Praise for Games Women Play
“Crown’s debut will appeal to a wide variety of urban fiction fans. Writing with power and from the heart, Crown is a promising author to watch.”
—Library Journal
“Zaire Crown totally astonished me with an action-thriller that had my imagination racing as fast as my pulse.”
—The Washington Informer
“Games Women Play is an exciting, twisty thrill ride that’ll keep you turning the pages to its jaw-dropping conclusion.”
—De’nesha Diamond
“Games Women Play goes in hard and heavy straight from the gate! Zaire Crown is a bold new voice in urban fiction!”
—Noire
Books by Zaire Crown
Games Women Play
The Game Never Ends
The GAME NEVER ENDS
ZAIRE CROWN
KENSINGTON BOOKS
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Table of Contents
Praise Also by Title Page Copyright Page Prologue Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-one Chapter Twenty-two Chapter Twenty-three Chapter Twenty-four Chapter Twenty-five Chapter Twenty-six Chapter Twenty-seven Chapter Twenty-eight Chapter Twenty-nine Chapter Thirty Chapter Thirty-one Chapter Thirty-two Chapter Thirty-three Chapter Thirty-four Chapter Thirty-five Chapter Thirty-six Chapter Thirty-seven Chapter Thirty-eight Chapter Thirty-nine Chapter Forty Chapter Forty-one Chapter Forty-two Chapter Forty-three Chapter Forty-four Chapter Forty-five Chapter Forty-six Chapter Forty-seven Chapter Forty-eight Chapter Forty-nine Chapter Fifty Chapter Fifty-one Chapter Fifty-two Chapter Fifty-three Chapter Fifty-four Chapter Fifty-five Chapter Fifty-six Chapter Fifty-seven Chapter Fifty-eight Chapter Fifty-nine
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons living or dead is entirely coincidental.
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Copyright © 2020 by Zaire Crown
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ISBN: 978-1-4967-2521-9
ISBN-13: 978-1-4967-2523-3 (ebook)
ISBN-10: 1-4967-2523-9 (ebook)
First Kensington Electronic Edition: September 2020
Prologue
“You don’t catch feelings!” For twenty years, Tuesday had lived by this one unbreakable commandment. From her small strip club in Detroit, she and her team of ex-dancers would target all the local drug dealers. Their M.O.: robbery