Hoodrats and the Block Boys that Love Them
(2018)Miami
(The first book in the Hoodrats and the Block Boys that Love Them series)
A novel by Jenica Johnson and Kia Jones
In the movies, most mornings are beautiful when the birds are chirping and the grass is green. But not in the hood were the grass is dirt and birds are bricks. Where hope is lost in the chaos and nightmares come true before dreams do. Some make it out while others become victims of circumstance. Welcome to Miami. Now let's go to the projects.
After her house burning down, Shatera and her husband are forced into the projects until the new house is finished. Having a decent job and a working man is only half of the reason Shatera walks around with her nose up. Not to mention how good she looks for her age. That is until her husband is away for work one week, leaving her wide open to the young thug that enters her life and humbles her. It seems that Shatera has gotten her groove back but at what cost?
Tweet is on her last semester of college when she meets her deranged boyfriend, Delo. He drug her straight into the projects and dropped her there until he was supposed to leave his girlfriend. Tweet realizes that Delo isn't going to leave his girl around the time she realizes that he selfishly put her life in danger for his own personal gain.
Silver is a top notch stripper with two beautiful twin daughters. Not only is she juggling college but she is keeping her baby daddy straight while he's doing a bid in prison. Her life is strictly about her kids, baby daddy and best friend, Tweet, until a knock on the door one night changes her life forever.
Denise is a regular teenage girl who thinks that she has the world all figured out. With a mother who is always in competition with her, Denise lacks guidance and love. Her only form of love comes from her step father with whom she thinks should belong to her and not her mother. A few of the women in the projects offer to help and lead her astray from doom but the question is: Can she be saved?
Kia and Jenica has joined forces to be the voice of the hood and tell it like it is. No sugar coating, no fairytales and no coddling. Straight cut throat and gut wrenching drama that will tug at your heart. Meet the Hoodrats and the block boys that love them!
Genre: Urban Fiction
After her house burning down, Shatera and her husband are forced into the projects until the new house is finished. Having a decent job and a working man is only half of the reason Shatera walks around with her nose up. Not to mention how good she looks for her age. That is until her husband is away for work one week, leaving her wide open to the young thug that enters her life and humbles her. It seems that Shatera has gotten her groove back but at what cost?
Tweet is on her last semester of college when she meets her deranged boyfriend, Delo. He drug her straight into the projects and dropped her there until he was supposed to leave his girlfriend. Tweet realizes that Delo isn't going to leave his girl around the time she realizes that he selfishly put her life in danger for his own personal gain.
Silver is a top notch stripper with two beautiful twin daughters. Not only is she juggling college but she is keeping her baby daddy straight while he's doing a bid in prison. Her life is strictly about her kids, baby daddy and best friend, Tweet, until a knock on the door one night changes her life forever.
Denise is a regular teenage girl who thinks that she has the world all figured out. With a mother who is always in competition with her, Denise lacks guidance and love. Her only form of love comes from her step father with whom she thinks should belong to her and not her mother. A few of the women in the projects offer to help and lead her astray from doom but the question is: Can she be saved?
Kia and Jenica has joined forces to be the voice of the hood and tell it like it is. No sugar coating, no fairytales and no coddling. Straight cut throat and gut wrenching drama that will tug at your heart. Meet the Hoodrats and the block boys that love them!
Genre: Urban Fiction
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