{"product_id":"before-we-were-wicked-9781524744052","title":"Before We Were Wicked","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey, \"one of the most successful Black authors of the last quarter-century\"* comes a novel about the how one chance meeting can change everything in this thrilling, sexy tale of star-crossed lust. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey say the love of money is the root of all evil, but for Ken Swift, it's the love of a woman. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKen is twenty-one, hurting people for cash to try to pay his way through college, when he lays eyes on Jimi Lee, the woman who will change the course of his entire life. What's meant to be a one-night stand with the Harvard-bound beauty turns into an explosion of sexual chemistry that neither can quit. And when Jimi Lee becomes pregnant, their two very different worlds collide in ways they never could have anticipated. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePassion, infidelity, and raw emotion combine in Eric Jerome Dickey's poignant, erotic portrait of a relationship: the rise, the fall, and the scars⁠--and desire⁠--that never fade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Jerome Dickey\u003c\/b\u003e (1961-2021) was the award-winning and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of twenty-nine novels, as well as a six-issue miniseries of graphic novels featuring Storm (\u003ci\u003eX-Men\u003c\/i\u003e) and the Black Panther. His novel \u003ci\u003eSister, Sister\u003c\/i\u003e was honored as one of \u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e's \"50 Most Impactful Black Books of the Last 50 Years,\" and \u003ci\u003eA Wanted Woman\u003c\/i\u003e won the NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work in 2014. His most recent novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Blackbirds\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinding Gideon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBad Men and Wicked Women\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBefore We Were Wicked\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Business of Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Son of Mr. Suleman\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50719277416722,"sku":"9781524744052","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9ed4fc5b-cf5f-418f-951d-7c42bb90ec44.jpg?v=1734663821","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/before-we-were-wicked-9781524744052","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}