Alya (pronounced Aaliyah) was a young author on the come up. In the past three years her work of "fiction" about a young stripper turned sex slave, Tattered, had won best seller & her sequel, Claw to the Top, was now climbing in sales also. But what happens when a person from her past threatens to shatter her life? Will Alya hold on to her new life? To what extent will she go? Malik was a hustler turned attorney with a private practice & young daughter. Living the fantasy life. All that's missing is a queen to complete his family picture. But Malik wasn't about to allow just anyone around his daughter. And he wasn't going to share his fortune with a grub.