This Time Around
Written by Kay Shanee
Narrated by Ferdinand Bell and Elena Campbell
4.5/5
()
About this audiobook
Perfect for fans of second chance romance, This Time Around is the love reunion hopeless romantics have been waiting for.
Dr. Tessa Howard is sick and tired of everything—her job, her nagging mother, and her boyfriend who wouldn’t know commitment if it hit him in the face. The only thing that didn’t work her last nerve was her soon-to-be twenty-year-old daughter, Cyrah. Watching her one and only child, her greatest accomplishment, live life out loud was her greatest joy. Tessa didn’t know what she’d do if she didn’t have Cyrah, whom she admittedly lived vicariously through. After an epiphany in the middle of the night, Tessa finds herself single and unemployed.
With no job, no man, and no prospects for either, Tessa finally decides to let loose and learns that history does, in fact, repeat itself.
Dr. Cypress Boone recently ended a relationship after a two-year engagement.
He’d given his all to Emery, but she played him for a fool. Although disappointed, he hasn’t given up on love and is ready for a fresh start. Emery, however, isn’t ready to let go and refuses to accept that they are over. In an effort to make a clean break, he accepts a job at the prestigious Black Elm University, over two thousand miles away from his current residence. With a new job in a new city, Cypress has high hopes that a new woman will soon be added to the equation.
However, maybe this time around, someone new isn’t what he needs.
Related to This Time Around
Related audiobooks
Banking On Love A Good Dose of Pleasure Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Love's Deep Cover Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Intruder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Vow: a marriage of convenience romance Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ezekiel's Passion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When It's Us Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Matrimony Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTo Have and Hold: Faking Love Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Because It's Forever Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5If You Let Go Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Paxton's Peace Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStuck on You Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Stealing a Goon’s Heart Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Conflicts of the Heart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Business of Lust Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5From Come Over To Come Home Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Under Love's Command Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Justified Privilege Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5For Better or Worse Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Heart Still Beats For You Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Hard Man to Love Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Prince of Hearts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsConflicted Heart Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Fine Print Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5First Down and Love: A Forbidden Romance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Christmas Affair Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAwakening Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
Jacquelin Thomas with Rochelle Alers: Julie E Moody-Freeman is joined this episode by two best-selling and award-winning romance writers: Rochelle Alers and Jacquelin Thomas. In Season 1 episode 10 of the Black Romance Podcast, Rochelle Alers joined Julie to talk about Alers’... Podcast episode
Jacquelin Thomas with Rochelle Alers: Julie E Moody-Freeman is joined this episode by two best-selling and award-winning romance writers: Rochelle Alers and Jacquelin Thomas. In Season 1 episode 10 of the Black Romance Podcast, Rochelle Alers joined Julie to talk about Alers’...
byBlack Romance Podcast0 ratings0% found this document usefulBolu Babalola and Dr. Carole Bell: Julie E Moody-Freeman and co-host Dr. Carole Bell interview best-selling writer of Love in Colour and Honey & Spice Bolu Babalola. Bolu Babalola is a British-Nigerian journalist, writer, and lover of love. In 2016, she was... Podcast episode
Bolu Babalola and Dr. Carole Bell: Julie E Moody-Freeman and co-host Dr. Carole Bell interview best-selling writer of Love in Colour and Honey & Spice Bolu Babalola. Bolu Babalola is a British-Nigerian journalist, writer, and lover of love. In 2016, she was...
byBlack Romance Podcast0 ratings0% found this document usefulEpisode 47: Butterfly: We wanted to learn more about the female half of Ashley and JaQuavis, so for this year's Urban Fic Month, we read Butterfly by Ashley Antoinette. Did we know what was going on? Barely. This series is a spin-off of a spin-off that started with her title M... Podcast episode
Episode 47: Butterfly: We wanted to learn more about the female half of Ashley and JaQuavis, so for this year's Urban Fic Month, we read Butterfly by Ashley Antoinette. Did we know what was going on? Barely. This series is a spin-off of a spin-off that started with her title M...
byBlack Chick Lit0 ratings0% found this document usefulFarrah Rochon: Best-selling writer Farrah Rochon and I talk about her new release The Dating Playbook and also deep dive into several topics: how she wrote and published her 2007 debut novel, Deliver Me, the first in her Holmes Brothers Series; we talk about her New... Podcast episode
Farrah Rochon: Best-selling writer Farrah Rochon and I talk about her new release The Dating Playbook and also deep dive into several topics: how she wrote and published her 2007 debut novel, Deliver Me, the first in her Holmes Brothers Series; we talk about her New...
