Overview
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Alex Maxwell is planning her wedding to up-and coming music artist Birdie, ghostwriting video vixen Cleopatra Wrightās memoir, and sheās just been assigned the story of the year by her editor in chief at a major music industry magazineāan article about the glamorous lives of women married to platinum-selling hip-hop artists. Alex has been interviewing celebrities and hangers-on long enough to know all that glitters isnāt gold, so sheās determined to get the real scoop. Still, itās not going to be easy to get past the wivesā gilded cages. . .
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Beth Saddlebrook, wife of aging rapper Z. They have three beautiful boys and a seemingly endless supply of cash. But Beth spends her days trying to keep Z off drugs and fielding calls from women hollering sheās just a āsmall-town white bitchā and claiming to be carrying Zās baby. Only one person understands what sheās going through. . .
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Kipenzi Hill, multiplatinum-selling R&B artist and Bethās best friend. Her relationship with rap star and record label president Jake is an open secret in the industry. She knows Jake loves her, but heād rather break up than publicly acknowledge it. Now she has learned that the newest (and much younger) R&B sensation Bunny has been signed to Jakeās label.
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Josephine Bennett, wife to Jamaican singer and Ć¼berproducer Ras Bennett. Josephine doesnāt just want to spend her husbandās money, she wants to contribute. Her fashion company is finally starting to get media attention when her husband admits to something sheās suspected all alongāheās fallen in love with another woman.
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Cleopatra Wright, every manās dream girl, a video vixen with a story to tell and scores to settle. Cleoās got that thing no one can put a finger on and no man (or woman) can resist. Some would call her evil or misguided or both, but Cleo always moves with a purpose and sheāll stop at nothing to get what she wants. . .
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Alex realizes she may have more in common with these women than sheād like. What if this is a glimpse of how her life will be if Birdie finally gets signed to a major label? Stuck between her loyalty to this newfound sisterhood and her obligation to write the truth, Alex is forced to rethink everything she knows about work, friendship, and love.
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