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Tracy Brown is an American blogger, poet and bestselling author of urban fiction.

She is best known for writing books such as Snapped (2009), Aftermath (2011), Criminal Minded (2005), Twisted (2015) and White Lines (2007).

Passionate about writing for as long as she can remember, Tracy feels honored to portray to her readers the things that she has seen and heard.

Her work has been featured in newspapers and magazines all over the country, and has been hailed by readers from all over the globe.

Originally from New York, born and raised in Staten Island, Tracy regularly speaks at schools, churches, and community organizations in an effort to share her story with women and youth.

As one of the directors of We Are Ladies First, Ltd., a non-profit organization based in Staten Island, Tracy is committed to educating, empowering, and inspiring women in the community, for the sky's the limit.

More about Tracy Brown

Genre: Urban Fiction

Born: 1974

United States

Website: http://www.authortracybrown.com

Non Series

  • Black (2003)
  • Dime Piece (2004)
  • Criminal Minded (2005)
  • Flirting with Disaster (2013)
  • Twisted (2015)
  • Boss (2017)
  • Single Black Female (2021)
  • Hold You Down (2022)

Collections

  1. Flirt (2009)

Snapped

  1. Snapped (2009)
  2. Aftermath (2011)

White Lines

  1. White Lines (2007)
  2. Sunny (2012)
  3. All Falls Down (2015)

White Lines: A Novel in Three Parts

  1. Lost Diamond (2014)
  2. Born (2014)
  3. Love / Fate (2014)
Collections
White Lines: A Novel in Three Parts

Detailed book overview

Non Series

Black

Who said the streets don't love nobody? Black is the novel that shatters the myth.

Kaia didn't choose the streets. The streets chose her. Tossed from a broken home, Kaia is forced to learn the hard way just how grimy street life can be.

Shedding her innocents, Kaia, overnight it seems, goes from being an often overlooked, stepped upon and crushed little girl, to a woman.

She endures all of the drama that is thrown her way, sometimes catching it and sometimes being knocked flat on her ass. To aid in softening the blow is Aaron. Even street fairy tales has a Prince. Experiencing seclusion and imprisonment wile locked down in street dreams and the illusion called love, is Aaron a Savior or Satin?

With enemies in disguise, Kaia fights for survival and freedom, but to survive the streets could mean suffocating the freedom of her mind. Like a captured black butterfly, Kaia struggles to emerge and triumph, but victory ain't always sweet, as a matter of fact, sometimes it's bitter to the end.

Author: Tracy Brown
First Release: 2003
ISBN: 978-0970247285
Publisher: Triple Crown Publications
Dime Piece

Celeste Styles is a woman torn. On one hand, she has found happiness with the love of her life, Raheem "Rah-Lo" Henderson. He is unhappily married with children, and Celeste is his well-kept secret. He loves Celeste without question, proving his affection for her by financing her dream - a beauty salon called "Dime Piece". 

But when Rah-Lo is incarcerated for his part in a brutal crime, his right hand man Ishmael Wright is left to hold down the fort. This causes him to come face to face with the feelings he has secretly harbored for Celeste for far too long. While Rah-Lo's away, will Celeste and Ishmael give into their passion for each other, or will their loyalty to Rah-Lo stand in their way? 

Meanwhile, Dime Piece is the setting for tons of drama between hairstylists Charly, Nina and Robin. The ladies vie for one man's attention and the fireworks begin. Dime Piece is packed with drama, love triangles and passionate encounters. The question is, which of the ladies will ultimately be the one and only "Dime Piece"?

Author: Tracy Brown
First Release: 2004
ISBN: 978-0974789576
Publisher: Triple Crown Publications
Criminal Minded

Lamin Michaels learned at his mother's knee the importance of chasing paper, so it's no surprise he gets into the drug game when he's just a teenager. When he meets Zion, a product of the New York City foster care and prison system, Lamin knows that he has meet the perfect partner in crime. Together, they build a huge narcotics empire.

Then, Lamin falls hard for a beautiful girl named Lucky. Lucky makes Lamin realize that there is more to life than cash and more cash. When Lamin goes legit with a career in the entertainment industry, Zion tries to keep their business going on both the street and the boardroom. It's not long before Zion becomes the target of a corruption scandal involving murder, extortion and money laundering. Once the dirt is exposed, will Lamin and Zion be able to remain one step ahead, or will their paper chasing days haunt them forever?

Author: Tracy Brown
First Release: 2005
ISBN: 978-0312336462
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Flirting with Disaster

Chloe Webster is an around-the-way girl pursuing her journalism degree at Hunter College. Then she meets Trey, a handsome and well dressed cat with hood swagger. 

When Trey tells Chloe that he is pursuing a degree in psychology, Chloe thinks she has finally met someone who has his head screwed on right. But as Chloe's flirtation with Trey intensifies, secrets are revealed and she finds that she's playing with fire...

