{"product_id":"a-virgin-diamond-in-the-yona-pearson-9798184221632","title":"A Virgin Diamond In The Rough","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Virgin Diamond In The Rough\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was born into a hood rich family. My daddy was one of the biggest kingpins in Philadelphia, and I was that fly, cute daughter who never wanted for nothing. Private schools. Nice cars. Money flowing. And on top of all that, I was still a virgin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when your family is deep in the game, the bad always finds a way to show up when you least expect it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne minute we had everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe next, it felt like we went from hood rich to Section 8 in thirty minutes flat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo more private schools.\u003cbr\u003eNo more luxury cars.\u003cbr\u003eNo more central air and heat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow it was the projects, roaches, syrup and water for juice, and going to bed acting like air was enough to fill your stomach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy only focus was getting everything back. My mama kept saying trust the process. Her process. Everybody had a plan for my life, but nobody ever stopped to ask me what my plan was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen life got bigger than me real fast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause being daddy's little girl was enough to pull me into a world full of chaos that had nothing to do with me until his problems became mine too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd right when I was trying to step out of the shadow of my family's name, he walked into my life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the streets, they knew him as King Khi. Young, rich, dangerous, and the kind of man who had everything except love. The kind of man women wanted, but never really got. He was not supposed to matter to me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut he did.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first, I told myself he was just another problem. Another ruthless, emotionally unstable man people kept warning me about. But the more time I spent around him, the more those lines started to blur. The more boundaries we crossed. The more dangerous it all became.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause somewhere between the way he looked at me, the way he protected me, and the way he made me feel seen when my whole world was falling apart, I stopped looking at him like a mistake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd started wanting him like he was mine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat started as temptation turned into something deeper. Something messy. Something that felt a lot like African American romance tangled up in hood love, family pressure, and the kind of dangerous attraction that can ruin everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore I knew it, we were playing a game neither one of us wanted to walk away from, even though both of us knew we probably should have.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause when a man like King Khi finally loves, he does not do it halfway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd when a woman like me finally falls, she has everything to lose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith my family name heavy on my back, my father's past still haunting everything around me, and feelings getting stronger than either of us planned for, only one question mattered: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWould loving him be worth everything I could possibly lose?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you're a fan of \u003cb\u003eAfrican American romance, urban fiction, hood love, dangerous attraction, family drama, and thug love stories with high-stakes emotion\u003c\/b\u003e, then \u003cb\u003eA Virgin Diamond In The Rough\u003c\/b\u003e is one you'll want to read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yona Pearson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798184221632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.51d","brand":"Yona Pearson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997827444991,"sku":"9798184221632","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-virgin-diamond-in-the-yona-pearson-9798184221632","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}