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- Lexington, Alabama, Book 4
- Narrated by: Shari Peele
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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The latest twist-filled novel in award-winning New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe’s Depression-era Alabama saga tells the riveting tale of identical twin sisters with a talent for switching lives and hiding the scandalous results—until one risk too many changes the game forever.
Since childhood, identical twins Leona and Fiona Dunbar have been getting in—and out—of trouble by pretending to be each other. Yet underneath, they couldn’t be more different.
Outspoken Leona lives to break rules, have a good time, and scandalize their respectable hometown of Lexington. Fiona is a seemingly demure churchgoing girl who is the apple of her domineering, widowed mother Mavis’s eye. But together, the twins have fooled teachers, boyfriends, bosses, racist police—and most importantly, straitlaced Mavis. Even when Leona does jail time for Fiona, their unbreakable bond keeps them fiercely loyal.
So when Fiona feels stifled in her passionless marriage, and Leona is heartbroken over losing her one true love, it’s perfect timing to change places once again Leona is shocked to discover she enjoys the security of being a wife and homebody. And the unexpected spark between her and Fiona’s husband is giving her all kinds of deliciously sexy ideas.
Meanwhile, Fiona enjoys being free, single, and reveling in the independence she’s never had. And the more she indulges her secret, long-repressed wild child, the more Leona’s ex-lover becomes one temptation she’s having trouble resisting
As the sisters’ masquerade ignites desires and appetites they never expected, it also puts their most damning secrets on the line. Once the fallout rocks their small town, can Fiona and Leona’s deep sisterhood shield them from total disaster and help them reconcile their mistakes? Or will the trust between them become a weapon that shatters their lives for good?
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Really enjoyed
- By avidreader on 04-07-21
By: Mary Monroe
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Family of Lies
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Patricia R. Floyd
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
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Growing up poor in Texas, Vera Lomax used every gold-digging trick in the book to land a rich husband. Now living in the lap of luxury in San Francisco, her only job is to fawn over her much-older husband, so it's been easy for her to balance a life of shopping and affairs with younger men with a major secret: the 16-year bribery of one of her husband's mistresses to keep her pregnancy under wraps. Vera figures that a little hush money every month will ensure her husband's fortune is hers alone....
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Great Book!!!!
- By kemba on 06-12-14
By: Mary Monroe
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Bad Blood
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon, Chandra Skyye
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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Seth Garrett's family taught him that anything less than the best simply isn't an option. Now he's out to prove he can be the most successful Garrett - and Rachel McNeal fits the bill. She's pretty, hard-working, good in bed - and willing to finance his dreams. He thinks she's perfect wife material - until he meets her relatives and discovers they're far from perfect. No problem, Seth's got a replacement lined up to give him the good life he's entitled to...
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Long and boring
- By Shaneese on 05-13-20
By: Mary Monroe
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Every Woman's Dream
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden, Robin Eller, Lisa Renee Pitts
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
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He's successful, kind, and sensitive - the type of man every woman wants. And truck driver Calvin Ramsey just loves women - especially the lonely, unappreciated ones he meets online, like Lola Poole. His deceitful ex-wife taught him that women really appreciate someone who cares about their deepest feelings and problems.
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Disappointing
- By LaFaye on 07-30-16
By: Mary Monroe
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One House Over
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Kentra Lynn, James Shippy
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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A solid marriage, a thriving business, and the esteem of their close-knit Alabama community - Joyce and Odell Watson have every reason to count their blessings. Their marriage has given well-off Joyce a chance at the family she's always wanted - and granted Odell a once-in-a-lifetime shot to escape grinding poverty. But all that respectability and status comes at a cost. Just once, Joyce and Odell want to break loose and taste life's wild side, without consequences.
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Cliff Hanger
- By M. Mitchell on 04-03-18
By: Mary Monroe
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God Don't Like Ugly
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Denise Burse
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
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In God Don't Like Ugly, she weaves a powerful tale of devastating abuse, the strength of friendship, and the burden of terrible secrets. Shy, overweight Annette Goode is only seven years old when Mr. Boatwright, a boarder in her house, begins sexually abusing her. She keeps this information to herself for years, until gorgeous, self-assured Rhoda Nelson becomes her new friend. Annette confides in Rhoda and finds the strength and courage to survive to adulthood.
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A great listen
- By Tbrown on 12-29-12
By: Mary Monroe
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Mrs. Wiggins
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Shari Peele
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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The daughter of a prostitute mother and an alcoholic father, Maggie Franklin knew her only way out was to marry someone upstanding and church-going. Someone like Hubert Wiggins, the most eligible man in Lexington, Alabama - and the son of its most revered preacher. Proper and prosperous, Hubert is glad to finally have a wife, even one with Maggie's background. For Hubert has a secret he desperately needs to stay hidden. And Maggie's unexpected charm, elegance, and religious devotion makes her the perfect partner in lies....
