Marlon McCaulsky Knihy

They say you can't judge a book by its cover, and I guess you can say the same thing about strippers too. On the surface, Mo Nique is the hottest stripper dancing at The Pink Palace, but on the inside, she's really just Janelle Taylor, a teenage runaway trying to survive in Atlanta. Some people might want to call her a ho, but she's the one your man is spending his whole paycheck on! This isn't the life she envisioned for herself, but it's the path she was forced to take in order to get by. Is having true love too much to ask for a girl like Janelle?

Four lifelong friends find their bonds tested when personality differences and relationship issues threaten to pull them apart. What happens when you fall in love with the right man at the wrong time? Rashida Haughton finds out firsthand when she meets Alonzo Hall. But the problem is, a relationship with Alonzo could destroy a lifelong friendship with Joyce Roland, her best friend. Denise Varner considers herself a plain-Jane type of girl who often goes unnoticed around her friends, especially the wild-and-free Taylor Fenty. They get along like oil and water—they just don't mix. Will these four friends learn to put aside their differences and save a lifelong bond before things go too far?

Atlanta, Georgia, is the hub of the black college experience. Nia Scott, a gifted pre-med student at Clark Atlanta University, is focused on one goal: becoming a doctor. With her Superwoman mentality, she believes she can do it all. But along with trying to achieve her dreams come challenges. Nia’s roommate, Sabina Singh, is spiraling out of control, putting Nia in compromising positions. Not only is she struggling to maintain her grades, but she's also in a rocky relationship with her college football star boyfriend, Kyle Hicks. His inner demons begin to take them both down a dark path that could end her dreams. When a tragic incident occurs, Nia is shaken to her core. Will she be able to pick up the pieces of her life, or will she succumb to the darkness around her?