Thugs And The Women Who Love Them

Even when you think you’ve found a way out, love has a way of dragging you back in. 


Angel, Jaz, and Kyra are all leading double lives. College was supposed to be their way out of the hood, but the drug-dealing, pimping, violent men that they can’t help but love keep dragging them back in. With two roads ahead of them—a way out of the blood-soaked, hard streets they grew up on or the path that keeps them there, addicted to life on the edge, mind blowing sex and unlimited wealth—these three women have a choice to make, and nothing about it will ever be simple. 


Snake, Faheem, Marvin and Tyler want to keep the women they love. Whether it’s with a heavy hand or fighting the addictions that keep them tied to the street, these thugs and dope boys are caught up with their women in a web of sex and violence that leads to jealous rampages, bloody turf wars, and rage-fueled vendettas. They all have a choice to make—but choices have consequences.

In a ‘hood full of crime, deceit, violence and addiction, can love really conquer all? Can these thugs deserve the women who love them? Or does a way out mean leaving what you love most behind?



Perfect for fans of street legendary tales like The Coldest Winter Ever and True to the Game, Thugs and the Women Who Love Them is a heart pounding college romance full of bad boys and thug love, perfect for lovers of African American street literature, African American urban fiction, and urban novels set in the tough streets of New York.