Author: Tracy Brown
First Release: 2013
Ebook: B00DK41PHU
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Twisted

Celeste Styles is starting over. After losing her cherished salon in a suspicious fire, she has finally left her adulterous relationship and her drama-filled life in Brooklyn for the peace and tranquility of Atlanta, Georgia. But when Rah-Lo heads down south after deciding to leave his wife Asia, Celeste is floored and isn't quite sure if she wants to rekindle their affair.

Meanwhile, Asia is hell bent on revenge. Vowing not to let Celeste get away with her man that easily, she, too, heads to Atlanta. But just on her heels is Ishmael Wright, ready to save the day and to warn his best friend Rah-Lo about his vengeful wife. Though Ishmael also has something else up his sleeve.

Secret betrayals are exposed, bitter rivalries explode, love is lost and found.

Author: Tracy Brown
First Release: 2015
ISBN: 978-1250750716
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Boss

Crystal Scott has the world at her fingertips. At the height of her career at a wildly popular magazine and on the rise in an enviable social circle, she’s beginning to think that maybe she can have it all. But her entire life, body, and soul is threatened when Troy Mitchell steps on the scene. Crystal has never felt the insatiable passion she feels for Troy…and it was certainly not part of her plan.

Troy pursues her full throttle, making it impossible for her to resist. Crystal can’t help but fall for the handsome, powerful, enigmatic man. But the families of both lovers will not stand for their love, and a raging inferno of bitterness and revenge threatens to consume them both as tensions ignite. With deadly twists and turns, Crystal and Troy must choose each other and give in to love, or they will not escape the ties that bind them…

Author: Tracy Brown
First Release: 2017
ISBN: 978-1250043009
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Single Black Female

Ivy Donovan is a successful stylist, entrepreneur, and single mom who has been loyal to her sons’ father, Michael, who’s serving a lengthy prison sentence. But life has gotten lonely over the years, and Ivy wants more for herself. Michael, however, isn’t about to lose his family.

Coco Norris is well-off, single, childless, and struggling with her allegiance to emotionally unavailable men. When she finds a man who seems like he can give her everything she has ever wanted, Coco soon discovers that she has taken on more than she can possibly handle.

Deja Maddox is a real estate agent who is married to Bobby, a police sergeant with the NYPD. They have assimilated, looking down on anything that doesn’t fit their buttoned-up, polished life. But Deja isn’t as satisfied as she would like everyone to believe. When Deja’s past returns with a vengeance, she’s forced to face herself as her “perfect” life begins to crumble.

Nikki Diamond is a savvy, self-made businesswoman and social media darling who lives large and with no regrets. She’s also Deja’s little sister and thinks her sister can have so much more than her ho-hum marriage. And Nikki is all too happy to lend a “helping” hand to make that happen.

Things come to a head when Ivy’s youngest son, Kingston, is caught up in a polarizing encounter with the NYPD. Everyone must figure out where they stand, including Bobby, who suddenly has to decide if his “blue life” matters more to him than his Black life and the Black lives of those he loves.

Author: Tracy Brown
First Release: 2021
ISBN: 978-1250043016
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Hold You Down

New York City. Late 1980s to early 1990s.

Mercy and Lenox Howard have always only had each other. Growing up on the mean streets of Harlem with an absentee mother meant that they had to have each other's backs. Now young, smart mothers they are determined to survive in New York City while raising their two sons, who have bright futures ahead of them.

Mercy is the quiet, straight laced hospital administrator, struggling to make ends meet. At night and on weekends, she pours her heart into her cooking and her dream of owning her own restaurant. Lenox is the diva, the wild child, looking for excitement and her big come up in life and love. Their boys, Deon and Judah, have been raised more like brothers than cousins, forging a bond that is unbreakable.

When Lenox heads down a path that she believes will bring success and power, it changes the entire course of her life and her family’s life forever. As a result of their mother’s choices, cousins Deon and Judah soon find themselves in uncharted territory.

Author: Tracy Brown
First Release: 2022
ISBN: 978-1250834935
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

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Flirt

From the biggest names in urban fiction comes a collection of unforgettably hot short stories of urban love:

Flirting with Disaster by Tracy Brown

Chloe Webster is an around-the-way girl pursuing her journalism degree at Hunter College. Then she meets Trey, a handsome and well dressed cat with hood swagger. When Trey tells Chloe that he is pursuing a degree in psychology, Chloe thinks she has finally met someone who has his head screwed on right. But as Chole's flirtation with Trey intensifies, secrets are revealed and she finds that she's playing with fire.

Wild Cherry by K'wan

Gina is married to a man who more than takes good care of her, but her life of luxury comes with a price that she's not sure she can pay anymore. Princess' man doesn't see her as any more than dollar signs―as long as she keeps using her body to bring in the stacks. When Gina and Princess meet and realize that they share a common problem, they sent into motion an unforgettable plot that will solve all their problems…

Twice in a Lifetime by Angel Mitchell

Beautiful Marley Lucas, has had her heart broken before. Vowing to never experience that kind of pain again, until...love hits her when and where she least expects it. And this love turns out to be the most devastating of all.

