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Side chick nation / Aya De León.

By: De León, Aya (Novelist) [author.].
Material type: TextTextSeries: 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.
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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.

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Booklist Review

De León's (The Accidental Mistress, 2018) layered tale weaves heist capers, romantic suspense, and unforgettable realism in a look at Puerto Rico after it was devastated by Hurricane Maria. Dulce left New York for Cuba to escape her abusive pimp; now she has to flee to her family to get away from a drug-dealing boyfriend. While in Santo Domingo, she meets journalist Zavier, who she falls for briefly before going to Puerto Rico with a sugar daddy. This party gal barely survives the hurricane as people around her are dying. She finds Zavier again and helps him scoop a big story about the island's travails. Meanwhile, in New York, scammer Marisol helps her family receive some disaster relief in Puerto Rico, but does more by having her crew at a health clinic for sex workers steal from one of Dulce's wealthy clients who is trying to capitalize on suffering Puerto Ricans. De León brings feminism, racial equality, and page-turning entertainment to the best book yet in her uniquely powerful Justice Hustlers series.--Amy Alessio Copyright 2019 Booklist

Kirkus Book Review

Everything changes for Dulce Garcia, perennial party girl and sugar baby, when she meets Zavier, a freelance journalist, on a plane to the Dominican Republic, then gets caught in Puerto Rico during Hurricane Maria.Dulce, whose parents were Cuban and Dominican, was born in Puerto Rico and has bounced her whole life between the mainland U.S. and the Caribbean. After having been groomed into prostitution while she was in high school in New York"Dulce always remembered how she was fourteen and wearing a Minnie Mouse t-shirt when she met Jerry," her pimpDulce escaped with the help of Marisol Rivera, the former director of a New York health clinic, but she's soon under the thumb of another abusive boyfriend. Seeking refuge with an aunt in the Dominican Republic, she meets Zavier, a young freelance journalist, as well as Phillip Gerard, a rich businessman. A couple of dates with Zavier has her falling for him, but then Gerard lures her with a luxury hotel stay and a shopping spree, and she convinces herself she didn't deserve a sweet relationship anyway. Dulce travels with Gerard to Puerto Rico and decides to stay there, then winds up stuck on the island when Maria hits. Meanwhile, Marisol's Puerto Rican cousins are in dire straits after the hurricane takes out their home, and as they and Dulce make their ways to safety, their stories will converge. Dulce reconnects with Zavier, whose press credentials give her opportunities she never dreamed possible even as their relationship fractures, while her connection to Gerard is of great interest to Marisol, who targets him for a cryptocurrency sting after he raises money ostensibly to help the island but then uses it to acquire prime island property at rock-bottom prices. The fourth title in de Len's genre-bending Justice Hustlers series is a multifaceted tale. On one level, it's an entertaining feminist heist tale with a satisfying Robin Hood-style caper or two, but where the book truly shines is in spotlighting the challenges facing former sex workers and in angling an unflinching lens on the plight of Puerto Rico, both before and after the Maria disaster.An absorbing, enlightening book that exemplifies the power of good storytelling. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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