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Rhythm & Hood (A STAND ALONE NOVEL)
A Dope Boy's Heartbeat
2016
First Published
4.40
Average Rating
269
Number of Pages
A STAND ALONE NOVELLove has a way of fluttering your heart and making two heart beats sync as one. Young and sassy, Rhythm's only concern is graduating high school and having some fun. Raised by her hard working mother, Rhythm learned early on to love herself first and not to believe every boy's lies. Everything her mother has taught her get's put to the test when she constantly runs into the hood's most infamous bad boy that just so happens to go by the name, Hood.Hood is beyond rude, but to most that's part of his charm. With a sex appeal that is too strong for her faint hear, Rhythm ends up giving into his advances even though something is telling her she is destined for heartbreak.Hood lives by the saying cash rules everything around me, and is motivated by the drugs and fast life. Life for him is no longer the same when his heart starts beating to a different tune after Rhythm catches his eye. His desire for Rhythm brings out foreign emotions that he's just not ready for.Hood and Rhythm explore the possibilities between them and find out head first that love can be a dangerous game. With both of their hearts being involved, death and tragedy comes crashing in causing the two down a lonely highway. Follow the sound of Hood's heart beat in this hood love story to see just how Rhythm became a dope boy's heartbeat.
Avg Rating
4.40
Number of Ratings
179
5 STARS
62%
4 STARS
23%
3 STARS
9%
2 STARS
4%
1 STARS
2%
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Author

Niqua Nakell
Niqua Nakell
Author · 11 books
Author Niqua Nakell, 33 years old, hails from the Holy City of Charleston, SC. She has her Bachelor of Psychology degree and is currently working towards expanding her writing career. Writing has always been a passion of Niqua Nakell's, however reading is and will always be her first love. Beginning her journey, Niqua Nakell published her first piece of work in 2015. Niqua Nakell has published 17 releases, two 2-part series collaborations and featured in an anthology. Some of her best work is from 'Rhythm and Hood; A Dope Boy's Heartbeat', ‘Once Upon A Trill Love In The Hood’ and ‘Boo’d Up with A Boss: Love on I-85 1-2’. Outside of writing, Niqua Nakell has many titles under her belt! She also answers to Auntie to her nieces and Niqua/Niq to her friends and family.
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