This book was intense, it had all the ingrediants of a urban lit and then some; A married couple cheating and lying to one another, an older man younger woman love affair, love triangles, someone gets shot, women fighting over a man, you gotta love it--I did,lol. This was the definition of a page turner. The wife and the side chick go at it with one another like the VH1 reality show Love and Hip Hop. Stephanie would be Mimi and Chyanne would be Joseline, the pregnant side chick who wants more. I loved the fire in the Stephanie character who was the wife, a pretty girl who talks a good game but cant fight. She jumps in her husband face, quick with the claws, but he beats that behind. She jumps in the side chick Chyanne's face, again, quick with the claws and the side chick beats her behind. Now was she wrong for what she did to Chyanne at the end of the book, some might say this is a cautionary tale for women who like to mess with married men. I so cared about the characters in this book, so much so I was mad. How Gabe gonna let his boy beat up on his sister and cheat on her, he fowl for that. I wanted to jump in the book and shake Gabe and say, I know thats your boy, but forget about the man code, thats your blood. And I was mad at Chyanne playing the victim, yeah she didnt know he was married at first, but after she did she still kicked it with him. And the Aric hitting on women thing, this book will have you cussing out loud. You so gonna care about these characters, and for that, Nikki Michelle, I say, write on, write on