Alexis Cherie Norwood hails from Chicago, Illinois. She started her writing career about ten years ago. She is an urban fiction writer and a reading fanatic. She spends the majority of her time writing and promoting her work. Bittersweet: Diary of a Safegirl, Hereditary Hustler, Viaduct Hustler, and Even Roses Have Thorns are her first full length novels. She also contributed to the anthology Incite Me: A Collection of Erotic Short Stories. Please look for the sequel to this novel, Cream Rises to the Top and other urban shorts by this author. You can contact Alexis at authoralexisnorwood@gmail.com or log on to her blog at http: //alexischerienorwood.wordpress.com/.