byBlack Romance Podcast0 ratings0% found this document usefulBeing Present with Oneself & Taking Time to Reflect on 2022. Life Lessons 2022 Taught Me By Dealing with Trauma, Loss, Heartbreak and Struggles of your Late Twenties.. Podcast episode
Being Present with Oneself & Taking Time to Reflect on 2022. Life Lessons 2022 Taught Me By Dealing with Trauma, Loss, Heartbreak and Struggles of your Late Twenties..
byAffirmations for Black Girls0 ratings0% found this document usefulHow to Create Your Own Retreat | Fall Wellness Travel Ideas for Black Women: We know we need rest! As a solo female traveler, it’s time for you to travel for your wellness by creating your own personal retreat. Instead of prioritizing everyone and everything else around us, what if you intentionally planned a restorative getawa... Podcast episode
How to Create Your Own Retreat | Fall Wellness Travel Ideas for Black Women: We know we need rest! As a solo female traveler, it’s time for you to travel for your wellness by creating your own personal retreat. Instead of prioritizing everyone and everything else around us, what if you intentionally planned a restorative getawa...
byBlack Women Travel Podcast0 ratings0% found this document usefulSeressia Glass: In this episode, Julie E Moody-Freeman speaks with award-winning romance writer Seressia Glass about her experiences publishing with Genesis Press, Parker Publishing, Simon & Schuster, and Berkley. They also discuss Glass's Shadowchasers series and... Podcast episode
Seressia Glass: In this episode, Julie E Moody-Freeman speaks with award-winning romance writer Seressia Glass about her experiences publishing with Genesis Press, Parker Publishing, Simon & Schuster, and Berkley. They also discuss Glass's Shadowchasers series and...
byBlack Romance Podcast0 ratings0% found this document useful104: Ride Our Emotional Roller Coaster: The Concluding Episode of Lovers & Friends Podcast episode
104: Ride Our Emotional Roller Coaster: The Concluding Episode of Lovers & Friends
byLovers and Friends with Shan Boodram0 ratings0% found this document usefulBrenda Jackson-Part one: New York Times best-selling writer Brenda Jackson recounts the challenges she faced publishing romance fiction with black characters in the 1980’s and why she negotiated her own contract to publish her first novel in 1995. Podcast episode
Brenda Jackson-Part one: New York Times best-selling writer Brenda Jackson recounts the challenges she faced publishing romance fiction with black characters in the 1980’s and why she negotiated her own contract to publish her first novel in 1995.
byBlack Romance Podcast0 ratings0% found this document usefulSession 226: How Our Sex Lives Changed During the Pandemic 0 ratings0% found this document usefulEpisode 41: The Cartel: Happy 2021, lovely listeners! It's our favorite time of the year: Urban Fic Month. (Okay, so we were still a little hungover from 2020 and this episode is a tad late. Forgive us!) This year, we read a classic: The Cartel, by Ashley & JaQuavis. There's mo... Podcast episode
Episode 41: The Cartel: Happy 2021, lovely listeners! It's our favorite time of the year: Urban Fic Month. (Okay, so we were still a little hungover from 2020 and this episode is a tad late. Forgive us!) This year, we read a classic: The Cartel, by Ashley & JaQuavis. There's mo...
byBlack Chick Lit0 ratings0% found this document usefulBeing Me: The Monologue - Being Present, Accepting Where You Are In Life, Realizing That Life Happens FOR You, Not TO You, & Embracing Uncertainty Head On Podcast episode
Being Me: The Monologue - Being Present, Accepting Where You Are In Life, Realizing That Life Happens FOR You, Not TO You, & Embracing Uncertainty Head On
byAffirmations for Black Girls0 ratings0% found this document usefulChristina C. Jones and Jessica P. Pryde: In this episode, Julie E Moody-Freeman is joined by Black Love Matters writer and When In Romance podcast co-host Jessica P. Pryde to interview Christina C. Jones, a best-selling romance novelist and digital media creator. They discuss Jones’... Podcast episode
Christina C. Jones and Jessica P. Pryde: In this episode, Julie E Moody-Freeman is joined by Black Love Matters writer and When In Romance podcast co-host Jessica P. Pryde to interview Christina C. Jones, a best-selling romance novelist and digital media creator. They discuss Jones’...
