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Before We Were Wicked

Written by: Eric Jerome Dickey
Narrated by: Dion Graham
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Publisher's Summary

From New York Times best-selling author Eric Jerome Dickey, "one of the most successful Black authors of the last quarter-century" (The New York Times), a novel about the how one chance meeting can change everything in this thrilling, sexy tale of star-crossed lust.

They say the love of money is the root of all evil, but for Ken Swift, it's the love of a woman.

Ken is 21, hurting people for cash to try to pay his way through college, when he lays eyes on Jimi Lee, the woman who will change the course of his entire life. What's meant to be a one-night stand with the Harvard-bound beauty turns into an explosion of sexual chemistry that neither can quit. And when Jimi Lee becomes pregnant, their two very different worlds collide in ways they never could have anticipated.

Passion, infidelity, and raw emotion combine in Eric Jerome Dickey's poignant, erotic portrait of a relationship: the rise, the fall, and the scars⁠ - and desire⁠ - that never fade.

©2019 Eric Jerome Dickey (P)2019 Random House Audio

What the critics say

“From wanton to wicked, the love-hate relationship between Dickey's characters burns with rapid-fire dialogue and plenty of steam.” (Kirkus)

"The love story Dickey tells...is potent. Readers will want to read Bad Men and Wicked Women again after being immersed in this edgy, emotional adventure.” (Booklist

"A passion-filled prequel that puts a new spin on the familiar conflicts that have made him a household name.” (Essence)

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Waste of time..waiting for the climax, never came

This was a big waste of time...just I mundane story. people get married and divorced everyday. It's how you deal with it and move on in life. Ken Swift was a clown when it came to his wife. I'm a woman and I saw this right away. Please I don't condone violence in any way shape or form.

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