Urban Audiobooks | Romance

This is the fourth book in the RBMC: Ankeny IA series... the story you've all been waiting for... Chains and Jasmine are going to rip your heart out, then stitch you back together. I’m Nico “Chains” Trinidad—Tail-Gunner for the Ankeny RBMC. I'm not a good man, but I’m loyal to the core. I won’t hesitate to protect my club. I wanted Jasmine more than my next breath. Just one night, and she was a fire in my blood I couldn’t extinguish. It didn’t matter that she was forbidden. When my chapter stumbled into the middle of a sinister organization, it put us all in their crosshairs. Chaos ensued, and she became a casualty. Damaged and scarred, she used me, and I let her. My need to possess her overrode common sense. Until we got caught and I was shipped off to keep her brother from carving out my heart. Months later, I came back to secrets and lies that blew up in our face. Now, I need to find a way to save her from one of our deadliest enemies or lose everything. I’m going to prove I’m the right man for her and unleash the hounds of hell on them—even if it kills me.

Kristine Allen (Author), Eric Rolon, Kylie Stewart (Narrator)

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Winner Takes All

Divina Langley-Kemp is fed up with the pompous, overbearing men in her life. From her father to her ex-husband, she's beyond over their arrogance and high-handedness. All she wants is peace and quiet to live her life on her own terms. Instead, she gets Grant Easton, a drop-dead gorgeous blast from the past who's more trouble than her ex-husband and father combined. Grant Easton finally has the Langley family in the palm of his hand. His long-awaited revenge of crushing them financially and ruining their prestigious reputation will soon come to fruition. Can anything stop the unscrupulous mogul from exacting his revenge? Only having the beautiful and elusive Divina Langley-Kemp in his bed. Grant drives Divina insane and infuriates her to no end, but more than anything, he makes her feel vibrantly alive. She's a stubborn hellion, unwilling to bend an inch and defying Grant at every turn. With an unassuming smile Divina can bring him to his knees, making her his ultimate weakness. They have a bittersweet and tumultuous history that neither can forget. Will love be enough to overcome the sins of the past once and for all? Contains mature themes.

D. A. Young (Author), Leon Nixon, Mari (Narrator)

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The Love Con

A LIBRARY READS PICK He's cosplaying as her boyfriend but their feelings for each other are real in this romantic comedy from Seressia Glass. Sometimes Kenya Davenport believes she was switched at the hospital-how else could a lover of anime, gaming, and cosplay come from STEM parents? Still, Kenya dreams of being able to turn her creative hobby into a career. She finally has a chance to make it big when she joins the reality show competition Cosplay or No Way. There's just one catch: the challenge for the final round is all about iconic pairs, and the judges want the contestants' significant others to participate. Unfortunately, Kenya is as single as can be at the moment. Luckily her best friend, Cameron Lassiter, agrees to be her fake boyfriend for the show. Roleplaying a couple in love will force them to explore what they're hiding under the mask of friendship. Can Kenya and Cam fake it until she makes it, or will she be real about her feelings, knowing it could cost her the best friend she's ever had?

Seressia Glass (Author), Zenzi Williams (Narrator)

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Her Pretend Christmas Date

She's home for the holidays with her starchy fake boyfriend . . . Although she's the fun and outgoing one, Julie Tam has always lived in the shadow of her older sister, Charlotte. Now Charlotte has a good career and a great boyfriend whom their parents love, and Julie has neither of those things. Her blind date with Tom Yeung is disastrous; however, he's exactly the sort of guy her parents would like-a methodical, strait-laced pharmacist who even folds his underwear and wears paisley ties. So, she pretends they're a couple to impress Mom and Dad in their phone conversations. When her mother insists that Julie bring Tom to her hometown for Christmas, Tom, who has no plans for the holidays, agrees. But Julie doesn't know how she'll tolerate a whole weekend in his company, especially when they have to share a bed and participate in a gingerbread house competition together. The man is irritatingly proper and set in his ways. Except after hours of baking and skating and opening presents, she's starting to find Tom annoyingly attractive and even endearing. And now, she doesn't want this holiday weekend to end . . . Contains mature themes.