byBlack Romance Podcast0 ratings0% found this document usefulS04.21: Sandra Kitt: a Trailblazer Episode: S04.21: Sandra Kitt: a Trailblazer Episode Podcast episode
S04.21: Sandra Kitt: a Trailblazer Episode: S04.21: Sandra Kitt: a Trailblazer Episode
byFated Mates - A Romance Novel Podcast0 ratings0% found this document usefulFrom the Bottom of Flint Michigan to NY Times Best Selling Author || Guest: Ashley Antoinette: Ashley Antoinette is from the streets of Flint, Michigan and her journey to becoming a NY Times best selling author, writing over 70 books, and sell over a million copies is a an entire hood love story in itself!!! By the way if you have not read an... Podcast episode
From the Bottom of Flint Michigan to NY Times Best Selling Author || Guest: Ashley Antoinette: Ashley Antoinette is from the streets of Flint, Michigan and her journey to becoming a NY Times best selling author, writing over 70 books, and sell over a million copies is a an entire hood love story in itself!!! By the way if you have not read an...
byThe Dash Podcast0 ratings0% found this document usefulBlowjobs: Everything You Didn’t Know You Needed to Know feat. Rayna Greenberg GGE: If you give head, blow jobs, top, and/or oral sex on a penis…why not be the best of it? I brought together research from top experts, a medical penis expert, a self-proclaimed grade A head giver and a group of men to weigh in on the do's, don’ts and maybes that will make you a master at sucking dick. Follow Shan on Instagram: www.instagram.com/shanboody Stay up to date with Shan and Lovers and Friends Casting: www.shanboodram.com/join Podcast episode
Blowjobs: Everything You Didn’t Know You Needed to Know feat. Rayna Greenberg GGE: If you give head, blow jobs, top, and/or oral sex on a penis…why not be the best of it? I brought together research from top experts, a medical penis expert, a self-proclaimed grade A head giver and a group of men to weigh in on the do's, don’ts and maybes that will make you a master at sucking dick. Follow Shan on Instagram: www.instagram.com/shanboody Stay up to date with Shan and Lovers and Friends Casting: www.shanboodram.com/join
byLovers and Friends with Shan Boodram100%100% found this document usefulIntentional Questions to Ask Your Spouse #HMAY Ep. 125 0 ratings0% found this document usefulManifesting, Dreams, and The Emmys: How does the life you want, become the life you have? This episode is all about manifesting, dreams, and doing our part! We talk about the dreams we had early on in our marriage, how they came to past, and what we learned about asking God for our deepest desires. Podcast episode
Manifesting, Dreams, and The Emmys: How does the life you want, become the life you have? This episode is all about manifesting, dreams, and doing our part! We talk about the dreams we had early on in our marriage, how they came to past, and what we learned about asking God for our deepest desires.
byFridays with Tab and Chance0 ratings0% found this document usefulBeverly Jenkins: In this conversation, Beverly Jenkins and I talk about her early experiences as a Black woman writing and trying to publish her historical romance featuring Black characters. We also discuss Night Song, her debut novel, Indigo, Jewel, and Forbidden,... Podcast episode
Beverly Jenkins: In this conversation, Beverly Jenkins and I talk about her early experiences as a Black woman writing and trying to publish her historical romance featuring Black characters. We also discuss Night Song, her debut novel, Indigo, Jewel, and Forbidden,...
byBlack Romance Podcast0 ratings0% found this document usefulBONUS: Sisterhood in Business: The Therapy for Black Girls Podcast is a weekly conversation with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a Licensed Psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia, about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best... Podcast episode
BONUS: Sisterhood in Business: The Therapy for Black Girls Podcast is a weekly conversation with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a Licensed Psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia, about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best...
byTherapy for Black Girls0 ratings0% found this document useful132: Squirting, Sex Hacks, + Navigating Consent Grey Zones with Kenneth Play Podcast episode
132: Squirting, Sex Hacks, + Navigating Consent Grey Zones with Kenneth Play
bySex Love Psychedelics0 ratings0% found this document usefulSession 267: A Deep Dive Into Cults 0 ratings0% found this document usefulREWIND: Finding Joy in a Reset, Practicing Being Mindful of your Physical Space & Mental Space, & Implementing 'Mini Resets" into your Weekly Routine Podcast episode
REWIND: Finding Joy in a Reset, Practicing Being Mindful of your Physical Space & Mental Space, & Implementing 'Mini Resets" into your Weekly Routine
byAffirmations for Black Girls0 ratings0% found this document usefulBlack Romance and Historical Spaces: Join Black Romance authors Katrina Jackson and Elysabeth Grace as they discuss writing Black historical romance. The authors engage the question of readerly and publishing perceptions about the place of African/African diaspora love in historical... Podcast episode
Black Romance and Historical Spaces: Join Black Romance authors Katrina Jackson and Elysabeth Grace as they discuss writing Black historical romance. The authors engage the question of readerly and publishing perceptions about the place of African/African diaspora love in historical...
