A Hustler's Wife

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$9.95 US
On sale Dec 31, 2013 | 288 Pages | 9781601625779

The first book in the Yarnie and Des series by the author who Trendsetter Magazine called the “Queen of Hip Hop Lit.”

Yarnie and Richmond are from different sides of the tracks. Yarnie is a sweet girl from an upper class family. Des is Richmond’s most infamous drug dealer. Their larger than life love, which happens completely by chance, creates a rift between Yarnie and her loved ones. It isn’t under Des is sent to prison for life that Yarnie starts to realize being a hustler’s life is anything but easy.


''A Hustler's Wife brought back memories of shoulda, woulda, coulda stories. . . . Imitators drop your pens!'' —Vickie M. Stringer, bestselling author of Let That Be The Reason

''If I was still in the Game, this would be a book I would not want my girl to read.'' —Mr. Shannon Holmes, bestselling author of B-More Careful
Nikki Turner is the author of The New York Times bestseller Black Widow, the #1 Essence bestseller Forever a Hustler's Wife, and the Essence bestsellers A Hustler's Wife, The Glamorous Life, and Riding Dirty on I-95. View titles by Nikki Turner

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The first book in the Yarnie and Des series by the author who Trendsetter Magazine called the “Queen of Hip Hop Lit.”

Yarnie and Richmond are from different sides of the tracks. Yarnie is a sweet girl from an upper class family. Des is Richmond’s most infamous drug dealer. Their larger than life love, which happens completely by chance, creates a rift between Yarnie and her loved ones. It isn’t under Des is sent to prison for life that Yarnie starts to realize being a hustler’s life is anything but easy.


''A Hustler's Wife brought back memories of shoulda, woulda, coulda stories. . . . Imitators drop your pens!'' —Vickie M. Stringer, bestselling author of Let That Be The Reason

''If I was still in the Game, this would be a book I would not want my girl to read.'' —Mr. Shannon Holmes, bestselling author of B-More Careful

Author

Nikki Turner is the author of The New York Times bestseller Black Widow, the #1 Essence bestseller Forever a Hustler's Wife, and the Essence bestsellers A Hustler's Wife, The Glamorous Life, and Riding Dirty on I-95. View titles by Nikki Turner

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