Ida Belle has narrated 25 audiobooks on Listento.it by 32 authors. The most-rated is BFF'S.
Heaven Sent
Summary
Eve is a recovering drug addict, who was just released from prison to a female Christian halfway house. The problem is she's convinced she doesn't have a drug problem. She signed up for the halfway house not to recover but to learn how to stop using drugs so often. Eve has no intentions of staying clean until she meets the associate pastor, Reverend Washington. Reverend Washington's wife dies during childbirth, and Eve seduces the newly widowed reverend until she becomes the next Mrs. Washington and immediately becomes mother to the reverend's three young children. But Eve is very resentful of the deceased Mrs. Washington and plots to make her husband's first wife look like a lying adulterer. All this deceit leads Eve to start shooting up heroin, and her addiction again takes over her life. Secrets threaten Even's new life with her new family and has everyone asking if she was Heaven Sent.
©2007 Dynah Zale (P)2018 Blackstone Publishing and Urban Audiobooks
Material Girl
Summary
Dylan Monroe is the kind of chick females love to hate, but children and dogs mysteriously adore. She's a material girl, living in a material world filled with diamonds, furs, limousines, celebrities, and private planes. To the world, she has it all, but behind closed doors, she has nothing. Almost bankrupt, she finds solace with State, a wealthy entrepreneur with a heart of steel, the man who breaks her heart time and time again. When State leaves her heart in shambles, she turns to Angel, her best friend's brother. She's had a secret crush on him for years. Swept off her feet by her new love, but still mending from the pain of the old one, Dylan finds herself caught up in a web of lies, lust, love, and betrayal. Nationally best-selling author Keisha Ervin delivers a sophisticated love story filled with laughter, witty banter...and excessive shopping!
©2012 Keisha Ervin (P)2017 Urban Audiobooks, and Blackstone Publishing
Scar
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"You would be pretty if you didn't have that.... You just have to take what you can get since you got strikes against you!" Tineya has experienced a lot of trauma in her short life. Losing both parents has left a broken, weak soul. As if that's not enough, she's left with physical wounds with which no woman should have to deal. More than just bad memories, Tineya's wound runs deeper. What would you do if everybody could see the remnants of one unforgettable night that changed your life? Follow Tineya as she hunts for acceptance from others, but most of all, from herself. Some people are rooting for her to succeed, while a few selfishly want her to stay in a sunken place. In walks Marsell, a self-centered hustler. He's the type of slick-talking man who can sell water to a fish and dope to the pope. Marsell can convince any woman to jump as high as he needs her to. He typically wants the type of woman who looks like a centerfold, damn near perfect, until he is humbled. What happens when Marsell and Tineya cross paths? Will Tineya stay meek and weak, or will she finally learn those with the deepest wounds are usually the strongest soldiers?
©2018 Margo (P)2018 Blackstone Publishing and Urban Audiobooks
Country Girls III
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The Ladies of MHB are all together again and ready to take their newfound success to the next level, but with success comes more haters and rivals who are shooting at the team on top. After living through the largest shootout in downtown Charlotte's history, the women have decided to take the group all the way legit. MHB owns enough real estate to secure the future of all the original members and new recruits alike. There's only one problem: nobody believes these country girls can leave the streets alone and maybe, just maybe, they really can't.
©2016 Blake Karrington (P)2018 Blackstone Publishing and Urban Audiobooks
Snow White: A Survival Story
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Anna J. is back with a riveting novel depicting the devastation caused by cocaine use in a Southwest Philadelphia community. You have to use what you got to get what you want. For Journey Clayton, this statement rings more than true as she struggles under the weight of her mother’s cocaine addiction. She learns from a very young age that family doesn’t offer as much help as she hoped they would. It’s not until she befriends Khalid, the son of a neighborhood drug dealer, who is trying to stay above the struggle himself, that she starts to believe there might just be hope...even for little girls in the ghetto. Snow White is a story of survival, betrayal, strength, and courage. It will pull you in from the very beginning and won’t let you go until the last word. As seen through the eyes of a young girl coming of age, observe how Journey struggles to survive amidst the deception, violence, and murder that surround her.
