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  • Published: 29 April 2008
  • ISBN: 9780345493873
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $39.99

Black Widow

A Novel




Nikki Turner is One World's biggest author. She's red hot and her last novel, FOREVER A HUSTLER'S WIFE really put her over the top. Her fans can't wait for the next book.

#1 bestselling author Nikki Turner returns with an explosive new novel about a woman at an emotional crossroads–and the men left in her wake.

Isis Tatum knows firsthand the way love can mess up a person. After all, she saw her mother drive a truck through the home of her father’s mistress before killing her dad. And ever since Isis was a teenager, her love life has been a series of disasters: Her first sweetheart was executed by the state of Virginia, and her next lover was sent to jail for murder. Now Isis is a successful jewelry designer, but she remains a failure with men. When she meets Logic, a Las Vegas high roller who treats her like a princess, Isis reckons she’s finally struck gold–literally. Logic sees to it that her custom pieces of jewelry are seen on the hottest rap stars and pro athletes.

But when this Mr. Right ends up in jail too, Isis starts to believe that she’s cursed, that she’s a true Black Widow. Always one to roll with the punches, she embraces her life and walks bravely down all its twisted paths, taking her business to unprecedented heights while letting the men who dare to get involved with her take their chances.


“Few writers working in the field today bring the drama quite as dramatically as Nikki Turner. . . . [She’s] a master at weaving juicy, ’hood-rich sagas of revenge, regret, and redemption.”
–Vibe.com

“Turner [takes] street literature to the next level, further proving that she is indeed ‘The Queen of Hip-Hop Fiction.’ ”
–UrbanPublicity.com

  • Published: 29 April 2008
  • ISBN: 9780345493873
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $39.99

About the author

Nikki Turner

Nikki Turner is the author of the New York Times bestseller Black Widow, the #1 Essence bestseller Forever a Hustler’s Wife, and the Essence bestsellers A Hustler’s Wife, The Glamorous Life, and Riding Dirty on I-95. The first two books in the Nikki Turner Presents line were published in 2008 by One World/Ballantine Books.

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Praise for Black Widow

Praise for Forever a Hustler's Wife: An Essence #1 Bestseller!

  • "...few writers working in the field today bring the drama quite as dramatically as Nikki Turner. . . [she's] a master at weaving juicy, 'hood-rich sagas of revenge, regret, and redemption." - Vibe.com

  • "[A] fast paced tale... Turner's characterizations are true to life, and the ease with which she switches from the hardness of the streets to the love between the characters is to be applauded... an open and honest portrayal of the possible consequences of the gansta lifestyle." - Romantic Times Book Review

  • " Nikki Turner has once again taken street literature to the next level, proving that she is indeed 'The Queen of Hip Hop Fiction.'" - UrbanPublicity.com
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