Books like 'Showcase Presents: Blue Beetle, Vol. 1'
Readers who enjoyed Showcase Presents: Blue Beetle, Vol. 1 by Len Wein, Joey Cavalieri, Jean-Marc Lofficier & Randy Lofficier also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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I'm Still Wifey by Kiki Swinson
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhile Kira's husband Ricky is behind bars serving federal time, she clings onto the hope that one day she?ll get a taste of sweet revenge for Russ?the nigga who played her! In the mix of all the drama, Kira unintentionally falls for a new ?hood rich cat who has it all... -
![Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang by Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman]()
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang by Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen a set-up goes wrong and Six finds herself sleeping with the enemy, who will she choose, the man she loves, or the man she's supposed to hate? Detroit hustlers Free and Six have been together seven years, but their relationship has been nothing but drama. Free hasn't been faithful and Six has taken out her hurt by physically hurting the other women... -
![B-More Careful: Meow Meow Productions Presents by Shannon Holmes]()
B-More Careful: Meow Meow Productions Presents by Shannon Holmes
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFatherless and with an addict mother, Netta, the leader of the Pussy Pound, relies on her body and her wiles to survive the harsh streets of Baltimore, but finds there is more to life after her heartbroken lover Black swears revenge on her... -
![Still Hood by K'wan]()
Still Hood by K'wan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOnly the strong survie on the streets of Brooklyn. And while Dena Jones definitely has what it takes not only to survive but to succeed, she wants out. And she's determined to make it out of Crooklyn. She's determined to make it out of Crooklyn by any means necessary and doesn't have a problem manipulating men to get what she wants. Just ask her boyfriend Lance, or his girlfriend Michelle... -
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![Section 8 by K'wan]()
Section 8 by K'wan
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSince she was a little girl, Tionna's on and off addicted mother taught her to get hers by any means necessary. Tionna's heart is as cold as a December chill, but she holds a warm place in it for Duhan, the father of her two sons, and her on-again-off-again boyfriend since they were teenagers. Duhan becomes her knight in shining armor until the government turns their dream into a nightmare... -
![Fast Life by Cassandra Carter]()
Fast Life by Cassandra Carter
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCaught up in a world of easy money,designer labels and drug-dealing boyfriends, sixteen-year-old Kyra Jones is living life on the fast track. But when her single mom is offered a job that takes Kyra away from her old Chicago neighborhood, and the drugs and gang violence that go along with it, she finally realizes that there's more to life than Gucci, Prada and ghetto-fabulous bling... -
![Chasing Romeo by A.J. Byrd, Kimano Tru]()
Chasing Romeo by A.J. Byrd, Kimano Tru
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBest Friends Forever—that's Anjenai, Kierra and Tyler. Growing up together in an Atlanta housing project, the girls have always been there for each other. But high school is a whole new world, and the drama is just beginning….Anjenai, Kierra and Tyler believe their bond is strong enough to survive anything... -
![Sixty Five Hours: The Twelve Days of Christmas by N.R. Walker]()
Sixty Five Hours: The Twelve Days of Christmas by N.R. Walker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsChristmas story set in the Sixty Five Hours universe.**AUTHOR DISCLAIMER**This was once fan-fiction, rewritten to be a free read. Don't pay to download. It's free on my blog.Also, I did not upload this to GR, and I do not own the sock picture that was added as the "cover"... -
![Pleasured By You by Steph Nuss]()
Pleasured By You by Steph Nuss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne night of pleasure turns into a summer full of lust. Fletcher Haney owns several businesses all over New York City, gaining him access to tons of beautiful women. He has no intentions of stopping his womanizing ways, until he sees her again. She’s the ultimate heartbreaker he can't forget... -
![Deceived by Stella Barcelona]()
Deceived by Stella Barcelona
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTheir destinies have been set in motion by their ancestors. Taylor Marlowe Bartholomew carries three of the most notable names in New Orleans society. She hoped to forge her own path in the world as an Assistant District Attorney, but that dream is dying as obligations pull her into the family shipbuilding business... -
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Eve by K'wan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe only family Eve Panelli has ever known is the infamous Twenty Gang. Orphaned as a small child, Eve quickly learned the art of the hustle, and by age seventeen she had spent two years in prison. But now Eve is eighteen, back on the streets of Harlem with her gang and up to one of her old strong-arm robbery. Despite her edge, she's got a soft spot for Felon, the up-and-coming street king... -
![Surrender to a Donovan by A.C. Arthur]()
Surrender to a Donovan by A.C. Arthur
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSean Donovan is a man on a mission—to discover who is behind the popular relationship column that has transformed his family-owned magazine into Miami's hippest glossy. But Tate Dennison isn't the sassy columnist the hardworking bachelor expected. Nor is he prepared for the flash fire of passion the stunning single mother arouses... -