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Really enjoyed
- By avidreader on 04-07-21
By: Mary Monroe
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Family of Lies
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Patricia R. Floyd
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
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Growing up poor in Texas, Vera Lomax used every gold-digging trick in the book to land a rich husband. Now living in the lap of luxury in San Francisco, her only job is to fawn over her much-older husband, so it's been easy for her to balance a life of shopping and affairs with younger men with a major secret: the 16-year bribery of one of her husband's mistresses to keep her pregnancy under wraps. Vera figures that a little hush money every month will ensure her husband's fortune is hers alone....
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Great Book!!!!
- By kemba on 06-12-14
By: Mary Monroe
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Bad Blood
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon, Chandra Skyye
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Seth Garrett's family taught him that anything less than the best simply isn't an option. Now he's out to prove he can be the most successful Garrett - and Rachel McNeal fits the bill. She's pretty, hard-working, good in bed - and willing to finance his dreams. He thinks she's perfect wife material - until he meets her relatives and discovers they're far from perfect. No problem, Seth's got a replacement lined up to give him the good life he's entitled to...
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Long and boring
- By Shaneese on 05-13-20
By: Mary Monroe
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Every Woman's Dream
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden, Robin Eller, Lisa Renee Pitts
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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He's successful, kind, and sensitive - the type of man every woman wants. And truck driver Calvin Ramsey just loves women - especially the lonely, unappreciated ones he meets online, like Lola Poole. His deceitful ex-wife taught him that women really appreciate someone who cares about their deepest feelings and problems.
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Disappointing
- By LaFaye on 07-30-16
By: Mary Monroe
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One House Over
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Kentra Lynn, James Shippy
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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A solid marriage, a thriving business, and the esteem of their close-knit Alabama community - Joyce and Odell Watson have every reason to count their blessings. Their marriage has given well-off Joyce a chance at the family she's always wanted - and granted Odell a once-in-a-lifetime shot to escape grinding poverty. But all that respectability and status comes at a cost. Just once, Joyce and Odell want to break loose and taste life's wild side, without consequences.
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Cliff Hanger
- By M. Mitchell on 04-03-18
By: Mary Monroe
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God Don't Like Ugly
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Denise Burse
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In God Don't Like Ugly, she weaves a powerful tale of devastating abuse, the strength of friendship, and the burden of terrible secrets. Shy, overweight Annette Goode is only seven years old when Mr. Boatwright, a boarder in her house, begins sexually abusing her. She keeps this information to herself for years, until gorgeous, self-assured Rhoda Nelson becomes her new friend. Annette confides in Rhoda and finds the strength and courage to survive to adulthood.
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A great listen
- By Tbrown on 12-29-12
By: Mary Monroe
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The Upper Room
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Kevin Free
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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Nationally best-selling author Mary Monroe createsan unforgettable cast of characters in The Upper Room. Mama Ruby stole her best friend's baby girl, ran off to Florida, and raised her as her own. Maureen is the center of Mama Ruby's world, and she will do anything to protect her and their life together. Now Maureen wants to know what the rest of the world is like. She is determined to find out, but escaping Mama Ruby won't be easy.
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Good story, but..................
- By Ebony on 09-26-16
By: Mary Monroe
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She Had it Coming
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Patricia R. Floyd
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
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The author of New York Times best-selling novels like God Don't Play, Mary Monroe is especially adept at capturing the tumultous highs and lows of the unforgettable characters who populate her books. In She Had It Coming,it's the best of times and the worst of times for Dolores Reese, who's married to two different men in two different cities.
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She Had It Coming is Definitely All Right!!
- By Andra D. Johnson on 01-12-09
By: Mary Monroe
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Once in a Lifetime
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Shari Peele
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
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Beloved award-winning and New York Times best-selling author Mary Monroe delivers a hopeful and heartwarming story about an impossible Christmas dream, an unexpected act of goodwill - and a surprising chain of events that could gift joy far beyond the holiday season.
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The sacrifice to help another person.
- By LaShawn Doolittle on 09-17-24
By: Mary Monroe
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Red Light Wives
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
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Nationally best-selling author Mary Monroe penned the widely acclaimed novels God Don't Like Ugly and God Still Don't Like Ugly. Red Light Wives is a sassy and scandalous novel of six women who engage in the world's oldest profession. They have something else in common too, their "manager," Clyde Brooks - a charismatic but hard man who fills many roles in each woman's life. But soon, an act of rebellion may change their relationship forever.
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A good read
- By Kindle Customer on 01-16-15
By: Mary Monroe
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The Company We Keep
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Patricia Floyd
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
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The Company We Keep follows successful record executive Teri Stewart as she scours L.A. for love. Just when she's ready to give up on men altogether, into her life strolls charming DJ Harrison Starr. He's got it going on - obviously - but he's also hiding a dark secret that could destroy their budding romance.
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Boring
- By Anonymous User on 03-02-21
By: Mary Monroe
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It's a Thin Line
- By: Kimberla Lawson Roby
- Narrated by: Susan Spain
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
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Three siblings, Sydney, Gina, and Rick, each have full lives, complex relationships, and serious personal problems. But when their mother suffers a debilitating stroke, her need for extensive care forces them to examine the strength of the bonds between them. A Blackboard best-selling author, Roby tackles several contemporary issues in this moving novel, including marital violence and childhood abuse.
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Powerful!
