Certified Pressure: An Arranged Marriage, Unhinged

Certified Pressure: An Arranged Marriage, Unhinged, Book 1

By: Sha Jones

Narrated by: Kenneth Toles, Nikko Austen Smith

You've heard of arranged marriages, but nothing like this…

In Trill Land—better known as Da Trill—legacy is everything, and Pressure Mensah was born to carry it. Son of billionaires Kojo and Abeni Mensah, Pressure is a hood royal with gold in his blood and too much pride to chase anything that doesn't worship him first. He smokes the loudest, walks like money, and don't answer to nobody—not even the king who raised him.

But behind all the diamonds and discipline is a man still stuck on a woman he lost. Pressure don't do closure, and he damn sure don't do accountability. His arrogance pushes people away, his mouth cuts too deep, and his temper has the power to turn a moment into a mess. Everybody tells him to let the past go, but Pressure ain't built like that. He's used to getting what he wants, and when he doesn't… somebody's gonna pay for it.

So when his father demands he choose a wife to secure the future of their empire, Pressure is thrust into a ruthless elimination process with twenty women handpicked to love him, bear his name, and help build his empire. In the back of his mind, he figures it'll be just another power play—something to pass the time, maybe even a way to finally move on from the woman who always had his heart.

The world calls them The Diamonds, but behind closed doors, jealousy brews, alliances form, secrets leak, and lines get crossed. Friendships shatter, and every kiss could come with a knife behind it.

Pressure thinks the whole thing is a joke—until the women start making him feel something real, something dangerous, and something he can't control. Some of them move him, challenge him, see straight through him, and it starts to shift something in him he didn't even know was there. The grip his ex once had on him starts to loosen, and before he knows it, he's seeing love—and himself in a whole new light. Feelings creep in slow, catching him off guard, and now he's stuck between pride and emotion. Now that feelings are growing stronger and the stakes are rising, one truth keeps hitting harder than the rest—He can't keep them all. He has to choose one…

Where loyalty is tested, love is war, and only one Diamond will leave with his heart.

©2025 Sha Jones (P)2026 Podium Audio

Bachelor

This book reminds me so much of the tv show the Bachelor. A man having women falling at his feet to be chosen. A friendship being destroyed, secrets being told and futures being tested all to be chosen 😠

Perfection all around

I’ve read books 1-4 so I knew the storyline was good, but the narration being good as well make it perfection. I can see I’m already going to have to give up 4 credits for all 4 books.

One of my favs

The narrators did good. Love these series and they brought it to life. It has all the drama you will ever need.

Love this book series

I read this series and LOVED it, the audiobook also did not disappoint, the narrators did a great job , can’t wait for the rest of the series to get recorded! I really hope y’all keep the same narrators for Pressure’s storyline , It gets better and better

Wow 😮 this was very good 👍🏾

I did enjoy book 1 with the cliffhanger 🥴Now I have to wait until book 2 … Man he got some decisions to make ..