Crowned in Smoke
In the sweltering heart of Chester, Desiree Monroe navigates a world where fairy tales die young and only the sharpest survive. Her beauty bar's back room hides a ledger of....
In the sweltering heart of Chester, Desiree Monroe navigates a world where fairy tales die young and only the sharpest survive. Her beauty bar's back room hides a ledger of illicit deals, keeping her hands clean—or so she believes. But when the notorious Dario Kane, the Ghost of Lehigh Ave, walks in past closing, he brings with him a truth that shatters her carefully constructed life: her brother's best friend, Manny, has been setting her up. With her name forged on documents and federal agents looming, Dez is offered an impossible choice: prison or a deal with the devil himself. Dario needs a new accountant, someone smart enough to launder his blood money, and he sees that intelligence in her. As Manny lies dead at Dario's feet, Dez is forced to crown herself in smoke, stepping into a war she never asked for. Can she survive the streets of North Philly, or will she fall for the man who holds her life in his dangerous hands?