Rude Boy USA

WINNER OF THE 2016 READERS' FAVORITE BOOK AWARD IN FICTION-DRAMAWINNER OF THE 2016 PACIFIC BOOK AWARD FOR CRIME FICTIONPower is never given. It is taken.In 1960s New York City, ambition moves faster than the law and loyalty is the only real currency. When John LeBlanc rises through the ranks of the Chimera Group, a polished and ruthless criminal organization operating behind the façade of a legitimate investment firm, he becomes one of the most dangerous men in the city without ever pulling a public trigger.Chimera is different from the traditional crime families. Multiracial, impeccably dressed, and strategically embedded across boroughs, its members sell futures to desperate communities while quietly controlling protection rackets, gambling, and political influence. At the center stands Bernie Banks, a calculating founder who sees the city as a chessboard and his protégés as pieces he intends to move.As John's power grows, so do the costs. Rival families close in. Law enforcement watches from the shadows. Personal relationships fracture under the weight of secrecy and violence. When a chance encounter introduces Bunny, a woman who represents both escape and exposure, John is forced to confront the consequences of a life built on control rather than freedom.Set against a backdrop of racial tension, political corruption, and a city on the brink of transformation, Rude Boy USA is a sweeping crime drama about ambition, identity, and the making of modern power. It is the first chapter in a saga where loyalty is tested, legacies are forged, and survival demands sacrifice. Writer Victoria Bolton lives in New York. A graduate of the College of Westchester, she works as a computer technician in schools. She is the CEO of Hairummat Entertainment.Bolton is the author of the Rude Boy USA Series. Book one is Rude Boy USA , book two is BunnyWine and book three is The Tide is High.

When the past resurfaces, survival is no longer enough.Years after escaping the violence that once defined their lives, John and Bunny LeBlanc return to New York believing they can rebuild on their own terms. John has beaten the courts, the press, and his enemies. Bunny has built a family, a public image, and a carefully controlled sense of stability. Together, they are determined to transform power into permanence.But New York has changed, and so have the rules.As the LeBlancs quietly reestablish themselves, old alliances fracture and unresolved betrayals come back into focus. A journalist searching for relevance begins pulling at threads better left buried. A former prosecutor watches from the sidelines, waiting for an opening. And beneath the surface, the cost of past choices begins to demand payment.When violence spills into the open and Bunny becomes an unintended casualty of a city still addicted to chaos, the illusion of distance from their former life collapses. The question is no longer whether John will return to power, but what kind of power he is willing to claim.The Tide Is High is a gripping crime and political drama about reinvention, loyalty, and the danger of believing the storm has passed. It is the moment when survival turns into ambition, and ambition reshapes everything that follows. Writer Victoria Bolton lives in New York. A graduate of the College of Westchester, she works as a computer technician in schools. She is the CEO of Hairummat Entertainment.Bolton is the author of the Rude Boy USA Series. Book one is Rude Boy USA , book two is BunnyWine and book three is The Tide is High.