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Thursday, September 13, 2007

Literary Review- Dangerous

Pour a little action and love together with secrets on ice, and drama with a twist, and you will have yourself an excellent new book by a member of the crew at Triple Crown Publications. Some books may carry two or three of these major ingredients but with all five you will find yourself never letting go of the book. Dangerous by Leo Sullivan is one of the hottest books for 2007.

In Dangerous, we follow the lives of four characters: Jack Lemon, the notorious Gangster who won an appeal and is now searching the streets for the people that snitched on him. His eyes are wide open to the streets and his hatred runs deep while he thirsts for revenge.

Gina is Jack Lemon’s “ride or die” chick that stays by her man’s side, ready to do anything to keep him alive. What makes this chick so vicious is that she is willing to carry out all of Jack’s demands no matter how brutal.

On the b-ball court, Rasheed is a prodigy who has the skills to go all the way to the top. He wants to do this so that he can take care of his girlfriend and child. After being caught in a stolen car, he has to work harder than ever to be accepted into the NBA.

Monique is the first and only black dancer at a highly respected gentleman’s club and she is fabulous. Her moves are so good that the other women hate that she has become the star attraction. She is in love with Rasheed and they have a child together, but Rasheed is not able to support them. Although she knows that it will hurt Rasheed when he finds out that she dances for the club, she has to do her thing. If Rasheed makes it into the NBA then she would stop dancing… or maybe not.

Fueled by hate, the crazy Jack and Gina are planning to take control of Die Hard records and kill anyone who’s in their way. Will they be successful in their plan to dominate the music industry? Will the music industry take a turn for the better or for the worse? Know that with more money come more problems, which will involve the police and dangerous enemies.
Monique is concerned about Rasheed’s relationship with Jack who seems to be very dangerous. She doesn’t have anything against him, but she knows that Jack is trouble.
The foursome goes through many complexities: Jack and Gina have to stay two steps ahead of the Police who eagerly want to place the lovers under the jail while their enemies thirst for their blood. Rasheed and Monique on the other hand, are having relationship issues that they did not foresee and it looks like they may not make it together.

Dangerous is a completely focused book with a lot of action to keep you turning the page. There is so much drama on every page that you feel like you are with the characters. Although Jack’s seems greatly exaggerated, it is clear that the author wants us to see him as thorough in his game.
You will never believe this but there is a message in the book: Instead of black people working against each other they should work with each other and things will get done.

Don’t believe me… cop this book and share your thoughts.



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