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Jada's Christmas List: A Menace and her Hitta

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It's Jada's favorite time of year!

Jada is the youngest Cunningham sibling who has no need for love or the limitations it places on her. She is a proud free spirit who marches to her own beat. But Santa has something very special for the number one girl on his naughty list. 'Tis the season for family, arrests, revenge, holiday hijinks, and maybe even love.

153 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 16, 2023

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Profile Image for Rashawnda.
1,391 reviews1,114 followers
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December 30, 2023
DNF @28% 🥴 I did not like Jada’s character AT ALL! The small dose we got of her in her sister’s book was amplified to the highest degree and not in a good way!

The author made her character unbearable. She was unhinged with her antics and the constant jokes were overkill and felt forced. I made it to page 65 and still don’t know what the plot nor purpose of the story was. Needless to say this was a huge miss for me!

Do not recommend, do not pass go, do not collect $200! Keep your time that you won’t be able to reclaim.
Profile Image for Toya  Davis-Stokley.
2,548 reviews99 followers
February 27, 2024
I hesitated a bit to read this, as I saw so many mixed reviews about Jada and her behavior. But I enjoyed this storyline of the consortium so much that I thought I would give it a shot, and I’m glad I did.

I knew Jada was a loose cannon, and crazy as hell, but damn, somehow between the last read and now, lil sis done lost her whole mind. 👀 Was she over the top? Yes! Was she doin’ the most? Again, yes! Just straight wildin’, but it was entertaining as hell for me to see all the ish she was getting herself into.

Smoke. This man was so mysterious in how he moved, and I could sense that his past is haunting him something fierce. He doesn’t have time for love, as it doesn’t fit his lifestyle. However, when he sees baby girl in action, tearing up the mall, he is immediately smitten. Someone else that just liked to cut up and damn the consequences. Sign me up please. Although he was intrigued, he had business to attend to, and if it was meant for them to meet again they would.

Well…… look at fate? These two fools would continue to bump into each other, and Jada was not having that ish. What is up with this man, cause he lookin’ suspect! Not Jada pulling a night night on Smoke? The way I hollered! See Couba you doin’ too much showing this crazy ass girl that type of stuff! 😂 The chemistry between Smoke and Jada was scorching hot, and I couldn’t wait to see what they would get into together. Now, they both were certifiably nuts, but adorable at the same time. They just understand each other, in a way that no one else would.

There are so many questions man, but I won’t get too upset as Miss Monroe did state there are many more stories to come that will answer them all. But what is the consortium into now? Who is associated with “the order”? Is Priest on the up and up? What about Deacon? Those damn twin brothers of Smoke’s seem as if they may ready for war! Whew….. About to jump into JJ’s read and looking forward to more shenanigans from the Cunningham’s. Enjoyed this! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
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5,989 reviews106 followers
December 27, 2023
When the Smoke Cleared...

You all, when the smoked cleared, I did not expect to find Jada folding the rabbit and the gun. Yes, she was a menace for anyone with bad intentions. Ask her cousin, she will scarily co-sign. But the story was about bad people hunted by the good folks with Smoke and Jada's romance in the midst of the chaos. Did you see what I did there? Anyway, this was a fun and very dramatic holiday tale, I loved it
Profile Image for JBucky.
452 reviews32 followers
October 29, 2024
“I was a hired gun, a hitta, who found his match in an elf shoe wearing menace.”

Micah “Smoke” & Jada Cunningham 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾! What a FU**ING couple!

Smoke, the “hired hitta” who got caught slipping & abducted 😂🤣😭! & Jada who is making people “eat grass” & kicking over porta-potties 😂🤣😂😂!

