In the heart of Harlem, a mother's love and a woman's ambition collide in this gritty tale of survival and redemption.
Since she was a little girl, Tionna's on and off addicted mother taught her to get hers by any means necessary. With a heart as cold as a December chill, Tionna holds a warm place in it for Duhan, the father of her two sons and her on-again-off-again boyfriend since they were teenagers. Duhan becomes her knight in shining armor until the government turns their dream into a nightmare. With Duhan behind bars and everything she loves seized, Tionna finds herself starting over in the same New York City neighborhood she swore she'd never come back to.
With two kids, a man in prison and no back up plan, Tionna is once again living by her wits to maintain the lifestyle she'd become accustomed to. Back in the thick of things with her best friends Gucci, Boots and Tracy, she rediscovers her old life and suddenly begins to wonder if she's really cut out to be a prisoner's wife. In this fast-paced and gritty urban fiction novel, K'wan weaves a tale of a woman's ambition, love and sacrifice in the streets of Harlem.