Platinum Persuasion

De: INDIA

Narrado por: Madison C. Marie

A woman with tragic beginnings finds love and her voice on her way to stardom...will the spotlight dim her hard-earned shine?

From the day Layani Cherise Bell was born, the world was betting against her. Born four months premature, the doctors didn't expect her to make it, but she did. At the age of six, Layani was diagnosed with leukemia. Again, the doctors gave her a death sentence, but she survived. As if that weren't enough, at the ripe age of 13, she lost her mother and father in a head-on collision with a drunk driver. With no family willing to step up and care for her, she was put into foster care.

Alone and afraid, Layani befriends and later falls in love with Micah Jones, another kid forced into the system after tragedy strikes his family. Not one to cry over spilled milk, Micah passes his time away in foster care by making beats for local artists and daydreaming about becoming a super producer. After hearing Layani sing better than some of the greats, he devotes all his time and energy to making her a star. With hard work, dedication, and his encouragement, she's destined for greatness.

After a chance encounter with the charismatic CEO of a major record label promising to fulfill Layani's wildest dreams, it seems that she and Micah are well on their way to the top. However, the label has no room for another producer. Micah convinces his woman to go on to superstardom without him, and Layani is famous overnight. She has the world at her fingertips, and everything is perfect until living life in the spotlight hits her like a ton of bricks.

Can she remain grounded surrounded by lies, drugs, and scandal...or is she willing to lose who she is to become who she's always wanted to be?

©2021 India (P)2021 Recorded Books, Inc.

The consequences of fame

The narrator was good.The story was so real..That fame overnight was too much for her.I was listening to this book every waking moment. It was full of drama and action. It will kept my attention. The ending was so sad. I wish it was sequel.

All The Movies

So this is Hustle and Flow, Diary of A Mad Black Woman, Whats Love Got To Do With It and Whitney Houstons life in one book.

Great story!

Great story! Tells about the struggles ppl deal with on both sides of life. Narrator was mot a good fit imo.

Shocking

What a story?! This is not the book for escapism- Ley didn’t know what she wanted. At one moment she did- then she didn’t/ and got sucked into a world too big for herself. Make sure u Learn yourself before you join with another. What a story!!! Too close to reality to be an escape

Good listen

If you are familiar with this author her books always end the same good story! Worth the listen

Wow

I hate how things turned out and the irony in wanting to become famous...but at what cost.

Pretty good

I thought the overall story was pretty good. I can’t get with these narrators. I had such high hope for her. But I saw early on she was gone cave and he was gone stay strong. Really hated that it ended for her like that. But I am glad Micah made it.