Risultati per "l'audiolibri" in Afroamericani

Devin "Smoke" Dillinger lives by a simple code—protect what's his at all costs. As the third oldest Dillinger and owner of a successful weapons distribution business, Smoke has a reputation that precedes him. He's a man of few attachments who prides himself on control, discipline, and keeping people at arm's length...until an unexpected visitor walks through his door.

Blood made them all brothers, but trauma made them kings. In this last installment of The Filth Kings, Detavio, Monster, and Octavio are dangerously close to peace... Until the past claws its way back into the present to disrupt and reclaim. Just when Detavio and Monster started to believe that they deserved the women who dared to love them… A supposed buried enemy rises, making both brothers face the ugliest parts of who they were to protect what they've become.

He's always lived in the shadows of his older brothers, but that didn't stop him from making a name for himself. His witty charm was his secret weapon, and he used it at every angle. When he uses said charm on his brother's bar manager, Kasha, he had to put in overtime because she wasn't giving him the time of day.

Fifteen years have passed since Meekah of Zohar Pride took Nala away from me. My fated mate, my reason for breathing. The separation was necessary—she needed to learn control over her lion—but the loss has hollowed me. I've spent these years building my dream: House of Boker, the first truly diverse supernatural pack in Wintermoon's history. I've secured a position at the Academy, constructed a home worthy of my mate, and established myself as alpha. Everything is in place. Now it's time to bring Nala home where she belongs.

Zeus, Chevy's right hand, has caused some riff within the crew. As he tries to regain control of his friendship with Chevy and his brother Dionysus, he learns that some deeper issues need to be addressed. With him being known for his grave decisions, Zeus is determined to prove he's different.

Makari Phoenix and Omiri Hayes shared an unforgettable night that eventually changed the trajectory of their future. She left that mistake and the man she shared it with in the past. However, a year later their worlds collide again and Makari has kept a secret that will turn the NFL superstar’s world upside down. That secret shares unique eyes identical to his…

Azra A.Z. Matthews is a business major at Blake University and part of Phi Rho fraternity. A.Z. was raised in the suburbs by a successful father and doting mother. His sister also attends Blake University and is premed. Once A.Z. ventures off to college, he discovers a world vastly different from the one he was raised in. A.Z. discovers a sense of freedom and the ability to do him without being under the scrutinizing eye of his parents. Even though he enjoys his freedom, A.Z. doesn't do too much with the partying and living his best life because he still has his eyes on the prize.

Can he be a YN & lover boy? Or does he have to live by a certain creed and be just as reckless as all the others, not looking for a constant?

On his own since he was fifteen, Ángel Cruz has never had to explain how or when he moves to anyone. As someone who works from the shadows, he goes where and when work calls. His relationship with Tamar Kinsey means he has to learn to open himself to her or risk losing the hot-tempered beauty.

Dr. Desmond Wilder has no time for chaos. As a single father and one of the most respected obstetricians at Saint Ambrose Memorial, every second of his life is calculated—especially now that he’s in line for Chief of Obstetrics. But everything shifts when he walks into his daughter’s summer program … and sees her. Yara Sinclair never expected to see him again. Their one night together was supposed to mean nothing. He doesn’t even know her name. But now, he’s standing in the very school she built for children grieving the loss of a mother—exactly the kind of grief that shaped them both.

Quella narrata in questo volume è la storia personale dell'autrice, che qui si racconta in quanto mamma di tre figli, Andrea, Tilahun e Zenebech: i genitori biologici di Tila e Zene, entrambi etiopi ma fratelli non di sangue, sono stati costretti ad abbandonarli o hanno perso la vita durante la guerra civile nel Paese africano. Emilia all'epoca ha fatto una scelta importante e profondamente delicata, e non se ne è mai pentita.

My mother won’t release me from her mistake. I was my ex’s unplanned side chick and his something to do. I’m struggling to forgive myself for my reckless decision nearly six years ago. Then I encountered him, the sexy stranger whose presence gave me a flicker of hope. The problem is. . . my scars. Is he worth taking a chance with?