©2009 Anna J. (P)2019 Blackstone Publishing and Urban Audiobooks, LLC
Sugar Walls
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Despite a tumultuous past, Sugar Alise Clark is determined to be successful. When she meets Dyna, owner and proprietor of Dymes Exotic Escort Service, she takes off down a path of easy money and fast living. Their friendship quickly sours when Sugar decides to branch out on her own. Sugar opens a gentleman’s club called Sugar Walls and becomes involved with a new love - who happens to be the father of her sister’s child. Sugar thinks she’s leaving her past behind to forge a better future. It’s not long before Sugar discovers that her dreams of happily ever after might not be possible. She wakes up stranded and near death, unsure of who put her there. The two people that Sugar cared about the most are on a path of revenge, determined to silence Sugar forever. When tragedy strikes and life-changing events are set into motion, Sugar soon realizes that fast money gets you nowhere fast.
©2007, 2012 Brittani Williams (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc. and Urban Audiobooks, LLC
Hidden Intentions
Summary
Nya Gamden is thrilled to be accepted into the nursing program at Old Dominion University and, as an added bonus to good fortune, computer engineer Tory Sothers has stepped into her life, becoming the man of her dreams. Life is all that she'd imagined - love, happiness, and a budding career - until Tory asks her to give up her hopes and dreams for matrimony. Leaving her heart, and Tory, on the white sandy beaches of Hawaii, Nya is shattered, and time is the only remedy that can heal her heart, as well as a new man. Darren Edmonds, a pillar of the community and well-respected businessman, wins Nya's trust and love, takes her on a whirlwind romance, and gives her the ultimate gift. However, Darren is keeping a secret, and Nya's curiosity gets the best of her.
©2006 Meisha J. Camm (P)2018 Blackstone Publishing and Urban Audiobooks
BFFs 2
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Essence bestselling author Brenda Hampton's sequel to the sexy BFFs reintroduces a trio of catty, backstabbing girlfriends that listeners love to hate. Kayla thought that her best friends, Evelyn and Trina, were supposed to always have her back, but when she discovers that Evelyn has been creeping with her husband, Cedric, and Trina has known about the ongoing affair for quite some time, Kayla is ready to cut ties and leave her so-called friends behind. Their actions have shown how scheming they truly are. Of course, they are no more manipulative than Cedric, who lies in a hospital bed, clinging to life. The person who attempted to silence him is now behind bars, but just because one scorned woman is out of the picture, it doesn't mean he's in the clear. He may not be able to utilize his joystick for a while, but his millions are still in play. Evelyn is eager to get her hands on his money, and pregnant with his child, she envisions a bright future ahead. She has a serious need for greed - greed that also makes her hungry for Trina's beau, Keith. He displays a deep concern for the troublesome BFFs, but his involvement may have him confessing to Trina that whatever Evelyn wants, she will eventually get.
©2015 Brenda Hampton (P)2018 Blackstone Publishing and Urban Audiobooks
Around the Way Girls 8
Summary
Get ready for the latest streetwise installment of this off-the-hook street series, with sizzling stories told by three of your favorite authors! In "Got Me Twisted", New York diva Ebony Queen heads south after her mother's murder and tries to reinvent country bumpkin Reshunda - but it won't be easy! In "Arrested Development", Kelly joins the police force to get in the good graces of her love interest, Dante - but what happens when her brother gets out of prison and finds out her boyfriend is the same cop that brought him down? And in "Greed", Jackie and her parents escaped the projects and now live the high life - but what's going to happen to her if they get murdered? These latest Around the Way Girls stories will leave you breathless!
©2011 Got Me Twisted Tina Brooks McKinney. Arrested Development B.L.U.N.T. Greed Meisha Camm (P)2018 Urban Audiobooks, and Blackstone Publishing
BFFs 3
Summary
When it comes to a real friendship, Kayla, Evelyn, and Trina have one last opportunity to get it right. If only for a short period, they appear to be on the same path and willing to put their chaotic past behind them. Evelyn's near-death experience has everyone embracing her, even Kayla's ex-husband Cedric, who uses his wealth and power to get whatever his heart desires. To help him settle scores with individuals he now considers his enemies, Cedric handpicks the person he believes is the weakest link of them all - but trusting Miss Evelyn could be the wrong move. She has a bad reputation when it comes to her loyalty to friends, and there is nothing that will stop her from biting the hands that continuously feed her. Once again, Trina puts herself in a position to save them all, but when secrets unravel about the love of her life, she'll have to figure out more than one way to save herself.
