<center> <b>Hearts break, lives shatter, and liars prevail at Bentley Manor, where everyone sins shamelessly. </b> </center> <P> <P> In the second novel from the authors of <I>Desperate Hoodwives,</i> four women will try to escape Bentley Manor -- a place no one has ever left unscathed... <P> <b>? Keisha</b> married the high school basketball star, but now Smokey's addicted to crack. Unable to feed her children, Keisha feels that she's not only hit bottom but has taken her children with her. When Smokey's brother offers to help, will it come at the ultimate price? <P> <b>? Takiah</b> abruptly fled her pimp husband with her baby. Desperate to start over, she finds a hiding place. Living with Grandma Cleo means returning to church -- but Takiah's salvation is the last thing on the pastor's mind... <P> <b>? Princess</b> is lucky to have found a ride-or-die friend in Lucky, who helps protect her from her mom's abusive ways. With a voice to rival Mary J. and Whitney, at just seventeen Princess holds a ticket out. But when Lucky is gone, will she have the courage to follow her dreams? <P> <b>? Woo Woo</b> <I>has</i> escaped the projects with her suburban husband -- the type of man every woman wants. But she can't resist sneaking back to Bentley Manor for steamy sexcapades with her drug dealer boyfriend. It's not only WooWoo who has a secret...