Five Star Chick - 9780982492048

After losing her mother at the age of thirteen Rose's life begins to take a downward spiral, which lands her on the mean streets of Newark, N.J. to live with her aunt and cousins where she soon learns the true meaning of the word abuse. Alienation in her new home drives Rose to the streets where she finds the love she so desperately craves amongst her new family, the Bloods, earning the moniker Black Rose for her cold and calculating nature. It isn't long before Rose's antics put her in the police wire as a suspect in a murder of a rival gang member. Fearful of being sent to prison or killed for what she's witnessed Rose flees Newark and finds herself in New York living by her wits on the fast streets of Harlem. The newcomer draws the attention of a high roller named Blue, who promises to be the answer to her problems. Blue plucks Rose from the streets and introduces her to a different side of life where money means nothing. Rose finally feels like she's made it until she learns her most important lesson about the city that never sleeps...EVERYONE has an agenda.