![Blushing in Boston by Kirsten Osbourne]()
Blushing in Boston by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrenda Holt is certain she'll never find love. At the urging of her friend Michaela, she contacts a matchmaker, hoping the woman will work magic and find her a man she can spend her life with. The only catch is, they will be introduced at the altar. When she first meets Daniel Axford, she's convinced that Matchrimony has made its first mistake... -
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Innocent by Leo Sullivan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInnocent is the epic tale of murder, drugs, sex, and betrayal, suspensefully intertwined. I. C. Miller is a gifted high school athlete with a basketball scholarship from Georgia State University. He leaves behind an up and coming hood-rat named Tamara Jenkins who claims to be pregnant with I. C. s child. Things take a downward spike when I. C. is charged with rape and murder... -
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![Desire a Donovan by A.C. Arthur]()
Desire a Donovan by A.C. Arthur
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe sexy, fast-living heir to a multimillion-dollar news-and-entertainment dynasty, Dion Donovan is the man every woman wants. Despite his playboy rep, Dion's heart belongs to Lyra Anderson. He's never forgotten the kiss they shared right before she left Miami for a new life in L.A. Now she's back, a successful photographer�and more desirable than ever... -
![Teasing in Texas by Kirsten Osbourne]()
Teasing in Texas by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJenni Thompson felt like life was passing her by. She was happy with her job as an RN, but she wanted more. Having lived her life under her mother’s exacting thumb, she is afraid to date someone, knowing he’ll never live up to her parents’ expectations. So she contacts a matchmaking service who agrees to introduce her to a man who is right for her at the altar... -
![Big Juicy Lips by Allison Hobbs]()
Big Juicy Lips by Allison Hobbs
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMisty and Brick, the two shady yet memorable characters from Double Dippin' , return in this follow-up to the popular title. Pretty and petite, Misty is always plotting on ways to get paid. It's time to step up her game and the bossy little diva comes up with an innovative plan to showcase Brick's attributes to an affluent and freaky clientele... -
![Home Ice by Catherine Gayle]()
Home Ice by Catherine Gayle
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUSA Today bestselling author Catherine Gayle presents another novella in the Portland Storm hockey romance series. There’s only one person in the world that Mattias Bergstrom allows to see his soft side: his younger sister, who was born with Down syndrome... -
![Amazing Grace by Lesley Crewe]()
Amazing Grace by Lesley Crewe
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe new novel from bestselling author Lesley Crewe! Grace Willingdon has everything she needs. For fifteen years she’s lived in a trailer overlooking Bras d’Or Lakes in postcard-perfect Baddeck, Cape Breton, with Fletcher Parsons, a giant teddy bear who’s not even her husband... -
![Shadow of a Doubt by William J. Coughlin]()
Shadow of a Doubt by William J. Coughlin
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn electrifying courtroom drama of extraordinary power, reissued to tie in with the super release of In the Presence of Enemies. A failed trial lawyer and recovering alcoholic is swept back into the spectacular career he'd lost when a woman from his past asks him to defend her stepdaughter against a murder charge... -
![The Ultimate No-No by Tamika Newhouse]()
The Ultimate No-No by Tamika Newhouse
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Dahlia decides to get even with a man, named Troy, who broke her heart she thinks of a master plan. To her dismay after asking Nitrah, her best friend to help her get even, she falls in love with Troy. Not only does this cause a huge rift, the ladies must soon face the fact that they both have lied and their secrets will unveil... -
![Sweet Dreams by Rochelle Alers]()
Sweet Dreams by Rochelle Alers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChandra Eaton can't believe she left her journals--containing very private, very erotic dreams she's been having for the past two years--in a Philly taxicab. Her embarrassment turns to intrigue when Preston Tucker finds and returns them. The soulful playwright fires up Chandra's body and her mind... -
![All My Tomorrows by Rochelle Alers]()
All My Tomorrows by Rochelle Alers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDisenchanted with the politics of working in an upscale Washington, D.C. restaurant, twenty-seven-year-old chef Lydia Lord resigns from her job and resolves to make it on her own... -
![A Little Taste of Murder by Carolyn L. Dean]()
A Little Taste of Murder by Carolyn L. Dean
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA dead car, a vacation to the Pacific Northwest that’s really all about running away, and a bad guy face down on the steps to her rented cottage make Claire crave home more than chocolate cake and great home cooking... -
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![The People: No Different Flesh by Zenna Henderson]()
The People: No Different Flesh by Zenna Henderson
