South of Crump Boulevard the Cross brothers run everything, and no one has ever been brave enough to question that. As the self-proclaimed Kings of the Dirty South, the Cross brothers do not just take care of their family, they alone make sure everything is always good in their hood.
Honor Vale, the district attorney's very stubborn daughter, is a headstrong beauty who makes rules for herself whether anyone else likes it or not. When she meets Saint at a juke joint their chemistry is unavoidable, and though they both know they should keep their distance, it is impossible.
By the third date he knows whose child she is, and he keeps it to himself.
By the end of the month she is handed the file with his surname on the cover sheet, and she does not tell him, or anyone, what she finds inside of it.
After a while everybody at that table is lying to somebody they love, and every one of them is good at it. When the dark comes to the light, nothing good will come of it.
In a battle between love and family, there is never an outcome where everyone wins.
Autorentext
Amara Batiste writes sprawling Southern urban sagas about family, legacy, and love that plays for keeps below the Mason-Dixon.
She grew up on a block where everybody's business was everybody's business and nobody's story ever ended where you thought it would. She writes big families, long memories, and the loyalties that cost the most to keep.
Them Dirty South Boys is the first book in the Cross Family Cartel Saga, and her debut.