Playing Hard To Get
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- $2.99
Publisher Description
They're gorgeous, sophisticated, and successful--but the lives of these three New York City "It Girls" are about to be turned upside down. . .
With her career as an attorney on the rise, and her millionaire boyfriend about to propose, Tamia has it all. Then she meets Malik, a sexy Harlem brother who makes her second-guess everything. Love struck, Tamia's on a mission to convince Malik to stop playing hard to get and come along for the ride. . .
Since she married a pastor, Troy has gone from smokin' hottie to Bible-quoting church lady. Everyone thinks Troy is happy until some dirty secrets turn her life--and her marriage--upside down. . .
As the wife of a pro basketball player and mother of two, Tasha has traded her fabulous city life for the suburbs. Bored and starving for action, Tasha's desires spin out of control, and she finds that being the new "It Girl" has its drawbacks. . .
"Octavia gives Sex and the City a smart Afrocentric update." --Publishers Weekly
"It's clear that Octavia is talented with a great imagination and storytelling ability." --RT Book Review
"Entertaining and packed with drama." --RT Book Reviews
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Returning to BAP (Black American Princess) best friends the 3Ts Tamia, Tasha, and Troy Octavia (Take Her Man) presents a satisfying New York story of friendship, romance, and getting the hang of adulthood. All three begin with relationship problems: Tamia has found success and happiness as an attorney, but she's troubled by her going-nowhere affair with Charleston, a wealthy malpractice lawyer; Tasha, now a married mother of two, harbors worries about her high-profile marriage to New York Knicks superstar Lionel; and Troy, now first lady of Harlem's First Baptist Church, is discovering cracks in her marriage that she's uncertain can be healed at least not by prayer. Predictably, the sticky challenges bring the "Classy Girls" closer than ever, even as fulfilling solutions seem just out of reach, edging them closer to disillusionment and dismay. When she sticks to the narrative, Octavia gives Sex and the City a smart Afrocentric update, but she interrupts her story too often with distracting (though occasionally funny) self-help style asides ("25 Classy-Girl Rules of Class Action") and glossary-style footnotes.
