Luxe

by Ashley Antoinette

Ambition, temptation, and a dangerous bargain

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    New York Times bestselling author

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Ambition, temptation, and a dangerous bargain

Bleu Montclair sees a scholarship to UCLA as her way out of Flint, Michigan, but the new life she imagined quickly collides with pressures she cannot afford to keep up with. A roommate’s offer of fast money draws her into a world tied to violence and addiction, while Iman enters the story as a potential source of protection. The novel frames Bleu’s pursuit of escape alongside the costs of the choices and temptations that surround her, placing education, money, and personal safety in tension.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in contemporary fiction centered on a young Black woman’s struggle for a different future.
  • For readers drawn to stories about ambition, financial temptation, and the risks of fast money.
  • For readers seeking fiction that addresses violence and addiction.

Themes

Escaping hardshipAmbition and opportunityMoney and temptationViolence and addictionProtection and vulnerability

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Book overview

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.

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