If I Ruled The World

In every ghetto there is one who stands out above the rest. In this unforgettable novel, her name is Harlem Harlem Jones is a twenty-six year old bad-ass who owns her own home, her own car, her own business and she will tell you in two seconds flat that no, some drug dealer did not front her the money for any of it. Nor did she have to sell herself to get what she's got. Harlem came up the hard way. She had the perfect family until her mother became strung out on crack. Then she bounced from foster home to foster home before she finally ended up with her grandmother. When her grandmother passed away, she inherited a sizable fortune and opened her own business with her best friend, Morgan. Then into her life comes an unexpected and unlikely love, a drug dealer named York. Not your typical hood, York is out for her heart. But when tragedy strikes, Harlem knows that as a survivor, she must be the one to decide her own destiny.

“The best urban tale since The Coldest Winter Ever.”
---Erykah Badu, Grammy Award Winner

“Finally, a tale about truly surviving the streets. If I Ruled the World is the epitome of hip-hop fiction.”
---Mix Master Ice, legendary DJ, Hip-Hop Hall of Fame

“A well-written, street, gritty tale. This stellar novel is sure to be the bestselling urban book of 2005.”
---Crystal Lacey Winslow, author of The Criss Cross and Life, Love & Loneliness