©2016 Brenda Hampton (P)2018 Blackstone Publishing and Urban Audiobooks
Girls from da Hood 12
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Urban Books' popular Girls from da Hood series continues its gritty street drama in this twelfth installment, featuring urban fiction superstar Treasure Hernandez and rising stars Katt and Paradise Gomez. "Short Stacks" by Treasure Hernandez: Honey has been working them streets for El-Jihad, selling his wares and keeping up her end of the bargain. He warned it was "three strikes and you're out", and she has already come up short twice. Now Honey and her goons meet up with DeAngelo, who refuses to pay back his loan. If she can't come up with El-Jihad's money within days, it will be her head on a platter. "Street Life Johnny's in Love" by Katt: Strawberry has been a rather lucrative ho for Larry "Sir" Smalls; however, she's been at it for a minute, and it is starting to have an effect on her mind and body. When she meets up with an old high school friend, Sir beats her nearly to death. Her friend rescues her, but will Sir let her go without a fight? "Payback" by Paradise Gomez: Jackie spent 15 years in the state pen for stabbing the fool that had the audacity to put his hands on her. Now she's home, trying to turn her life around, but it's hard to get a job as a violent ex-con. Her aunt, the powerful queen of a drug cartel, turns up and takes her in. Soon, an all-out war between the aunt and the fool who put her in prison breaks out. Will Jackie resort to the same violence that got her locked up?
©2018 Treasure Hernandez, Katt, and Paradise Gomez (P)2018 Blackstone Publishing and Urban Audiobooks
Material Girl 2
Summary
Dylan Monroe, our favorite shopaholic, is back! She’s three months pregnant and madly in love with the father of her child, sexy heavyweight champion Angel. The only problem is the long-legged Victoria’s Secret model standing in the way of getting him back. If that weren’t enough stress, her Jack Daniels-loving mother, Candy, returns to stir up even more trouble. Unsure of how to face her future as a single mother, Dylan reverts back to the only thing she knows to comfort her pain - shopping! Rounding out the cast of colorful characters are Billie, Dylan’s tightly wound friend, and flamboyant transgender cousin Tee-Tee, a.k.a. Dick’em Down Diva. Material Girl 2 promises to be a laugh-out-loud, heartfelt tale of love lost and love regained.
©2011 Keisha Ervin (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing and Urban Audiobooks, LLC
Scheming for Love
Summary
What happens when the woman is the hustler and breadwinner for the family and she falls in love with her side dude? Gloria Parker is the proud mother of two and the wife of a hardworking man. Although her job is a dangerous one, she would never do anything to risk losing her family - until she falls for a man named Raymond Jackson. She was supposed to kill him, but now that she can't resist him, all that she holds dear will be placed in jeopardy. With the Italian Mob on her heels, Charlotte Police Department out for blood, and a husband who's willing to do anything to get his wife back, Gloria is thrown yet another curve. Her fate is placed in the hands of the one person she's most unsure of. Hold your breath and grab a glass of wine as Blake Karrington takes you on another wild ride. This action-packed thriller will leave you guessing until the last word.
©2018 Blake Karrington (P)2019 Blackstone Publishing and Urban Audiobooks
Around the Way Girls 6
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Following in the successful footsteps of its predecessors, Around the Way Girls 6 features three popular authors presenting their versions of the tough, street-smart girls that everyone loves. Yana and Kiki had to grow up much too fast, thanks to their mother's drug habit. They've got each other's backs, but even that might not be enough to protect them from the ruthless drug dealer who's got them under his thumb. Connie is tired of struggling to get by, so when a shady corrections officer introduces her to a sure thing, she jumps at the chance. It doesn't take long, though, for her to recognize that her new hustle is bringing more drama than she bargained for. Quiana wants nothing more than to do the right thing. After bearing witness to her mother's heinous murder at the hands of her drug-addicted boyfriend, she is struggling with the ramifications of losing the only person in the world who truly loved her.
