Publisher's Synopsis
Julisa Santiago, also known as Ju-Ju, is a mixed heritage queen pin hailing from the streets of Tampa who lived a life filled with money and power. Growing up as an only child to Josef Santiago, owner of Jose's Auto Shop, a lucrative chain of auto shops spread out all over the country, Julisa was accustomed to getting her way. At the age of thirteen, her uncles Pablo and Alejandro secretly inducted her to the family business, which was running cocaine and heroin on the streets of Tampa.
Ju-Ju embraced her life as the connect, first in high school, and again as she attended college at UCLA. As a chemistry major, Julisa quickly mastered a concoction of chemicals that, when mixed with cocaine, was more potent than anything on the streets. After graduating with a master's degree in Biochemistry, and with an eye for all things money, Ju-Ju ran a successful automotive chain while supplying the streets With Montrell by her side, they quickly established a network of kingpins to who they supplied their exclusive mix of illegal substances. Forever the entrepreneur, Ju-Ju set up illegal shop in each state where she operated legal businesses. Lourdes, Ju-Ju's aunt from Buenos Aires, steps in and helps her settle into her new life as the Queen of Colombia through guidance and advice. Although the assistance is well received, Eva, Ju-Ju's cousin, can't help but to wonder whether or not Lourdes was genuine. Does Lourdes truly have Julisa's best interests at heart, or does she have an ulterior motive? Montrell goes rogue after Ju-Ju expressed how she felt about his deceiving ways. Once Ju-Ju's Colombian army catches up with him, he finds himself in a situation where she holds the only key to his survival. The death of Julisa's family member sends her on a mission to eliminate the one person bold enough to cross her, which sets off a chain of events leading up to her arrest and incarceration. Julisa Santiago is the queen of the dope game while trying to balance life as a wife and mother with enemies coming at her left to right. Can she effortlessly balance the two? Or does she succumb to the only life she's ever known?
