Nona Simms is a fitness and entrepreneurial buff in the city of Harlem. She created one of the city’s trendiest fitness gyms, but the construction of a new mall is threatening impending doom for the gym. Nona is not the type of girl to sit back and watch the city destroy her dreams so she calls on friends and family for support. A tangled web of secrets, deceit and lies ensue as Nona attempts to save her gym. Her handsome business partner Allen Wade is haunted with a crippling secret and her best friend Leila struggles through her marriage with a New York Knick. Find out who Nona finds unepected hope and love from in this sultry summer read.

Author Rita Ewing is the wife of New York Knick Patrick Ewing. She graduated from Howard University and has a law degree from Georgetown University. The publisher of Brickhouse is Avon Trade of HarperCollins Publishers.
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