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Dirty Red

by Vickie M. Stringer · 2006

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Mischievous and manipulative, eighteen-year-old Red is an expert at deception with her provocative femininity. She employs her dirty ways - even faking a pregnancy with her boyfriend - to win a closet full of Gucci bags, a deluxe condominium full of baby accessories, a new car, and a book deal.

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But when one of Red's scams backfires and she winds up truly pregnant by her inmate ex-boyfriend, Bacon, she finds herself in more trouble than she's ever known. The drama truly unravels when Red's picture-perfect cons fall apart due to the power of - surprisingly - love.

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African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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