byBlack Romance Podcast0 ratings0% found this document usefulKennedy Ryan: Best-selling writer Kennedy Ryan joins Julie to talks about how she developed her writing craft, which led to the 2014 publication of her first book, When You Are Mine. She talks about her experiences self-publishing, starting a foundation... Podcast episode
Kennedy Ryan: Best-selling writer Kennedy Ryan joins Julie to talks about how she developed her writing craft, which led to the 2014 publication of her first book, When You Are Mine. She talks about her experiences self-publishing, starting a foundation...
byBlack Romance Podcast0 ratings0% found this document usefulDonna Hill: Best-selling writer Donna Hill joins Julie for the first episode of Season two of the Black Romance Podcast. They discuss Hill’s experiences writing and publishing romance, and they deep dive into three of her novels: Rooms of the Heart, Chances... Podcast episode
Donna Hill: Best-selling writer Donna Hill joins Julie for the first episode of Season two of the Black Romance Podcast. They discuss Hill’s experiences writing and publishing romance, and they deep dive into three of her novels: Rooms of the Heart, Chances...
byBlack Romance Podcast0 ratings0% found this document usefulSession 141: Considerations In Situationships: The Therapy for Black Girls Podcast is a weekly conversation with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a Licensed Psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia, about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best... Podcast episode
Session 141: Considerations In Situationships: The Therapy for Black Girls Podcast is a weekly conversation with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a Licensed Psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia, about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best...
byTherapy for Black Girls100%100% found this document usefulROO #79: Kyle Finch and KamGi Chak on Making a Life of Service with Be Love Apparel: In this episode, Kyle Finch and KamGi Chak, founders of Be Love Apparel and social activists, tell the story of how they met in Thailand and their journey creating their home in Topanga, California. They reveal what inspired them to start their apparel... Podcast episode
ROO #79: Kyle Finch and KamGi Chak on Making a Life of Service with Be Love Apparel: In this episode, Kyle Finch and KamGi Chak, founders of Be Love Apparel and social activists, tell the story of how they met in Thailand and their journey creating their home in Topanga, California. They reveal what inspired them to start their apparel...
byRunning On Om0 ratings0% found this document usefulSide Effects of Being Light Skinned (with Damona Dixon) Podcast episode
Side Effects of Being Light Skinned (with Damona Dixon)
bySmall Doses with Amanda Seales0 ratings0% found this document usefulBroken Barriers by Meredith Nicholson ~ Full Audiobook 0 ratings0% found this document useful
Related articles
Kevin Hart's Ex-Wife Renews Claims About His 'Lies and Infidelity' Los Angeles TimesArticle
Kevin Hart's Ex-Wife Renews Claims About His 'Lies and Infidelity'
Sep 19, 2017
1 min readLet This 'Wild Rain' Sweep You Away NPRArticle
Let This 'Wild Rain' Sweep You Away
Feb 11, 2021
2 min readMarry Me Again, Bruce! Woman's DayArticle
Marry Me Again, Bruce!
May 3, 2020
2 min readMarry Me Again, Bruce! Woman's Day Magazine NZArticle
Marry Me Again, Bruce!
