Around the Way Girls: 20th Anniversary Edition

There’s a saying that if you come from my part of town, you're from around the way. Around the Way Girls is a fast-paced look at the lives of some street-smart women who might think they know it all but are about to get the lessons of their lives.

La Jill Hunt brings us “Southern Comfort,” the tale of a Southern girl who has to learn to survive on the streets of New York after a tragedy forces her family to leave Georgia and relocate to Brooklyn.

Angel Hunter spices things up with “Busted and Disgusted,” bringing us into the world of Cream, who is dealing with an unfaithful man and trying to build a better future that doesn’t include the strip club where she’s worked for years. 

In “Played,” Dwayne Joseph introduces us to Angel, a smart girl with a great career who suddenly finds herself in a dangerous situation when she meets a handsome drug dealer she can’t resist.

Twenty years ago, Urban Books debuted the Around the Way Girls series with popular urban authors bringing tales of savvy, street-smart women. Revisit this classic with the twenty-year anniversary edition of the original.

La Jill Hunt is a native of Mobile, AL who burst onto the literary scene in 2003 with her debut novel, Drama Queen. The memorable characters she created and the entertaining stories she told quickly drew bestselling success and a following of fans, young and old. Although known for her urban chick-lit novels, she has also contributed to the street anthology series Around the Way Girls, and penned an urban romance, Another Sad Love Song. Her erotic short story, Catch 22, is currently available as a digital download. Currently residing in Virginia Beach, La Jill enjoys spending time with her daughters, family, and friends. 

Dwayne S. Joseph is determined to set himself apart. He’s done relationship drama with novels such as The Womanizers, In Too Deep, and If It Isn’t Love. Now he’s moved on to suspenseful, intense, erotic tales laced with drama, mystery, and violence. Joseph resides in Maryland with his wife and children.

Angel Hunter resides in South Carolina. She is the mother of one son, Anthony, and the founder of The Essence of Self Center, a non-profit organization that provides workshops and seminars to youth and women to instill in them a sense of pride and self-esteem. A personal trainer and sensual consultant, Ms. Hunter believes you should not accept limitations, and that your life is your script to write.