Kiss the Ring (33 page)
Authors: Meesha Mink
MEESHA MINK
is the bestselling and award-winning author of more than thirty books written under three names, including the critically acclaimed Real Wifeys series and the explosive Hoodwives trilogy, which she cowrote. She was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, and lives in South Carolina.
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Also by Meesha Mink
The Real Wifeys Series
Real Wifeys: Hustle Hard
Real Wifeys: Get Money
Real Wifeys: On the Grind
The Bentley Manor Series
The Hood Life
Shameless Hoodwives
Desperate Hoodwives
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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mink, Meesha.
Kiss the ring : an urban tale / Meesha Mink.âFirst Touchstone trade paperback edition.
pages cm
“A Touchstone book.”
1. African American womenâFiction. 2. RevengeâFiction. 3. GangsâFiction 4. Inner citiesâFiction. 5. Newark (N.J.)âFiction. I. Title.
PS3552.R8945K57 2014
813'.54âdc23
2014005439
ISBN 978-1-4767-5530-4
ISBN 978-1-4767-5534-2 (ebook)