A Riveting love story filled with twists and turns and yet Nia manages to survive!
The Age of Innocence (Book #1) of the Nia Trilogy collection is about a bi-racial teenage girl name Nia Yolanda Chavez growing up in the rough streets of Bronx, New York. The best way to describe Nia’s life is like a roller coaster ride filled with many up and downs and twists and turns and she still manages to survive.
As a troubled teen, Nia has to to deal with an unstable crack addict mother, Rachael. Nia suffers sexual and physical abuse at the hands of her stepfather, Charles. Nia finds the courage to run away and leave the dysfunctional home, but unfortunately she was placed back into the same dilemma by a social services system that failed.
Nia get some support from her high school sweet heart, Clay, but is he really there for her in the long run? Will peer pressure and gun violence ruin Nia and Clay’s lives? Will Nia be able to handle these problems that are beyond her age of innocence?