Jada was really a classic fool, & I enjoyed Smokes humor as well! This had to be one of the funniest books I’ve read in a minute, & I was sad when it was over. I really wish it was longer, but given what it was, standing ovation for Ms. Dandridge Monroe 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾!
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December 30, 2023
This book was too over the top. Jada’s character in the previous books was funny and natural. She had a vibe and it flowed effortlessly. However in this story too much emphasis was put on the comedic aspect of Jada’s character. It was overkill and no longer funny. DNF@21%
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180 reviews2 followers
February 10, 2025
a good read

I love to see a strong woman tamed and able to live and love safely. Smoke and Jada both broke down each others walls and became the perfect insane match. I’m making my way through this series and can’t wait for what’s next.
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599 reviews4 followers
October 5, 2024
Roc Com

I laughed myself to tears reading this book. You I laughed out loud so hard. This book was hilarious. Just read the damn book.
Profile Image for Sharon Alexander.
76 reviews13 followers
December 26, 2023
Jada is going down on my list of favorite FMC. She gets down, she don’t play! I enjoyed reading more into her personality and Dandrige just have a way of making sure these Cunningham sisters have these men wrapped around their fingers. Smoke def came with all the smoke! I wish this book was longer.
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799 reviews29 followers
March 3, 2024
Sweets + Smoke = 🔥

This book has a dude who speaks straight recklessly, and I had no idea that would shoot straight into my soul 😄. #fansself

To the author, how are you going to have this innocent Hallmark looking cover with pure filth smex scenes on the inside? Whew wee.

Some of the filthy greateast hits:

🥵A lazy smile crossed over his face as that perfect tongue of his dampened his lips seductively. “You think I’m letting you outta my sight? Baby girl, you f***ed up creating a soul tie with a 🥷🏾 like me."

🥵“You think that 😽 would do for somebody else what she does for me? Sweets, you must forget I wrote my name on every one of those walls. "

🥵... I got a cup of my kids playing hide go seek in your fallopian tubes. You let a 🥷🏾 like me, after I told you how I was, funck you raw and think you gone slide that 😽 on somebody else? I’ll keep you chained to this funcking bed until you remember who the funck I am.”

🥵“If I’m hurting you, I’m hurting myself, baby girl. You want me to put us outta our misery?”

🥵 "I chuckled as my hands caressed her breasts. “Oh, you callin’ my name now? ... You must be confused…maybe you distracted. Don’t worry, Sweets, you’ll be screaming that shit here in a minute.”

Some sweet moments:
🥰.... I enjoyed dancing as close to the flame as I was. Because everything about this woman told me, she would be worth the inevitable burn.

🥰Now you wanna know shit after you got me hooked? Funck all that.”

🥰Jada was the only person I’d ever shown myself to

#MatchMadeinHeaven #Pyschosinlove
#FullfiguredFMC #kidnapping #stalking

The MMC says he's a pyschopath, and the FMC actually is unhinged. I didn't realize it until her book 😄. I mean, stomping on a corspe's head at his funeral because he screwed over your sister should have clued me in, but it didn't. I don’t typically read stories with crazy FMCs, but I have to say this book sucks you in with the absurdity of it all, and the crime mystery is engaging. It feels like a sweet, dark romance to warm up to during the holidays.
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484 reviews20 followers
December 5, 2024
A Wild Christmas Elf On The Loose

The tears I cried literally laughing out loud…. This book was a complete joy and so much fun to follow! Oh yeah….it was sexyyyyy too! Smoke is a bag of fun, but he ain’t got nuttin on Jada Cunningham! Dat girl is a book fav! I highly recommend this read for some holiday fun! 💛💜💚
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274 reviews5 followers
July 23, 2024
Smoke and Jada

Jada crazy didn’t make any sense, but Smoke handled her well. They are meant for each other, especially after mighty night. I have no words, but read it for yourself.
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523 reviews7 followers
July 15, 2025
4.5 ✨ this was so good just wish it wasn’t a Christmas novel cause girl it July lol 😂 but I need to continue the series so 🤷🏽‍♀️
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414 reviews5 followers
October 4, 2024
Jada and Smoke fit.
Jada was a bit on the loose side, the girl was a bit crazy but I liked her😂
Really liked Smoke too! He didn’t try change Jada at all and supported her.
Profile Image for The Urban Fiction Librarian.
383 reviews43 followers
August 9, 2024
Y’all I was not ready for Jada. Like we saw bits of her in her sister book Red Roses and Regrets BUT nothing could prepare us for her own story. Jada gave not one phuck or chill. Sis was the definition of a menace. Like she stayed ready.

