of the neighborhood as well as the many threats it faced.

Thomas Drake, a prominent plastic surgeon, and Dawn Drake, his beautiful, stay at home wife, had the perfect marriage. That is, until Dawn decided that she wanted more from life than just being Mrs. Thomas Drake. She wanted more. She wanted satisfaction and success.

Fifteen years ago, Lęina’s mother, Yuliana, went searching for a mythical place called the Garden and never returned. Determined to learn the truth about what happened, Lęina travels to Brazil to search for the hidden realm, with Yuliana’s journal and a local tour guide leading the way. But Lęina soon begins to wonder if she’s looking for answers—or if what she truly wants to find is herself.