B-Boy Blues

Mitchell Crawford always wished, hoped, and dreamed for a Ruffneck, a hip-hop-lovin', street-struttin', cool posin', crazy crotch-grabbin' brotha. And, he finally finds one in Raheim Rivers, who is a vision of lust: six feet tall and 215 pounds of mocha-chocolate muscle. Mitchell knows Raheim will take him for a walk on the wild side, especially between the sheets. But, he doesn't count on getting behind Raheim's mask, and finding someone he can love.

Continues the story of Mitchell, a well-educated, upper-middle-class Black man, and his lover Raheim, a lower-class Black man, whose family doesn't know he's gay.

In the third title in the bestselling B-Boy Blues series, Mitchell Crawford attends his tenth anniversary high school reunion and comes face to face with the man, who stole his virginity and broke his heart: gymnastics coach Warren Reid. Will Mitchell finally have his say and exact his revenge— or will he fall for Warren's charms and be the same fool twice, if only for one nite?

Raheim Rivers is at the top of his career, about to make the switch from modeling to movies... when an unexpected piece of news sends him reeling. His complacency shattered by the news that one of his idols, N.W.A. founder Eazy-E, has AIDS., Raheim gets tested for HIV, but keeps it a secret. As he has so succesfully done in the past, Hardy masterfully draws his fascinating and very real characters into the ferment of compelling societal issues. He has created a powerfully real look at the issues facing young people of all sexual persuasions, young Black men, who are disproportionately infected and affected by AIDS. The book confronts the issues of sexuality, responsibility, and youthful perceptions of immortality. As the date for disclosure of his test results draws near, Raheim's fear and the ongoing stigma of the disease push him toward conflicting decisions.