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In a sequel to Let That Be the Reason, when the father of her young son leaves, Pamela earns money by running an escort service for powerful drug dealers, a situation that becomes problematic when she is forced to choose between going to jail or betraying fellow hustlers. Original.

246 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2004

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Vickie M. Stringer

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25 reviews2 followers
April 11, 2018
I don't think Pam was as naive as everyone making her out to be ! she had a choice she had to make so I can see the conflict there ! Chino was dirty and deserved everything that came to him. He thought he was smart but Karma came back to bite him! The Jail scene with Mychala really had me on edge but I could only imagine how that is . I liked this book it kept me on edge the whole time , I liked the suspense . If you call Pams' and Chino relationship Love I don't wan't it! Overall it was good read .
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27 reviews3 followers
May 31, 2018
So after completing this book I've realized that I have in fact read this book previously. That being said, it wasn't a memorable enough read for the story itself to stick after reading it. (Hence the fact I couldn't remember whether or not I had read it before.) So yeah, overall I was kinda disappointed & it took me a while to complete because I kept losing interest.
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11 reviews6 followers
July 4, 2008
I really couldn't get into this book at all, it was too slow for me. Nothing exciting happened, some people thought it was good, I thought it was very slow from the door. If a book doesn't get me from the door, I can't read it, I move on the the next book. And that's exactly how this book was.
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April 6, 2020
When I first started getting into story telling fantasies. This was my first novel to read, what an explosion of a novel. Then Let that be the Reason, I love it. Let's move on to dirty red. Vickie bring back a Fire of a sequel on The Reason Why. Your phenomenal writer who change story telling. Gives us what we have waited for another Trophy.

God Bless
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546 reviews6 followers
September 7, 2020
I honestly expected more. Carmen was kind of on the back burner while the rest of the characters were just alk over the place. It was corny to keep reading 'My Chino' and he was such a major asshole. I want to read the last book which is supposedly a prequel but I may just wait..what else could we learn that we don't already know?🤔🙄😳
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Author 1 book19 followers
June 14, 2018
It was ok. This about what happens when hustlers get caught and catch them cases. Imagine if it were you. Would u stay true to the game or snitch?
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December 31, 2019
More than half way threw the book and it’s just blahhh to me. I liked her other books better.
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July 8, 2025
3.5⭐️ Pamela you’re dumb. Simple 😭
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February 9, 2012
The main character Pammy/Carmen was unbelievably stupid in this novel! This woman had all the street smarts in the world she could tell you how to turn a ten dollars into a million, but when it came down to deciding if she would snitch or stay. She's unsure! I screaming as I read tell you fool! You have a one-year-old kid and he needs his mother. How can you be torn between being a snitch and being a mother! I know she had to do what she had to do to get by but your first obligation is your child not the streets. I also felt that this girl still had love for Chino . The person that really had love for Carmen/Pammy was murder violently this part of the book kind of upset me I just wished it could have happen a different way. This book is basically about the main character locked up in jail about to do major time and she torn between being a snitch or being a solider doing her time. All the time she's in jail people are living their lives especially the man that she stuck her neck out there for (her baby daddy). The end of the novel had me a bit confused I am wondering did this author want us to imagine how the ending should be. I this book is meant for 16yr olds and up .
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March 30, 2010
Sequel to Let that be the Reason
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41 reviews
July 28, 2010
It was very good it keep you reading!!!!!!!!!!!!
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205 reviews10 followers
March 31, 2012
Good book. Glad someone stepped up and served Chino in he end. I though Chino's wife was name Tracy not Angela?
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5 reviews4 followers
March 7, 2013
I read this book years ago, it is amazing how the streets can take you under...
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369 reviews9 followers
September 15, 2023
Stringer is one of my favourite urban novel authors. She really know how to write a bad bitch lol
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November 15, 2007
I have to read this also! Ive had it for years now and still havent read it!
11 reviews1 follower
January 2, 2009
I loved this and thought everyone got what they deserved.
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