Little Ghetto Girl by Danielle Santiago

Little Ghetto Girl

A Novel

Danielle Santiago

Atria Books · Print & ebook · February 6, 2007

After a successful life in the drug game, twenty-one-year-old Kisa Kane plans to retire -- settle down, find a good man, and raise a family of her own.

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Who it’s for
A love story where starting over meets the pull of the streets.
Genres
Black Urban Fiction, Black Romance, Urban Fiction
Published
Atria Books, February 6, 2007

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About this book

After a successful life in the drug game, twenty-one-year-old Kisa Kane plans to retire -- settle down, find a good man, and raise a family of her own. Done with the thug life, she has everything a ghetto girl would want: plenty of money, drop-dead-gorgeous looks, and two thriving legitimate businesses. Until she falls in love with Sincere Montega, a powerful drug dealer whose down-and-dirty money pulls Kisa back into the world she is trying so hard to leave behind.

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With lies, cheating, and conflict, Kai, their newborn, may be the only reason for this couple to stay together, but their lives are inevitably changed in the most unexpected way, the only way the streets of Harlem can.

Love and Consequences

A love story where starting over meets the pull of the streets.

Come here for

  • Romance tangled with the pressures of the drug game
  • A young woman trying to leave one life behind

Expect

  • Lies, cheating, and conflict between a couple
  • Harlem street life shaping a family’s future

Where it sits

Black Urban Fiction67%
Urban Fiction49%
Black Romance33%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Black Women's Fiction
  • Black Romance
  • Black Urban Fiction
Authors
Danielle Santiago
Publisher
Atria Books
Published
February 6, 2007
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Black Women's Fiction