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA novel expanded from a short story (different from book 1 Pilgrimage which was a push of short stories connected by new material) of the alien PEOPLE and earthlings with gifts similar to those of the People -- who might be lost PEOPLE!The "People" stories inclulded in this book:No Different Flesh (1965)Deluge (1963)Angels Unawares (1966)Troubling of the Waters (1966)Return (1961)Shadow on the... -
![Billion Dollar Baby by Aiden Bates, Austin Bates]()
Billion Dollar Baby by Aiden Bates, Austin Bates
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsalternate cover edition of ASIN B07C1KPG1MGetting attached was the cardinal sin… As an omega FBI agent, Giovanni Rizzi has done more undercover operations than are good for him. He’s on his third op in two years and having trouble remembering who he’s supposed to be. When a one-night-stand ends up being his new boss, the mission gets messy... -
![After Tonight, Everything Will Be Different by Adam Gnade]()
After Tonight, Everything Will Be Different by Adam Gnade
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFalling somewhere between Trainspotting and Like Water for Chocolate, Adam Gnade’s self-described “food novel” frames each chapter around a meal, and from there moves wild in all directions. After Tonight, Everything Will Be Different takes place in San Diego taco shops and rundown beach apartments, on the amusement park boardwalk at 3am and in cars bound for Tijuana and drunken glory...Categorized as:
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![Junie B. Jones's Third Boxed Set Ever! by Barbara Park]()
Junie B. Jones's Third Boxed Set Ever! by Barbara Park
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBooks in this set include: Junie B. Jones Is Not a CrookJunie B. Jones Is a Party AnimalJunie B. Jones Is a Beauty Shop GuyJunie B... -
![Live and Let Die by Bianca Sloane]()
Live and Let Die by Bianca Sloane
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThere is an alternate cover/title edition for this ASIN here.On a bitterly cold January evening, Tracy Ellis went for a jog along Chicago’s snowy lakefront and disappeared. Her body was discovered days later, her beautiful face bashed in with a rock. Police determine her brutal death to be a mugging gone wrong and drop the matter into their cold case files... -
![Perfection: The MacGregor Grooms / A Perfect Neighbor by Nora Roberts]()
Perfection: The MacGregor Grooms / A Perfect Neighbor by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe MacGregor Grooms(1998)Daniel MacGregor sets his matchmaking skills against three of his grandsons - D.C., Duncan, and Ian.A Perfect Neighbor(1999)Daniel MacGregor is matchmaking again when he encourages playwright Preston McQuinn to move in across the hall from his granddaughter Cybill Campbell... -
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Septynetas. Amžinai tavo by Donata Kontenienė
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPo audringos santykių pradžios Gabrielė pagaliau gauna viską, ko troško – mylimą vyrą Antonį, sūnų ir prabangius namus Toskanoje. Mėgaudamasi svaiginančiomis laimės akimirkomis, ji nė neįtaria, kad mylimojo praeitis nedingo ir paslaptingas „Septyneto“ klubas kėsinsis sugriauti viską, ką ji turi brangiausio... -
![Feeling the Rhythm by S.J. Frost]()
Feeling the Rhythm by S.J. Frost
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrad Delfini once had the world in his hands, but misfortune and bad decisions showed him just how quickly the spotlight can go dark. For years, he was struggling to get by, when a fateful phone call brought him to famed rock band, Conquest. Since becoming their drummer, he’s hit the top of fame again and he has all he could ever want. Except for one thing... -
![Diamond Playgirls by Daaimah S. Poole, Miasha]()
Diamond Playgirls by Daaimah S. Poole, Miasha
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFour beautiful, professional women, living on separate floors of a Harlem brownstone are about to discover they have a lot more in common than just their address... Dior's name is no accident-she's got a taste for the finer things in life, and New York City is just the place to find them. So far she's got the job and the apartment... -
![Standing Against the Wind by Traci L. Jones]()
Standing Against the Wind by Traci L. Jones
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn her debut novel, Traci L. Jones presents a girl with grit she never knew she had, and a boy so inspired by her that he begins to take pride in his own abilities.Patrice dreams of a first-class education, but right now she's just got to survive the walk to school.Patrice Williams was happy living in Georgia with her grandmother...then her mother lured her to Chicago and ended up in jail... -
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![Bound by Erica O'Rourke]()
Bound by Erica O'Rourke
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"I beat you. Twice. No magic, and I still beat you. And that was when I didn't know what I was doing." I smiled, cold as the winter sky outside. "Imagine what I'm capable of now."Mo Fitzgerald has made her choice: A life in Chicago. A future with Colin. To leave behind the enigmatic Luc and the world of the Arcs... -
![The Apology Project by Jeanette Escudero]()
The Apology Project by Jeanette Escudero
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDear (almost) everyone: Can we be friends again?Life is about to get complicated for Amelia Montgomery, a prominent litigator in Chicago. She’s been fired for not compromising her principles in a high-profile case and then punching her partner in the nose for the misogynistic comment he made in retort (not her finest moment)... -
![Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley]()
Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsKiara and her brother, Marcus, are scraping by in an East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Regal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison... -
