During Joy’s rollercoaster ride of trying to garner success, she eventually fell into the one situation she had always promised herself she would avoid—depending on a man financially. When she began dating a Grammy Award winning Hip-Hop music producer, her ambitions in life took a backseat and were replaced by endless nights in the studio, traveling to accommodate her man and being there for him. That relationship soon led to the birth of their son, a bitter breakup and an ugly court battle. Joy eventually turned all the drama she witnessed from being in the entertainment industry, the battles she fought and a dose of creativity into a money-making machine, called writing. Joy made her literary debut with the release of her first novel, “Dirty Little Secrets” (under St. Martin’s Press) and followed it up with the bestselling sequel “Hooker to Housewife.”