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There’s a saying in Brooklyn that if you come from my part of town, you’re from around the way. Around the Way Girls is a fast-paced look at the life of some street-smart women who think they know it all but are about to get the lessons of their lives.

There’s a sayin’ that if you come from my part of town, that you’re from around the way. Around the Way Girls 4 is a look at the life of some street-smart women who think they have the world in the palm of their hands but are about to find out that things aren’t always what they seem.

For talented artist Jovia Grant, life has gone from one extreme to the other. Being raised by a single mother living in a lavish home, her much-needed break from home comes when she is accepted into a summer art program where she rediscovers old friends and meets a few new ones. In “Thug Passion,” La Jill Hunt, Essence magazine bestselling author, brings in the drama as these two worlds collide and Jovia’s family discovers that she has been learning more than art.

In “All for Love,” Dwayne S. Joseph weaves a dramatic tale of love and betrayal. After the turmoil she suffered in her twenty years, Rayne is thankful for the safety and companionship given to her by her boo Love. Unfortunately for Rayne, the drama and heartache are about to come back into her life in a major way when she finds out she is pregnant with Quincy’s baby.

In “All about the Money” Roy Glenn, it truly was about the money for Jada West. From dancing at the best club to becoming the city’s top madame, whatever it took to make piles of paper, that’s what she was about. In this tale of power and money, Glenn bring a different flavor to this around the way girl as Jada discovers that, in the end, there is something more important than money.

Age is just a number, and whoever said that full-figured women don’t know how to bring fire to a relationship was sadly mistaken.

Carl Weber brings together two popular Urban Books divas to give readers what they’ve been asking for: passionate, empowering stories about the lives and loves of big, beautiful women. Newly divorced forty-year-old Desa Rae finds herself alone now that her son has gone away to college. She’s taken to her bed, watching life pass her by—until Roc, a twenty-four-year-old with a jaw-dropping body comes along. Desa Rae can’t keep her eyes open or legs closed to a man who excites her like no other man has. But can she really be serious about a man who is almost the same age as her son?

Avery Belmont is a diva in her own right. Smart, sassy, and successful, she has always had it going on; so much so that not only did the full-figured beauty catch the eye of Duke, the sexiest dude on the block, but she encouraged him to leave the dope game and become legit. Now, seven years later, Avery is working hard and trying to move ahead, but it seems that Duke isn’t feeling the same way. Working with Kurt, her attractive coworker, isn’t helping her situation. Is the love between Avery and Duke strong enough to keep them together, or will the strength of that love make them realize it’s time to let go?