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“Love made them loyal. Pain made them wise.”
Meet Philly natives, Gray, Nyla, Meelah, and Chyna, four women who are holding it all together—barely.
The self proclaimed City Girls are the kind of women who love hard, hustle harder, and carry the weight of everyone else’s chaos while quietly breaking under their own. They’re mothers, business owners, dreamers, fighters—and when it comes to men, they’ve played every role but the one they deserve.
Degrees don’t protect you from betrayal. Being a ride-or-die doesn’t guarantee the love you give will ever be returned. And no matter how “strong” you are, heartbreak has a way of peeling you back to the bone.
From bombshell secrets to silent sufferings, from late-night linkups to midday meltdowns, Placeholders is an unfiltered portrait of women who’ve given too much in the name of love—and are finally learning how to take it back.
Raw. Tender. Real. A modern-day Waiting to Exhale with more edge, more grit, and a Philly twist.
This is for every woman who’s ever stayed too long, loved too hard, or forgot herself while holding someone else down.
Meet Philly natives, Gray, Nyla, Meelah, and Chyna, four women who are holding it all together—barely.
The self proclaimed City Girls are the kind of women who love hard, hustle harder, and carry the weight of everyone else’s chaos while quietly breaking under their own. They’re mothers, business owners, dreamers, fighters—and when it comes to men, they’ve played every role but the one they deserve.
Degrees don’t protect you from betrayal. Being a ride-or-die doesn’t guarantee the love you give will ever be returned. And no matter how “strong” you are, heartbreak has a way of peeling you back to the bone.
From bombshell secrets to silent sufferings, from late-night linkups to midday meltdowns, Placeholders is an unfiltered portrait of women who’ve given too much in the name of love—and are finally learning how to take it back.
Raw. Tender. Real. A modern-day Waiting to Exhale with more edge, more grit, and a Philly twist.
This is for every woman who’s ever stayed too long, loved too hard, or forgot herself while holding someone else down.
294 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 14, 2025
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