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    The Final Play
    The Final Play
    The Final Play
    Audiobook9 hours

    The Final Play

    Written by Shelly Ellis

    Narrated by Alan Ryder

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    Three best friends from the streets found success--in very different ways. But with a crisis detonating around them, their bond could also destroy everything they care about . . . No matter how tough the odds, Ricky, Derrick, and Jamal learned to unite and fight during their time at the Branch Avenue Boys' Youth Institute. But their adult lives have driven them apart-and set off a series of events their friendship may not survive. All Jamal's political achievements can't erase his bargain with D.C.'s corrupt mayor. And when he finds himself the latest target on Mayor Johnson's hit list, he'll risk everything to end the mayor's deadly reign-even if it's the last move he ever makes. Institute head Derrick refuses to cave to D.C. drug king pin Dolla Dolla and sell out all he believes in. But his courageous stand might cost him the Institute-and the woman he loves . . . With a pregnant girlfriend, Ricky can't stay on the run forever. Now he's making a dangerous play to win. But with Derrick and Jamal in Dolla's sights, Ricky and his friends must resolve the conflicts keeping them apart if they want to come back together-even if that means none of the Branch Avenue Boys will be left standing . . .
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateOct 29, 2019
    ISBN9781980071075
    Author

    Shelly Ellis

    Shelly Ellis is an award-winning journalist who earned her journalism degree at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her novel, Another Woman’s Man, was nominated for a 2014 NAACP Image Award. The romance and women’s fiction author is also a film buff and amateur painter. She lives in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, not far from Washington, D.C., with her husband. Visit her online at www.shellyellisbooks.com.

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    • 5/5
      Once again Shelly Ellis did not disappoint. Final play is the last installment in the Branch Avenue Boys series where we were introduced to three young men who have been friends since they were young and grew up together as best friends are now living different lives and growing apart. Shelly takes us through their ups and downs and in this installment she wraps up all theirs lives with the Final Play. Great Book.