Georgia, prima metà dell'Ottocento. La giovane schiava Cora vive nell'inferno della piantagione dei Randall. Caesar, l'unico bracciante che possa chiamare amico, le parla della misteriosa ferrovia sotterranea, della via per il Nord, di quella che sembra la strada impossibile verso la salvezza. Cora decide di seguirlo attraverso gli stati del Sud, dove la persecuzione dei neri prende forme diverse ma sempre terrificanti. Aiutata da improbabili alleati e inseguita da uno spietato cacciatore di schiavi, riuscirà a guadagnarsi la libertà?

Primi anni Sessanta, Florida. Il movimento per i diritti civili sta prendendo piede anche a Frenchtown, il quartiere afro-americano della capitale, ed Elwood Curtis, un ragazzino cresciuto dalla nonna, si forma sugli insegnamenti di Martin Luther King. Il suo grande sogno è frequentare il college e iniziare la sua nuova vita, ma proprio il primo giorno di scuola accetta un passaggio su un'auto rubata.

Un uragano minaccia Bois Sauvage, in Mississippi. In un avvallamento chiamato la Fossa, tra rottami, baracche e boschi, vive la famiglia Batiste: un padre, tre fratelli e Esch, quindici anni, unica ragazzina in un mondo di uomini. Legge e rilegge la storia di Medea e Giasone, è innamorata di Manny, e scopre di essere incinta. Nei dodici giorni che scandiscono l'arrivo della tempesta, il legame tra i fratelli e la fiducia reciproca si rinsaldano, uniche luci nel buio della disgrazia incombente.

Troubled hip-hop country star Freedom Cade once broke her heart when they were teenagers. He abandoned her on the night of their prom because of choices that landed him on the wrong side of the law. Disappointed because she believed he’d changed his hustling means of survival, she vowed never to love him again, though she carried his child. Even created a family with his former best friend, who was there for her when Freedom chose superstardom.

Zarité ha nove anni quando il giovane francese Toulouse Valmorain la compra perché si occupi delle faccende di casa. Intorno, campi di canna da zucchero, la calura dell'isola, il lavoro degli schiavi. La storia di una donna che lotta per emanciparsi dalla sua condizione di schiava nella Haiti di fine '700. Un'eroina modernissima che arriva da lontano per ricordarci la fede nella libertà e la dignità delle passioni.

Per i suoi clienti e vicini su 125th Street, Ray Carney è un commerciante serio: sgobba da bravo padre di famiglia nel suo negozio dove vende mobili a prezzi contenuti. Sua moglie Elizabeth aspetta il secondo figlio e, sebbene i suoceri non mostrino di apprezzare granché il fatto che la figlia e i nipoti vivano in un piccolo appartamento vicino ai binari della sopraelevata, Ray sembra soddisfatto così. Ma dietro questa apparente normalità si aprono delle crepe: sono in pochi a sapere che suo padre era un membro piuttosto temuto della criminalità locale.

After serving a ten-year sentence for killing her mother’s boyfriend, Alayah Chambers is finally free—but freedom comes at a cost. Haunted by the abuse that landed her in prison and judged by a society that still sees her as a criminal, Alayah must piece together a new life in a world that isn’t quick to forgive. Determined to reclaim her future, she sets out to confront the ghosts of her past—including the woman who failed her the most: her own mother. Killian Lake, a successful attorney and Alayah’s childhood friend, never forgot her—or the signs he missed back then.

By day, Andre "Dre" Boudreaux is the poised and ruthless second-in-command of Boudreaux Enterprises, negotiating multi-million dollar construction deals with a cold, calculated charm. But by night, Dre becomes something else entirely—a shadow in the dark, a silent executioner tasked with eliminating threats to the family empire before they ever come to light. His latest assignment takes him deep into Milly Grove, a neighborhood buzzing with tension, secrets, and silent wars.