©2009 Mark Anthony, Meisha Camm, and B.L.U.N.T. (P)2017 Urban Audiobooks, and Blackstone Publishing
Around the Way Girls 10
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Around the Way Girls 10, like its predecessors, is a fast-paced look at the lives of some street-smart women who think they know it all but are about to get the lessons of their lives. Sasha Eubanks lived the perfect life. Whatever she touched seemed to turn to gold, until she met and married Mario. He was a parent's worst nightmare and everything you wouldn't want a husband to be. Yet Sasha loved him, sacrificed for him, took care of him, and would do anything for him including going to jail. While she is doing hard time for Mario's crimes, he soon shows his wife that loyalty is just another word in the dictionary. Sasha has to get revenge if she wants to have any pride left, but can she overcome the mental hold Mario has on her? Family ain't no good; at least in Rissa Ford's world. Forced to live with her aunt and predator-in-disguise uncle, Rissa feels as if her life was cursed from birth. Fed up with being tortured, she exposes the truth and is cast out into the mean streets of Detroit. Doing whatever she needs to make due, Rissa and her "newfound family" devise a plan for the ultimate revenge on those who have brought her the most harm. Ajanay, Sheika, and London were born and raised in one of Richmond's most ruthless housing projects. Faced with horrific home lives, all three girls turn to the streets and each other for comfort. Ajanay concocts a plan for them to get money out of Amir, one of the biggest dope boys from a rival housing project. However, Amir is a stone-cold killer with a long criminal history, and Ajanay has put them in harm's way with no solid plan on how to escape. Will their love and loyalty for one another keep them together, or is it every woman for herself?
©2016 Ms. Michel Moore, Racquel Williams, and Marlon P. S. White (P)2018 Blackstone Publishing and Urban Audiobooks
Back to Life
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Talented author Dakota Bibbs has deemed herself unlucky in love. She only dreams of experiencing a connection with a man similar to the ones she writes about in her novels. After ending a tumultuous five-year relationship, Dakota has decided to focus on herself and her blossoming business for the time being. Love will just have to wait. Other than dealing with her worrisome ex, things are going well for her. Then on cue, Giannis Williams enters her life. A boss in his own right, Giannis possesses just the right amount of hood, a double dose of sexy, and a dash of crazy. He could be her perfect match if she were looking, but allowing her heart time to heal is her priority. Giannis, however, is persistent by nature and doesn't plan to let up until he has Dakota by his side. Breelyn Waiters seems to have found herself in the same boat as her cousin Dakota, and she is attempting to get her life back after weaning herself off her most painful addiction - David Parrish. After being away for an entire year, Breelyn returns to Dallas to reunite with her family. She plans to steer clear of the man she once thought would own her heart forever. It turns out she was wrong about that, because DeMario Taylor is proof positive that David is no longer the only man Breelyn's heart will beat for. Watching over Dakota and Breelyn is Elijah "Rah" Waiters, a complicated man with a demeanor only those close to him can understand. He will tolerate a lot but coming for his family isn't one of them. Entering a new phase in life, Rah senses something is missing. He contemplates letting love in for the first time, but something is holding him back. Join this closeknit group as they block bitter exes, confront fake friends, and tackle fear of the unknown, all while experiencing true love on a whole new level.
©2017 Shantaé (P)2018 Blackstone Publishing and Urban Audiobooks
Around the Way Girls 7
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There's a saying that if you're from my part of town, you're from around the way. Following in the footsteps of its successful predecessors, Around the Way Girls Seven showcases three popular Urban Books authors and their versions of some very tough, street-smart girls. Nina and Mouse are a couple just trying to survive the hater nation. Only problem is Nina's a little paranoid when it comes to other women, and Mouse is usually guilty as charged. Fed up with Mouse's cheating, Nina begins to creep a little herself, but will her revenge blow up in her face? Diamond hates her messed-up life, her sorry-behind county recipient daddy, and his broke, crack-smoking girlfriend. Most of all, Diamond hates her mother, who didn't love her enough to stick around. But there are two sides to every story, and Diamond is about to hear the other side to hers. Homegirls Whakelah, LaShawn, and Misha have big dreams to make it out of Webster Projects. There was a time their bond seemed unbreakable, but now that Misha has found love and a ticket to the big time, her friends want to go along for the ride. How far are they willing to go to chase that paper?
