The Side Chick

Charles and Mary Bivens have been married for more than twenty years, but after one miscarriage and two children, they are starting to question their union. Their eldest child is out of the house, their youngest is entering his senior year in high school, and the onset of the empty nest is starting to sink in for the both of them. Mary, feeling the tension, has decided to start getting massages to find release. Recognizing that her husband may have a need for the same, she suggests that he try it too. Charles, also feeling stressed from work and home life, has been getting his relief in a very different place. He has been utilizing strip clubs and hoes, but he knows that it won’t help his marriage at all, so now he takes his wife’s advice and goes to get a massage instead. Enter Mahogany, a curvaceous, ebony brown-skinned, thick-in-the-right places masseuse. She has such strong sex appeal that men and women find themselves attracted to her. Ebony has history with both Charles and Mary. It was a fleeting and fast relationship with each of them individually, but they had put that behind them. Now that she has reentered their lives, she wants to become the side chick to both of them. Will Mahogany’s presence enhance or destroy this union?

Winner of the Internation Latino Book Award A Justice Hustlers Novel She’s beautiful, unpredictable—and on the run from dangerous men. But this ex-side chick is ready to risk everything to help others in trouble . . . Fed up with her married Miami boyfriend, savvy Dulce has no problem stealing his drug-dealer stash and fleeing to her family in the Caribbean. But when she gets bored in rural Santo Domingo, she escapes on a sugar daddy adventure to Puerto Rico. Her new life is one endless party, until she's caught in Hurricane Maria—and witnesses the brutal collision of colonization and climate change, as well as the international vultures who plunder the tragedy for a financial killing, making shady use of relief funds to devastate the island even more. Broke, traumatized, and stranded, Dulce’s only chance to get back to New York may be a sexy, crusading journalist who’s been pursuing her. But is she hustling him or falling for him? Meanwhile, New York-based mastermind thief Marisol already has her hands full fleecing a ruthless CEO who’s stealing her family’s land in Puerto Rico, while trying to get her relatives out alive after the hurricane. An extra member in her crew could be game-changing, but she’s wary of Dulce’s unpredictability and reputation for drama. Still, Dulce’s determination to get justice draws Marisol in, along with her formidable Lower East Side Women’s Health Clinic’s heist squad. But their race-against-the-clock plan is soon complicated by powerful men who turn deadly when ex-side chicks step out of the shadows and demand to call the shots . . . Praise forAya de León and her novels “Staking out space for women of color in the heist-fiction genre, Aya de León’s smart, sly writing is a knockout.” —Andi Zeisler, Bitch magazine “This well-written and enjoyable installment in de León’s unique, feminist, urban crime-fiction series . . . infuses satisfying power in both plot and character.” —Booklist on The Boss, STARRED review

-Two things I've never seen, a female who look better than me and a nigga I couldn't have!- Meet Chanel, the chocolate bombshell whose captivating smile often over-shines the devious ways she works to keep bottled inside. Loving hard is all she knows, especially when it comes to Tatum Carter. Tatum Carter is the definition of perfection in Chanel's eyes; except for one flaw, his girlfriend Bianca. Not one to care about another woman's feelings, Chanel does whatever she feels is necessary to push Bianca out of the picture. But of course, a man does what a man does and slowly Chanel begins to realize she may not have Tatum on lock like she thought. Between the secrets exposed and the lies becoming unraveled, Chanel pulls you into the Sidechick underworld. She reveals what goes on behind the scenes in -perfect relationships, - and what really goes on between your man and his beloved Side Chick

Meet four women who will tell their stories about being a Side Chick. Ms. Brown who didn't know she was a side chick. Ebony who believed that she could become the main chick. Monica who got revenge for her husband's cheating ways. Candy who was looking for love in the wrong place. The Main Chick who tells it all and wants you women to learn your own self worth. Love yourself enough to know you are better than being second best to No One!

Charles and Mary Bivens are at a fork in the road. They've been exposed to alternative lifestyles, blatant infidelity, and a general disrespect for their marriage, and the two of them decide divorce is the only possible answer. Ebony, who happens to be both the husband's deranged girlfriend and the wife's over-the-top bit-on-the-side, has other plans. She has grown accustomed to living large off both Charles and Mary's individual pockets, and is not willing to take a financial loss, even if that means revealing secrets, telling lies, blackmail, and if it comes down to it, even murder.

As the father of three daughters, the author became extremely concerned about the rapid and constant erosion of female dignity in our society -- video vixens, sex tapes, multiple sex partners, etc. Research shows that girls with an unstable father figure are more likely to have an unplanned pregnancy, low self-esteem, be a school dropout, and become involved in drugs and alcohol. This book should be read by every father, as a no-holds-barred guide to having a heart-to-heart life-changing talk with their daughters. It should also be placed into the hands of every young woman -- even if there is no father figure present in her life. This candid advice will help her become assertive, proactive, productive, and creative as she grows into adulthood.

Desirae is what can only described as a bad chick. She has the body, the personality, and the skill to basically have any kind of man that she wants. For a few months, however, she has been playing the side chick role to Tron. She is there for him even more than his own girlfriend is, and will do anything that he needs to keep him happy. However, soon enough, Desirae will go on a rollercoaster of emotions where she learns that this simply will not be enough. On this ride, she will learn that Tron is not what she thought he was while also learning just how strong his commitment to his chick is. Several explosive scenarios will send separate words colliding into one another, putting everyone involved to the test. No matter what, though, Desirae is the one who winds up paying the biggest price...