Books like Blood Sweat And Payback by Wahida Clark

In Miami, the cartel that dominates the drug trade is upended when its ruthless leader dies, setting off a deadly clash between his legacy and a determined contract‑killer. Two lovers on opposite sides must face the truth.

After gunshot murder of Remy, Cease is on trial and turns to her diary to uncover a dark past and prove innocence.

Tayshawn, nicknamed “Animal,” must navigate a harsh urban jungle after the only kind older brother is taken away.

Shan, haunted by her past and the loss of her best friend, must navigate pregnancy, family loyalty, and a growing drug‑turf war in Detroit as she strives to redefine her life and protect those she loves.

Secrets are revealed, sides are chosen and bodies are dropped...it's on! After being thought dead, Animal resurfaces on the streets of New York to keep true to his promise, and make it rain blood over Harlem. All those who had wronged him would feel his wrath, including Shai Clark, boss of the New York underworld. However, touching a man like Shai Clark proves to be easier said than done. Using Animal's soul mate Gucci as bait, Shai sets a trap for the young killer. Once again Animal finds himself captured, but this time there would be no trial. He is sentenced to die at the hands of Shai's executioner, a man known only as Priest. The assassin is ordered to kill Animal, but instead of death he gives him the truth of his shadowed past and how their destinies are intertwined. The man ordered to take Animal from the world is also the man who brought him into it. Animal finds himself torn between his hatred for the father who had abandoned him and the man who had taken everything from him. An uneasy truce is formed between father and son to take down a common enemy and finally grant Animal his freedom from the blood debt he's carried for so many years, but when the ghosts of Animal's past catch up with him he learns that nothing is what it seems, and everything is subject to corruption, even his love for Gucci.--Back cover.

Two sharp‑cut tales of hustlers, crime, and urban survival—players racing against time in an African‑American cityscape.

In Wahida Clark’s urban tale, Brianna’s lavish lifestyle and high‑stakes hustling collide with her friendship with Shan, a prison worker, when a risky scheme goes wrong, threatening their lives and loyalty.

Because of the growing need for labor in the South and an overabundance of slaves in Maryland and Virginia, Baltimore became the main port for the selling and shipping of slaves to New Orleans.

Jada has rebuilt her life after addiction, but the return of her former lover Born threatens to unravel the fragile stability she has achieved.

Murderville 3 continues the gritty urban saga, following the rise of the black Dahlia as she battles rival families, confronts her past, and seeks dominance in the nation’s black market.

Calliope, a Seattle woman, raises her brother after their mother abandons them. A chance meeting with released felon Lynx leads to romance, gambling addiction, and a dangerous path that threatens their fragile stability.