- By Kelly on 12-22-19
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Miss Pearly's Girls
- By: ReShonda Tate Billingsley
- Narrated by: Patricia R. Floyd
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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Raising four very different daughters on her own in rural Arkansas wasn't easy for Miss Pearly Bell. And she's always regretted that the sisters went their separate ways for good - and never wanted to see each other again. But when Pearly is stricken with a terminal illness, she summons them all home - determined to somehow help them get right with each other and forgive.... But that means dealing with past secrets and lies first.
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Felt like family
- By Gregory Cody on 04-16-22
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The Davenports
- By: Krystal Marquis
- Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in a changing United States, their fortune made through the entrepreneurship of William Davenport, a formerly enslaved man who founded the Davenport Carriage Company years ago. Now it's 1910, and the Davenports live surrounded by servants, crystal chandeliers, and endless parties, finding their way and finding love—even where they’re not supposed to.
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Giving Bridgerton Vibes
- By Danni B. on 03-11-23
By: Krystal Marquis
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Sinners & Saints
- By: Victoria Christopher Murray, ReShonda Tate Billingsley
- Narrated by: Patricia R. Floyd
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
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Award-winning authors Victoria Christopher Murray and ReShonda Tate Billingsley are both beloved for their strong female leads and juicy plotting. In Sinners & Saints, Murray and Billingsley join forces to tell a tale packed with drama, scandal, and redemption. Jasmine Bush and Rachel Adams both want their husbands to be elected president of the National Baptist Association, and they’re willing to use plenty of low-down tricks to win. But when another woman joins the fray, she proves more devious than either of them could imagine.
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WONDERFUL - FABULOUS - OVER THE TOP
- By Stella on 06-18-12
By: Victoria Christopher Murray, and others
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Right Beside You
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Kecia Lewis, Julian Thomas
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
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New York Times best-selling author Mary Monroe presents a heartwarming, uplifting novel about two long-time co-workers who seem unlucky in love. But this Christmas may give them a surprising chance to find themselves - and each other.
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I pre ordered this book for nothing
- By anita on 09-25-19
By: Mary Monroe
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Remembrance
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Patricia R. Floyd
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
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Charles thought he had it all - until a devastating betrayal and the shattering loss of his family drove him to living on the streets. Beatrice is the first person who's truly cared about him in a long time. Little by little, he's finding reasons to care about rebuilding his life. Drawn to Charles and the temptation of a second chance, Beatrice is faced with the hardest of decisions. But his insight, secrets - and the reminder of a profound past encounter - will give her unexpected inspiration, gratitude, and the strength she needs to find her way - perhaps in time for Christmas.
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Wishes can come true
- By Unglaza on 04-06-21
By: Mary Monroe
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Deliver Me from Evil
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Patricia Floyd
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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Demonstrating the same verve for storytelling that rocketed her previous novels onto the best seller lists, Deliver Me from Evil introduces Christine Thurman, a vivacious 31-year-old about to enter a dangerous new phase in her life.
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Highly Recommended
- By Andra D. Johnson on 07-25-08
By: Mary Monroe
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-30-24
Mary Monroe does it again!
Mary Monroe is by far my favorite author! Whether it is a period setting or current setting, Mary Monroe brings life to human interactions, emotions and social issues. Her dialogue is always fitting and Her characters are always easy to connect with. She is amazing and a true literary jewel.
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- Lovelee
- 04-04-24
Wow!
I thoroughly enjoy this book from the story to the very engaging narrator!!! I was all in. Bravo!
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- Rebecca Brown
- 04-28-24
Love Mary Monroe
I been reading Mary Monroe books for almost 20 years and I just love her books! Them twins had me cracking up!!!
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- Blo62
- 07-11-24
We need the movie version STAT!
This book was thoroughly engaging from start to finish! Had me cracking up one minute, mad the next! The narrator MADE the book. She was outstanding 👏🏾👏🏾
The ending was sad but we all know Fiiona was not ever gonna do right 🤣
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- Kae Yo
- 06-12-24
I like how Leona was regarded in the end by Jubel
It was a good story and I finished it in two settings. However It was predictable.
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- Lisa Louis
- 06-26-24
GREAT STORY!!!!
Awesome story as usual!! Mary Monroe writes the best novels!!! LOVE EM!! Hopefully, there'll be another book to this series I'm here for it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-22-24
…..And Another One
Mary Monroe has done it again! This was an exciting “read”! At first, it felt like I was in Lexington because I couldn’t tell the twins apart either! You are a superb storyteller and I can’t wait to see what’s next
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- Mari
- 09-22-24
Extraordinary story!
Very interesting story….kept my attention. There was the usual Mary Monroe character that tolerated too much abuse and unfairness. The last part was surprising! I wanted the story to last longer. MM is still my favorite!❤️
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- Jaida
- 04-04-24
Twist at the end!
It’s crazy how Fiona always said her husband was dull and not smart, but it was a twist that he knew about her affair and that Leona was posing as her. Mary Monroe wrote another great book!
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- Shun Ridley
- 04-16-24
Could Nit Stop Listening
Thus book was so good. I finished it in two days. Such a good listen. Keep your interest the entire book.
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