ReviewsA beach bag is incomplete without one of Dickey's novels. ( Essence ) He smashes one stereotype after another. ( USA Today ) His specialty is weaving tales of romantic relationships...and his endings aren't always storybook. They're real. ( Detroit Free Press ) Another gem from one of America's most popular authors. ( Seattle Scanner ), A beach bag is incomplete without one of Dickey's novels. (Essence) He smashes one stereotype after another. (USA Today) His specialty is weaving tales of romantic relationships...and his endings aren't always storybook. They're real. (Detroit Free Press) Another gem from one of America's most popular authors. (Seattle Scanner), "A beach bag is incomplete without one of Dickey's novels." - Essence "Electrifying...In his compelling picture of another world, Dickey believably shows how even in the underbelly of society, loyalty, respect, and love have their place." - Publishers Weekly "Another gem from one of America's most popular authors." - Seattle Scanner "His specialty is weaving tales of romantic relationships...and his endings aren't always storybook. They're real." - Detroit Free Press
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisIn the new mass-market edition of New York Times,best-selling Eric Jerome Dickey's latest book,Dante Brown finds himself down and out after a,stretch in juvenile jail, out of work and with a,girlfriend who might not stick around if he can't,pay the bills. Dante is determined to stay,straight, but when a blast from the past offers,him a lucrative, if illegal, way of staying on,top, Dante and his good friend Jackson both get,pulled into a risky business. Things seem to be,paying off when his girlfriend finds the money,irresistible..until everything goes wrong., In the new mass-market edition of New York Times best-selling Eric Jerome Dickey's latest book, Dante Brown finds himself down and out after a stretch in juvenile jail, out of work and with a girlfriend who might not stick around if he can't pay the bills. Dante is determined to stay straight, but when a blast from the past offers him a lucrative, if illegal, way of staying on top, Dante and his good friend Jackson both get pulled into a risky business. Things seem to be paying off when his girlfriend finds the money irresistible...until everything goes wrong., Eric Jerome Dickey is back with a sexy, fast-paced novel about grifters and con artists, brothers and sisters, looking for love and making ends meet-on the wrong side of the law...