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Kiki Swinson s bestselling tension-packed (Library Journal) and unrelenting (Publishers Weekly) novels burn with extraordinary characters, triple-down twists--and a raw portrait of urban life only she can deliver.

Now she turns up the heat as a young woman cashes in on a sure thing--only to find some addictions are always killer.

Break the rules At first, Misty Heiress just wants to help.

With her cousin Jillian in constant pain, and the doctor refusing to prescribe, Misty steals opioids from the Virginia Beach pharmacy where she works.

But when Jillian starts reselling them to local dealers and gets big money, Misty grabs an unbelievable opportunity to get out of debt-and fulfill all of her and Jillians dreams .

Live the dream Misty soon realizes that her boss, Sanjay, has the same idea, ordering more drugs than patients need and always being out of stock.

And when the new pharmacy owner takes an interest in Misty, she knows that time is running out for her and Jillian to make their plans work .

Pay the price But then the Feds come calling .

and Sanjays mafia partners want to increase orders .

and Jillians bringing in partners to rob the pharmacy.

Its all too much for Misty.

Its only a matter of time before everyones plans to make money will have them all paying the ultimate price .

Pitch-perfect dialogue, juicy sexual trysts, cold-blooded betrayal, and ruthless violence mark this suspenseful fast-moving tale.

- Library Journal (Starred Review) on The Score About author(s): Kiki Swinson is the national bestselling author of over 30 novels and short stories.

A star of the street lit genre--crime novels in an urban setting--Swinsons works feature resilient women making tough, and sometimes not quite legal, decisions to survive.

Her novels, inspired by her experiences and a five-year stint in federal prison, have sold over 1 million copies.

She completed her first novel while incarcerated and her second novel, Wifey , became the first book in one of todays best-selling street lit series.

A native of Portsmouth, Virginia, and a former hustlers wife, Swinson resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Visit her online at KikiSwinson.