Hood Rat: A Novel

In the heart of Harlem, four women fight to survive the gritty streets and find love in a world that threatens to tear them apart.

Yoshi is young, fine, and larcenous. She lives her life playing on men's hearts as well as their pockets, but learns the hard way that all that glitters isn't gold.

Billy, a former high school basketball star, has been looking for love. Then she meets someone new and her whole world is turned upside down, leaving her forever changed.

Reese is an around-the-way chic...