Dear Diary: Winter's Revenge

by Shaquoya Johnson

When Winter's foster mother dies from an overdose, she moves in with her grandmother hoping to start a new life. As soon as she starts to get comfortable, her grandmother dies abruptly. Leaving her with no money and nowhere to go, she sells the house moving to Miami where she meets a fine ass man named "Los".

Living out of a motel while falling head over heels, she gets sucked into the life falling down a rabbit hole of destruction. Things take a turn for the worse when a new working girl, "Apple" threatens to take Winter's position as the new bottom bitch. Winter grows envious, doing everything she can to stay at the top spot.

Will Winter remain as the head bitch in charge? Or will Apple take over, destroying everything in Winter's path forcing her to resort back to her old life again?

223 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 6, 2023

About the author

Shaquoya is a new and upcoming urban fiction author. Born and raised in Syracuse NY, she received her Bachelor's degree in psychology from SUNY Empire State College. Shaquoya found a love of reading and writing at a young age. But it wasn't until she was in a domestic violence marriage that she indulged deeper into the urban fiction literary world. Through her love of reading she developed the craft of writing her first novel A Fool For You (Loosely based on a true story). She is an indie author, a mother of two beautiful girls, and a serial entrepreneur. Shaquoya has recently published her 9th novel, Twelve Days Of Christmas With My Ex & Have Since Released Her First Coloring Book For Children. Shaquoya is currently working on her next novel Lux & Luscious: A Toxic Love Affair. Shaquoya's main goal is to grab her reader's attention, giving them a visual into her world of raw, and uncut drama that will have them wanting more.

Reviews

[Gigi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Winter's Revenge..

What a crazy life Winter had to go through. abuse prostitution and not knowing who you can trust. She was so young and so vulnerable that it created a monster. but in the end. She survived. She can get her life right finally. Very emotional and graphic read.

[Tracey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read

Loved this book. My heart went out to Winter all she wanted was to be loved and have a childhood out of all the people in her life grandma Rose seemed to have been the only one that truly loved her, but did she really? Winter went through so many obstacles and overcame each one, the biggest was coming face to face with her biological mother and hearing all those secrets, finding out who Tracy was to her and how he was the start of all her troubles. Now Los sold her a false dream and he got his in the end. All Winter wanted to do was turn 18 and receive her inheritance so many people were against her but she came out victorious. I thought she would have approached Los other secret life but she took the high road and found her happiness.

[Lanashe Dewalt · Rating 5 out of 5]

winter in full swing with life

Thank goodness winter aka blue made three this disaster if a life because baby this journey and betrayal is on a whole other level. You did this Shaquoya

[WanDa Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

This read was enthralling! There were so many twists and turns! There were so many obstacles that Winter went through in order to get to the other side! She was definitely challenged and rose like the river Phoenix thru it all!!!

[sharhonda collier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adrenaline rush

Wow another edge of your seat roller coaster ride and I loved every bit it thanks for the ride bravo sis bravo you did that

[Courtney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting

This was a pretty good book, but it was all over the place at times. It definitely held my attention though.

[Tamii McGee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This….

More plot twists than I expected. This read like a movie . Loved the characters and how descriptive you made them on paper. I’d definitely give this a 12/10❣️

[Avid Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book had me in a straight chokehold. Spicy & crazy are two words to describe this read. I felt so bad for Winter. The hand that was dealt to her was straight bullsh**. The plots, twists and turns had me glued to the page wondering what would happen next. Love the storyline and the book was tied up nicely. I love me a good unexpected plot twist. This is my 4th read from Author Shaquoya Johnson & she never disappoints. She is definitely a hidden gem in the author industry. Readers definitely need to give her more credit. Great job Author. Can’t wait for your next read.

[Bibliophile B · Rating 1 out of 5]

While this book kept the pages turning, it was a hard miss for me. There were too many characters, too many plots, too many, "How did this happen? moments. As the story came to the last 20%, nothing came together in a sensible manner. At the end of the book, I was disappointed I kept reading. In addition, it was literally every type of trauma you can think of added in the book. I would skip and not recommend this book.

[Markeya Washington · Rating 5 out of 5]

savage

Winter really surprised me with how strong willed she was. Although she’d been through her share of obstacles she turned into someone you didn’t want to mess with so I can see why Los made her his bottom even at a young age. She was really set to make money with Los, even though she held some resentment for him. But whether she decides to leave that life behind for sure is up to her