Dope Boys Love Hennessy

Book excerpt: Life can be hard for any three-year-old who watches her 16-year-old mother take her last breath in a cheap hotel room. Young Hennessy's last memory of her mother is of her lying on a dirty hotel room floor covered in blood. Although the children were not hurt, Hennessy and her unborn brother don’t walk away unscathed. Due to witnessing her mama turn tricks while pregnant with her brother, and her father pimping her out, Hennessy develops an unwanted stigma on her life. Her brother, Dominique, survives the attack on his mama, but just like the old saying goes, the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree. The same hood that’s filled with trouble, drugs, and dope boys who once coveted her mama is Hennessy's home, and the dope boys now lust for her. Unlike Champagne, Hennessy isn’t allowing her beautiful body and drop dead gorgeous looks to overtake her. Unfortunately, wherever Hennessy goes, drama follows. And when she finally falls hard for someone who’s just as dope as the drug dealers who overcrowd her neighborhood, it opens the door to her fuzzy past. Secrets are exposed, and with her mother’s turbulent past, she is forced to face her demons. In the process, she will gain more than she bargained for. In Sha Jones’ latest tale, she takes you on an emotional rollercoaster loaded with love, drama, and raw passion from an 18-year-old girl who all the dope boys love.