Carl Weber's Kingpins: West Coast

Carl Weber's Kingpins

by Raynesha Pittman

All hail to the West Coast, where its natural resources of breathtaking beaches, smokable trees, and beautiful women are unlimited. From the freezing top of Mt. Denali in Alaska to the fly-ass architectural marvel of California’s Golden Gate Bridge, the region is one of the most desirable places to visit on Earth. But for a problematic girl like Temper Chey, it’s a prison, and she’s dying to be freed. Perhaps Temper’s longing to escape is a result of being raised on a road less traveled in an area of South Central Los Angeles, where tourism is obsolete and gang banging and dope slanging reign supreme. Or maybe it’s because of the widespread enigma of “the only way out the hood is over a thirty-foot wall.” If this hood proverb is true, then being born half black and half Asian should’ve given her a ten-foot ladder as a head start.   Will her brief escapade with one of the most infamous Crip kingpins force her to twist, toss, and burn her exit plans? Will she give up on the promise she made to her uncle to “bust her ass” to get those missing twenty feet? Or will the chaos be the defibrillator that revives her and provides an escalator ride to freedom?  

260 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 29, 2021

About the author

About the Author: Raynesha Pittman grew up as one of L.A's many troubled youth which led her into serving four years around Los Angeles juvenile corrections centers, placements, and camps. She first recognized her love for writing while incarcerated. Her first manuscript was written to her mother in hopes of giving her insight to what Raynesha was going through as a teen but never published. One positive Raynesha had during her troubled years was book smarts, her ticket out of the hands of correctional facilities. She was an honors student since kindergarten, certified gifted in the third grade, and was sent to Woodland hills, CA for a more challenging education, yet she had to be placed in Honors classes there too. Her temper and fighting had her removed from the enriched schools but that didn't stop her. She crossed the stage as the valedictorian of her high school a month after turning 16 years old, her graduation credits were meet at 15 and she received acceptance letters to five out-of-state private institutions of higher education which she later declined offers to due to still being on probation until 18 years of age and not being able to leave the state. California State University at Los Angeles and Northridge accepted her last minute application with open arms. While attending school, she discovered she was pregnant and decided to put her role as a mother first. After carrying her second child she moved to TN for a new start with her sons and received her PTCB national certification in July 2010 after 3 1/2 years of being a licensed Pharmacy technician. It was while working in a pharmacy she met Michael Antonio of Payne Publishing, Inc., who encouraged her to write a book. She took his opinion to heart and wrote her debut novel "Kismet". Raynesha currently lives in TN with her, “Roq” and six children.

Professionally: Raynesha Pittman is the CEO, Founder and an author at Conglomerate Ink, an Urban Literature publishing company established November 2010 to help authors expose and share their talents of storytelling while developing discipline in their craft. In May 2011 Raynesha was offered the opportunity to help promote literacy nationwide by childhood friend, author and now publisher Terry L. Wroten by joining the West Coast Authors Movement also known as W-CAM where Raynesha not only fills the position of an author on the team but is also over website design and management and acts as W-CAM's Southern liaison due to her living in the South. Her greatest literary achievement came in January 2014 when she was signed to Write2Eat Concepts publications under the legendary K'wan Foye. From there possibilities became endless. Raynesha currently has two books in stores under Kensington/Urban Books, another due to release in March 2017 under Kensington/ Urban Renaissance and Penguin/Random House and one title in stores under her own publishing company. She says, “…this is only the beginning.”

Accomplishments: Raynesha was nominated in the Hip Hop of the Ville awards for best Indie author of the year in January 2012 and was also nominated in the Prodigy Publishing Group's Second Annual Urban Literary Awards for most likely to succeed debut author of the year in February 2012. In 2015 Raynesha was nominated for Journalist of the year in the Southern Entertainment Awards.

Reviews

[Jacqueline · Rating 5 out of 5]

Roller-coaster

Now this one here has some turns and twists I still can't wrap my mind around. Thank you for keeping it sooo damn good!!!

[Emily L. Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an interesting book.

This has been a very different type of Kingpins story. At first I didn't think I would like it but I kept reading. There were so many twists and turns, questioning who done it to get to he end. I was happy that mother and son came together in the end. I was disappointed in Julio and Tyger. Isabel truly had Tenper's well being at hand and I didn't want her to die.
Keith's wife was something else and she got her ending. This turned out to be a very good book.

[Tiffany Champion · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish I could give this book 100 stars.. It was so good from beginning to end. I'm going to get more of her books and I hope they are just as good as this one. It's been a while since I've read a book that made me laugh, cry, yell, and just go through all the emotions but I loved it

[Stephanie Wiley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has to be one of my favorites! It was very captivating and well written; the storyline was absolutely superb! I loved the fact that the characters kept me wanting more and more! Absolutely amazing!💋

[Jennifer Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Now this is what I'm talking about. Do many twists and turns and unpredictability!! I had to read a few pages twice to make sure I knew who did what!!🙌🏾

[Ta · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was like 3 stories in a SINGLE BOOK.

[S. Reid]

WELCOME TO THE WEST COAST, Y'ALL!
SURPRISINGLY, I LIKED IT!