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Love, African-American Style

Romance on Audio

Dickey, Eric Jerome Milk In My Coffee: Jordan Green, a successful African American professional living in New York City, embarks on a relationship with Kimberley, a white artist, a situation that forces him to confront issues hidden within himself while coping with disapproving family and friends. Read by the author and Brenda Denise Stinson.
Forster, Gwynne When Twilight Comes: When their mother is taken seriously ill, Sharon, Drogan, and Cassie must decide who will abandon their successful career and take over her work at “The Woodmore Times,” an influential African-American newspaper. Narrated by Caroline Clay.
Harris, E. Lynn A Love of My Own: Follows a group of characters as they try to find their places in the world when class issues and changes in economic status affect their family lives and friendships. Read by E. Lynn Harris and Tamara Tunie.
Jenkins, Beverly Through the Storm: Desperate to find a bride with a large dowry to restore his estate, Raimond Le Veq decides to let his mother choose his wife, and she selects Sable Fontaine, the former slave who shattered his trust and broke his heart. Narrated by Kim Staunton.
Kitt, Sandra Got To Be Real: Four Original Love Stories: Four popular African-American authors -- E. Lynn Harris, Eric Jerome Dickey, Colin Canner, and Marcus Major -- come together in a bold new collection of original stories that explore the vast complexities of the human heart and the challenges of love in modern America. Various narrators.
Little, Benilde Good Hair: An African-American romance is threatened by class difference. She is Alice, a New Jersey reporter from the middle classes, he is Jack, a third-generation surgeon from Boston's black upper class. At first Alice is overjoyed, but as the romance progresses doubts surface. Narrated by Kim Staunton.
Major, Marcus 4 Guys and Trouble: Four college friends once vowed to raise a deceased buddy's kid sister as their own, but when the girl in question turns twenty-three, their pact is complicated by romantic feelings. Narrated by Ezra Knight.
McFadden, Bernice L. Loving Donovan: Campbell and Donovan each grow up in dysfunctional familes. Campbell learns about relationships from her parents, who are trapped in a loveless marriage. Donovan's parents constantly argue -- until his mother abandons him. As adults, Campbell and Donovan discover one another and realize this could be their only chance for true love. But the psychological scars of the past may prove too difficult to overcome. Narrated by Robin Miles.
Milner, Denene and Nick Chiles In Love and War: Zaria, the sister of Mikki from Love Don't Live Here Anymore , clashes with teacher and basketball coach Kenneth Roman during a parent-teacher conference, and their subsequent unlikely romance is tested when Kenneth is caught in a lie. Narrated by Caroline Clay and Dion Graham.
Price-Thompson, Tracy Chocolate Sangria: Raised in a Brooklyn housing project, African-American Juanita Lucas has long been ostracized because of her light skin and green eyes, but when she and Scooter Morrison meet two Puerto Rican men, unexpected changes take place. Read by Kevin R. Free.
Swindle, Renèe Please Please Please: Spoiled by her father and brothers since she had witnessed the death of her mother in a car accident, Babysister, a black woman in her twenties, sets her sights on her best friend's man and learns a lesson about the value of friendship. Read by Marjorie Johnson.
Wesley, Valerie Wilson Always True to You In My Fashion: A relationship with the same man brings about self-discovery in three women, including There's Medora, who longs to cut him loose despite her feelings for him; widow Ana, who seeks a second chance at love ; and Taylor, who sees him as a means to her success. Read by Caroline Clay.