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Queen of hip hop fiction Nikki Turner follows her gritty, emotionally charged novel The Glamorous Life with this new tale from the hood featuring a beautiful down-on-her-luck sister who can out-hustle the best of them as she rises from the ghetto to glory. After Mercy’s beloved dad is... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Cleezy: AKA C-Note, AKA Conrad Fargo; Lynx's brother; Paula's man; drug dealer
- Paula: C-Note's "Ride or Die B***"; use to be a Ho; cooker
- Raheem: AKA Chocolate Smooth; AKA Ralph Jones; man Mercy meets at hotel; drug dealer
- Chrissie: Mercy's friend; lived in group home with her; golddigger
- Deonie: Zurrie's child; Mercy's neice
- Brianna: Farrah's niece; hoodrat
- Ms. Pat: Only person Nate trusted to run his numbers
- Tallya: AKA Natallya; Mercy's oldest sister
- Benjamin Arlow: Tallya's sugar daddy; Black Hugh Hefner of the Hip Hop World; billionaire
- Hyena: Raheem's NY Connect; short, stocky, 5'5, 230 pds, log coal hair in pigtail
- Roland: Mercy's uncle; drug dealer
- Nate: AKA Nathaniel Jiles; Mercy's father; gambler; 8 kids
- Hassim: C-Note's drug dealer
- Nayshawn: Mercy's brother; 2 years younger
- Herb: AKA Robert Cummings; met Mercy at a party; tall, slim, caramel skin
- Davey: Mercy's agent
- Taymar: Boxer
- Allen: Nurse who assists Mercy
- Zurri: Mercy's older sister
- Don Corleone: Add a description of this character.
- Farrah: Mercy's boss at Ambassador hotel
- Mercy: Main character; 5'8, curvy, size 14-16, 23, screenwriter, drugrunner
- Pearl: Mercy's mom
- Cat: Gambler
- Mr. Bigs: At Nate's funeral; greenish brown eyes
- Amy: one of the city's biggest gossips
- Roe: Roland's son
- Jus: C-Note's right hand man
- Lolly: C-Note's mother
- Lil Lost Chicken: Trucker
- Shaggy dog: Trucker
- Lynx: C-Note's brother
- Cook -em Up: Lnyx's right hand man
- Alice Smith: gay girl in prison
- Yorkey: girl in prison for murder
- Mr. Bones: bailsman
- Ben: janitor at Greyhound
- Columbo: detective
- Pete: retired line producer in NY
- Bonita Numeya: lead female in movie
- Ty: Cleezy's man in jail
- Shawn justice: snitch for Cleezy
- Andrew Long: hotel clerk
- Mr. Samuels: Andrew's accompliss
- Monique Arlow: Daughter of Benjamin
- Teisha: Ms. Pat's daughter
- Wanda Joe: works for channel six insider
- Lil Ali: A teenager; blood
- Baby Hova: a teenager; blood
- Tressa: Lil Ali and Baby Hova's mom
- Lucky: Lil Ali and Baby Hova's dad
First Sentence edit
"Would you like to say anything else before I make my ruling?" the judge asked.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Nikki Turner (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
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