Audiobooks narrated by D.R. Rice

When a Heartless Thug Holds Me Close 2 Audiobook

"I need to make sure Yara's really for me. She's seen the good, had my back through the bad, and I need to know if she'll stick around for the ugly." Still reeling from Quade's near-death experience, Yara handles being the girlfriend of a savage with kid gloves. She showers Quade with the affection he's been missing while in exchange he gives her the loyalty she's always craved. Fair exchange quickly becomes robbery when Quade demands more from Yara than she's able to give, and sends her straight back to the dark times of her childhood. The monsters that haunted Yara's childhood have nothing on Quade's wild side, a side of him he's always been able to suppress but never tame. When their relationship takes a devastating turn, Yara has to decide whether or not love will be enough to salvage a relationship that's falling apart by the seams. Quade has always lived life recklessly, with his acceptance and encouragement of death a rare trait, but in the eye of the very thing he's always welcomed with open arms, he finds a new reason to live for: Yara. Her beauty, kind heart, and smart mouth have given him a new reason to live, and only as he accepts it his life is put on the line. Yara helps nurse him back to health, which proves to be a high point in their relationship until they reach the ultimate low. Quade's inner demons come out to play, demons that he hasn't relived since he lost the first woman to ever love him unconditionally-his mother. With his actions speaking louder than his words, Quade has to fight one of the toughest battles of his life with an enemy equally as lethal as he is. If he loses, he stands to lose the very woman to make him breathe again. Known jokingly to everyone as an aspiring Griselda Blanco, Cash starts making serious money moves. She's got a distributor in her pocket, her clientele is expanding, and the styling business she's been dreaming of is nearly ready to launch. Cash goes from being a kept woman to keeping up with the Joneses, and for everything she has, only one thing is missing: a relationship with Savion Townsend. In order to keep their situationship thriving, Cash piles one lie on top of the other to the point where she doesn't know what the truth is anymore. And once those money moves turn bloody, Cash finds out exactly how ruthless the game can be when she goes from being the one holding the gun to the one staring down the barrel of it. The second installment of When a Heartless Thug Holds Me Close weaves a story of being stuck on the wrong side of love. Will Quade be able to mend his relationship with Yara? Can Cash command the game and Savion's heart? And most importantly, when given the opportunity to start over with a man that offers everything Quade has without the baggage will Yara accept, or does her love for Quade run deeper than she imagined?

Tya Marie (Author), D.R. Rice, Soozie Cheyenne (Narrator)

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When a Heartless Thug Holds Me Close

'After watching my mother be beaten in the name of love, I always dreamed of having my own perfect love story void of pain. One where my very own Prince Charming would sweep me off of my feet. And then I met Quade, who showed me that love should be everything but perfect.' Yara Samuels has experienced her fair share of hurt in life. Growing up in a home ridden with domestic violence, Yara was taught at a young age that if it isn't painful, then it isn't love. It takes watching her mother be beaten to death by her stepfather for young Yara to learn that love taps shouldn't send you to the grave. All grown up, she searches for a man who knows how to love a woman with his heart and not his fists. After years of looking, Yara believes that she finds the embodiment of this philosophy in her boyfriend, Amir, until she discovers that while he may provide physical peace, the mental isn't there. With her sense of self-worth challenged, Yara is content with loving Amir when Quade comes hurtling into her life. The youngest of the infamous Townsend Brothers, Quade isn't your run-of-the-mill hustler. A walking oxymoron, Quade has a baby face with a heart bred cold courtesy of the streets. Quade has been given the gift of sticky fingers, a trap king philosophy, and a trigger finger that hasn't missed a target yet. When his aim leads him straight into the path of Yara while in the midst of a hit, Quade's heart melts and he's drawn to the mysterious Yara, who for some reason unbeknownst to him, can't stand him. Never one to back down from a challenge, Quade pursues Yara with the same recklessness that he handles business, and it makes for the start of a memorable love affair. Beneath her expensive clothing and designer handbags, Yara's best friend, Cashmere, is a woman tired of being kept at the expense of her sanity. While putting on a brave face for the world, Cash hides her frustration with her boyfriend behind her Chanel sunglasses. There's nothing picture perfect about the couple, and with each of Vito's antics worse than the last, Cash finds herself seeking a backup plan in the event that her days of being a hustler's princess are cut short. When Cash is greeted with an opportunity to secure the bag, she jumps at it immediately and finds herself on the path to becoming the queenpin that the streets have been begging for. What's standing in her way? Savion Townsend. Cash has got it bad for one of the Townsend Brothers, but between forming her own empire and her complicated relationship with Vito, Cash has to decide if she's willing to risk it all in the name of love.

