Audiobooks by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Her husband is a workaholic, more concerned with his family's financial situation than emotional stability, and he doesn't understand why his wife is unhappy. He doesn't understand why the house and the credit cards and the fabulousness of what he's given her isn't enough. So when Angelique meets someone new, she does something she never thought she'd do-she has an affair. It's addictive, and Angelique wants more and more, but is she willing to give up everything she has for this fantasy come true?

ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Reshonda Tate Billingsley, Victoria Christopher Murray (Author), Mia Ellis (Narrator)

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Seeking Sarah: A Novel

From the national bestselling and award-winning ReShonda Tate Billingsley comes this gripping and emotional exploration of the complex bond between mother and daughter. From the time Brooke Green was seven years old, she has lived with the pain of losing her mother. Her father has done the best job he could in raising her, but a piece of her always felt empty. On the day of her father's funeral, her grandmother breaks the shocking news: her mother, Sarah, is very much alive. She abandoned her family because she claimed she wasn't fit for motherhood. After doing some research, Brooke discovers her mother is living in Atlanta, enjoying a great career...and a brand new family. Stunned, Brooke doesn't know if she wants answers or revenge against the mother who abandoned her. When she meets Sarah's husband, Tony, Brooke sees the perfect way to make her mother pay. But her plan for revenge just may leave everyone in danger, and end up costing Brooke more than she ever bargained for.

ReShonda Tate Billingsley (Author), Janina Edwards (Narrator)

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It Should've Been Me

Tamara Collins is poised to become the next great American actress. The only problem is that Hollywood doesn't know it yet... Since her bills aren't paying themselves though, Tamara decides to sign on to star in the new stage play, It Should've Been Me. Tamara wants to just get in, get out, and get paid, but her co-stars-including Donovan Dobbs, her ex that left her at the altar, and Camille Woods, a young starlet with a serious grudge-could make this the worst decision Tamara's ever made. Gwen Tanner Weinstein, playwright and producer, has decided that if her neglectful husband can't give her love, she'll take his money-and use it to make her stage-play dreams come true. She's put together an amazing cast and sold out shows across the country, so she's ready to take her rightful reign as one of the top play producers in the country. The only problem is that she needs to keep the drama contained to the stage-and that sexy young merchandising guy out of her bed...

ReShonda Tate Billingsley (Author), Mia Ellis (Narrator)

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A Blessing & a Curse

First ladies of the Baptist church and sworn frenemies Rachel Jackson Adams and Jasmine Cox Larson Bush are stunned to learn they may have more in common than they thought-like who's their daddy-in the scandalous new collaboration between national bestselling and award-winning authors ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray. A heated American Baptist Coalition election. A murky murder cover-up. An outrageous reality TV show. What in heaven's name kind of drama will holy rivals Rachel Jackson Adams and Jasmine Cox Larson Bush-prominent first ladies of the Baptist church-get themselves into next? Since he first met Jasmine, Rachel's father Simon Jackson has had a funny feeling about her. She eerily resembles his first teenage love. After doing some digging, Simon makes a shocking revelation-Jasmine may be his daughter. Rachel thinks the idea is absurd, but to pacify her ailing father, she sets out to debunk his theory. When Jasmine discovers what's going on, she heads to the Jackson Family Reunion in Smackover, Arkansas, in search of the truth. With her sidekick Mae Frances by her side, this big city girl isn't ready for the country.or for the over-the-top family that she may have to claim as her own.

ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Victoria Christopher Murray (Author), Patricia R. Floyd (Narrator)

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The Perfect Mistress

Lauren Robinson knows exactly what it takes to be the perfect mistress. She had a front-row seat when she tagged along with her father on all of his extramarital trysts. She loved keeping Daddy's special secrets, but many family members, especially her mother, consider her an accomplice in helping break up their family. This emotional distance and Lauren's early dating experiences lead her to date married men. That is until Dr. Matthew King enters the scene, and when Matthew proposes marriage, Lauren happily accepts. But as their very public engagement makes the news, someone is intent on sabotaging their relationship. Someone who watched her own marriage destroyed by Lauren, and won't be happy until she gives Lauren a taste of her own medicine.

