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Murderville: First of a Trilogy

by Ashley & Jaquavis

Love and survival in the Murderville trilogy opener

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Love and survival in the Murderville trilogy opener

Set against human trafficking and street life, the novel centers on Liberty and A’shai, two children from Sierra Leone whose lives are bound together and repeatedly disrupted by violence. As Liberty faces a fatal heart condition, A’shai recounts their shared past, tracing a path through an arranged marriage, Mexico’s drug cartel, child brothels, hustling in Detroit, and Los Angeles’s underworld. The framing of the story as a final account gives its romance a tragic dimension, while the journey links intimate devotion with exploitation, danger, and the possibility of redemption. This is the first installment in a trilogy.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in romance set amid crime and human trafficking
  • Readers seeking fiction focused on a relationship shaped by hardship and separation
  • Readers interested in contemporary urban settings across Mexico and U.S. cities

Themes

Love and separationHuman trafficking and exploitationStreet life and crimeSurvival and redemption

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Book overview

New York Times bestselling authors Ashley & JaQuavis bring you the first in the Murderville trilogy, exploring the cruel underground world of human trafficking that takes control of lives and love is a long-lost hope, but for Liberty and A'shai, nothing short of death could separate the two--but when their past street life comes back to haunt them, there's nothing they can do but accept their fate.

Two children from Sierra Leone, Liberty and A'shai, are brought together by chance only to be forced apart by the most inevitable and tragic fate--sold as slaves into the human trafficking world. Ashley and JaQuavis bring us this classic love story set against modern life's most horrifying realities.

Liberty is dying of a fatal heart condition, though she desperately wants to survive until her 25th birthday when her sister has promised to visit her. A'shai blames himself for not protecting Liberty, but all Liberty asks is for A'shai to tell her a story, to help her remember what brought them to this point. He knows that this is the last story he will ever tell and the last she will ever hear.

As Liberty lies dying, A'shai walks her though their past, reliving their ill-fated journeys through the streets. Their story takes them from an arranged marriage, through Mexico's drug cartel, child brothels, hustling in Detroit, to escaping the high-powered heads of L.A.'s underworld. But ultimately, this is a story of love and redemption that will leave you breathless from the unpredictable and mind-blowing ending.
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