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Marquez : A Hood Love Story
A Harlem Kingpin comes home from prison. He crosses paths with a struggling Single Mother. Hood Love is in the air!
For the last 3 years, Marquez Robinson, the former head of the infamous 116th Street Crew has been sitting on Riker's Island. He's doing a 25 to-life sentence for murder.
Once he got locked up, his younger brother Drako shut down the illegal street operation and went into the nightclub industry. He's owns the hottest club in Harlem, Shakerz. And he's proved that he can get things popping without his older brother looking out for him.
Both of their lives are about to get flipped upside down.
Because of police misconduct during the investigation of his case, Marquez is about to walk free. He plans on getting right back into the game. His name is going to ring out on them Harlem streets like it did before he got locked up. He can't wait to team back up with his brother. Together, they're going to be unstoppable.
But Drako has other ideas. He's not interested in stepping back into his older brother's shadow. And he doesn't want any sort of illegal business in or around his club. He's done with that life.
Harlem won’t be big enough for the both of them.
Either one of them is going to have to die. Or one of them is going to have to leave
Kalisha Mitchell is finally getting her life together. Her baby daddy got locked up several years ago and things have been rough ever since. She’s gone from one minimum wage job to another, trying her best to make ends meet to support herself and her son.
But she believes that her days of struggle will soon be behind her. She’s about to start a government job making more money than she’s ever made before.
Unfortunately for her, things won’t go as planned and she’ll soon find herself in a worse situation than she ever could have imagined possible.
Marquez is a fast-paced, African American Romance that will dig into your soul, curl your toes, and make you tingle all over... Enjoy!
For the last 3 years, Marquez Robinson, the former head of the infamous 116th Street Crew has been sitting on Riker's Island. He's doing a 25 to-life sentence for murder.
Once he got locked up, his younger brother Drako shut down the illegal street operation and went into the nightclub industry. He's owns the hottest club in Harlem, Shakerz. And he's proved that he can get things popping without his older brother looking out for him.
Both of their lives are about to get flipped upside down.
Because of police misconduct during the investigation of his case, Marquez is about to walk free. He plans on getting right back into the game. His name is going to ring out on them Harlem streets like it did before he got locked up. He can't wait to team back up with his brother. Together, they're going to be unstoppable.
But Drako has other ideas. He's not interested in stepping back into his older brother's shadow. And he doesn't want any sort of illegal business in or around his club. He's done with that life.
Harlem won’t be big enough for the both of them.
Either one of them is going to have to die. Or one of them is going to have to leave
Kalisha Mitchell is finally getting her life together. Her baby daddy got locked up several years ago and things have been rough ever since. She’s gone from one minimum wage job to another, trying her best to make ends meet to support herself and her son.
But she believes that her days of struggle will soon be behind her. She’s about to start a government job making more money than she’s ever made before.
Unfortunately for her, things won’t go as planned and she’ll soon find herself in a worse situation than she ever could have imagined possible.
Marquez is a fast-paced, African American Romance that will dig into your soul, curl your toes, and make you tingle all over... Enjoy!
120 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 16, 2025
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May 23, 2025
This book is so good I listened to it audible and the drama was good. Marquez the infamous leader of 116th street was sentenced to 25 years to life for a murder charge. On a rare technicality his sentence is thrown out and he gets a second chance at life.
Drako younger brother to Marquez decides to go in a different direction in his life as he no longer wants to be in his brother shadow. How will Marquez take this revelation of his brother’s change of heart.
This book is very entertaining and I couldn’t stop listening.
Drako younger brother to Marquez decides to go in a different direction in his life as he no longer wants to be in his brother shadow. How will Marquez take this revelation of his brother’s change of heart.
This book is very entertaining and I couldn’t stop listening.
October 8, 2025
Marquez is a fast paced urban fiction story about 2 brothers determined to take separate paths to success. It's a true urban fiction novella. Unfortunately, the story is too short to have the impact necessary to make me want to keep reading. It ends on an interesting cliffhanger, however, due to the lack of real character development, I didn't connect with any of the characters enough.
However, if you're a fan of shorter, fast paced urban fiction novels, Tallah J. does everything right with Marquez and I highly recommend the book to fans of the genre.
Content warnings:
Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Police brutality, Alcohol
However, if you're a fan of shorter, fast paced urban fiction novels, Tallah J. does everything right with Marquez and I highly recommend the book to fans of the genre.
Content warnings:
Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Police brutality, Alcohol
June 5, 2025
This was a good start to a series, it showed how you can have a lucrative business (not necessarily legal) but things can fall apart. The sad thing is having this business with family and once you have paid the consequences for your actions the family member decided to ghost you without telling you they don’t want to continue the business you all had before they went away.
Anyway, it ended on a cliffhanger where the tides changed between family members.
Anyway, it ended on a cliffhanger where the tides changed between family members.
May 18, 2025
Good read
This was a good book that held my attention from the beginning to the end I’m looking forward to reading the next book in this series
This was a good book that held my attention from the beginning to the end I’m looking forward to reading the next book in this series
October 18, 2025
great read
I love me a good short story this my first I read of this author and it was great will continue to read more
I love me a good short story this my first I read of this author and it was great will continue to read more
June 26, 2026
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The story didn’t captivate me. Even with the cliffhanger, it didn’t engage me to want to continue. It just fell flat for me.
The story didn’t captivate me. Even with the cliffhanger, it didn’t engage me to want to continue. It just fell flat for me.
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