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A Lowcountry Novel
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Narrated by:
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Joniece Abbott-Pratt
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Angel Pean
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Lynnette R. Freeman
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By:
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Rhonda McKnight
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". . . a poignant story of sisterhood, motherhood, and new love found in old places. McKnight's writing is as delectable as the Gullah cuisine at the heart of the novel." —Denny S. Bryce, bestselling author of The Other Princess and Wild Women and the Blues
From the beloved author of The Thing About Home comes a dual timeline tale of Lowcountry flavor, family, grief, secrets, and the sweet redemption that lies within the bonds of sisterhood.
-The Present-
When summoned to Georgetown, South Carolina, sisters Mariah Clark and Sabrina Holland both assume their ailing grandfather's health has gotten worse. Neither expects their grandmother's undeniable request—save the family restaurant.
Mariah is at a crossroad in her life. After being dumped by her husband and forced to walk away from their diner that she helped rescue from bankruptcy, bitter feelings consume her. Even though the restaurant has been in the family for eighty-six years, giving her all to another struggling business isn't something she wants to do.
Living out of her van and striving for a fresh start, Sabrina yearns for stability for herself and her daughter and a chance to turn her baking hustle into a bona-fide business. The family restaurant may be just the blessing she needs—but as old tensions and angry disagreements resurface, Sabrina wonders if her sister will let her have a say.
-The Past-
After falling victim to a love she thought would last a lifetime, Tabitha Cooper finds herself away from home and struggling to survive in Charleston in the early twentieth century. She is determined to turn corn into cornbread and to take care of her children the best way she knows how—by serving food that's good for the soul—and along the way forges a path that leaves a legacy of success for generations to come.
Through letters that reveal Tabitha's complicated past, the sisters discover truths that just might be the right recipe to mend their hearts—if they can find a way to savor the blessing of today and leave the bitter aftertaste of old memories behind them.
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Abandoned as an infant and raised by protective, if secretive, Italian parents, Carlotta has never quite fit in her own life as the only Black person in her neighborhood. Even when she ventures to Harlem, where jazz, community, and a man’s love await her, she doesn’t feel fully at home. But when the dynamics in her adoptive family shift, and her role grows more tenuous, Carlotta has to decide where she belongs—no matter the threats or the price that must be paid.
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I LOVED THIS!
- By Kay on 03-25-24
By: Asha Lemmie
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One Summer in Savannah
- A Novel
- By: Terah Shelton Harris
- Narrated by: Zuzu Robinson
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
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A compelling debut that glows with bittersweet heart and touching emotion, deeply interrogating questions of family, redemption, and unconditional love in the sweltering summer heat of Savannah, as two people discover what it means to truly forgive.
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Forgiveness
- By Giomara Montes on 12-11-23
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Glory Be
- A Glory Broussard Mystery, Book 1
- By: Danielle Arceneaux
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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It’s a hot and sticky Sunday in Lafayette, Louisiana, and Glory has settled into her usual after-church routine, meeting gamblers at the local coffee shop, where she works as a small-time bookie. Sitting at her corner table, Glory hears that her best friend—a nun beloved by the community—has been found dead in her apartment. When the police declare the mysterious death a suicide, Glory is convinced that there must be more to the story and, with her reluctant daughter in tow, launches a shadow investigation in a town of oil tycoons, church gossips, and a rumored voodoo priestess.
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loved it
- By Jasmin Harris on 12-26-23
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Bring on the Blessings
- A Novel
- By: Beverly Jenkins
- Narrated by: Lynnette R. Freeman
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Bernadine Brown is a woman with money to spend. Henry Adams is a town in desperate need of cash. But after Bernadine puts up the money, she has some ideas about how the town should be run. Will the townspeople be willing to shake up their comfortable lives to share the gift they’ve been given with others who really need it?
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Not my idea of a Christian story
- By DJ Stevenson on 04-12-21
By: Beverly Jenkins
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Something Good
- By: Vanessa Miller
- Narrated by: Tyra Kennedy
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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Alexis Marshall never meant to cause the accident that left Jon-Jon Robinson paralyzed—but though guilt plagues her, her husband hopes to put the past behind them. After all, he’s in the middle of selling a tech business—and if Alexis admits to texting while driving, the deal could collapse and cost them millions. Meanwhile, Alexis’s life is not as shiny and perfect as it may seem from the outside. She has secrets of her own. As she becomes consumed with thoughts of the young man she hit, can she reconcile her mistake with her husband’s expectations?
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An actual, realistic Christian Novel!
- By cerebral1 on 07-17-22
By: Vanessa Miller
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What You Leave Behind
- A Novel
- By: Wanda M. Morris
- Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Lynnette R. Freeman
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
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Award-winning author Wanda Morris returns with a powerful, haunting thriller following a lawyer who after the mysterious disappearance of a local landowner and the death of his sister just months before, uncovers a conspiracy that dates back to Reconstruction and persists in half the United States today.
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The suspense!
- By Tenishia Unique on 09-07-24
By: Wanda M. Morris
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Audre & Bash Are Just Friends
- By: Tia Williams
- Narrated by: Jordan Cobb, Torian Brackett
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
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MEET AUDRE. Junior class president. Debate team captain. Unofficial student therapist. Desperately in need of a good time. MEET BASH. Mysterious new senior. Everybody’s crush. Tall, floppy, great taste in jewelry. King of having a good time. It’s the last day of school at Cheshire Prep, Brooklyn’s elite academy—and Audre Mercy-Moore’s life is a mess. Her dad cancelled her annual summer visit to his Malibu beach house. Now? She’s stuck in a claustrophobic apartment with her mom, stepdad, and one-year-old sister (aka the Goblin Baby).
