Audiobooks narrated by Matthew J. Harris

"Ten bestselling, critically acclaimed authors deliver a fresh novel of interconnected stories that follows a group of young adults over the course of a few wild, transformative hours at an epic house party! The biggest event of the year is happening, and you're invited! Join us for Florence Hills High School seniors' last hurrah before graduation. THE LOCATION: A megamansion in one of Chicago's wealthiest suburban enclaves THE HOST: DeAndre Dixon, aka FHHS's golden boy THE GUESTS: The populars, the jocks, the artists, and heck, even that one kid THE HOPE: All the drama ensues. Kisses are swapped between old friends, new friends, and could've-sworn-they-were-enemies kind of friends. Relationships get tested. Animals roam free. Secrets are spilled. Add dope music that's thumping, and there's a good chance the whole neighborhood will be disrupted. Featuring: Angeline Boulley • Jerry Craft • Natasha Díaz • Lamar Giles • Christina Hammonds Reed • Ryan La Sala • Yamile Saied Méndez • justin a. reynolds • Randy Ribay • Jasmine Warga House Party offers a delightful snapshot of diverse classmates getting ready to say goodbye to high school and hello to life's next chapter-but not before they make their final night together one they'll never forget! * This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF that contains the house floor maps from the book."

Justin A. Reynolds (Author), Angel Pean, Delanna Studi, Emana Rachelle, Erin Ruth Walker, Frankie Corzo, Gail Shalan, Genesis Oliver, Kevin R. Free, Khristine Hvam, Matthew J. Harris, Nicky Endres, Nile Bullock, Ron Nery, Tashi Thomas (Narrator)

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Black Power and the American Myth: 50th Anniversary Edition

"In 1970, C. T. Vivian, a close colleague of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a member of his executive staff, sat down to take stock of the civil rights movement and the progress it had made. His assessment was that it failed, and that the blame lay in the existence of myths about America. As prophetic today as it was fifty years ago, Vivian's voice rings out as a critique and a call to action for a society in deep need of justice and peace. The civil rights struggle that began when Rosa Parks, a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, decided to sit in the front of a bus has deeply altered American society and the American conscience. Yet from several perspectives, that movement has resulted in failure. The Black struggle for independence is more of an uphill climb than ever. Why? C. T. Vivian asserts that the civil rights movement failed because it was built on certain myths about America: ● the myth that Americans will do what is right as soon as they know what is right. ● the myth that legislation leads to justice. ● the myth that America is an open society where any minority group can advance. ● the myth that an ethic of love forms the core of the American conscience."

C.T. Vivian (Author), Matthew J. Harris (Narrator)

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The Reluctant King

"The King family is on the political rise in New York City, but must weather the violent storm wrought by their darkest secrets. Meet the Kings, one of the most influential families in New York City. In the power circles of the movers and shakers, they are regarded as modern-day royalty. A politically connected father, a socialite mother, and three promising children: they look every bit the all-American family … but every family has secrets. Some darker than others. Of all the children, Shadow is the least like the rest of the Kings. To call him soft wouldn’t be quite accurate, but he lacks the leadership qualities of his older brother, Ghost, or the ruthless tendencies of his sister, Lolli. Shadow is just … Shadow. Instead of accepting his role in the “Monarchy” created by his father, Shadow would rather spend his days chasing women and hanging out in the hood with his best friends, Fresh and Pain. He is totally oblivious to the perils that come with his last name—until danger introduces itself. On the night of their mother’s fiftieth birthday gala, their father, Chancellor, is set to announce his plans to turn his political focus beyond his current position as a member of the city council. He has tasted the benefits that come with holding office and has the power and influence to make a serious run at climbing the political ladder. The future is looking bright for the King family. That is, until the devil comes to claim his due and threatens to destroy everything Chancellor has worked to build. To survive the coming storm, each member of the royal family will have to make a sacrifice—even those who are reluctant to wear the crown."

K’wan (Author), Matthew J. Harris (Narrator)

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Piano in the Dark

"Chase Hidalgo has a good life. He works as a paralegal in his buddy Jacobi’s successful law firm and has a loving wife, Dawn. Yet he feels unsettled. Like he still has dreams left unfulfilled. When he meets Ava in a bar, she seems to know him, but he has no idea who she is. A spark ignites between them, but intrigued as he is, Chase stays true to his marital vows. But when Ava pursues him, the attraction is too powerful to resist, and a fiery romance ensues. How does this mysterious woman seem to know Chase better than he knows himself? As Ava and Chase spend more time together, his comfy life starts to unravel, and it’s clear that Ava will soon ruin him. But how can he let her go before understanding their true connection?"