Jackie Lau (Author), Emily Woo Zeller (Narrator)

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La salvaje de Boston

Boston, 1880. Livia Cañumil, discípula de las maestras que llegaron al país de la mano del presidente Sarmiento, decide viajar a Norteamérica. Allí conocerá a Jeremías Robinson, un ex boxeador irlandés atormentado por su pasado. Ambos vivirán una gran historia de amor en un marco histórico emblemático. Livia Cañumil, discípula de las maestras que llegaron al país de la mano del presidente Sarmiento, decide viajar a Norteamérica para especializarse en la enseñanza de los jardines de infancia. Lleva en su sangre el estigma de ser mestiza. Con la determinación que le permitió superar la pobreza en su tierra, está dispuesta a enfrentar cualquier obstáculo que la vida le depare. Hasta que el destino la conduce al seno de la familia Robinson. Allí, en medio de conflictos y secretos, se verá obligada a pelear en la lid de la pasión, la única para la que no tiene armas. Solo el cariño que le inspira la mayor de las Robinson -de quien se ha convertido en institutriz- la mantiene firme en su propósito de no bajar los brazos. Jeremías, padre de la niña el hombre de la casa, arrastra la desgracia donde vaya. Inmigrante pobre en una sociedad que exige credenciales para triunfar, ha sabido sobrevivir en los más adversos ambientes y hacerse lugar a los puños en la clase alta local. La coraza que lo reviste es lo bastante dura como para que ni siquiera la vida de sus hijas la atraviese. Pero hasta el hueso más difícil de roes se agrieta cuando un material resistente lo golpea. La sociedad de Nueva Inglaterra catapulta a Livia hacia un tumulto de ideas novedosas y movimientos femeninos que la deslumbran, y arroja a Jeremías a un tenebroso mundo de espíritus vengativos que sacarán a la luz macabros secretos. La salvaje de Boston nos transporta hacia profundidades desconocidas del pensamiento, y nos ofrece, con pinceladas góticas, el contraste entre el progreso material y las creencias misteriosas que forjaron la idiosincrasia de un pueblo.

Gloria V. Casañas (Author), Mariana De Iraola (Narrator)

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Great English Literature Classics Bundle, 5 in 1 Bundle: Wuthering Heights, Robinson Crusoe, Heart o

Great English Literature Classics Bundle, 5 in 1 Bundle: Wuthering Heights, Robinson Crusoe, Heart of Darkness, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Much Ado About Nothing Here is your chance to listen to the best and most memorable classic English literature works and it's all at a special price. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë tells the tale of the all-encompassing and passionate, yet thwarted, love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and many around them. Wuthering Heights is romantic, impassioned and wild, but it is also a dark journey in the human soul. Robinson Crusoe is said to be based on the real-life experiences of Scottish castaway Alexander Selkirk who lived on an island called Mas a Tierra for four years. Shipwrecked and castaway, Daniel DeFoe's hard-luck character is still the standard for "growing where you're planted." It has gone on to become one of the most widely published books in history, inspiring not only in literature but also in film, television, and radio. Heart of Darkness is a story within a story in which the character Charles Marlow relates his experience to fellow seafarers aboard a boat floating on the River Thames. It talks about the horrors of Western colonialism but what is really emphasized in this work is the idea that there is little difference between 'civilized people'' and 'savages.' Heart of Darkness is considered one of the best novels in the 20th century. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll and the misanthropic Edward Hyde. Much Ado About Nothing is one of the best known works by William Shakespeare. The play is very popular and it continues to be one of Shakespeare's most performed plays to this date.

Daniel Defoe, Emily Bronte, Joseph Conrad, Mary Godolphin, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare (Author), Johan F Girado, Marcus Mulenga, Matt Montanez (Narrator)

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Once in a Blood Moon: A story about love, betrayal and redemption that reframes American history

According to the Kirkus Review: 'Once in a Blood Moon elegantly articulates a young woman's precarious position between white and black society. Overall, this novel explores issues of equality and personal freedom in thought-provoking ways.' Once in a Blood Moon: a-can't-put-it-down-page-turner about love, betrayal and redemption. Sixteen-year-old Alexandra Degambia is the daughter of a wealthy African American planter and a social climbing mother who can pass for white. Balancing on the tightrope between girlhood and the complicated adult world is a treacherous undertaking. One misstep could ruin a young woman’s prospects forever. Alexandra yearns to establish her own place in the world as an accomplished violinist. She assumes her talent and her family’s wealth will pave the way to her success. Her life becomes a nightmare when her mother dies and her father is murdered by prejudiced officials eager to seize the plantation. When Alexandra becomes the heiress of Heaven Hill plantation, she has a target on her back. Powerful people want to seize the plantation for their own. Alexandra flees to save her life. 2020 Best Books Award Winner for African American Fiction; 2020 American Fiction Award Winner; New York Book Festival, Honorable Mention for Fiction; 2021 Los Angeles Book Festival, Honorable Mention for Fiction, Five-Star Reader’s Choice selection; 2020 Chanticleer Goethe Award, First Place for Historical Fiction after 1740.

