The Book of the Pearl

Heaven and Cheryl, her roommate, are in Los Angeles. They go to a club, and Heaven ends up getting hired. The two get attacked by two thugs, but Heaven beats them both, easily. Hiro and Heaven have a major argument, and Heaven quits her training.

Heaven is attacked again by Yakuza, but is able to get away. She stops training with Hiro a second time when he tells her that her mother had called and he hadn't immediately informed her.

Cheryl has fallen for a guy named Marcus who is a gangster.

(One of the interesting things in these books is how there are one or two pages between sections, the pages being like diary entries by other major characters. It's kind of neat, and really moves the story along.)

Heaven really starts losing her self discipline and starts getting drunk a lot. She decides to try and change her life. Karen taunts her about Hiro, and says they are moving in together. Marcus and his thugs try to kill Heaven.

A very good third book in the series.

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