Aliya S. King was inspired to write her first novel after being assigned a magazine article about rappers' wives. Platinum is centred around a group of women connected to the hip-hop world. The summary says: "Alex Maxwell is planning her wedding to up-and coming music artist Birdie, ghostwriting video vixen Cleopatra Wright's memoir, and she's just been assigned the story of the year by her editor-in-chief at a major music industry magazine - an article about the glamorous lives of women married to platinum-selling hip-hop artists. But it's not going to be easy to get past the wives' gilded cages. Beth Saddlebrook, wife of aging rapper Z, spends her days trying to keep Z off drugs and fielding calls from women claiming to be carrying Z's baby. Only one person understands what she's going through. Beth's best friend, Kipenzi Hill, a multi-platinum-selling R&B artist, is seeing record label president Jake. She knows Jake loves her but he'd rather break up than publicly acknowledge it. Now she has learned that the newest R&B sensation Bunny has been signed to Jake's label. Josephine Bennett, wife to Jamaican singer and uberproducer Ras Bennett, doesn't just want to spend her husband's money, she wants to contribute. Her fashion company is finally starting to get media attention when her husband admits to something she's suspected all along - he's fallen in love with another woman. Cleopatra Wright, every man's dream girl, is a video vixen with a story to tell and scores to settle . . . Alex realises she may have more in common with these women than she'd like. What if this is a glimpse of how her life will be if Birdie finally gets signed to a major label? Stuck between her loyalty to this newfound sisterhood and her obligation to write the truth, Alex is forced to rethink everything she knows about work, friendship, and love." Platinum is out in July.

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