Publisher's Synopsis
Like a butterfly to a sky. He captures her with his bad-boy style and she captures him with her smile. The gritty, hood love standalone, 'The Beauty and The Savage' takes the readers on a journey where love is a two-way street. Sex, cruelty, corruption, heartbreak, disloyalty, and most of all, love, are the factors when it comes to the latest standalone by Yasmine Davis. The four women: Casha, Tara, Shanell, and Abrina are all close friends at a historically black college, Northside University. All are working hard to leave the projects in the past but is it all that it seems? From crushes to dangerous hood love affairs, a tangled web of lies and corruption are making these women lose focus on their game. The beautiful, twenty-three-year-old Casha Monet Bryant is in her last year at Northside and studying for her communications degree. She tries to avoid love at all costs until it hits her hard when she's introduced to the man of life, Decatur King Reyes. The two starts off with a rocky friendship until they catch feelings for one another. But, can she try to love and finish school or will the pressure of finishing her education with high grades get to her? The intelligent, twenty-three-year-old, Tara Washington is in her last year at Northside University and studying to become a psychologist. She is hiding a secret from her friends, afraid to tell them the truth of her family background. Will she be able to be honest without their friendship becoming strained? Also, she is blessed to find her soul mate, Antonio Garcia, who is in the military. The two are always there for one another, loving one another but what if Tara wants him to permanently commit to her at a young age? Twenty-three-year-old, Abrina Davidson is in her last year at the university with no inspiration to finish. She is known to be a hoe on campus but is she a good friend to her girls? One night on the town led her to meet the handsome, Mike Henderson, a street pharmacist from the south side of town. He introduces her to a proposition that she can't refuse. But will it change her life for the better? The fiery twenty-three-year-old, Shanell Cornell also in last year at Northside and is studying to become a lawyer. She has been hiding a secret from her friends for a few months that she's afraid to keep under wraps. Four best friends and four relationships. Can the women graduate or will they lose everything in the battlefield called love?