May 10, 2020
2 min readFor September, 3 Romances Almost — ALMOST — Derailed By Work NPRArticle
For September, 3 Romances Almost — ALMOST — Derailed By Work
Sep 26, 2020
2 min readOther Characters sharing The Love Foxtel MagazineArticle
Other Characters sharing The Love
Dec 23, 2021
Beautiful, talented and with undeniable charisma, Aaron’s DJ girlfriend appears the perfect catch. However, on a fast track to stardom with her career on the rise, where does that leave her law-student boyfriend? Aaron thought their bond was forever…
1 min readLyndall ‘The Truth About Josh And I’ WHOArticle
Lyndall ‘The Truth About Josh And I’
Mar 30, 2023
She’s feeling empowered since shutting down groom Cameron Woods, 27, at the final vows. Now, bride Lyndall Grace, 27, tells WHO about why she really had to call her ex-husband out – and reveals the truth about those rumours she’s been dating another
2 min readFiction Roundup You South AfricaArticle
Fiction Roundup
Sep 10, 2021
This is an endearing story about a little café on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast run by Thirapatheegadu Reddy, who’s known as Tubby to his friends. He has a small but dedicated staff who help him prepare the homely dishes for which his establishment i
3 min readAlone Again At 87 You South AfricaArticle
Alone Again At 87
Dec 30, 2020
4 min readComing Of Age With Three Contemporary YA Novels NPRArticle
Coming Of Age With Three Contemporary YA Novels
Feb 4, 2022
3 min readBRUCE & DEMI’S BIG LOCKDOWN LOVE-IN You South AfricaArticle
BRUCE & DEMI’S BIG LOCKDOWN LOVE-IN
Apr 24, 2020
4 min readMeet the Brides & Grooms WHOArticle
Meet the Brides & Grooms
Jan 29, 2024
Born in Colombia before she moved to Canada as a small child, Sara has lived in Australia for the last eight years. An open communicator with a short fuse, which she blames on her Colombian heritage, she is worried that she unintentionally offends pe
5 min readBooks FairladyArticle
Books
Nov 18, 2019
4 min readRom-coms & cancer New Zealand Woman’s WeeklyArticle
Rom-coms & cancer
Jun 5, 2022
Truth can be more powerful than any fiction and this memoir packs quite a punch. It is both an extraordinary late-life love story and a gruelling tale of survival. And it begins almost like a plot for the kind of rom-com the author used to write. Rec
1 min readTreat Your Mum To A Good Read This Mother’s Day New IdeaArticle
Treat Your Mum To A Good Read This Mother’s Day
Apr 27, 2020
2 min readTash ‘I Haven’t Dated A Boy Since I Was 17’ WHOArticle
Tash ‘I Haven’t Dated A Boy Since I Was 17’
Feb 6, 2020
As one half of the show’s first lesbian couple, vegan bartender Tash Herz had high hopes that the experts would match her with a woman she could spend the rest of her life with. It hasn’t been an easy journey for the Adelaide resident when it comes t
1 min readBook CLUB Woman's OwnArticle
Book CLUB
Apr 26, 2022
1 min readBook Club Woman's WeeklyArticle
Book Club
Apr 8, 2020
Would you mind sharing your husband with two other women you know nothing about? While she only sees Seth once a week, his second wife, Thursday, doesn’t seem to mind the arrangement. In fact, it allows her to be the perfect housewife for the one nig
1 min readSoap Highlights TV SoapArticle
Soap Highlights
Oct 11, 2020
2 min read'Hope Is Our Only Wing' Tackles Tough Issues With Straightforward Style NPRArticle
'Hope Is Our Only Wing' Tackles Tough Issues With Straightforward Style
Sep 22, 2019
3 min readOur Fave Fun Fiction! The Art of HealingArticle
Our Fave Fun Fiction!
Mar 1, 2024
Every relationship has one beginning. This one has two endings. Andy loves Jen. Jen loved Andy. And he can't work out why she stopped. Now he is without a home, waiting for his stand-up career to take off, and wondering why everyone else around him s
1 min readMeet The Singles... WHOArticle
Meet The Singles...
Jan 23, 2020
3 min readBitten By The LOVE BUG TV SoapArticle
Bitten By The LOVE BUG
Sep 27, 2020
2 min readBook CLUB Woman's OwnArticle
Book CLUB
Jun 21, 2022
1 min readDoctor Who: At Childhood’s End SFXArticle
Doctor Who: At Childhood’s End
Jan 29, 2020
1 min readA Wife In STRIFE New Zealand Woman’s WeeklyArticle
A Wife In STRIFE
Dec 13, 2020
Marriage is tricky. Even when there is lots of love, tough times happen. This novel takes us inside a marriage in trouble. It is an up-close, warts-and-all look at a partnership between an ordinary woman and man that takes in everyday resentments, cr
1 min readTracy Grimshaw ‘i've Never Been happier’ Woman's DayArticle
Tracy Grimshaw ‘i've Never Been happier’
Apr 16, 2023
Tracy Grimshaw is truly living her best life since leaving behind the glitzy world of TV. In fact, she's loving her new-found freedom so much the news legend recently turned down the opportunity to receive two coveted journalism awards given to honou
3 min readPERFECT Partner TV SoapArticle
PERFECT Partner
Jul 5, 2020
1 min readBook Club Woman's WeeklyArticle
Book Club
Apr 28, 2021
1 min readEscape Into These Stories PsychologiesArticle
Escape Into These Stories
Feb 25, 2020
Poet Heather Christle is fascinated by tears; how and why we cry and what it means when we do. Marrying scientific and psychological research with the personal and poetic, this examination of a universal impulse describes the difference between weepi
1 min read
Reviews for This Time Around
3 ratings1 review
- janelle.moodyRating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Really nice, heartfelt story. Didn't care for the female narrator though.