Dear Diary: Candy's Revenge

by Shaquoya Johnson

Candy is a hood chick from Syracuse who had a rough hand dealt to her since she was a young age. With a crack-headed mother who always wanted her next fix, it made it easy for her to sell her daughter to the next stranger. When Candy's mother sells her to a drug dealer named Romeo for a crack rock unbeknownst to her, that would be the last time she ever sees her again.

Candy ends up trapped in the life trying to make ends meet until she finds a way to escape Romeo's toxic lifestyle. She ends up in Philly turning into the biggest madame in the city. Living a life of lavish cars, beautiful women, and power her past catches up to haunt her. Will she escape those demons she fought so hard to stay away from? Or will she give in to temptation turning into the one person she never wanted to be like, her mother.

254 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 29, 2024

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.