Baller Dreams

Readers first met Tasha Macklin in New York Times bestselling author Wahida Clark's Thug series. Now, in this explosive debut, Macklin tells her own gritty story of a young man on the come up and his fateful choice.

Fresh out of high school, John "Dre" Dodson's got brains, looks, and a chance to work his way through college. But the call of Detroit's Eastside streets and the fortunes that can be made there are too hard to resist. Deciding he wants to be a baller, Dre hooks up with a gorgeous, wealthy, well-connected grown woman named Destiny. With her help, Dre will create the Eastside Syndicate—and set a hustle in motion that no one can match. But Destiny has her own game in mind . . .