PSYCHOLOGICAL URBAN SUSPENSE THRILLER Nikki Ling is half Black and Japanese. She's independent, street-smart, and the daughter of a sex worker. Living on the mean streets of New York, she's forced to make a living the only way she knows how. When a wealthy South African Diplomat asks for her hand in marriage, things get brighter. Until she realizes that the soft-spoken, reserved gentleman is pathological, kinky, and sadistic. One day she meets a mysterious stranger who approaches her with the Criss Cross. Is the Criss Cross her ticket to a better life? Or will the Criss Cross ultimately become the double-cross? THE CRISS CROSS ISN'T DONE YET! THE OLD GANG FROM LIFE, LOVE, AND LONELINESS HAVE SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS TO RESOLVE. IN THIS PAGE-TURNING NOVEL, SEE HOW THE DRAMA UNFOLDS FOR LYRIC, LACEY, MADISON, JOSHUA, AND ESTELLE.