Showing results by publisher "Podium Audio" in African American

Ciara thought her life was complete with her husband, Kairo, and her quiet life in the Bronx. That was until she found out that Kairo had opened up a credit card in her name to wine and dine his mistress. Shortly after that discovery, Kairo's mistress's husband shows up at their door, and...

I was in your kitchen when you told me cheating is wrong, and it will never be right. But the biggest conflict is when you fall in love with someone who isn’t yours. You said people fall in and out of love every day, and that most of it is bullshit...being more about passion and temporary emotions. But when the person you’re cheating with is worth a commitment and a sacrifice, and when you’re prepared in your heart and mind to walk through the fire of the mess, it might be something real after all.

Josiah Joseph is trouble - at least that’s what everyone says about him. Jade Taylor can’t help but to agree with their sentiments. He’s a hotheaded football player and one of her most lackluster students. She’s a young mother and a laser-focused teacher’s assistant, counting the days until graduation.

Everyone around me kept trying to tell me that what I felt for Ananias wasn’t real, but I knew in my heart that it was. But did he feel the same? And if he did, could we actually survive with everyone we love against us?

Is it possible to move on once you have lost the love of your life? That's the question that Misha was harshly confronted with when she lost the love of her life, Emmett, just a month before their wedding. In an instant, her world was rocked, and life as she once knew it changed drastically. She vows to herself to never be open to love again, in fear of ever having to go through the type of pain she had to endure behind Emmett…until she met Emanuel.

Rowdy Noble was a mischievous child, and wherever there was trouble, he was front and center. As he approached manhood, he continued to seek the adrenaline rush he experienced in his childhood and found it in the most unexpected yet fulfilling way. Unfortunately, his questionable actions put him and his family on the radar of some dangerous men. He decides to take his mother's advice and move them to Onyx City. Soon after he arrives, he meets a woman whose presence makes his heart rate increase, whose voice soothes his spirit, and whose feisty attitude makes his manhood rise.

After three years away, Eden Cross returns to Amun Pointe to rebuild her life and career. Landing a job at Vanderbilt News Network seems perfect—until she meets Dawson Raine, the town's meteorologist and most eligible bachelor. As witty banter turns into undeniable chemistry, the storm brewing between them becomes impossible to ignore. Can they weather it, or will their budding romance blow over?

When a skeleton Italy thought she buried comes back into her life, she has no choice but to deal with the situation. However, what happens when the situation calls for her to further explain herself and prove that Trell did rape her and fathered her oldest daughter, Jai? Poppa has to deal with his wife and the unborn child that Italy is carrying. Does he end his marriage with Misa to be with Italy? Or is it best for him and Italy to co-parent? His heart says one thing, but his mind says another. Nothing is going to stop Milan from getting her surgery and being able to see again—hopefully.

Bruqlyn (Brooklyn) Sampson has been on a long road to happiness. Something that she learned early was that life's highway had many on ramps, off ramps, and detours. Her biggest reroute on her trip was leaving her home in Mississippi to come to North Carolina. Now that she's traveling at a comfortable speed, will a new person on her highway cause a distraction that could be the cause of a head-on collision, or will she get a ride-along partner? Euri Westin is on her bumper, but will she be willing to slow down to let him in for the ride, or will he be forced to speed up?

Tori McNabb and Ashton Spencer, based on appearances, believe they have no reason to breathe the same air. But when startling circumstances align their paths on the campus of Blakewood State University, the two have no choice but to look beyond their exteriors. McNabb is a fighter in life as well as in the ring. She knows what she’s capable of...and she doesn’t want to be tested. Her only goal is to never return to Millville, New Jersey. Spencer, the most popular athlete on campus, is well on his way to success as a professional athlete....

A menace, I was, the duration of my life. Unsure of what was next, who was next, or where I was headed next. The only for-sure shit in my world was my paper and my people. The ice around my heart was still intact, never being penetrated or as much as tapped.

Tyriq Hill is a baller. He was born with a basketball in hand, and despite not having the support he wants, he's a beast with it. Street legend, all-American, and NBA-bound. Everything is on track, and he's ready to live the life he's worked so hard for. Teaira Wilks is that girl. She's independent, fierce, and knows exactly who she is and what she wants. She has a great career, she owns her own townhome, and she's enjoying life until she finds a love like her parents.

After being blindsided by a holiday heartbreak, Dailyn is doing her best to pick up the pieces of her life. Although her new normal looks very different nowadays, she is desperately trying to get back to the blissful place that she once was. However, those around her make peace anything but possible. At every turn, Dailyn is being reminded of the deception and hurt that she experienced almost two years prior.

Falling in love was never part of the plan—but now, it feels inevitable. Still, neither dares to admit it, trapped by fears and a past that won't let go. Beneath their fake marriage, longing simmers, and silence becomes their cruelest enemy. Meanwhile, a greater war brews outside. Queen Ngozi and Prince Kenneth are still playing dirty. Lies, sabotage, and betrayal threaten everything. But it only takes one event to turn the reluctant heir into a prince determined to seize the throne—by any means necessary.

With some relationships destroyed and others on the verge of separation, everyone in Cove City is in disarray as Pierre tries to rectify what happened to Tuesday and Sasha at the hands of his cousin. Much remains lurking within the city. Quinton, who is not ready to face his demise, is hiding but stumbles upon dark Cove secrets along the way. While Best is reliving old memories of someone she thought she could leave in the past.

Life's hardened me. A single mother to an autistic son, I learned early that love comes with lies and disappointments I can't afford. So I swore it off. Then a mistake at the doctor's office flipped my world upside down, and that's when Romari appeared. He's intense, reckless, and too sure of what he wants: me. I swore my walls were unbreakable, but somehow, he's kicking down every last one. I don't know if I should run from him or finally let myself feel again.

In a world that has been ravaged by a destructive alien attack, an opportunity for a lifetime of riches in exchange for serving as consort to one of the alien defenders is indeed a great prize. Karma, down on her luck, will become the first Black consort, despite her belief that being an alien whore is only marginally better than serving humans.

I thought walking away from Kendrix would save us both. Instead, it shattered me. After attacking the man who destroyed my mother's life, I disappeared to protect the only family I had left. But even as I tried to rebuild myself from the wreckage, his love lingered like a ghost, pulling me back toward the one man I swore I could never have again. But no matter how far I ran, he saw me everywhere. As our secrets unravel and our scars resurface, we're forced to face the truth: love can't erase trauma, but can it survive it?

As Kash fights to protect his legacy, he discovers dark truths about his bloodline, including hidden babies, lies spun by those closest to him, and hidden family secrets, that change everything he thought he knew. Torn between love, power, and vengeance, Kash must navigate a dangerous path to secure his future—but with enemies inside and outside his bloodline, will he survive the chaos or be consumed by it?

Rennix has spent most of his life playing game after game until he just wanted solitude. Then out of nowhere, he's blinded by siblings he never knew existed, and a woman who refuses to give him the time of day. Gentleman's club owner by night, and a human craving something else by day. He and his twin, Reminisce, are far from home, in a new city with new rules. A change he didn't see coming is on the horizon, because for once, he realizes that what he thought he wanted, he didn't.