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Yo Yo Love

Sassy and savvy Kayla Johnson is a serious college student at Philadelphia's Temple University. She's also babelicious, with ginger-colored skin and more curves than the Liberty Bell. But if Kayla's all that, how come she can't find the one thing she's gotta have: "The One. Someone jonezing for me... someone to chill with, lay up under, and be around."

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When Kayla sets off on a manhunt for Mr. Right, she finds herself hooking up with every hustler, nut, and fast-talking player in Philadelphia. There's Emar, the basketball hotshot who makes his best moves off-court; good-looking Terry, who gets downright scary during a weekend in Jersey; and Reese, who'd be da bomb if he'd only drop his white girlfriend. But it's Kayla's relationship with smooth and sexy Wil that really rocks her world and teaches her how to fight for a man—and for her own independence. For love doesn't get truly crazy until it's the real thing... and the only people who don't get played are the ones who stay out of the game.

Featuring the frank and feisty viewpoint of a modern, streetwise young woman, Yo Yo Loveis edgy, uncensored, and wildly entertaining. It's a tour de force that tells it like it is... and tells it all.

Setting
2000s
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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