Now Smoke, Smoke was everything Jada needed but acted like she didn’t want. She didn’t see him coming and once she realized what was happening it was too late for them both. That man was protecting her and making sure nothing happened to her, when he was suppose to be completing a job. Like sir, them people did not send you over there to fall for the crazy, dancing, menace of a Christmas elf.

It’s like Smoke saw her unlock her crazy on someone and fell in love. It was too funny. What made it all priceless was Jada using the self defense technique Couba taught her, and putting Smoke out with the “nighty night”. Y’all when I realized what she did, I was on the floor because only Jada. Not to mention Smoke was turned on by it. Y’all know that at that point they deserved each other.

Smoke teaching Jada it was okay to be her true authentic self despite people thinking she was a loose cannon, and her teaching him he was capable of being humane. WHEW!!! Watching them fall into a relationship while denying they weren’t in a relationship was too funny. I mean these 2 would pull the guns out at any given time if it meant they would be protecting the other from someone. I loved Jada & Smoke. You did your thing with them Miss Monroe!!!

Stamped,
The Urban Fiction Librarian

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373 reviews13 followers
May 10, 2025
I went into this book thinking I was getting a cozy lil’ holiday love story. That Christmas cover had me fooled! Because Jada? BABY. She was a whole trip and a half! This woman had zero chill, zero filter, and honestly? I loved every second of her wild, unapologetic self. If it made sense in her head, then that was the only logic that mattered—and you couldn’t tell her nothing!

Now let’s talk about when she kidnapped Smoke, tied him up, and interrogated him like she was on an episode of CSI because she felt he was acting funny. 😂 I should’ve been concerned… but all I could do was cheer her on. She was crazy, loyal, and ride-or-die all in one, and that’s just who she was.

And Smoke? Whew. He saw all that chaos wrapped in beauty and said, “Yep, that’s mine.” The way he never once tried to change her and instead celebrated the very parts of her that others judged? That right there? That’s what gets me every time. Their connection was fire from the jump, and once they locked in, it was over.

This wasn’t just a spicy little Christmas read—it was a whole vibe. Jada and Smoke had me swooning, laughing, and wishing I had my own hitta under the tree. Highly recommend for anyone who loves a little crazy with their romance and a couple that rides HARD for each other.

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2,078 reviews10 followers
July 24, 2024
Confused For Beacon Grove Christmas

“Jada’s Christmas List: A Menace and Her Hitta (The Consortium - Book 3) was hilarious as ever and a great read but I’m so lost! The characters are still intriguing 🤔 especially this new situationship between Smoke & Jada. However, I’m just confused 🥴🤦🏾‍♀️‼️ Some of the names are familiar from book’s one & two but I’m missing some context to Smoke, Alpha & Omega’s lives that made/brought them to become “killers for hirer”. Thereafter, why was/is there animosity between these brother? Likewise, Yacouba & Priest are both weird! As well as the mysterious/elusive “consortium”. I’m looking forward to the Valentine installment so they can expound more on everyone’s story & or their progress. …Currently though, I’m confused for this installment in the Beacon Grove “Consortium” Christmas saga.
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427 reviews17 followers
February 21, 2025
(2.75) Jada thought she was Harley Quinn and I really needed her to tone it down some. She was funny in her small doses in the other two books, but she grated on my nerves a little in this one. I also didn’t really feel much in terms of chemistry between Jada & Smoke😕 I literally only read this just in case it set some scenes for the future books, which it sounds like it did. I’m glad the author put a note at the end that she recognizes a lot of questions went unanswered that will be addressed in later books.
Profile Image for Tina.
957 reviews156 followers
December 25, 2024
5😜🤗😍😅🔪

I really enjoyed this story; I am looking forward to reading more from this author.

