PRETTY THINGS COST
By Nyema Brown
Nia Bennett loves the fast life-the money, the men, the late nights, and the high that makes tomorrow somebody else's problem. At twenty-four, she has a luxury apartment, a married man paying the bills, and a best friend she trusts with her life.
Then she wakes up with blood on her bracelet and no clear memory of the night before.
A woman is missing. Her phone is inside Nia's purse. And someone wants it back.
As threatening messages arrive and her best friend's story begins to unravel, Nia discovers just how much control the man financing her lifestyle holds. Getting out means giving up everything she's grown used to-and facing what she's done to keep it.
Pretty Things Cost is an urban suspense story about addiction, desire, betrayal, and the painful work of starting over. Just when Nia begins to reclaim her life, a secret from her past threatens to change the story all over again.
The fast life gave her everything she wanted. Now the bill is due.