ReShonda Tate Billingsley (Author), Janina Edwards (Narrator)

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Finding Amos

Three bestselling authors join talents in a multi-dimensional novel that illustrates the importance of love, family, and forgiveness. Three daughters, connected only through their relationship to Amos, a now elderly ex-musician struggling with Alzheimer' s disease, find their lives intertwining as a car accident reunites them at Amos' s bedside-- bringing some long-buried issues to light. Cass has little self-worth after Amos left her as a child. It is only through her cake-decorating business and encouragement from her best friend that she begins to reconstruct her life, eventually realizing she has enough room in her heart to forgive him. Love-starved Toya doesn' t want to emulate others' failed relationships. As she begins to strengthen her morals and stops seducing married men-- she is surprised to discover that she shares some similarities with Amos. Tomiko is a beautiful but lonely woman. Despite having a successful career in writing, she attempts to keep aspects of herself and her past buried as a coping mechanism. However, new love reawakens her faith in both herself and men. As Cass, Toya, and Tomiko reconcile their feelings of abandonment, Amos reflects on his life and the decisions he made. And by revisiting their painful pasts, they all find ways to reconnect with each other and live with compassion.

Bernice L. McFadden, J.D. Mason, ReShonda Tate Billingsley (Author), Kevin Free (Narrator)

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Mama's Boy

When her son is accused of a violent crime, church first lady Gloria Jones finds herself battling his prosecutor-as well as her own inner demons-to save him in this drama-filled novel from bestselling, award-winning author ReShonda Tate Billingsley. Gloria Jones is living a mother's worst fear. There's a massive manhunt for her son after a regular night out with friends escalated into the fatal shooting of a police officer. Her husband, esteemed minister Elton Jones, is humiliated by the news, complicating an already strained relationship with his son. And everyone in Jasper, Texas, a town already ripe with racial tension, is up in arms. But the killer they're searching for isn't the son Gloria knows, and now she must decide whether to turn him in or help him run. As the seventeen-year-old battles for his life, Gloria turns to the woman hell bent on bringing him to justice-prosecutor Kay Christiansen. Kay has built a solid record putting criminals behind bars and now, as she's about to ride the record to the city's top spot-Mayor of Houston-this new case could threaten everything she's worked for. But a mother's love knows no boundaries, and Gloria will have to face an ugly past and tackle painful secrets in an effort to save her son. *First catching audience's attention as a radio and television news reporter, ReShonda Tate Billingsley's faith-based fiction stands out from the pack. She is known for her engaging characters and intriguing storylines that many readers can identify with. *Reviewers enjoy ReShonda's work. PW stated "Her ... dramedy scores a direct hit on the ever-popular subjects of love, marriage and divorce." She is embraced by top magazines from Essence, Today's Black Woman, Publishers Weekly, Southern Living and Ebony, to Library Journal, Right On!, and The Positive Community. She's also been featured in dozens of local newspapers New Orleans to Grand Rapids and Washington D.C. to Los Angeles. *Her books have garnered so much attention that one is being turned into a movie by BET. "Let the Church Say Amen" was screened at Bishop TD Jake's Mega-Fest, an international faith and film festival in 2013. *ReShonda Tate Billingsley's books appeal to the audience that enjoys Tyler Perry's plays and movies, including Why Did I Get Married, Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea's Family Reunion. Tyler Perry's works and ReShonda's novels contain the same family drama, real-life conflicts, humor and spiritual themes that audiences of all ages love. ReShonda Tate Billingsley is the #1 national bestselling author of numerous novels for adults, as well as the Good Girlz teen series. She recently won the NAACP Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Say Amen Again. She is also the author of the nonfiction book The Motherhood Diaries. Visit her website at ReShondaTateBillingsley.com.

ReShonda Tate Billingsley (Author), Myra Lucretia Taylor (Narrator)

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What's Done in the Dark

#1 national bestselling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley gets to the heart of loss, love, and betrayal in her latest novel that is sure to delight her legions of fans. Felise is not the kind of woman to cheat on her husband-especially with her best friend's man. But after one perfect storm of a night, it happened.and she can hardly believe it herself. To top it off, when she woke up in the morning, she found that the man to whom she guiltily made passionate love died of a heart attack overnight. Felise, who is a nurse and a good citizen at that, leaves the hotel room without reporting his death.

