Book description
""In New York City, there are at least three times as many
doors as people. I work behind those closed doors. I work in darkness
even when the light is on. My name is Night and I do night
work."" Dark-skinned chocolate, sexy and smooth, Night earns
his keep by pleasuring rich white women around New York City. But he's
grown weary of this seedy, criminal life. If he could just get someone
to sign him to a record deal, he'd willingly say good-bye forever to the
emotionless sex that is slowly numbing his soul. Just when his dream of
becoming an R&B vocalist is about to be realized, Beth Ann, a
beautiful supermodel deep in debt to a dangerous drug ring, begs Night
to help her move a large quantity of Ecstasy. He reluctantly agrees, but
the good deed sinks him deeper into the nightlife he's been trying so
desperately to escape. It also puts him on the radar of the NYPD, and
when one of Night's clients is found murdered the cops are quick to add
it all up against him. Now Night must fight the fallout of his past and
try to forge a path back to his future, before it takes off without him.
A stunning portrait of the unholy intersection of New York's sexual
underground and the entertainment business, this gripping novel will
appeal to fans of Chester Himes, Donald Goines, and other noir masters.
Essence
Unabashedly fun. Nelson George is the author of several non-fiction
books, including THE DEATH OF RHYTHM AND BLUES and HIP HOP AMERICA, both
nominated for National Book Critics Circle awards, and two novels URBAN
ROMANCE, an Essence Blackboard bestseller, and SEDUCED. An award-winning
journalist, he is also an accomplished screenwriter and an Emmy Award
winning producer. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
