Tasha Macklin is one of the leading ladies in Wahida Clark's Thug Series (Thugs and the Women Who Love Them, Every Thug Needs A Lady, Thug Matrimony, Thug Lovin', Justify My Thug and Honor Thy Thug). She is wife of author Trae Macklin (Flippin' The Hustle). They currently reside in New York with their three boys. This is her debut novel.