©2009 Chunichi, Karen P. Williams, and B. L. U. N. T. (P)2017 Blackstone Publishing, and Urban Audiobooks
Girls from da Hood 11
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Urban Books' popular Girls from da Hood series continues its gritty street drama in this 11th installment, featuring urban fiction superstar Nikki Turner, and newcomer Katt. Tia, Ton'ya, and Tammi are not only making moves in the game, but they're doing it in the bedroom too - and anywhere they need to get what they want. Tia is quick with her razor-sharp mouth, and she carries an equally sharp razor to slice a throat if need be. Ton'ya is loyal to a fault but will fight back if threatened. Tammi is the brains of the operation. They have collected more bodies than a Manhattan hooker working the lower East Side. What happens when the heart gets in the way of making money? Best friends Pedro and Rico met Shane at a concert in Brooklyn, and they soon became fast friends, making money and moving major weight to solidify their place in the game. Pedro is the pretty boy who thinks his dick can get him anywhere and anyone. Rico, the strategist, believes that he is the smartest man in any room. Shane, the outspoken one, is the deal maker and breaker. They have but one goal: to become the best in the game. All hell breaks loose when brains, brawn, and dick collide with tantalizing titties and tongue. What will happen when everyone wants what they want and it interferes with their crew's best interests?
©2016 Nikki Turner, Katt, and Teeny (P)2018 Blackstone Publishing and Urban Audiobooks
Full Figured 10
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Once again, Carl Weber brings together two literary divas to give listeners what they've been asking for: empowering stories about big, beautiful women. A Lover's Embrace 2 by Skyy: Rayne has a new attitude. After taking six months to travel, Rayne is coming back to Memphis with a new job, a new love, and a new outlook on life. But coming home means coming back to the reality that she left behind. Can she stay strong in the presence of the man who turned her world upside down? Or will she fall back into the disastrous routine that made her run away to begin with? Loyal knows Rayne left town to get away from him. Who could blame her? He is a playboy unwilling to commit to anything besides a good time. After she left, however, something changed. He realized that she meant more than just another woman in his life. How does he tell the woman whose heart he broke that he wants her back, especially now that she has other options? Fire & Icing by Anna Black: Lynn Bryant has suffered through a monotonous marriage long enough with her husband, Chester. Longing for love, intimacy, and affection, Lynn finally throws in the towel. Forty-one and childless, she wants a man who is willing and ready to love her the way she deserves. General Contractor William Daniels appears to be the perfect man for the job. Lynn's bakery, Fire & Icing, needs some repairs, so she hires him. Lynn manages to bake her way into Will's heart, but will he be able to reconstruct hers?
©2016 Skyy and Anna Black (P)2019 Blackstone Publishing and Urban Audiobooks, LLC
The Black Widow Clique
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Best friends and blood sisters for life, Melonee Reid and Fiona White have one goal in life - to get rich and live comfortably - but growing up in the inner city of Los Angeles isn't helping them obtain that goal. That is, until Fiona comes up with a plan to marry for money and murder for even more. The girls seek out older, established, wealthy bachelors, drawing them into a web of deception with their good looks, sexy bodies, and loving personalities. Once their last names are changed and the ink is dry on the insurance policies, the clique executes its plan to have the new husbands die "accidental" deaths, leaving their fortunes to the widowed wives. Their little marry-for-money scam works for years, until things take a drastic turn and one friend's connection to the new mark has her questioning her role in the Black Widow Clique. The other friend still wants to carry out the murderous plan to get a hold of a multimillion-dollar insurance policy. Friendship will be tested, lies will be told, and loyalty will come into play when one black widow decides her cozy web of deception, love, and money isn't big enough for two anymore.
©2018 Genesis Woods (P)2019 Blackstone Publishing and Urban Audiobooks