The reigning queen of hip-hop lit, Nikki Turner, takes on the music biz in this tale of a young woman who risks everything to be a superstar.
Fabiola Mays was born to sing. She has a voice like honey and a body to match, but one heartbreaking setback after another threatens to derail her dreams of a recording deal. To make matters worse, it’s Christmastime, rent is past due, and the cops intend to kick her tight-knit family to the curb–until a small-town gangster comes to the rescue and offers them a place to stay. Years pass, and Fabiola continues to play gigs and travel around the country hoping for another shot at fame. She’s long forgotten the gangster named Casino who bailed out her family once upon a time. But when Casino is shot, Fabiola feels that she must help the man who helped her family during their lowest point.
As Fabiola climbs the ladder of success, she is pulled between the spotlight and the street, trying to resist industry moguls who find the allure of fresh meat irresistible and the thugs from the shadowy side of the ghetto who threaten to keep her close.
An exuberant return to the four unforgettable heroines of Waiting to Exhale—the novel that changed African American fiction forever.Terry McMillan's Waiting to Exhale was more than just a bestselling novel—its publicati...
Narrator: S. Epatha Merkerson Published: 09/07/2010
Nikki Turner, Queen of Hip-Hop Lit, is back with one of her gutsiest female characters yet, a glamorous chick with a high-end hustle that can rival any man’s game. As the respected, renowned concierge for a luxury hotel chain, Beijing Lee...
The Dopeman: Memoirs of a Snitch is a complex tale about the life and times of one the biggest drug traffickers the Midwest has ever seen.In the summer of 2009, the FBI has launched an intricate plot to take down one of the most prolific drug organi...
Long live the Queen of Hip Hop Lit! Nikki Turner is back with another explosive, page-turning sequel to her #1 bestselling novels A Hustler’s Wife and Forever a Hustler’s Wife. Yarni Taylor is a successful corporate...
In this explosive addition to the New York Times bestselling series, Ashley Antoinette brings you pain, pleasure, love, hate, as YaYa struggles to hold it all together before life blows up in her face, in The Prada Plan 5.Disaya finally has it all. ...
Jadaleft home at the age of sixteen, running from her own demons and the horrors of physical abuse inflicted by her mothers boyfriend.She partied hard,and life seemed good when she was with Born, the neighborhood kingpin whose name was synonymous wi...
The reigning Queen of Hip-Hop Lit, Nikki Turner returns with a fresh and fierce tale sure to satisfy longtime fans and create new ones. Desember Day is beautiful, confident, and smart. She has more game in the streets than a basketball player d...
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author…“Remember Getting to Happy, Waiting to Exhale, and How Stella Got Her Groove Back? Well, you won’t likely forget Terry McMillan’s Who Asked You? either” (Raleigh ...
Essence best-selling author Kiki Swinson pens addictive tales that sizzle with the passion and drama of her characters’ lives. A criminal lawyer working in Miami, Yoshi skips town when the pressure cooker of her job threatens to turn deadl...
AudiobooksNow review by BABYGIRL on 2009-10-17 19:56:05
I have several of Nikki Turner's books and they are a hit OR miss. She has never been my favorite writer whether it be about the hood life or not. She has much growth to she needs to invest in but let me say this- after six plus books - how much more growth do you need? I could not get into this book I read about half way, then returned it. It was not realistic, it glossed over the hard core industry and made the main character out to be a goody-goody who can maintain her self respect in the industry not saying it can't happen, but the way she write it-wasn't realistic. Don't waste your time.