ReShonda Tate Billingsley (Author), Karen Pittman, Lisa Smith (Narrator)

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Fortune & Fame

Jasmine Cox Larson Bush and Rachel Jackson Adams have been through a lot together-from fighting for their husbands to become the head of the American Baptist Coalition to getting mixed up in a terrible murder. Now the frenemies have found themselves the stars of First Ladies, a muchanticipated new reality television show. Jasmine balks at the idea of airing her dirty laundry on national TV, but Rachel sees it as the perfect opportunity to take her brand to the next level. And if Rachel is in, so is Jasmine. All the cast members are women of God-how much drama can there be? Rachel and Jasmine know their own pasts are murky, but they'll seem like choir girls when the secrets and sins of the others come to light. The two will once again have to form an unholy alliance to go up against these so-called Godly women who see the show as their chance to take them down-at any cost.

ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Victoria Christopher Murray (Author), Patricia R. Floyd (Narrator)

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Friends & Foes

IT' S "A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN!" * when the bestselling authors of Sinners & Saints bring back their outrageous first ladies in this sassy, witty, and poignant sequel! Now that Rachel Jackson Adams' s husband has won the coveted position of president of the American Baptist Coalition, Jasmine Larson Bush has concocted a scheme to one-up her rival-- by promoting her new community center on the nation' s #1 television talk show! The power play won' t stop Rachel, who jets from Houston to Chicago to sabotage Jasmine' s TV appearance. But Chicago is the last place Rachel should be when one of the Coalition' s heaviest hitters turns up dead-- and Rachel looks guilty as sin. Will her nemesis leave her stranded and let her take the rap? Or will Jasmine help Rachel hunt down a killer? Could danger this deep turn the enemies into BFFs? After all, miracles do happen. . . .

ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Victoria Christopher Murray (Author), Patricia R. Floyd (Narrator)

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A Family Affair

Award-winning author ReShonda Tate Billingsley, whose bestselling fiction " tackles some of life' s toughest situations" (The Florida Times-Union), unravels the secrets in a mother' s past that turn her daughter' s life upside down-- by revealing the family she never knew existed. Her dream of studying dance at Juilliard is within reach, but Olivia Dawson turns down the opportunity, choosing instead to stay with her ailing mother in the Houston projects where they barely make ends meet. Lorraine Dawson is Olivia' s whole world, and now Olivia insists on being there for her. But when Lorraine learns Olivia is sacrificing college for her sake, her heartache triggers a series of shattering events that results in Olivia discovering her father, a man she was told had died years ago. But he is alive and well-- and he' s the powerful CEO of one of the country' s richest corporations. With her best friend urging her to claim a much-deserved chunk of Bernard Wells' s fortune, Olivia seeks out his Los Angeles mansion. But it' s not money she wants-- it' s answers: Why did he abandon Lorraine when Olivia was three years old? Why did they suffer in poverty while he gave his " real" wife and son a life of luxury? Opening up the past, however, is more complicated than Olivia-- or Bernard-- expected, and the pain of yesterday' s sins must be confronted before true healing and a bright tomorrow can begin.

ReShonda Tate Billingsley (Author), Myra Lucretia Taylor (Narrator)

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Real as It Gets

She can uncover the biggest celebrity secrets, but now Maya Morgan’s hottest story ever is way too up close and personal. For once, everything in Maya’s life is falling perfectly into place. She’s getting serious media cred uncovering the source of a new designer drug doing major glitterati damage, and the new man in her life is giving her all the cool bling and attention she craves off-camera. But the truth behind her scoop is about to cut too close to home—and put Maya and her family in the crosshairs. Soon, she’ll have to decide just how far she can afford to go to save her family, her career … and herself. “The third Rumor Central installment has danger, drama, and romance. Maya is still self-centered and thinks of herself as invincible. Her cousin Travis is a shaky character who brings the drug drama to her home. An exciting read.”—RT Book Reviews (4 stars)

ReShonda Tate Billingsley (Author), Nicole Small (Narrator)

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