| Description |
328 pages ; 18 cm |
| Summary |
Working at Miami's Queen of Diamonds gentleman's club to support herself until turning twenty-one, Desirae discovers her talent for rap music and becomes famous seemingly overnight, before her success is threatened by a rival newcomer and a friend's brutal murder. |
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Kicked out of her parents' home in Little Havana on her eighteenth birthday, Desirae Fernandez get an opportunity to make fast money at Miami's Queen of Diamonds gentlemen's club. She dives into the business and meets Luxury, an up and coming rap label CEO. He plays her cool until she turns 21, but once he discovers she can actually rap Luxury transforms her into a superstar. Desirae becomes famous seemingly overnight. Cars, jewelry, clothes, money-- she lives for it all. When her best friend is brutally murdered, everything Luxury pours into Desirae points her straight down a dark path. -- adapted from back cover. |
| Subject |
African American women -- Fiction.
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Women rap musicians -- Fiction.
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Miami (Fla.) -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Urban fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781645562887 (paperback) |
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1645562883 (paperback) |
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