Audiobooks are a great option for those who don’t have time to read physical copies of books. Reading is fundamental, and you can get the same lessons in any form. Listening to audiobooks is like watching TV with your ears, and since everyone watches TV now, why not give audiobooks a chance?
Assist by Alexandra House(3rd book in the St. Louis Series)by the way if you haven’t read the other two you need to right now! All her books have just the right amount of love, pain, and spice.
The Center for the St. Louis Sires has lived an undeniably good life, but something has always been missing, something he desperately craves—a family.
The alluring rapper is at the top of her game, talented and adored by her fans, including the Center for the St. Louis Sires, but what she desires most is a real connection—a friend.
One random phone call links them in ways neither could’ve imagined, a connection that helps free them from the past and navigate the future.
In the process, maybe, just maybe, they’ll find true love.
Home Is Where The Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose( While I haven’t read this book just yet, I loved her book One Of Us Is Dead. It gives the real housewives of Buckhead if one of them got murdered. YIKES! I’m excited to see what spin she put on this one.)
After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm’s length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn’t been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before.
While going through their parent’s belongings, the siblings stumble upon a collection of home videos and decide to revisit those happier memories. However, the nostalgia is cut short when one of the VHS tapes reveals a night back in 1999 that none of them have any recollection of. On screen, their father appears covered in blood. What follows is a dead body and a pact between their parents to get rid of it, before the video abruptly ends.
Beth, Nicole, and Michael must now decide whether to leave the past in the past or uncover the dark secret their mother took to her grave.
All He Ever Wanted by Tay Mo’Nae( 2nd book in the Million Dollar Baby series. All I gotta say is the 1st book cover is SPICY!) I can only imagine how down and dirty the book gets.
Kyonna had wanted Rhys for as long as she could remember.
After coming home from college and starting her career, he was the only thing missing from her life.
Rhys is adjusting to being a retired NFL player. He’s ready to settle down and start a family, but his issue is he hasn’t found the right woman to be with.
When the opportunity presents itself, Kyonna takes matters into her own hands. Dressing up in a mask and finding her way into Rhys’s bed seemed like a good idea until she was presented with a life-altering consequence. Now, she’s forced to tell the truth or live in a lie without Rhys and their families finding out.
Rhys isn’t prepared for how his life is about to change, and Kyonna is forced to woman up and face the music.
Why Do We Stay by Stephanie Quayle and W. Keith Campbell(How My Toxic Relationship Can Help You Find Freedom)(I love the cover of this book and the meaning behind it. This is for all my people wanting help on how to get out of a toxic relationship!)
You or someone you love may be in a toxic relationship, but it doesn’t have to stay that way. In this compassionate and practical resource, Stephanie Quayle shares her powerful story alongside psychologist Dr. W. Keith Campbell’s professional insights to give you the help and hope you need—and remind you that you are not alone.
When Stephanie lost her boyfriend in a plane crash, she faced intense grief and pain. Nothing compared, though, to the shock of discovering she had not been the only woman in his life. As her world unraveled around her, Stephanie realized that it had actually been unraveling from the start of their relationship—back when he promised her everything.
In Why Do We Stay? Stephanie draws on her story to explain how to spot a toxic relationship, how to get out, and how to heal. Mental health expert Dr. W. Keith Campbell joins her in helping you see that:
- You can make a change in your life.
- There are warning signs to look for and ways to spot an unhealthy relationship.
- You don’t have to be a victim to narcissism or gaslighting or lose years of your life.
- Whether you stay in or leave your relationship, healing and freedom are possible.
Why Do We Stay? is ideal for:
- Those who feel trapped in an unhealthy relationship.
- Those who are recovering from a toxic relationship.
- Listeners searching for a resource—for themselves or for a friend—on narcissism, gaslighting, compulsive lying, and other destructive behaviors.
With a powerful blend of clinical research, gripping storytelling, and unvarnished hope, Why Do We Stay? empowers you to make changes in your life. You are not alone.
Discover a way forward.
The Poison We Drink by Bethany Baptiste(Who doesn’t love a black girl on a cover doing magic?)
In a country divided between humans and witchers, Venus Stoneheart hustles as a brewer making illegal love potions to support her family.
