Before We Were Wicked
  • Published: 7 April 2020
  • ISBN: 9781524744052
  • Imprint: Dutton
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $32.99

Before We Were Wicked

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New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey reveals how one chance meeting can change everything in this engrossing, sexy tale of star-crossed lust.

From New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey, “one of the most successful Black authors of the last quarter-century”* comes 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 twenty-one, 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.

*The New York Times
  • Published: 7 April 2020
  • ISBN: 9781524744052
  • Imprint: Dutton
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $32.99
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The Business of Lovers
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Praise for Before We Were Wicked

Praise for Eric Jerome Dickey andhis novels:
"Dickey's fans flock to his readings. . . . He's perfected an addictive fictional formula."--The New York Times

"Dickey has the knack for creating characters who elicit both rage and sympathy."--Entertainment Weekly

"From wanton to wicked, the love-hate relationship between Dickey's characters burns with rapid-fire dialogue and plenty of steam." --Kirkus on Before We Were Wicked

"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 on Before We Were Wicked

"A passion-filled prequel that puts a new spin on the familiar conflicts that have made him a household name." --Essence on Before We Were Wicked

"Dickey sets in motion a fascinating cast of characters and creates compelling arcs for their stories... Readers will be cheering for the kindhearted Ken and his family in this dark yet ultimately hopeful novel." --Booklist on Bad Men and Wicked Women

"Dickey steadily generates a taut, deadly atmosphere throughout the book, and readers will not be able to predict who will be the last man standing."--Booklist on Finding Gideon