Groove, Bernice L. McFadden
Groove, Bernice L. McFadden
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Groove

Author: Bernice L. McFadden, Geneva Holliday

Narrator: Indigo Brown, Kevin R. Free, Janina Edwards, Emana Rachelle, Cary Hite

Unabridged: 7 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 10/07/2025


Synopsis

The first of two steamy and entertaining romance novels, published under the beloved and distinguished author’s real name for the first time

You never know what’s going on behind someone’s groove.

New York City, April 2002: Geneva, Crystal, Noah, and Chevy, a close friend group, are all mid-thirty, flirty—and ready to embrace the heat of the summer.

But behind closed doors, each of them has struggles of their own: Geneva keeps accidentally falling for the charms of her good-for-nothing ex-husband; Crystal is a high-flying executive with a picture-perfect life and a boyfriend who might just be too good to be true; Noah is attempting to keep the spark alive between him and his European boyfriend, but the flames of temptation keep catching fire in the most unexpected of places; and then there’s Chevy, who couldn’t care less about love and only wants a life of champagne dinners and designer bags, no matter the cost.

But as the city heats up and tensions keep bubbling under the surface, Chevy gets entangled with a hot and mysterious stranger. The group must come together to save their friend before it’s too late—and before secrets break their forever friendship.

About The Author

Bernice L. McFadden is an associate professor of English at Tulane University and the author most recently of the memoir Firstborn Girls, and of several critically acclaimed and prize-winning novels, including Sugar, Gathering of Waters, The Book of Harlan, and Praise Song for the Butterflies. She is the winner of the American Book Award and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, as well as the recipient of three awards from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Charnell on October 22, 2025

A funny unhinged mess ๐Ÿ˜‚......more

Goodreads review by Nae on October 17, 2025

Thank you @duttonbooks for my free books and @prhaudio for the free audiobooks! Groove is full of extremely bold personalities. Geneva Holliday really brings out the drama in her writing with each character in ways that bring their own set of mess and drama to the story. There's the one who can't stop......more

Goodreads review by readandtellwithshantel on October 15, 2025

Groove Bernice L. McFadden This novel is giving early 2000s women-led sitcom. These characters are seamlessly identifiable. I would classify their friendship as respectfully messy. All the mischief in their respective lives made me want to continue to read. This republication provides the nostalgia o......more

Goodreads review by Fay on October 09, 2025

Thank you @duttonbooks for the #gifted copies of ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ and ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ! #DuttonBooks #BerniceLMcFadden #Groove #Fever ๐“๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž: ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ: ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐‹. ๐Œ๐œ๐…๐š๐๐๐ž๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐› ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ Groove is the first of two books in a series which follow Geneva, Crystal, Noah, and Chevy as they navigate life in thei......more

Goodreads review by Shelby on July 11, 2025

Arc review! This was age friendly (30 yr olds) fun, reflective, refreshing and real. I was engaged from start to finish. I got so lost so easily that I didnโ€™t even know how long Iโ€™d been sitting without drinking anything ๐Ÿ˜‚ I donโ€™t do spoilers but this read is definitely one Iโ€™ll buy for my shelves an......more