Prodigy: Street Kings - Book 2

by Jessica N. Watkins

PRODIGY:

I thought I knew betrayal. Then one night proved I had no idea how deep levels of betrayal could run.

Arielle had deceived me. One of the men I trusted like a brother had been moving funny behind my back. Then I found out the father I spent eighteen years believing abandoned me never wanted to leave in the first place. Renzo Moretti disappeared because somebody made sure staying would cost him the one thing he wasn’t willing to Me.

Now every memory I had of my childhood feels like a lie, and the people I trusted the most have answers they refuse to give me. I should be focused on nothing but finding the truth. But, instead, there’s Novi. She wasn’t supposed to consume my every thought. She was pregnant with another man’s baby, grieving the man she planned to spend her life with, and carrying enough pain without me adding my inconsistencies to it.

But wanting her stopped being something I could control. I wanted the woman who still cried for another man. I wanted the woman learning how to be happy again without feeling guilty for it. And I wanted that baby too.

Novi doesn’t have to erase the man she lost for me to love the woman he left behind. She just has to believe there’s room in her life for happiness after grief.

While I’m fighting for a future with her, my past is demanding answers. My father is back. My family has secrets. And the truth about why Renzo disappeared is only the beginning.

I’m done accepting lies, though. I’m done letting other people decide what I deserve to know.And this time, anybody standing between me and the truth is going to have to deal with the monster their betrayal created.

512 pages, Kindle Edition

Expected publication November 3, 2026

About the author

Author of Urban Chick Lit, Erotica, and Contemporary Urban Fiction... Jessica N. Watkins was born April 1st in Chicago, Illinois. She obtained a Bachelors of Arts with Focus in Psychology from DePaul University and Masters of Applied Professional Studies with focus in Business Administration from the like institution. Working in Hospital Administration for the majority of her career, Watkins has also been an author of fiction literature since the young age of nine. Eventually she used writing as an outlet during her freshmen year of high school as a single parent: “In the third grade I entered a short story contest with a fiction tale of an apple tree that refused to grow despite the efforts of the darling main character. My writing evolved from apple trees to my seventh and eighth grade classmates paying me to read novels I had written about kids our age living the lives our parents wouldn’t dare let us”. At the age of twenty-eight, Watkins’ chronicles have matured into steamy, humorous, and realistic tales of women's literature. She hopes that The Epitome of Femistry series will successfully emulate ideal femininity while tackling stereotypes, familiar heartache, and relatable distress in a humorous, sophisticated, and erotic fashion.

Jessica N. Watkins is available for talks, workshops or book signings. Email her for more information at Jessica@femistrypress.net.

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Reviews

[Angela Ridle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whew! Prodigy is King Book Bae!!!!

Prodigy’s book is just so deep. The she detailed his hurt, love, confusion, and all of the emotions he felt towards his various family members was so astonishing! I had to take my absolute time reading this. Prodigy is not a story that can be rushed through!