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One Easy Lick Can Turn Into a City-Wide Problem

In Newark, December is loud, crowded, and full of money that doesn’t always belong to the people holding it.

On her way to a rent party that’s supposed to be just another night, V spots what looks like an easy opportunity — a clean grab, no complications. She’s done this before. She knows the rules. Take the bag. Get out. Don’t look back.

But this time, the money isn’t just money.

What starts as a routine theft quickly turns into something bigger, pulling V into a web of attention she didn’t anticipate — from an obsessive ex who won’t let go, to street-level power players who track every dollar, to Bunny Vasquez, a woman who runs Newark like a ledger where every debt gets collected.

Rent Money: Pretty, Broke, and Dangerous is a fast-paced urban suspense novel about miscalculation, escalation, and what happens when a thief realizes the score she walked into was never meant to be small.

Written by Muqarabun, a longtime publishing designer known for crafting visually iconic book covers, the novel reflects the same instincts that shaped her design career: precision, restraint, and an understanding that one wrong move can change everything.

The book includes a foreword by Wahida Clark, four-time New York Times bestselling author, and releases February 24, 2026.

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