By: Tia Williams
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Family of Lies
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Patricia R. Floyd
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
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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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Great Book!!!!
- By kemba on 06-12-14
By: Mary Monroe
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The Light on Halsey Street
- A Novel
- By: Vanessa Miller
- Narrated by: Je Nie Fleming
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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In the summer of 1985, Lisa Whitaker is a church kid headed to college on a scholarship while her best friend, Dana, is floundering in the wake of her mother’s latest eviction. Though Lisa tries to help, their paths diverge. Fifteen years later, Lisa has a beautiful family and is stepping into her dream job as the director for a social services organization. Everything is going right—until her future is snatched away by identity theft. Her life begins to unravel, and Lisa wants nothing more than to see the woman responsible pay for her crimes.
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wonderful life lesson
- By Jo Goldsmith on 09-20-23
By: Vanessa Miller
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Summer on the Bluffs
- A Novel (Oak Bluffs, Book 1)
- By: Sunny Hostin
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
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Thirty years ago, Amelia Vaux Tanner and her husband built a house high on the bluffs, a cottage they named Chateau Laveau. For decades, “Ama” played host to American presidents, Wall Street titans, and cultural icons. But her favorite guests have always been her three “goddaughters”: Esperanza “Perry” Soto, a beautiful, talented Afro-Latina lawyer with Ama’s strong, yet guarded personality; Olivia Jones, a gifted Wall Street analyst with Ama’s brilliant, logical mind; and Billie Hayden, a gifted marine biologist and rule-breaker with Ama’s courageous free spirit.
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Sorry not for me
- By Kim P on 05-06-21
By: Sunny Hostin
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Calling All Blessings: A Blessings Novel
- Blessings, Book 12
- By: Beverly Jenkins
- Length: 12 hrs
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Tamar July, town matriarch of Henry Adams, KS, is being haunted by dreams of her humiliating wedding day, sixty years ago, when she discovered her intended, Joel Newton, was already married. The truth left her furious, heartbroken, and carrying a child, her son Malachi “Mal” July. Why are these dreams coming to her now? And is the great horned owl perched on her backyard shed somehow connected? When Joel’s legitimate son comes to Henry Adams wanting to meet his half-brother, Mal, Tamar must deal with her past, her anger, and explore what it means to truly forgive.
By: Beverly Jenkins
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The Love Script
- Love in the Spotlight, Book 1
- By: Toni Shiloh
- Narrated by: Dioni Michelle Collins
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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Hollywood hair stylist Nevaeh Richards loves making those in the spotlight shine but prefers the anonymity of staying behind her stylist chair, where no one notices her. But when a photo of Nevaeh and Hollywood heartthrob Lamont Booker goes viral for all the wrong reasons, her quiet life becomes the number-one trending topic.
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Love the Encouragement
- By Anonymous User on 02-27-25
By: Toni Shiloh
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- NiaShanta Ross
- 07-10-24
Phenomenal from start to finish
Don’t know where to begin…the narrators, the characters, the storylines… all that things. Prepare to go on the journey with this family
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- Anonymous User
- 04-07-25
Another gem from Rhonda McKnight
This is another fantastic story from Rhonda McKnight. I love how she discusses the Black South Carolinian experience and our history in the state.
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- KD08
- 07-02-24
A Southern Gem
This story was an amazing journey. The complexity of relationships, strength, forgiveness, self-esteem, loss, and love. Thank you Rhonda McKnight for sharing your gift, and using your pen to empower and encourage women. I wish I could rate more than five stars. The narrators were awesome and embodied this journey!
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- Malaysia Moss
- 02-21-25
This is my second book and they get better more better!
Love this audiobook it had me on the edge of my seat. I love her writing of incorporating the current state versus the past of a family. I can’t wait to pick the next book to listen to.
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- Shannon N. Davis
- 06-29-24
The Detailed Story Telling
Loved the story of this generational family. It had everything from history, race, slavery, colorism, trauma, Love, determination and so much more. Loved all of it!
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- edith
- 09-22-24
A great read
This book was so inspiring I wish that this book was made into a television series or put on the big screen. The characters in this book are so real. And the subjects that they deal with also pronoun I love listening to this book. The storyline is great. I give it five stars. It kept debate you from the beginning to the very end.
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- Yofo
- 02-23-25
Strength and Healing
Excellent read sad and happy at the same time… bitter and sweet true meaning . Loved all the narration. Character development was good and I loved the back and forth in the eras. Historical and enlightening storytelling. I really enjoyed this book and audible.
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- Daya
- 04-17-25
The strength of the women
I like the storyline how the characters came together at at there weakest they found strength and they didn’t give up on God they knew that when God saw for he would make things right
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- Joyce Isler
- 07-01-24
Read it!!!
10s across the board! This story is so rich and so full of love, heartache and healing! I know Mariah is a widely hated character but I personally loved her character development and perspective shift by the end of the story. I have always love a multi-generational story and this story proved that love over again. Black women endure so much and still find space to hold each other up and fill each other with love and community.
Such a good read. The narrators were spot on as well!
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- R Jones
- 03-02-25
The sisterhood relationship between Sabrina and Moriah was memorable.
Their relationship made me miss my sisters who are both deceased. I love the fact they were able to reconcile their differences. Great story telling.
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