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Candy licker

Noire.

304 pages

A gritty, high-stakes collision of hip-hop ambition, dangerous street politics, and explosive erotic suspense.

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Reading this book feels like riding shotgun on a high-speed chase through the dark, glamorous, and deadly underbelly of the hip-hop industry. It is a propulsive, unapologetic dive into urban fiction that pulls no punches, blending raw street grit with intense, explicit erotica. The atmosphere is thick with danger and claustrophobic power dynamics, keeping your heart racing as the protagonist navigates a terrifyingly toxic romance and the cutthroat price of fame. The prose is sharp, street-smart, and visceral, demanding your full attention while delivering shock after shock. It will absolutely devour readers who crave dark, high-stakes drama where ambition, survival, and dangerous desires collide in a world where every choice could be fatal.

Mood
  • dark
  • steamy
  • dangerous
  • high-stakes
  • claustrophobic
Tone
  • gritty
  • unapologetic
  • intense
  • sensual
  • raw
Pace
propulsive
Themes
survival in the streets · price of fame · toxic power dynamics · dangerous desires · female agency and ambition
The writing
Unflinching, street-smart, and highly explicit, delivering a visceral punch with every page.
The arc
Moves from desperate ambition to terrifying entrapment, culminating in a high-stakes fight for freedom and true desire.
Who it's for
Fans of gritty urban fiction and dark erotica who crave high drama, dangerous romance, and unapologetic street lit.
Content notes
  • graphic sexual content
  • sexual violence
  • domestic abuse
  • drug trafficking
  • organized crime violence
  • toxic relationships

About the book

SHE WANTED TO BE A HIP-HOP STAR BUT THE STREETS GOT IN THE WAY.Have you ever laid down with a man and wasn't sure if you'd ever get back up? Tossed the sheets with a bone-knocking fear that only a hard-core hustler could produce? Sexed him like your life depended on it, because in reality it did? You still with me? Then let's roll over to my house. Harlem. 145th Street. Grab a seat and brace yourself as I show you the kind of pain that street life and so-called success can bring....Nineteen-year-old Candy Raye Montana, an ex--drug runner for the Gabriano crime family and a former foster child, dreams of becoming a hip-hop superstar, if only someone will discover her talents.Someone does. Mega music producer and king thug of Harlem, Junius "Hurricane" Jackson, CEO of the House of Homicide recording studio, cuts a deal and puts Candy on the stage. Suddenly she is a hot new artist on the notorious Homicide Hitz record label. Her career takes off and she blazes the charts, but it's not long before Candy realizes that the man she thought was her knight is nothing more than a cold-blooded nightmare.Caught between the music and the madness, between the dollars and the deals, Candy belongs to Hurricane--body and soul--and must endure his sadistic bedroom desires while keeping his sexual secrets hidden from the world. But Candy has some strong desires of her own that simply cannot be denied, especially when she finds herself turned on by a brilliant investment baller who just happens to be Hurricane's right-hand man. Candy longs for her freedom, but if Hurricane gets wind of her betrayal the blowback will be lethal--and not only will she risk losing her recording contract, she just might lose her life.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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