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Trope: Black Love, Assassin, touch her and 💀, touch him you💀, close proximity

Enjoyment:5 ⭐

Character development: 3.5 ⭐

Emotional: 2 ⭐

Sweet: 3 ⭐

Romance: 3 ⭐

Heat\steam: 4 ⭐

Intrigue: 4 ⭐

Action: 2 ⭐

Violence: 2 ⭐

Story\plot: 4⭐

World Building: 4 ⭐

Enjoy!!!

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1,013 reviews
December 26, 2023
Moonshine and Hennessy

Jada was wild and untamed. “I’m moonshine in a champagne flute. Delicate and deadly. Like fentanyl. Don’t play with it.” You didn’t want to be the one to set her off because she was more than willing to catch a case behind family, friends and people being bullied. She had no filter, was misunderstood and very observant. She should come with a warning label - do not shake her up!

Smoke was smooth, but don’t let the smooth taste fool ya. “ Like Hennessy in the bottle. You know it’s potent, but you think you can handle it. It’s… unassuming. But once you put it in a glass and whiff it? Then swallow that ish? Pure fire.” He had a devastating and scarring past, bodies on him, and he was a killer who didn’t need you to push him.

Crazy recognize crazy when it came to these two. Drawn to each other, sex was crazy, and their energies matched. Just what this city needed - two psychopaths in love.

This book definitely let us see that Jada’s crazy extends far beyond the grass. It goes on to port-o-potties, busted house windows, several arrests, and 0 f’s given. The man who came into her life would have alot to handle and would have to be just as crazy. Smoke was her huckleberry in every way and I enjoyed it.

Good read!
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169 reviews1 follower
January 8, 2024
👀I devoured this book in 1 DAY!👀

💝The banter in this book between Jada, family, Smoke (Micah), DeDe had me just wanting to keep tapping the top of my kindle to read more about Jada and her shenanigans. She definitely met her match of crazy, and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Jada is a force to be reckoned with but Smoke knows how to tame and handle her CRAZY! This is the 3rd book in The Consortium series, and I am left craving more. I feel like while reading this entire series I integrated myself into this world, and I don't want it to end! Please Dandridge Monroe--GIVE ME MORE PLEASE! I feel like I am going through withdrawal symptoms. I need to know more about Owo & Jasmine; I need figure out what is going on with the crazy Twin-Alpha & what does Omega (the good twin) have up his sleeve? But please never stop giving me more of JaJa and her foolishness because I am here for it all and seeing how she enters her soft girl era since she is now in love.

📚Tropes: Black Love/Romance, Mafia Romance, Fated Soulmates, close/forced proximity, love at first sight (sniff, insider you have to read the book to find out what this means).

Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ (I'm going to leave this here.)
98 reviews1 follower
December 17, 2023
Checked Hilarious Read off the Christmas list…..

On the sixteenth day of Christmas, Dandridge gave to us, a LOL book and a new set of Consortium mysteries!

Due to the fact we are dealing with Jada, known for wanting fam to taste some grass, pushing heads in toilets after a Mexican meal and kicking corpses…I was prepared to gird my loins because only a man with like a personality would be able to hang. And sure enough - teeheehee 🤣🤣🤣 - this story entertained from beginning to end! Jada wasn’t about that couple life, but when she met the one that liked her crazy, she was like “MINE!” Smoke was all that plus some and when he “saw” and defended what made Jada tick…. I swooned!!! ❤️❤️❤️

If you like mishmash of unconventional romance, crouch fruit word fights 😜, family vengeance, killer bros, kept promises, acceptance, menacing mayhem and mischief, hot sex on a platter, grinches, and surprise connections and visits wrapped in deliciously and wickedly funny days of Christmas Carols, cookies, plus cinnamon buns of good cheer, you’ll really like this book. 🧚🏾🎄🎅🏿🤶🏾🧚🏾
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433 reviews4 followers
December 20, 2023
Jada M. Cunningham

