Heart of the Hustle

January 1, 2019
Angel DeLuca has a tough choice to make: finish medical school and become a doctor, or step into his ailing father's shoes as the head of the DeLuca drug cartel. New to this dangerous game, Angel must learn how to demand respect while also contending with the current queenpin who has been running the show in his absence. Emelia East, aka Snow, was Angel's childhood sweetheart and best friend until college, when Angel chose school over her, and they went their separate ways. Since then, Snow has accepted that her role in life is to head the cartel that their parents built together. To shield herself from future heartbreak, Snow built up a frosty exterior, but when Angel returns, their chemistry is too hot to resist, and now Snow must decide if she can be submissive to her man in private while maintaining her ice-cold reputation on the streets. A'zayler's (Passion of the Streets, 2018) take on dominance and subservience, loyalty and betrayal will appeal to fans of gritty-urban-romance authors De'Nesha Diamond and Kiki Swinson.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2019, American Library Association.)