Urban Books’ popular Girls from da Hood series continues its gritty street drama in this twelfth installment, featuring urban fiction superstar Treasure Hernandez and rising stars Katt and Paradise Gomez.
“Short Stacks” by Treasure Hernandez: Honey has been working them streets for El-Jihad, selling his wares and keeping up her end of the bargain. He warned it was “three strikes and you’re out,” and she has already come up short twice. Now Honey and her goons meet up with DeAngelo, who refuses to pay back his loan. If she can’t come up with El-Jihad’s money within days, it will be her head on a platter.
“Street Life Johnny’s in Love” by Katt: Strawberry has been a rather lucrative ho for Larry “Sir” Smalls; however, she’s been at it for a minute, and it is starting to have an effect on her mind and body. When she meets up with an old high school friend, Sir beats her nearly to death. Her friend rescues her, but will Sir let her go without a fight?
“Payback” by Paradise Gomez: Jackie spent fifteen years in the state pen for stabbing the fool that had the audacity to put his hands on her. Now she’s home, trying to turn her life around, but it’s hard to get a job as a violent ex-con. Her aunt, the powerful queen of a drug cartel, turns up and takes her in. Soon, an all-out war between the aunt and the fool who put her in prison breaks out. Will Jackie resort to the same violence that got her locked up?
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Treasure Hernandez is the author of over ten series of books about African American experiences in urban settings.
Katt is a former prostitute turned bookworm and author. She was discovered by New York Times bestselling author Carl Weber and has been touted along with authors Brick and Storm as one of the industry’s rising stars.
Paradise Gomez is currently incarcerated in a federal prison.
Clifford “Spud” Johnson was raised in Inglewood, California, and had numerous encounters there with drugs, mayhem, and, ultimately, the California Youth Authority. These experiences gave Johnson a template for street life. The hustle of welfare-dependent families sculpted by the day-to-day hood life that he experienced provides the imagery he displays in his work.
Brenda Hampton is an Essence magazine bestselling author. She was named a favorite female fiction writer by Upscale magazine, as well as best female writer by readers and Infini Promoters. She manages her own insurance business in the St. Louis metropolitan area.