Passion for the Heist, Kwan
Passion for the Heist, Kwan
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Passion for the Heist

Author: K'wan

Narrator: Cary Hite

Unabridged: 13 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/27/2024


Synopsis

A crime would bring them together, grief would bind them and love would make them famous.

Parish “Pain” Wells is a man freshly reintroduced to society, after serving time in state prison. Prior to his fall, Pain had been a heist man who showed the promise of someone who could go on to be a legend. His trajectory changed on the night he had made the mistake of accepting a ride from a friend, and found himself behind bars for the one crime he hadn’t committed. Several years later, Pain returns home to a world that wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire. The only one who still remains in his corner is his ailing grandmother. It’s for her sake that Pain tries to stay on the straight and narrow. He’s tired of breaking her heart and vows to be a good grandson, but when her medical bills start mounting he finds himself backed into a corner. He needs money, fast, and there’s only one way he knows how to get it.

Since her parents died and Passion Adams found herself a ward of her estranged uncle, a gangster who everyone calls Uncle Joe, her life has been on a constant downward spiral. She moves like a ghost from one day to the next, numbing her pain with drugs and alcohol, while seeking thrills in unsavory places. One morning Passion finds herself the victim of a robbery and the thieves snatch from her the only thing of value that she has left in the world, a locket containing the ashes of her deceased parents. Passion is devastated, fearing she would never see the locket again until it shows up later in the hands of a handsome stranger, who brings something into Passion’s life that has eluded her since the death of her parents… hope.

The two broken souls find themselves inescapably drawn into each other’s orbits, and begin their journey of finding lives outside the ones of poverty and sorrow that their worlds had condemned them to. But when shadows from both their pasts threaten their happiness, Passion and Pain set out on an adventure that would make them hunted by law enforcement and celebrated by the underworld. What initially starts out as a mission of vindication quickly turns into a fight for survival.

"K'wan delivered another classic." -Mark Anthony, Essence bestselling author of Paper Chasers

"Make way for the Donald Goines/Iceberg Slim of our era." -Tracy Brown, author of Black, Dime Piece, and Criminal Minded

“Wait until you read this! K'wan is raising the stakes." - Kashamba Williams, author of Blinded and Grimey

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Forge.

About K'wan

K’wan has penned over 2 dozen bestselling novels, including the widely popular Animal series, as well as several paranormal stories written under a pseudonym. He was also the recipient of the 2012 and 2013 Street Lit Book Award Medals (SLBAM) in adult fiction for Eviction Notice and Animal. K’wan currently resides in New Jersey where spends his time writing, cooking and binge-watching reruns of the Vampire Diaries with his teenage daughters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lit_Vibrations on August 27, 2024

Special thanks to the author, @forgereads for my gifted copy, & @macmillan.audio for my advanced listening copy‼️ This book was definitely a wild experience. K’wan is a master at creating elaborate characters and putting them through the most intense situations. There was soooooo much going on imagin......more

Goodreads review by The Community Librarian on March 09, 2025

My Final Thoughts: They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and that is definitely the road Percy “Pain” Wells is on after being released from prison. He didn’t last one day without getting into a scuffle. I was hoping for a redemption story...boy was I disappointed. The way women were......more

Goodreads review by Demetrius on August 31, 2024

K’wan doesn’t miss!!!!! K’wan included so many Easter eggs in this book, you have to be a true fan to know what was up!......more

Goodreads review by Tanisa on August 13, 2024

First, if you’re looking for any type of love within this book, this isn’t the book for you. This book is straight Urban Fiction through and through! Now let’s get into the book. Passion - A bright young girl who was sent to live with her estranged Uncle, Joe after her parents die after a terrible ac......more

Goodreads review by Sweettea_and_a_Book on March 10, 2025

Pain’s guide for “what not to do in heists and street life”… ‌ Pain is released from prison and set to reintegrate into society, in his old hood. He's determined to do right and help his ill grandmother. He wants to make changes, but he has no money, and no plan.  ‌ Passion is a 17 year old go-getter wh......more


Quotes

Praise for K'wan:

"Make way for the Donald Goines/Iceberg Slim of our era." -Tracy Brown, author of Black, Dime Piece and Criminal Minded

"Quick and entertaining, K'wan's latest captures a small slice of modern urban life with a great degree of credibility and finds in Animal his most conflicted, memorable, and likable character yet."- Publishers Weekly on Section 8

"K'wan delivered another classic. . .You won't be disappointed." -Mark Anthony, Essence bestselling author of Paper Chasers

"Street Dreams is a classic. The kid has got a story to tell." -Darren Coleman, Essence bestselling author of Before I Let Go

"If you thought Gangsta and Road Dawgz were bestsellers. . .wait until you read this! K'wan is raising the stakes." -Kashamba Williams, author of Blinded and Grimey