For a Woman

This mob storybook navigates nostalgia, a blood fight on the dance floor, a future recast, and three characters as they come together to revive a fading star. It's one of those fiction books that deals with loyalty and betrayal while navigating mob deals. Shontel, a beautiful black woman, realizes her star is fading in the entertainment world. Can a 35th high school reunion and former high school sweethearts reunite to a reimagined career, or will it end in a mobster's trunk? Once a lover to Trey and then to Bobby, the trio hopes to rejuvenate her fading career and give them all a new focus on life. What they need are a screenplay and money. Trey leverages his experience to provide the first, while Bobby draws upon his expertise to create mob deals to tap some cash. They find a new reality within weeks, discovering that mob money chokes, perhaps more than it provides. They adopt new strategies to create Shontel's re-entry to fame. For a woman is one of those suspenseful fiction books written in the first person that incorporates interracial relationships and the mob to draw readers in with every turn of the page.