Tya Marie (Author), D.R. Rice, Soozi Cheyenne (Narrator)

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Street Banditz

C-Town. The Land. Believe Land. No matter what you call it, for years Cleveland has been known to bring the drama. Follow the lives of seven deadly sinners as they struggle to weave their way through the hardened streets of the 216! Michael "Red" Roberts and "Bulletproof" Bobby Walker form a deadly combination-making money and holding down their territory. But when Bobby meets a girl that captures his heart, it causes a rift between him and his cousin. It all comes to a head when Bobby has to make a choice between the woman he loves and staying true to the most sacred hood law of all. Tammy has worked tirelessly over the past year to save up enough money to attend college. She's been very careful not to get pregnant and screw up her chances of furthering her education. Everything seems to be going according to plan, until Tammy's mother, Janice, brings home a man who doesn't seem to be quite right. Add that to the fact that Tammy is desperately trying to keep her younger brother, Hakim, from hitting the block to make fast money. Ivory, who Tammy often hangs out with, has discovered that selling drugs for a living is much easier than working. But when she breaks a long-standing rule, she has no choice but to go in hiding from the hoodlums that she screwed over. Nancy, Tammy's friend and co-worker, has an attraction for dark-skinned men. She also has a secret addiction and an alliance that will get her blackballed from any hood in America.

C.J. Hudson (Author), D.R. Rice (Narrator)

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Daddy by Default

Oh, what a tangled web Roxannes husband, Parker Redman, is shocked when hes arrested for delinquent child support especially since the devoted husband hasnt fathered any children. Whos your daddy? The Parkers best friends, James and Serena, are in the final stages of a bitter divorce. Just when James thinks his nightmare is over, he learns his daughter has a different daddy For the love of money Single mom Lachez Baker is a ghetto-fabulous mother of three who seems to have it all, thanks to money from her childrens fathers. But soon, her life of designer clothes, endless parties, and steady cash collides with the man whos been the target of her carefully crafted paternity fraud. From author Pat Tucker comes a drama-filled tale of lies, schemes and consequences as these men discover the importance of knowing the paternity laws in your state

Pat Tucker (Author), D.R. Rice, Julian Thomas, Pepper Laramie, Shari Peele (Narrator)

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Carl Weber's Kingpins: Harlem

Kleigh never wanted Tron to fall in love with her, or vice versa. She isn't who he thinks she is, but how can she tell him that the kingpin he is gunning for, Kevin 'Klax' Turner, is her big brother? She is the water to his fire and the calm to his storm. Never in his 26 years of life did Tron think he would find his equal, but Kleigh is exactly that. Her beauty speaks to his eyes, while her mind whispers to his soul. He can't imagine anybody else wearing the crown as queen after he kills the king of Harlem and takes over the throne. When push comes to shove and her secret comes to light, Kleigh is forced to pick a side. That choice is what ignites the fire to a war of savages . . . a fire that can only be put out by blood.

C.N. Phillips (Author), D.R. Rice (Narrator)

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Carl Weber Presents Kingpins: Memphis

Type Kingpins of Memphis in any search engine and you'll see images of Craig Pettis and his alleged crew, and that's how Ethan Wade Carruthers prayed it remained. Though he had never met the youthful-faced man covered in diamonds, he knew the information he found wasn't completely accurate, because he should have discovered his own face and crew. Not that he expected to pull up any results under the name Ethan Wade Carruthers besides an old missing person's report on a 16-year-old boy from the south side of Chicago. Why would he, when Ethan didn't have a life, nor a past, worth reading or writing about? His intellect had him rejected from the deadly Chicago gang life before he could decide if he wanted to be accepted or not, and with both parents in love with their addiction to freebasing cocaine, he found it easier to pack up and leave. It took many years and miles to impregnate his mind with thoughts of survival. With self-preservation growing inside of him, he birthed the deadliest Kingpin to walk the width of the United States. He named him Joe and released him onto the streets of Memphis. With everyone's eyes stuck on what they can see, Joe made moves that could only be traced back to a ghost whose origin, location, and moves were no more than urban legend. With his name gracing the list of the most notorious Kingpins of all times, will Ethan's rebirth lead him to a fate in a jail cell or a casket, as it had many before him? Or will Joe be the mastermind to construct an exit plan so well thought out that it will give him a way out as quietly as he arrived? Trust, he's not your 'average Joe.'

Raynesha Pittman (Author), D.R. Rice (Narrator)

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Back to Life Again: Love After Heartbreak

Real love was all they ever wanted. A man who would protect and not hurt them. Someone loyal who would always put them first. In Giannis and Rio, cousins Dakota and Breelyn have found that and so much more. The ladies have discovered that not all men are the same, and that when you least expect it, the love of the right one can resuscitate a deceased heart, giving it new life. Sadly, just as their lives seem to be moving in the right direction, tragedy strikes, and for one of the women, the happily ever after that they've always dreamed of is snatched away without warning. A life now hangs in the balance. A known enemy has hit his family where it hurts, leaving Rah wondering if his heart can survive such a devastating blow. It's a pain so excruciating that it's making it hard for him and those around him to believe. He realizes that having the woman he truly loves by his side is what he needs to make it through this tough time. Has his realization come too little too late? After being rejected for so long, his secret lover has cut all ties with him, but Rah will stop at nothing to make her his again. In this revealing finale, new couples are introduced, mystery lovers go public, shady business associates are exposed, and most importantly, obstacles will be overcome. The crew is bringing more drama, spilling unbelievable secrets, and settling old scores. With hate coming from every direction, they are even more determined to fight through and hold on to love like never before.

Shantae (Author), Alan Ryder, D.R. Rice, Elle Cleviden, Lisa Smith, Reggie Jones (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by D.R. Rice