Dorothea Hubble Bonneau (Author), Trei Taylor (Narrator)

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His Grumpy Childhood Friend

He was only supposed to give her dating lessons. And maybe a little kissing practice . . . It's been five years since Charlotte Tam had to endure a public proposal at a baseball game-literally the stuff of her nightmares-and realized her ex never really knew her. She hasn't dated since, afraid that no man will understand her cranky, introverted, coffee-obsessed self, but she wants to try again. Her friend suggests she ask a guy to ease her into the dating game and give her some lessons. That night at the cider bar, Charlotte runs into Mike Guo, her childhood best friend who lived in the house next door twenty years ago. Surely easygoing Mike, who is now surprisingly handsome, must do well in the world of love. He's the perfect candidate for this. But as they go on practice dates around Toronto and even have kissing lessons, Charlotte starts to fall for Mike, and that was never part of the plan. He's too different from her, just like her ex-how could it work? And she suspects Mike has secrets of his own . . . Can their childhood friendship really become love? Contains mature themes.

Jackie Lau (Author), Emily Woo Zeller (Narrator)

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Bad Guy

Crulden the Ruiner is the name of a fierce gladiator who's broken the rules . . . and broken anyone that approaches. It's my name. It's a name that strikes fear into the hearts of all . . . all except the small human female who comes to clean my cell and glares at me the entire time. My new owners want things from me. They want me to play in their games. They want me to win battles for them. Well, I know what I want in return. I want her. And I don't care who I have to destroy to get her. But Mina doesn't want to be owned . . . and certainly not by one as terrible as me. How does a bad guy woo the girl when all he knows is death and destruction? Contains mature themes.

Ruby Dixon (Author), Felicity Munroe, Mason Lloyd (Narrator)

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Hot for You

Firefighter Reggie Morgan is done with love, done with relationships, and done with complications. But when he's called to the scene of a hit-and-run, he finds a scared little girl, a butt-ugly stray puppy, and an unconscious woman he can't get out of his mind. The girl and the puppy are a handful, but the girl's mother, Maggie, might just be the woman to melt his icy heart. He's loved and lost before, and the pain nearly broke him. But when they can't ignore their unquenchable desire for each other, Maggie, a teacher by trade, is confident she can show him all about falling-and staying-in love.

Marie Harte (Author), Tatiana Sokolov (Narrator)

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Stroke of Midnight

One night. New Year's Eve in Miami. Even workaholic Alana Hernandez can't resist the call of the city, especially if it will get her little sister off her back. But a night of celebrating turns into a night of mischief when an alluring stranger catches her eye across the dance floor. No names. Former Navy Seal Cole Roberts isn't looking for anything more than a good time in Miami. Since leaving the military and being betrayed by his former fiancee, he's not interested in unnecessary complications. But the moment he sets eyes on the sultry beauty, Cole knows this night will be far from ordinary. No going back. Neither Cole nor Alana are looking for a relationship, so they strike a deal: One night. No names. No repeats. But things get complicated when their night of passion becomes something neither can walk away from. Contains mature themes.

Andie J. Christopher (Author), Ramona Master (Narrator)

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Dusk Until Dawn

No boundaries. Bartender and aspiring painter Maya Pascual loves turning up the heat. And dumping a vodka-and-karma chaser on the man who broke her heart is perfect Bronx girl payback. But how can she resist when Miami playboy prince Javier Hernandez begs to make it up to her . . . No regrets. Between his disastrous personal life and his wealthy family's meddling, Javi needs to get back on track. The only thing that's certain is his passion for Maya. If she'll just let him show her how sorry he is, maybe he can move on and start fresh. But one look in her gorgeous eyes and he knows letting her go will be easier said than done. No rules. Maya agrees to one dinner with Javi. But as their attraction threatens to combust, she wonders if a night of no strings, no repeats surrender is the only way burn off their desire once and for all . . . Unless the light of day reveals it's impossible to let go. Contains mature themes.

Andie J. Christopher (Author), Ramona Master (Narrator)

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