Lady's Night [Paperback]

Mark Anthony (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 11, 2005

When Lady cries rape on her mother’s boyfriend, her mother throws her out of the only home she has ever known. Now Lady must find a way to survive on the cold, hard streets. After landing a dead-end job at a donut shop, Lady wonders how she will ever make it out of a six-dollar-an-hour existence. Then she meets Cream, the leader of one of the most notorious gangs in New York City. Cream quickly decides that he wants to own this beauty and recruits her for his prostitution ring. Lady joins the “Cream Team,” but she has no intentions of working the streets forever. In fact, she plans to run the show and she’s willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen. But the streets don’t love nobody, and it’s not long before Lady is deep in a game she can no longer control. The question is: Will she be able to get out of the game before the game claims her?

Editorial Reviews

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The Word on Lady's Night


"Sex, money, and mayhem! Mark Anthony brings a new definition of raw to the streets, and she's wearing stilettos." --Jamise L. Dames, national bestselling author of Momma's Baby, Daddy's Maybe and Pushing Up Daisies

"Sensationally written, Lady's Night definitely takes you out on the town! Mark Anthony creates outstanding characters that leave you on the edge of your seat." --Crystal Lacey Winslow, bestselling author of The Criss Cross

"Mark Anthony came back strong with this one!" --K'wan, national bestselling author of Street Dreams and Hoodlum

"A classic street tale that will have you begging for more." --K. Elliott, Essence bestselling author of Entangled

About the Author

Mark Anthony is the Essence bestselling author of Paper Chasers and Dogism, and a contributor to Streets of New York. He is also the publisher of Q-Boro Books. He lives in New York City with his family.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; First Edition edition (August 11, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312340788
• ISBN-13: 978-0312340780
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #655,084 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All "Ladies" Pay Attention!, September 2, 2005

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This review is from: Lady's Night (Paperback)

"Lady's Night" by Mark Anthony is guaranteed to take you by surprise, as you read the testimony of an inexperienced young teen-girl (14), named Tina, forced to immediately grow up over night. Growing up in a disfunctional home, Tina can't take it anymore and runs away from home into the brutal streets of New York City. She struggles to live a life to keep a roof over her head and juggles her circumstances the best way her young mind knows how. In her attempt, Tina through her wittiness, fast mouth and acquired streets smarts meets Cream (her hero) and is thrown into a life-style she "thought" she would enjoy; only to find herself dancing with the devil.

Finally, having her wish of a man to shelter her, she believes that her gifted beauty will shield her from the "common" squabbles of man-woman relationships. HA!!

Despite Tina's connections in the world of heavy hitters, her life is hanging in the balances. Mark Anthony delivers a powerful message and startles the reader with Tina's ultimate decision for her life. This story should be on your "MUST READ LIST" and is most definitely a different read for those who love "street" stories.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Tale from the Hood, August 29, 2005

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Chaneygirl1981 (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lady's Night (Paperback)

I couldn't put the book down. This is a great tale from the hood. In the end I was thinking is this a true story. The characters and events seemed real. I wanted to learn more about the characters once I was finished reading the book. I was recommened this book by someone and I am most definitely recommended it to you all.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh What A Night!!!, January 18, 2006

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This review is from: Lady's Night (Paperback)

From the beginning you are brought into the world of Tina -aka- Lady, The Cream Team's first lady...much to the demise of the team leader, Cream. Sex, murder and dirty cops run rampant in this tale of a young girls struggle to make it on top after the rape of another of her mother's boyfriends. Lady seemingly goes from living the life of working at a donut shop under the tracks, living out of three school lockers and riding the train all night to hot cars, celebrity status and more money than her sixteen year old mind can handle. It isn't until one of the Hunny Bunnies are murdered, and she too watches first hand the murder of several of the Cream Team members, and afterwards herself having to pull the trigger that she realizes that the glamorous life she proclaims to live maybe just not as glam as she thought.
Cream, the bi-polar, often insecure leader of the team has the manerisms of a Dr. Jeckle/Mr.Hide type person. At one point he is relaxed and calm then the next thing you know he's kicking your ribs in and threatening to scold you with hot fish grease. His jealousy of Lady's rise to power knocks him off his square just long enough to put her back in check.
The story was a quick read, although I ran across a few situations that made me question the authors motivation. (1) I hated her mother from the beginning. How can you tell your own flesh and blood, the person you gave birth too that they should have laid down and enjoyed being violated as apposed to fighting back? I was instantly ready to fight her after that. (2) Although the story is an excellent read I believe it would have been more "realistic" (for lack of a better term) if the main character, Lady, were a little older. I found it hard to believe that at the tender age of sixteen she was able to incorporate and later blossom nine car washes, a party planning business, run several whore houses and offer insight to a grown man that had been in the business way before she came along all while attending high school and maintaining good grades and attendance. The average sixteen year old, and even the not so average is still into boys, tight jeans, and getting their nails done. Not to say that a sixteen year old can't run a business, but too that extent it seemed a little far fetched and I think would have transitioned over better had she been like 19-20 and struggling to finish college.
Over all, the book was off the chain and definitely kept you wanting to read more. This is one of the better books form this author with Paper Chasers being a total flop, and him stepping the game way up with Dogism. I look forward to seeing more works from Mark Anthony, and well wishes at keeping the good books coming.