Eric Pete (Author), Matthew J. Harris (Narrator)

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South Side Dreams

"Meet the Evens family: three generations living together in a desolate neighborhood in Chicago’s crime-ridden Southside. Life has not turned out the way Dorothy Evens, the head of the clan, dreamed it would. Now she returns home from a dead-end job every night and seeks comfort in a bottle of vodka to numb the pain. Her children find other ways to deal life in the hood. Danny is on a paper chase, trying to make money and stay alive in spite of threats from a rival dealer. Regina keeps herself busy juggling her children’s fathers, all the while dreaming that someday she will find a man to take her away from the hood. Her twin brother, Reginald, seeks fellowship in the church, but his holier-than-thou attitude ignites plenty of arguments in the household. When their cousin Anthony returns home after his sixth stay in prison, he is full of rage. A visit to his son, who’s living with a crack-addicted mother, leaves Anthony determined to find a way to ensure a brighter future for the child. He devises a plan that will pull the Evens family out of the desperate cycle of poverty they’ve been stuck in. What price will he be willing to pay to change the course of this family’s future?"

B. K. Ray (Author), Matthew J. Harris (Narrator)

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Thug In Me

"Raised in a single parent household in the Springdale Projects, Chance found a way out. He has graduated from college, landed a job, purchased a home, and has a beautiful girlfriend named Toi. And he did it all the legal way. Chance is nothing like his homeboy, Calhoun, a drug-selling deadbeat who won’t get his life together, not even for his two kids. Chance’s life changes in an instant when he is falsely accused of murder and sent to prison. He loses everything—his job, his home, his girlfriend, his mother, and almost his mind. A victim of a cover-up and a corrupt prison system, Chance is subjected to attacks by prison guards and inmates, sexual abuse, and too many run-ins with death to count. The only good thing in Chance’s world is his pen pal, Deyja, who is dealing with her own painful past. He looks forward to her mail, and finds himself falling in love. When he is released from prison after seven years, he finds Deyja, but he does not reveal his true identity, fearing that she will want no part of an ex-convict. Unaware that he is her former pen pal, Deyja is falling for this thug whose touch and lovemaking she just can’t get enough of. When old friends Toi and Calhoun come back into the picture, explosive secrets are revealed, threatening to tear apart everything. Will Chance and Deyja move forward together, or will the past destroy them?"

Karen Williams (Author), Matthew J. Harris (Narrator)

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Frostbite

"The oh-so-cold Prince of Lies from Eric’s critically acclaimed Crushed Ice returns! He lurks in the silence, ready to strike without warning, without mercy. Truth is a man for hire, a man of many faces, many names. A killer? Only if someone tries to kill him first. But even a cold-as-ice operator like Truth has a heart. He’s known love and loss, and now his past mistakes are coming back to haunt him. When the sensuous schemer Sophia, on the run from a Saudi prince’s harem, begs for Truth’s help, he has to respond—she’s the sister of his former lover, Colette, a woman whose life he ruined. And now he, Sophia, and Colette are caught in the middle of an all-out war between an ambitious DA and a drug kingpin. Daring rescues, hair’s-breadth escapes, a trail of thrills stretching from NYC to New Orleans … can Truth handle it?"

Eric Pete (Author), Matthew J. Harris (Narrator)

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Riding Rhythm

"Rhythm is a college student in DC who learns of Moses King, the man who started the Disciples, the largest street gang in Chicago. She reads his court case, and the inconsistencies in his trial transcripts lead her to write him, asking him if he really did kill the black Chicago congressman Perry Homes and rape his wife, Fiona. It seems unlikely; Moses started the Disciples to make a positive impact on the black community. The Disciples head up book drives, they feed the hungry, and they start free breakfast programs with the Panthers. The letters start to flow back and forth, and Rhythm changes her major to criminal justice and becomes an attorney to fight the system that has incarcerated the man she has fallen in love with."

Jihad (Author), Matthew J. Harris (Narrator)

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Street Possession

Tony Lindsay (Author), Matthew J. Harris (Narrator)

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One Dead Lawyer

"Security escort David Price is back after his adventures in One Dead Preacher, and he’s gotten himself into another tight situation. With the reappearance of family in his life, even more is at stake for him now. When a prominent lawyer—whom David suspects is a murderer—turns up dead, David is, once again, in the middle of the drama."

Tony Lindsay (Author), Matthew J. Harris (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Matthew J. Harris