![The Coast of Chicago by Stuart Dybek]()
The Coast of Chicago by Stuart Dybek
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe stolid landscape of Chicago suddenly turns dreamlike and otherworldly in Stuart Dybek's classic story collection. A child's collection of bottle caps becomes the tombstones of a graveyard. A lowly rightfielder's inexplicable death turns him into a martyr to baseball. Strains of Chopin floating down the tenement airshaft are transformed into a mysterious anthem of loss... -
![Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg]()
Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages... -
![Wedding Girl by Stacey Ballis]()
Wedding Girl by Stacey Ballis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYou’ve Got Mail meets Julie & Julia in the new foodie fiction from the author of Recipe for Disaster... -
![Hot Ride by Lucy Lennox]()
Hot Ride by Lucy Lennox
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratings*Please be aware Hot Ride originally appeared in the Heart2Heart Charity Anthology, Vol 1, under a different title.* When phone-sex operator Azrael gets into Travis's Uber, the driver profile claims Travis is deaf... -
![Taste by Tracy Ewens]()
Taste by Tracy Ewens
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf only life were as simple as following a recipe.In her twenties, Kara Malendar found herself at Le Cordon Bleu culinary school in Paris, thousands of miles away from the harsh media coverage of her political family. But Paris ended abruptly when she was summoned home to Los Angeles and expected to stand in again as the senator’s perfect daughter... -
![Picture-Perfect by Laura Dower]()
Picture-Perfect by Laura Dower
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMadison and her friends are going to a pop concert!When Madison and her friends win front-row tickets to see their favorite pop singer, Nikki, in concert, they can’t believe their luck. Nikki just seems so perfect! All the magazines say so. Going to the mall to find the right outfit for the big night should be fun, but Madison’s friend Aimee just doesn’t seem like herself these days... -
![And Then Came You: Sam's Story by Maureen Child, Maureen Childs]()
And Then Came You: Sam's Story by Maureen Child, Maureen Childs
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNine years ago, Samantha Marconi was swept away in a whirlwind wedding...even though she'd only known her new husband for a month. When Jeff left her just weeks after the wedding-she found out she was pregnant and had nowhere to turn. So Sam did the only thing she thought she could do. She placed her daughter up for adoption and tried to forget the past-until her past came knocking on her door.. -
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![Prelude by Shira Anthony, Venona Keyes]()
Prelude by Shira Anthony, Venona Keyes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Blue Notes Series Novel World-renowned conductor David Somers never wanted the investment firm he inherited from his domineering grandfather. He only wanted to be a composer. But no matter how he struggles, David can’t translate the music in his head into notes on paper. When a guest violinist at the Chicago Symphony falls ill, David meets Alex Bishop, a last-minute substitute... -
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Summer by Carol Lynne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs Spring gives way to the heat of Summer, Sidney Wilks and Grady Nash settle into their new lives in a Chicago suburb. Trying to fit in to his new surroundings, Nash becomes friends with his co-workers at the garage. The only hitch is he has to go back into the closet he’d finally escaped... -
![Beautiful Harmony by S.J. Frost]()
Beautiful Harmony by S.J. Frost
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFeaturing Kyler Christenson and Robbie Russo from the novel, Black Heart Down. Ever since rock stars, Kyler Christenson and Robbie Russo, pledged their commitment, they've lived only for each other, and it's been a life of happiness every day. When Robbie wakes on Christmas morning to a special message in the snow and Kyler standing in the early sunlight, he races outside to be with him... -
![Single Girl Summer by Deanna Kimberly Burrell]()
Single Girl Summer by Deanna Kimberly Burrell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRelationships aren't complicated... People are! Button Jackson knows two things for sure: all men cheat and all women are rivals. So it's no surprise that the impeccably dressed restaurateur hasn't had a serious boyfriend, close girlfriend, or any connection of substance in years. Meghan Cherry has the opposite problem... -
![One Taste by Allison Hobbs]()
One Taste by Allison Hobbs
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA provocatively explicit account of an unhappily married couple whose passionless union causes them to seek alternative sexual satisfaction in scandalous ways. Regina Wheeler married her high school sweetheart and has never experienced sexual intimacy with any other man... -
![Septynetas by Donata Kontenienė]()
Septynetas by Donata Kontenienė
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBėgdama nuo pilkos kasdienybės Gabrielė susigundo italės draugės pasiūlymu ir pasiryžta išmėginti laimę Londone – įsidarbina vertėja. Čia mergina patenka į įtakingo naftos magnato Antonio Barikelio namus. Gabrielė iš karto pajunta trauką žaviam milijonieriui.Antonio jaunystė nebuvo lengva, bet garbingo džentelmeno dėka jis tampa įtakingu ir klestinčiu verslininku. Tik turtai neatneša laimės...
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