Tattooed Teardrops

Muse Atwood and Tempest Monroe have been friends since junior high school. Thick as thieves, some might say. They even decided to go into business together and open In Your Skin Tattoos, which has seen nothing but success since its doors opened five years ago. When the tall, sexy and troublesome "Trap" walks into the shop one spring afternoon, their lives are changed forever. Muse has to decide between the loyalty for his best friend or his lust-turned-love for Trap, who won't take no for an answer. Tattooed Teardrops is a story of betrayal, love, lust and most of all forgiveness. Some pains heal but this one is permanent.

D. Rashad Battle is an African -American poet and author, born and raised in Eastern North Carolina. He is an avid reader and lover of the fine arts and has been writing since the age of 13. He is busy at work on his second novel and is working on a book of poetry as well. He lives in Durham, North Carolina, where he attended N. C. Central University. This is his first novel.