Sex Without Daddy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9798822913660)

Maybe Carter always felt out-of-place growing up and living in Hawl Terrace. When she meets Jaeson Holmes at the club, she immediately feels a strong connection to him. Afterwards, she drives him home in his Jaguar, and realizes that her life is about to change forever in unexpected and heartbreaking ways.

20-year-old Maybe Avril Carter never felt completely safe or comfortable in Hawl Terrace, one of the most dangerous projects in Washington, DC. Maybe has witnessed immense brutality and fiendish competition. Her best friend was raped and savagely beaten to death because she was "different." Maybe can't even take refuge in the apartment she shares with her mother and brothers. Vandise Carter never wanted to be a mother; and she regularly reminds her children of this fact in the most disgusting terms possible. She never showed an ounce of care for any of her three children. Maybe's only coping mechanism is to play along or perish.

One night, Maybe agrees to hang out with a couple of the neighborhood girls at The Metro Club. She wants to forget about Hawl Terrace; she needs to dance and laugh. At the club, she meets a handsome, confidant stranger. His suave demeanor and comfort in his own skin intrigue Maybe in a way no guy from her neighborhood ever had. Feeling compelled and magnetically drawn to this handsome stranger, Maybe agrees to leave the club with him and drive his Jaguar to his Potomac home. Maybe realizes that her life is about to change in ways she could never have expected or anticipated; and would come with heartbreak. She's going to take the risk, because she believes she has found the love of her life in Jaeson Holmes.

An emotional roller-coaster that veers startlingly true-to-life, Sex Without Daddy will appeal to fans of urban literature looking for a strong black female protagonist. Sex Without Daddy offers readers a glimpse into what happens in neighborhoods across America where children carry the burdens of their turbulent upbringing into their adulthood.