Dice

T.N. Baker

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Wasuan Wells has two loves--one is his beautiful girl of two years, Enychi Carter, and the other is his love for dice. Rollin' dice is an everyday hustle for Wasuan, and he's one of the best the hood has ever seen. No one can defeat him. That is, until he stumbles across a dude from the same hood named Tone who has just as much confidence, a little too much mouth, lots of cash to back it up, and a strong desire for Wasuan's girl. When Wasuan is challenged and the stakes grow high, he finds himself caught out in deeper waters than he can swim in, with Tone dangling three options: pay up, take your last breath, or sacrifice something much greater...his girl, Enychi. But when Enychi agrees to spend one night with Tone in order to save her man's life, she finds herself caught up in an unwilling love triangle like the streets have never known. Love, betrayal, lies, sex and money are just the beginning in this scandalous tale, where loyalties are put to the ultimate test.

In this new novel, T. N. Baker takes the term "sheisty" to a whole new level.

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY JUN 25, 2007

Baker (Sheisty; Still Sheisty) delivers a tale about the dangers of gambling and hustling and of the redemptive powers of love and faith. Cocky hustler and second-generation dice-shooter Wasuan Wells and his girlfriend Enychi Carter get in deep when Wasuan takes on a challenge from neighborhood heavyweight Pretty Tone, who unlike Wasuan, has the money to back up his trash-talk. Caught up in the heat of the game, Wasuan loses $80,000, but can only pay back half the debt. Tone offers to forgive part of the debt (and not to kill Wasuan) if he can sleep with Enychi. Enychi reluctantly agrees. From then on, there's the requisite pregnancy (but who is the baby daddy?), loads of sex, betrayals, emotional discoveries, murder and redemption. Although Baker captures how her characters would speak, think and act, the plot unwinds in familiar fashion. Consider the novel entertaining if you care for the "Oh no, he/she didn't" factor.

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