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In A Deep Dark Secret, a seemingly perfect 12-year-old girl harbors a terrible secret - one that threatens to tear her world apart. Convinced that her friends and family, including her mother, won't understand and will even blame her, Jillian keeps silent, enduring her pain, hoping that things will improve. But the problem only worsens. Just when things look bleakest, however, Jillian finds a surprising inner strength, and the power to hope may just be what saves her.
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- By: Kimberla Lawson Roby
- Narrated by: Micaila Millburn
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 158
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Story4 out of 5 stars 138
Paige Donahue has always lived in her sister Camille's shadow. As children, Camille had the grades, the friends, and their parents' love, while Paige was left with hand-me-downs and criticism. Now, as adults, Camille lives an idyllic life with her husband, Pierce, and her two perfect children in a beautiful home, while Paige is stuck in a small condo with bills she can't afford to pay. But no more. With seeds of doubt planted in both Camille's and Pierce's minds, Paige's plan to steal her brother-in-law starts to work....
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5 out of 5 stars
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GREAT SHORT STORY
- By Chase on 09-28-11
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Who Asked You?
- By: Terry McMillan
- Narrated by: Terry McMillan, Carole DeSanti, Phylicia Rashad, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,517
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,263
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,245
Betty Jean already has her hands full when her grown daughter leaves her two young sons in her care. In between dealing with her other adult children, two opinionated sisters, an ill husband, and her own postponed dreams - BJ still manages to hold down a job delivering room service at a hotel. Her son Dexter is about to be paroled from prison; Quentin, the family success, can’t be bothered to lend a hand; and taking care of two lively grandsons is the last thing BJ thinks she needs. But who asked her?
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4 out of 5 stars
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brillant
- By JALAYNE on 10-31-13
By: Terry McMillan
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Copycat
- By: Kimberla Lawson Roby
- Narrated by: Maria Howell
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 319
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 282
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Story4 out of 5 stars 286
Befriending Traci Calloway Cole is the best thing Simone Phillips has ever done. Traci is the kind of woman Simone wants to be - in every way possible. She begins copying her role model. Not because she wants to be Traci. She just wants to be exactly like Traci. Traci doesn't worry, though. She knows Simone doesn't mean any harm and that her mimicry is only sincere admiration. Until she discovers how far Simone's obsession has gone.
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1 out of 5 stars
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SNOOZER... SAVE YOUR MONEY...
- By Tam on 02-10-17
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Here and Now
- By: Kimberla Lawson Roby
- Narrated by: Donna Bailey
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 185
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 155
Racquel and Marcella are sisters with very little in common, except that each wants what the other has. Racquel has a beautiful house, a fulfilling career and a loving husband. But driven by her desperate longing for a child, she is alienating her husband and family. Marcella is a single mom, trying to support her two children with a low paying job, food stamps, and occasional child support from a deadbeat ex-husband. She won't allow anyone to interfere with her dream for a better lifestyle, not even her own children.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A highly recommended reading!!
- By Andra D. Johnson on 01-11-09
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Black Hamptons
- By: Carl Weber, La Jill Hunt
- Narrated by: Ace Bentley, Chanté Ellison, Dylan Ford, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,050
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 976
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 974
Hidden away near the end of Long Island, New York, is a community where affluent African Americans, their friends, and the wannabes have secretly vacationed for more than 75 years. Unlike the bluffs of Martha’s Vineyard, black folks here own five miles of prime beachfront. With a mix of legacy families, new money, hangers-on, and thirsty developers, drama can never be far behind in a place called...the BLACK HAMPTONS.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Didn’t expect smut
- By cyndyloowhoo on 03-12-23
By: Carl Weber, and others
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Sister Friends Forever
- By: Kimberla Lawson Roby
- Narrated by: Maria Howell, Mela Lee, Stacey Singleton, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 643
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 575
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 577
Serena, Michelle, Kenya, and Lynette have been best friends since they were small children. And as sister friends forever, they have always been there for one another, through good times and bad, no matter what. This year is a crucial turning point for each woman. Serena, still single, is questioning why love hasn’t found her yet. Michelle is engaged and ready to walk down the aisle—until an old flame strolls back into her life. Kenya is happily married, but at the same time, her husband’s ex-wife won’t allow them or their family to live in peace.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Didn’t finish!
- By Kamille on 08-10-22
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The Stolen Daughter
- By: ReShonda Tate Billingsley
- Narrated by: Carra Patterson
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 650
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 578
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 581
Raised by a widowed mother, Jill Reed has come a long way from her difficult youth. But while she may not have had money, Jill never doubted she was rich in love. Her mother, Connie, made Jill the center of her world. Now, even though she has a young family of her own, it’s Jill’s turn to care for her ailing mother. When early dementia begins to set in, Connie starts talking about Jill’s “other life.” Jill assumes it’s just rambling confusion. Still, Connie’s stories about Jill’s childhood, and her father’s early death, never quite added up.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This was an amazing book!
- By Latoya Foreman on 09-12-20
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Family of Lies
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Patricia R. Floyd
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 963
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 827
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 828
Growing up poor in Texas, Vera Lomax used every gold-digging trick in the book to land a rich husband. Now living in the lap of luxury in San Francisco, her only job is to fawn over her much-older husband, so it's been easy for her to balance a life of shopping and affairs with younger men with a major secret: the 16-year bribery of one of her husband's mistresses to keep her pregnancy under wraps. Vera figures that a little hush money every month will ensure her husband's fortune is hers alone....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book!!!!
- By kemba on 06-12-14
By: Mary Monroe
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Sinners & Saints
- By: Victoria Christopher Murray, ReShonda Tate Billingsley
- Narrated by: Patricia R. Floyd
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 667
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 590
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Story4 out of 5 stars 596
Award-winning authors Victoria Christopher Murray and ReShonda Tate Billingsley are both beloved for their strong female leads and juicy plotting. In Sinners & Saints, Murray and Billingsley join forces to tell a tale packed with drama, scandal, and redemption. Jasmine Bush and Rachel Adams both want their husbands to be elected president of the National Baptist Association, and they’re willing to use plenty of low-down tricks to win. But when another woman joins the fray, she proves more devious than either of them could imagine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WONDERFUL - FABULOUS - OVER THE TOP
- By Stella on 06-18-12
By: Victoria Christopher Murray, and others
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Take My Hand
- By: Dolen Perkins-Valdez
- Narrated by: Lauren J. Daggett
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3,982
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,586
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,574
Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend intends to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she hopes to help women shape their destinies, to make their own choices for their lives and bodies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Page Turner Based off True Events
- By LATOYA LEWIS on 06-10-22
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Let the Church Say Amen
- Say Amen Series, Book 3
- By: Reshonda Tate Billingsley
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 369
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 345
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 343
Reverend Simon Jackson has always felt destined to lead and he's done a good job of it, transforming his small Houston church into one of the most respected and renowned in the region. But while the good Reverend's been busy tending his flock, his family's gone astray. His 19-year-old daughter, Rachel, gives new meaning to "baby mama drama." Crazy in love with her son's father, she's wreaking havoc on the man's life, even though he's about to marry another woman. David, Simon's oldest at 27, has been spiraling downward ever since a knee injury ended a promising football career.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I loved it!!!
- By Alethea on 03-14-19
awesome suspense
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Great Read!
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Great Perspective from the inside of a situation!
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LOVE!!!
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Sad
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Bastard
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Powerful
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touching
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Great
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Exellent!!
Edge of your seat!!
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