Love potions are a dangerous business. Brewing has painful, debilitating side effects, and getting caught means death or a prison sentence. But what Venus is most afraid of is the dark, sentient magic within her.
When an enemy’s iron bullet kills her mother, Venus’s life implodes. Keeping her reckless little sister, Janus, safe is now her responsibility. When the powerful Grand Witcher, the ruthless head of her coven, offers Venus the chance to punish her mother’s killer, she has to pay a steep price for revenge.
The cost? Brew poisonous potions to enslave DC’s most influential politicians in order to pass legislation that will protect witchers for years to come.
As Venus crawls deeper into the corrupt underbelly of her city, the line between magic and power blurs, and it’s hard to tell who to trust … herself included.
The Poisons We Drink is a potent debut about a world where love potions are weaponized against hate and prejudice, sisterhood is unbreakable, and self-love is life and death.
Missing White Woman by Ariel Blake (OMG! Not a dead body found in the same vacinity as this Black Woman. It’s about to be GAME OVER! Just read the summary below and you will be reeled in.
The truth is never skin deep.
It was supposed to be a romantic getaway weekend in New York City. Breanna’s new boyfriend, Ty, took care of everything—the train tickets, the dinner reservations, the rented four-story luxury rowhouse in Jersey City with a beautiful view of the Manhattan skyline. But when Bree comes downstairs their final morning, she’s shocked. There’s a stranger laying dead in the foyer, and Ty is nowhere to be found.
A Black woman alone in a new city, Bree is stranded and out of her depth—especially when it becomes clear the dead woman is none other than Janelle Beckett, the missing woman the entire Internet has become obsessed with. There’s only one person Bree can turn to: her ex-best friend, a lawyer with whom she shares a very complicated past. As the police and a social media mob close in, all looking for #JusticeForJanelle, Bree realizes that the only way she can help Ty—or herself—is to figure out what really happened that last night.
But when people only see what they want to see, can she uncover the truth hiding in plain sight?
Imagination A Manifesto by Janina Edwards (Look at this freaking cover you guys! This book is going to open your mind up for sure.)
A world without prisons? Ridiculous. Schools that foster the genius of every child? Impossible. Work that doesn’t strangle the life out of people? Naive. A society where everyone has food, shelter, love? In your dreams. Exactly.
We have the power to use our imaginations to create a world in which everyone can thrive. But obstacles abound. We have inherited destructive ideas that trap us inside a dominant imagination. Consider how racism, sexism, and classism make hierarchies, exploitation, and violence seem natural and inevitable—but all emerged from the human imagination.
The most effective way to disrupt these deadly systems is to do so collectively. Ruha Benjamin highlights the educators, artists, activists, and many others who are refuting powerful narratives that justify the status quo, crafting new stories that reflect our interconnection, and offering creative approaches to seemingly intractable problems.
Imagination: A Manifesto offers visionary examples and tactics to push beyond the constraints of what we think, and are told, is possible. This book is for anyone who is ready to take to heart Toni Morrison’s instruction: “Dream a little before you think.”
40HRS With A Stranger by J.D. ( With this book sounds heavy but in a good way. I can only imagine what all can be uncovered in 40 hours.)
Ashlynn finds herself at a crossroads, debating whether to follow her own dreams or to appease her father by staying with the family business. Additionally, her relationship with her fiancé is becoming more distant, leaving Ashlynn questioning their engagement. However, when some unexpected news arises, Ashlynn embarks on a journey across the country, further complicating her situation.
Ever since his brother’s passing, Nicholas has been in a downward spiral. He’s been disillusioned and hurt throughout his life, causing him to lose faith in others, especially women. When an individual from his past resurfaces, he becomes resolved to travel across the country to fill the void in his heart by seeking revenge.
Join both individuals over the course of the next 40 hours as secrets and dark pasts are revealed, leading the two to form an unforeseen bond. With hidden agendas and more betrayal lurking, the pair find themselves trapped in the middle of dangerous drama and unexpected love.
That’s all for now. I hope you enjoy reading the picks for this month. Please be sure to leave a comment and let me know what you think!
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