Strapped is a gripping tale of Amber Jones, also known as Lil Bit, who was born into a life of adversity. Her childhood was marked by verbal, physical, and sexual abuse, which built a wall around her heart. The death of her mother left her without guidance, forcing her to navigate life as best she could.

Her life takes a turn when she meets Maurice, a powerful Kingpin and leader of a drug organization. He teaches her the code of the streets, loyalty, honor, morals, and principles, and most importantly, the meaning of love. However, their love is complicated by his jealous and controlling demeanor, and the fact that he is a married man.

As she grows tired of being one of his many women, a man who truly loves her enters her life. She finds herself at a crossroads, torn between unconditional love and the love of money. A decision made in the name of love could jeopardize her luxurious lifestyle and even her life.

Formato	Tapa suave
Número de Páginas	400
Lenguaje	Inglés
Editorial	True 2 Life Publications
Fecha de Publicación	2014-07-05
Dimensiones	9.0" x 6.0" x 0.82" pulgadas
Letra Grande	No
Con Ilustraciones	No
Temas	Afroamericano, Urbano

Al-Saadiq Banks is a Best Selling Author of nine titles, which include, No Exit, Block Party1-4, Sincerely Yours, Caught em Slippin', Strapped and Young Gunz. Al- Saadiq Banks made his entrance into the literary world in 2002. He and his brother Naim Banks formed a publishing house under the imprint of True 2 Life Publications, using their first title No Exit as a launching pad to knock the doors of the genre off the hinges, selling approximately 90,000 books the first year. To date True 2 Life Publications has over 600,000 books in print. ! Al-Saadiq Banks is widely respected by his readership base and colleagues in the business for penning True 2 Life, hard core, raw and uncut, crime novels, which all take place in the city of Newark throughout a variety of time periods, dating back from the 80's and 90's to the current day. He's appreciated for his story-telling ability and the in-depth development of his characters which leaves readers feeling as if these are real life characters that they've known all of their lives. ! Al-Saadiq Banks and True 2 Life Publications has just recently taken a leap into the world of comics, wherein they just adapted Block Party into a comic book. Their mission is to transform all of their titles into comic books and graphic novels. The future of Al-Saadiq Banks and True 2 Life Publications will be the conversion of the graphic novels into animated comic series and the independent film "Block Party."