Jada Marie Cunningham will forever be THAT girl..a true menace. Jada met her match in smoke though but he completely understood her & her behavior making them two peas in a pod.
Now imma be honest this book was hilarious, cute, & spicy however I couldn’t give it 5 stars because the plot/storyline isn’t complete (which is explained in the authors note) also you get enough information for majority of it to make sense). The missing information is more so focused on side characters instead of Jada & Smoke but I will say I do think we’ll be seeing these two crazy people in the future.
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637 reviews4 followers
December 18, 2023
excellent

I love Jada and Smoke together. Crazy meets crazy. They calmed each other down. I’m glad the story doesn’t end. I like to hear from the other characters. I can’t wait.

Dee Dee having no self-regulation, caused all of that unnecessary drama with her family, just like her mother. Now Dee Dee has lost the man, her children and the money. She doesn’t even have her family. She and her mother will be old and bitter together. I’m glad Jada and her mother gave them the business.
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1,659 reviews16 followers
December 30, 2023
Meeting your match takes on a new meaning

Jada and Smoke are like two turtles doves in a pear tree that was made for each other. They handled each other's craziness and accepted each other as is. Meeting your match takes on new meetings in this story. I enjoyed this as I laughed and it had me singing the new lyrics to the song in my head. I'm looking forward to reading all of the books coming up. I highly recommend this series.
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423 reviews8 followers
August 3, 2024
Jada is a special kind of FMC and I was here for all of her shenanigans. Her and Smoke are perfect for each other as their crazy match. Smoke didn't see nothing wrong with what Jada did and understood her completely. This is hands down my favorite couple of 2024. I love how Dandridge Monroe weaves more intrigue into each story. I can't wait to find out more on Smoke's brothers. This series on the Consortium and the Cunningham siblings are amazing and I can't wait for the next one.
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628 reviews14 followers
September 8, 2024
A fun crazy time...

Jada hella menace and smoke aka Micah equally as crazy as she. When I say Jada is probably my fave sis...she def is, the fact that she reasons through her shenanigans is baffling but funny AF. Loved smoke and seeing him grow and fall for my girl...they are def a pair. Like who would have thought all this would come to a head due to her night nighting his ass...haha
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1,152 reviews
November 28, 2024
Bad girls need love too

Now that Jada is off the chain but she is more righting wrong than just out here. Now, some see her as a menace because they don't understand her logic, but baby girl knows what she is doing.
Now Smoke has a rough past and is so detached that he didn't know what to do with the feelings Jada easily brought out. These two are a prefect match, and each other's partner in crime. Just love their story.
Profile Image for Ieshia Shephard.
592 reviews
December 11, 2024
Consortium 3

JADA!!!! She is my official book sister. This is my type of carrying on & I LOVE how Smoke allowed her to be herself safely! I appreciated the connection they had without overdoing the story by moving too too fast. He definitely fits right in with the family. This battle between Alpha & Omega seems intense & I can’t wait for the answers later on. I want Jericha to find love.
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241 reviews6 followers
December 24, 2024
4 stars for the ridiculous foolery that Jada was on, and Smoke for opening up. Why was she always on 10? I remember her being more mature in the other 2 books, and what I kept this from being 3 stars was what I mentioned above. Otherwise, the story just kinda fell off later on. I was like “Oh okay this is set up for the full novel”, I definitely wanted more romance between the two since walls were being broken down.
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201 reviews
March 30, 2025
I am feigning for this series!!

I laughed so hard and loud! My poor 5 pound fur baby jumped about 5 times!! Lawwwd I swear I can see the Sanford and Son, ninja kicking, harlequin Jada!! She had me wishing she was my little sister!! I adored this book!

You have to read the books in order. The author's character building is second to NONE!!! It’s a great series that will have you swimming in bliss in a black mafia world. Generational history and all.!!
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