From # 1 Essence best-selling Crime Novelist K’WAN comes a tale of forbidden love, high stakes murder and the robbery gone bad that set it all in motion, Diamonds and Pearl.
They say that good girls like bad boys, and this was especially true for Pearl Stone. A child born of privilege to a drug baron and reputed killer known in the streets as Big Stone. But, when a young hustler named Diamonds crawls up from the swamps of Louisiana and sets up shop in New York City, everything Pearl was taught flies out the window.
Raised in the wild and schooled on the mean streets of New Orleans, Diamonds is no stranger to hard times and is willing to do whatever it takes to stay above the poverty line, including kill. Diamonds is forced to flee New Orleans and lands in New York where he meets Pearl, and for the first time finds something he craves more than wealth and power…love.
As the stakes get higher, Diamonds has to push away his past if he’s to grab hold of his future―but by doing so, will he show Pearl that all that glitters isn’t gold?
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I’ve read a handful of books from the talented author, K’WAN, and he did not disappoint with this novel. The author provides a cast of characters so authentic that you can’t help but to fall in love with them.
The story kicks off in the heart of Louisiana during the toughest of times- Hurricane Katrina. A handful of survivors from the tragic storm flee north in search of refugee. Amongst the survivors is Diamonds, a street-smart, wise talker with big dreams. In New York, a robbery goes wrong with Diamonds and his crew. They end up on the wrong side of one of New York’s most notorious gang lords, Big Stone.
Big Stone’s daughter, Pearl, is hood royalty and the apple of her father’s eye. The flashy, fast-paced nature of the streets call to Pearl, but she’s been raised to look and not touch. However, things get complicated when Diamonds and Pearl fall for one another.
She’s book smart, street smart, and exactly what Diamond needs.
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The fate of Diamond and Pearl had me on the edge of my seat! Loyalty and family are put to the test in this heart-wrenching story 🤎.
This novel is a “street-smart” Romeo and Juliet, and I honestly loved every bit of it!! The unique characters; crazy plot twists; and overall theme “love trumps all” makes this story a must read🌻.
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