Author: Tracy Brown
First Release: 2009
ISBN: 978-0312537012
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Snapped

Snapped

As the pampered wife of Frankie Bingham, Camille wants for nothing. After all Frankie and their life together are her whole world. So Camille tries not to be bothered by his closeness with his coworker and dear friend Gillian. But it soon becomes clear that Camille's suspicions are correct. When his indiscretions become a public matter for the world Camille is pushed to a dangerous breaking point that spells disaster for them all.

Camille's sister Misa is newly divorced and clueless about men. She smothers men with phone calls, emails and pops up unannounced at their homes. She hacks into their voicemail and email and causes drama. So when she sets her sights on Baron, he has no idea what hit him. Will her quest to win his heart cost her everything?

Dominique Storms appears to have it all - a great career, a beautiful NYC condo and a gifted teenaged daughter. Her only problem is that the man she loves is incarcerated. While trying to juggle the demands of motherhood, work, and friendships, she manages to make her man Jamel a priority in her life. But is he doing the same? And is she too distracted to notice what is going on with her daughter?

Latoya Blake seems to be the one who has life all figured out, that is, until some skeletons are discovered in her closet. When her well-put-together façade crumbles, will she crumble as well?

Author: Tracy Brown
First Release: 2009
ISBN: 978-0312555214
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Aftermath

When Misa Atkinson confesses to the murder of Steven Bingham, her sister's brother-in-law, for doing the unthinkable to her son, everything is turned upside down. Misa now faces jail time and the loss of her son forever, and his drug lord brother, Frankie Bingham is out for revenge. 

Camille drops another bomb on Frankie, telling her estranged husband (and his mistress) that she is pregnant with his child. Their friends, Dominique and Toya gather around Camille and Misa in their time of need, but the storm clouds have gathered over their own lives as well. Dominique's daughter has gone missing and a dark figure from Toya's past has come back with a vengeance. 

Against the backdrop of a high profile murder case these four friends will band together like they never have before as they confront the demons of their pasts and an uncertain future―together. And in the end, they are forever changed.

Author: Tracy Brown
First Release: 2011
ISBN: 978-0312555221
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

White Lines

White Lines

Jada left home at the age of sixteen, running from her own demons and the horrors of physical abuse inflicted by her mother's boyfriend. She partied hard, and life seemed good when she was with Born, the neighborhood kingpin whose name was synonymous with money, power, and respect. But all his love couldn't save her from a crack addiction.

Jada goes from crack addict and prostitute to survivor and back again before she finds the strength to live for herself and come out on top. And her stormy romance with one of the fiercest hustlers on the streets makes White Lines one of the most unforgettable urban loves stories of the year.

Author: Tracy Brown
First Release: 2007
ISBN: 978-0312336486
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Sunny

On the surface, it appears that Sunny has got it all–looks, money, a beautiful home, a healthy daughter, and friends who love her. But Sunny has a secret―something she hasn't even told her best friend. 

The truth is Sunny is unhappy. She still misses her beloved Dorian, and worries that no other man will ever captivate her the way he did. She dated some very powerful and successful men since Dorian's death. But will she ever find love again?

It's not long before Sunny is chasing those white lines again. And, when the truth finally explodes, will Sunny be able to put her life back together again?

Author: Tracy Brown
First Release: 2012
ISBN: 978-0312555238
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
All Falls Down

On the surface, Jada's life is back on track. She's battled her demons, her son is a permanent part of her life-and yet, it still feels like she's on shaky ground. What she really needs to settle her soul is to have Born back in her life-and in her arms-again.

Reuniting with the man she loves is proving to be the hardest thing she's ever fought for. And when a brutal and shocking event tests the foundation of Jada and Born's resolve, it will take every drop of willpower they possess to stay on top.

Author: Tracy Brown
First Release: 2015
ISBN: 978-1250042996
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

White Lines: A Novel in Three Parts

Lost Diamond

Jada left home at the age of sixteen, running from her own demons and the horrors of physical abuse inflicted by her mother's boyfriend. Partying hard to forget her troubled past, she winds up on the arm of Born—the neighborhood kingpin whose name was synonymous with money, power, and respect. And danger...

Author: Tracy Brown
First Release: 2014
Ebook: B00LRY5LWA
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Born

Life with Born seems good, but all his love can't save Jada from a crack addiction. Completely strung out, Jada will stop at nothing to get the white lines she endlessly craves—even if it means selling her body for drugs and cash. But how far can Jada fall before she truly hits bottom?

Author: Tracy Brown
First Release: 2014
Ebook: B00LRY5LV6
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Love / Fate

Jada has to fall hard before she can rebound. Kept down by ruthless addiction and immersed in her stormy romance with one of the fiercest hustlers on the streets, Jada's brutal downfall and stunning comeback makes this three-part serial one of the most unforgettable urban love stories of all time.

Author: Tracy Brown
First Release: 2014
Ebook: B00LRY5LUM
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin