Resultados para "UP" en Afroamericana

When Deneisha Lewis was released from the Cobb County Adult Detention Center after doing a year for shoplifting, she knew that she had to do something other than boosting if she was going to make real money, so she became a Stick-Up Girl. The kind that sticks a gun in somebody’s face and takes what she wants. After a string of murders in Atlanta, Deneisha travels south to Jacksonville to lay low. There, she meets Dallas, who robs drug dealers. He tells her that he doesn’t come out of the house for less than ten thousand dollars and teaches her how to stick-up his way.

In Michele Andrea Bowen's Up at the College, Yvonne Copeland - dumped by her husband and now homeless - returns to her hometown of Durham, North Carolina. Landing a job as an adjunct professor, she begins rebuilding her life and her relationship with God. And then she meets the university's basketball coach, who's everything she wants in a man - except for a defect only God can change.

Zemira Samuels is publicly revered by many for her wealth of talents. The lyrics she writes express the love contained within the depths of her soul that she longs to fill her heart and warm her bed. She is certain money and fame will never be enough. Kavari Montgomery is suffering through the worst thing imaginable. Watching his marriage fall apart is a devastating blow but unfortunately feelings don’t pay the bills. The only things keeping him grounded are his kids and focusing on building his business.

After a heartbreaking loss, Mark O'Neil finds himself back where it all started—Lavendale. With a great push from his family and friends, he makes an appearance at All-Star weekend, where he finds himself reevaluating his life. His list of things to do: regroup, spend time with his boys, and land a contract with the Lavendale Knights. Saving a soft-spoken beauty wasn't on his agenda. When they collide, he is unable to see anything other than her.

Turned Up is the third installment of the Hot Shot series. Hot Shot is back home in California. Operation Clean Up is his mission, but not his primary concern. He has been tasked with bringing down the Inglewood 13s gang, since they’ve been targeted by the FBI. This suits Hot Shot just fine, because the Inglewood 13s are also responsible for the murders of his parents and his brother. This mission gives Hot Shot the opportunity to do his job and get the revenge he seeks.

Yana is a workaholic. She has noble aspirations but isn’t taking care of home. Meanwhile, Sasha, her new nanny, is more than ready to step in. Sasha and Yana’s husband, Shawn, get closer, arousing suspicion by Yana.

We've all been there: used, lied to, or cheated on. But what do you do when enough is enough? You don't cry, you get even! Bien-Aime Wenda presents a compilation of stories of the scorned, including a hopeless romantic, the token nice guy, a submissive wife, the celebrity couple, the hood chick, a mayor's wife, and more. Each refuse to wait on karma but instead decide to seek justice on their own terms.

Risa has everything a busy young professional should have - except a man. It’s time to remedy that situation. When sparks fly between a camerawoman and a former professional football player, it could be the romance each of them is looking for, if the woman can impress his family, in this engaging romantic title.

Cordell's luck could not be any worse. A young black man, a full-time student, doing his best to give back to his community by serving as a substitute teacher, only to receive an email which stated that his job would be suspended for the next three weeks due to the coronavirus. Frustrated about the situation, he vents to his lifelong friend, Jerone.

From slim thick to curvy and voluptuous, Lyric Larson's a force behind the pen that she pushes as an author. But behind closed doors, she battles with insecurities which are always triggered by her unfaithful husband. While she's grinding and staying loyal to her marriage, her husband Chadd not only slides into bed with another woman but also gets himself mixed up with a mob. The consequences of his actions will fall back on Lyric, but oblivious to what's going on, she has no clue.

Logan just wanted to live a regular life, or at least close to it. He knew being a mobster's son would come with a lot of trouble, but he didn't imagine it being from within his own circle. Not willing to accept the betrayal and wrongdoing towards him, he took it upon himself to leave his life behind, but not without the new love of his life.

A night that was supposed to be a celebration of all her success ended up being a devastating one. The last person Lyric saw before being snatched was Logan. Once she woke up, she was confused as to what was going on until everything was laid out on the table for her. Shocked and scared, Lyric tried her hardest to keep her sanity while being held hostage due to her husband Chadd's selfish actions.

Rumpled and ragged was not how architect Ari James envisioned kicking off her first day at a new firm. And few things can top the horror of her new—and extremely hot—colleague walking in on her at the worst moment ever. Learning that she’ll be working with him on the project that’s supposed to get her career back on top makes it harder than ever to focus on her big comeback.

Alisha Blake works her magic in the kitchen, creating delectable desserts for her grandfather’s restaurant in rural Illinois. Though Alisha relishes the close relationship she has with her family, she can’t help but dream about opening a cookie shop in Chicago. She may be a small-town baker, but Alisha has big ambitions. Then a dinosaur bone turns up in her grandparents’ backyard. When paleontologist Quentin Harris arrives to see the discovery for himself, he’s hoping that the fossil will distract him from a recent painful breakup. Instead, he finds Alisha - and sparks fly.

Even though Brynlee is a hood girl at heart, getting out the hood has always been number one on her to-do list. Now at the age of 25, she has done just that. Big house, dream job, and even engaged to her college boyfriend. She has it all, but she is consistently left wondering, am I really happy? Is my life complete? After getting into it with her fiancé Troy about the one thing she desires so desperately, she decides that it is time to let her hair down and escape reality for a while.

Kraig Holmes is a hard-working independent contractor living in Baltimore. He’s an average guy - with one exception. A painful secret haunts him daily. Kraig had a one-time sexual experience with a man he knew little about. It propelled him into a lifestyle of promiscuity and an insatiable appetite for dangerous sex. When the guy disappeared into thin air, Kraig was left hurt and devastated.

After going back to the man that she was to marry, Brynlee finds herself having to face something she never thought she would ever go through. Now totally sunken into a dark place, everyone wonders if she will be able to pull herself out of it, especially with help from a man that was only trying to help her blossom in the first place. Dive into this finale to see if Brynlee gets snatched up once and for all by bad boy Sawyer, or if she settles and accepts Troy’s infidelities and puts her happiness to the side just to be with someone she has history with.

Dixyn Greene has it all. She is a hustler's wife and the mother of a beautiful girl and owns a townhouse and a nice car - she's living the life. But when the feds arrest her man, Dixyn's whole world begins to crumble. Things quickly go from bad to worse, and, as the bills begin to mount, her ability to maintain her lavish lifestyle is put to the test. She becomes strapped for cash, and her good intentions lead to bad decisions. Enter Brian Winters, B-Dub, her one saving grace - or so she initially believes.

Blanche White is working as a temporary cook and housekeeper for a right-wing Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate, Alistair Brindle, when someone tries to blackmail him. It's an ugly mess that Brindle's political team is eager to sweep under the carpet and that Blanche can't resist cleaning up herself...especially after a young black man is killed who knew too much about Brindle's dirty laundry. Her investigation raises dark secrets involving sex, environmental contamination, and political corruption, difficult stains that someone is trying to remove with murder.

Xiomara's bad and she knows it. She's not only a cute face; she's working on her degree as well. Left with scars from her past, she's only focused on her money and building her brand. After encountering Jrue in the club, she's offered a job that unknowingly changes things for her, causing her to look at her choices differently.