“Everybody knows these chicks. They’re straight up from around your way.” Shannon Holmes, author of B-More Careful, praise for the series
Description
Girls from around the way think they’ve seen it all and know it all. What they don’t know will surprise them and change their lives forever. Take a look at the lives of some street-smart women who’ll learn what living the fast-paced life can mean in the end if you’re not careful.
What if you were raised to be a hooker and, worst of all, your father was your pimp? In “Keepin’ It in the Family,” this isn’t just a nightmare for the Collins daughters, this is reality. Raised without the guidance of their mother, Diamond, Essence, and Chanel were forced onto the streets at a very young age. They were expected to make that money by any means necessary or face the wrath of their daddy, Dallas Collins. Can the girls band together to free themselves from Dallas?
In “Pound Cake,” we bring you to Coney Island, where four friends deal with daily life in one of the deadliest parts of the borough. Pound Cake, a beautiful yet fiery nineteen-year-old, is the leader of the pack. People in the streets know not to mess with Pound Cake or her home-girls. So when a local hustler named Winter impregnates and then abuses Minnie, the youngest in the group, Pound Cake won’t stand for it. She is going to find a way to make him pay.
“So Seductive” introduces you to the world of Cinnamon and Simone. Best friends since childhood, they are every man’s fantasy, and they know it. They love to play with men and get whatever they want from them. But when one of their night’s escapades turns violent, will the girls change, or will they fall prey to the unforgiving Brooklyn streets?
Praise
“Everybody knows these chicks. They’re straight up from around your way.” Shannon Holmes, author of B-More Careful, praise for the series
Details
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Release Day | Oct 30, 2017 |
| Release Date | October 31, 2017 |
| Number in Series | 5 |
| Series Display String | The Around the Way Girls Series |
| Release Date Machine | 1509408000 |
| Imprint | Urban Audiobooks |
| Provider | Urban Audiobooks |
| Categories | Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, African American, Urban, Fiction - All, Fiction - Adult |
Author Bio
Erick S. Gray is the author of more than a dozen works of urban fiction since his debut novel, Booty Call, was published in 2003 and sold tens of thousands of copies. He has also contributed to many anthologies, including three volumes of Streets of New York, with Mark Anthony and Anthony Whyte. His focus is on great storytelling, with characters that are memorable and true-to-life.
Mark Anthony is an Essence magazine bestselling author. He founded Q-Boro Books in 2004, which quickly became the fastest-growing independently owned African American publishing house in the United States. Anthony sold the company to Urban Books in 2008 and the imprint is now called Urban Renaissance. Anthony lives in New York City with his family where he is hard at work on future books and other entrepreneurial endeavors.
Tysha is the Essence bestselling author of The Boss: The Story of a Female Hustler, among other titles. Born and raised on the same gritty streets she writes about in her urban tales, the Youngstown, Ohio, native strives to prove she is the boss of urban lit. Tysha describes her writing as fiction with true-life experiences peppered in.
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Overview
Girls from around the way think they’ve seen it all and know it all. What they don’t know will surprise them and change their lives forever. Take a look at the lives of some street-smart women who’ll learn what living the fast-paced life can mean in the end if you’re not careful.
What if you were raised to be a hooker and, worst of all, your father was your pimp? In “Keepin’ It in the Family,” this isn’t just a nightmare for the Collins daughters, this is reality. Raised without the guidance of their mother, Diamond, Essence, and Chanel were forced onto the streets at a very young age. They were expected to make that money by any means necessary or face the wrath of their daddy, Dallas Collins. Can the girls band together to free themselves from Dallas?
In “Pound Cake,” we bring you to Coney Island, where four friends deal with daily life in one of the deadliest parts of the borough. Pound Cake, a beautiful yet fiery nineteen-year-old, is the leader of the pack. People in the streets know not to mess with Pound Cake or her home-girls. So when a local hustler named Winter impregnates and then abuses Minnie, the youngest in the group, Pound Cake won’t stand for it. She is going to find a way to make him pay.
“So Seductive” introduces you to the world of Cinnamon and Simone. Best friends since childhood, they are every man’s fantasy, and they know it. They love to play with men and get whatever they want from them. But when one of their night’s escapades turns violent, will the girls change, or will they fall prey to the unforgiving Brooklyn streets?
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