Hood Rat: A Novel

In Harlem, four women navigate survival on the streets while seeking love in circumstances that threaten to divide them. Yoshi is young and attractive, making her living by manipulating men emotionally and financially, but discovers that her lifestyle comes with consequences. Billy, a former high school basketball star searching for love, meets someone who transforms her life completely. Reese, a neighborhood woman trying to maintain a certain lifestyle, becomes unexpectedly pregnant from a casual encounter and must break her family's cycle by becoming independent. Rhonda, in her twenties with three children by different fathers, exploits social systems for income until one of her associates decides to retaliate. This urban fiction novel follows four friends as they face the dangers of street life, romantic relationships, and betrayal in Harlem.