Luxe

Title:

Luxe

Author:

Ashley Antoinette, 1985-

ISBN:

9781250066978

Personal Author:

Ashley Antoinette, 1985-

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2015.

Physical Description:

340 pages ; 22 cm

Abstract:

"Bleu Montclair knew as a young girl that she would one day escape the hard, unrelenting streets of Flint, Michigan, and when her desperate prayers are answered in the form of a scholarship to UCLA, Bleu knows she's struck gold. But soon after arriving, all her beautiful, bright dreams begin to fall apart. Endless temptations abound in the form of cars, clothes, booze, drugs, and Bleu cannot keep up"--Page 4 of cover.

Corporate Subject:

University of California, Los Angeles -- Fiction.

Subject Term:

Women college students -- Fiction.

Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.

Street life -- Fiction.

Urban fiction.

Document ID:

SD_ILS:2211398

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Library	Collection	Collection	Call Number	Status
Searching... California City Branch (Kern Co.)	Searching... Unknown	Adult Fiction	FIC ASHLEY_A	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

From the New York Times bestseller Ashley Antoinette, author of the Prada Plan series comes a boldly fierce and strikingly dramatic novel, Luxe.

Bleu Montclair knew as a young girl that she would one day escape the hard, unrelenting streets of Flint, Michigan, and when her desperate prayers are answered in the form of a scholarship to UCLA, Bleu knows she's struck gold. But soon after arriving, all her beautiful, bright dreams begin to fall apart. Endless temptations abound in the form of cars, clothes, booze, drugs, and Bleu cannot keep up. When her roommate gives her the opportunity to make a lot of money fast, Bleu goes all in-and heads straight down a path of violence and addiction that only her newest protector, Iman, can save her from.

Author Notes

Ashley Antoinette was born in Flint, Michigan in 1985. She is the feminine half of the popular author duo, Ashley and JaQuavis. She has co-written over 40 novels with several of them hitting the New York Times besrsellers list. She is most widely known for her four-book saga, The Prada Plan.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Booklist Review

Antoinette, the best-selling urban-lit author of the Prada Plan series, presents a fast-moving tale about a gal from the desperate streets of Flint, Michigan, who has won a scholarship to UCLA. Just a week before her departure, she is shot by robbers, and a week later, her best friend is imprisoned for drugs. Still, Bleu makes it to California, enrolls, and works her way through much of the semester only to succumb to her wealthy and entitled roommate's insistence on partying instead of studying. A part-time restaurant job leads Bleu to sexy Iman, who pampers her but has lots of secrets. Seeking more revenue, Bleu enters the brutal world of drug trafficking, guided by her roommate. On her very first run, she is raped and almost caught by the feds. As she loses sight of her goals and puts herself in ever-worsening danger, Bleu finds herself forced into a do-or-die situation left open-ended for the next installment. Antoinette will have readers hooked on this edgy, twisting tale of innocence lost.--Alessio, Amy Copyright 2015 Booklist