Side chick nation / Aya De León.
By: De León, Aya (Novelist) [author.].
Material type: TextSeries: De León, Aya Justice hustlers heist novel: Publisher: New York : Dafina Books, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: vi, 375 pages ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1496715799; 9781496715791.Subject(s): Hurricane Maria, 2017 -- Fiction | African American women -- Fiction | Feminist fiction | Puerto Rico -- FictionGenre/Form: Feminist fiction. | Urban fiction.Summary: "Fed up with her married Miami boyfriend, savvy Dulce has no problem stealing his drug-dealer stash and fleeing to her family in the Caribbean. But when she gets bored in rural Santo Domingo, she escapes on a sugar daddy adventure to Puerto Rico. Her new life is one endless party, until she's caught in Hurricane Maria--and witnesses the brutal collision of colonization and climate change, as well as the international vultures who plunder the tragedy for a financial killing, making shady use of relief funds to devastate the island even more. Broke, traumatized, and stranded, Dulce's only chance to get back to New York may be a sexy, crusading journalist who's been pursuing her. But is she hustling him or falling for him? Meanwhile, New York-based mastermind thief Marisol already has her hands full fleecing a ruthless CEO who's stealing her family’s land in Puerto Rico, while trying to get her relatives out alive after the hurricane. An extra member in her crew could be game-changing, but she's wary of Dulce's unpredictability and reputation for drama. Still, Dulce's determination to get justice draws Marisol in, along with her formidable Lower East Side Women's Health Clinic's heist squad. But their race-against-the-clock plan is soon complicated by powerful men who turn deadly when ex-side chicks step out of the shadows and demand to call the shots..."--Amazon.com.Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Savvy Dulce is on a sugar daddy adventure in Puerto Rico after fleeing with ill-gotten gains to the Caribbean - until Hurricane Maria hits and she witnesses firsthand the brutal destruction. Broke, traumatised, and stranded, Dulce's only chance to get back to New York may be a sexy journalist who's been pursuing her. But is she hustling him or falling for him? Meanwhile, NY-based mastermind thief Marisol has her hands full fleecing a ruthless CEO who's stealing her family's land in Puerto Rico, and Dulce could just about be the extra member her crew needs to change the game.
"Fed up with her married Miami boyfriend, savvy Dulce has no problem stealing his drug-dealer stash and fleeing to her family in the Caribbean. But when she gets bored in rural Santo Domingo, she escapes on a sugar daddy adventure to Puerto Rico. Her new life is one endless party, until she's caught in Hurricane Maria--and witnesses the brutal collision of colonization and climate change, as well as the international vultures who plunder the tragedy for a financial killing, making shady use of relief funds to devastate the island even more. Broke, traumatized, and stranded, Dulce's only chance to get back to New York may be a sexy, crusading journalist who's been pursuing her. But is she hustling him or falling for him? Meanwhile, New York-based mastermind thief Marisol already has her hands full fleecing a ruthless CEO who's stealing her family’s land in Puerto Rico, while trying to get her relatives out alive after the hurricane. An extra member in her crew could be game-changing, but she's wary of Dulce's unpredictability and reputation for drama. Still, Dulce's determination to get justice draws Marisol in, along with her formidable Lower East Side Women's Health Clinic's heist squad. But their race-against-the-clock plan is soon complicated by powerful men who turn deadly when ex-side chicks step out of the shadows and demand to call the shots..."--Amazon.com.