Platinum
A Novel
Aliya S. King
- You
- only
- think
- you
- want
- this
- life
- .
- .
- .Alex
- Maxwell
- is
- planning
- her
- wedding
- to
- up-and
- coming
- music
- artist
- Birdie,
- ghostwriting
- video
- vixen
- Cleopatra
- Wright’s
- memoir,
- and
- she’s
- just
- been
- assigned
- the
- story
- of
- the
- year
- by
- her
- editor
- in
- chief
- at
- a
- major
- music
- industry
- magazine—an
- article
- about
- the
- glamorous
- lives
- of
- women
- married
- to
- platinum-selling
- hip-hop
- artists.
- Alex
- has
- been
- interviewing
- celebrities
- and
- hangers-on
- long
- enough
- to
- know
- all
- that
- glitters
- isn’t
- gold,
- so
- she’s
- determined
- to
- get
- the
- real
- scoop.
- Still,
- it’s
- not
- going
- to
- be
- easy
- to
- get
- past
- the
- wives’
- gilded
- cages.
- .
- .Beth
- Saddlebrook,
- wife
- of
- aging
- rapper
- Z.
- They
- have
- three
- beautiful
- boys
- and
- a
- seemingly
- endless
- supply
- of
- cash.
- But
- Beth
- spends
- her
- days
- trying
- to
- keep
- Z
- off
- drugs
- and
- fielding
- calls
- from
- women
- hollering
- she’s
- just
- a
- “small-town
- white
- bitch”
- and
- claiming
- to
- be
- carrying
- Z’s
- baby.
- Only
- one
- person
- understands
- what
- she’s
- going
- through.
- .
- .Kipenzi
- Hill,
- multiplatinum-selling
- R&B
- artist
- and
- Beth’s
- best
- friend.
- Her
- relationship
- with
- rap
- star
- and
- record
- label
- president
- Jake
- is
- an
- open
- secret
- in
- the
- industry.
- She
- knows
- Jake
- loves
- her,
- but
- he’d
- rather
- break
- up
- than
- publicly
- acknowledge
- it.
- Now
- she
- has
- learned
- that
- the
- newest
- (and
- much
- younger)
- R&B
- sensation
- Bunny
- has
- been
- signed
- to
- Jake’s
- label.Josephine
- Bennett,
- wife
- to
- Jamaican
- singer
- and
- überproducer
- Ras
- Bennett.
- Josephine
- doesn’t
- just
- want
- to
- spend
- her
- husband’s
- money,
- she
- wants
- to
- contribute.
- Her
- fashion
- company
- is
- finally
- starting
- to
- get
- media
- attention
- when
- her
- husband
- admits
- to
- something
- she’s
- suspected
- all
- along—he’s
- fallen
- in
- love
- with
- another
- woman.Cleopatra
- Wright,
- every
- man’s
- dream
- girl,
- a
- video
- vixen
- with
- a
- story
- to
- tell
- and
- scores
- to
- settle.
- Cleo’s
- got
- that
- thing
- no
- one
- can
- put
- a
- finger
- on
- and
- no
- man
- (or
- woman)
- can
- resist.
- Some
- would
- call
- her
- evil
- or
- misguided
- or
- both,
- but
- Cleo
- always
- moves
- with
- a
- purpose
- and
- she’ll
- stop
- at
- nothing
- to
- get
- what
- she
- wants.
- .
- .Alex
- realizes
- she
- may
- have
- more
- in
- common
- with
- these
- women
- than
- she’d
- like.
- What
- if
- this
- is
- a
- glimpse
- of
- how
- her
- life
- will
- be
- if
- Birdie
- finally
- gets
- signed
- to
- a
- major
- label?
- Stuck
- between
- her
- loyalty
- to
- this
- newfound
- sisterhood
- and
- her
- obligation
- to
- write
- the
- truth,
- Alex
- is
- forced
- to
- rethink
- everything
- she
- knows
- about
- work,
- friendship,
- and love.
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