We are fast approaching Read an Ebook Week, which encourages readers to pick up the digital device of their choice and download a new book.
I’m excited to announce that my e-books, If It Isn’t Love, The End of Us, Another Chance to Love, Revelations, Reclaiming Her Heart, Make You Mine Again, Feel The Heat, and Let’s Get It On, will be available as part of a promotion on Smashwords to celebrate 2025 Read an Ebook Week! This is a chance to get my books at a discount so you can get right to reading.
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Mimi Collins, author and relationship blogger, built her brand by talking openly about sex and love. But after a blog she posts negatively depicting a speed-dating site goes viral, she needs legal advice, and fast. Lucky for her, she has an irresistible advocate in Brent Daniels, her gorgeous new neighbor. The celebrated attorney and TV personality just took on her case. And he plays to win in and out of court.
Putting the moves on his client is taboo, but how can Brent turn down his feelings for Atlanta’s hottest relationship expert? Even if she’s trying not to fall for his seduction. Brent may win her case, but can he capture her heart?
Winter McMillian doesn’t make mistakes, but after an argument with her best friend and a few too many drinks, she wakes up in the arms of a man she can’t stand. Remington Corders. How in the hell is she going to face him in the FBI field office where they work? Just what had she been thinking when she kissed this man? Doesn’t matter because she was going to forget it and Remy better do the same. Besides, Winter has bigger things to focus on and that doesn’t include Remington. . . Remington Corders has never met a woman like Winter. From the moment they spared in the ring at bureau headquarters, he wanted to crack the ice that surrounds her heart. But she isn’t making it easy at all. When Remington finds out what Winter’s hiding, will he risk it all to melt her heart?
His star rose, but their love faded. . . Jason Campbell, known to his adoring fans as Jay Slade, has had enough of the spotlight. When he returns home to Elmore, South Carolina, he has one thing on his mind: winning back the love of his life, Ingrid Russell. But Ingrid isn’t ready to take him back. She’s a widow with a restaurant to run and son to raise. There’s no way she’s going to let Jason back into her life. Especially when she has a secret that she’s determined to keep from him. And the same women who tore their relationship apart three years ago are still there. But would Jason be in the small home town he hates if it isn’t for Ingrid’s love?
A fire on New Year’s Eve makes CEO Jill Atkinson take stock in her life. She’s all work and no love. But when sexy fireman Darren Alexander saves her from the flames, something sparks between them. Jill, who’s been stung by a gold digging ex lover, hides her true identity from him. Darren has his own heartbreak, after divorcing his unfaithful wife, he won’t tolerate a liar. Will Jill and Darren’s love survive when the truth is revealed?
Mimi Collins, author and relationship blogger, built her brand by talking openly about sex and love. But after a blog she posts negatively depicting a speed-dating site goes viral, she needs legal advice, and fast. Lucky for her, she has an irresistible advocate in Brent Daniels, her gorgeous new neighbor. The celebrated attorney and TV personality just took on her case. And he plays to win in and out of court.
Putting the moves on his client is taboo, but how can Brent turn down his feelings for Atlanta’s hottest relationship expert? Even if she’s trying not to fall for his seduction. Brent may win her case, but can he capture her heart?
The soft sound of John Coltrane interrupted Brent’s reading. Pulling his glasses off, he walked to the door and noticed the music was coming from Mimi’s place. He imagined her inside dressed in a silky nightgown, her hair up in a curly bun with a few tendrils around her face. Maybe she was reading or maybe she was swaying to the music as she wrote.
Unable to be satisfied with just his thoughts, Brent crossed the hall and knocked on her door.
A few seconds passed before Mimi opened the door. Brent drank in her image, clad in white cotton shorts and a cropped tank top. “Brent?” she said. “Music too loud?”
Brent closed the space between them and drew Mimi into his arms. Without a word, he kissed her—slow. Deep. Passionate. A moan escaped Mimi’s throat before she gave in to the heat of Brent’s kiss. His hands roamed her back, reveling in the feel of her soft skin. He wanted to take her upstairs and bury himself deep inside her.
But this wasn’t right. She made a big show of saying they were friends. But damn she was a good kisser. Mimi’s mouth was magical, her tongue divine. He couldn’t stop kissing her if he wanted to. This wasn’t how he operated.
Mimi pulled back, placing her hand against his chest. “Wh-what was that all about?”
“Something I’ve wanted to do all day,” he said, his voice low and deep. “Hearing Coltrane just pushed me over the edge. I’m sorry if I . . ”
“You know I’m no good for you,” Mimi said. “I don’t want the family fantasy you have in your head, and I don’t do one-night stands.”
He nodded. “I just couldn’t stop myself. Mimi,” he moaned.
“You have to go.”
“Listen, I didn’t want to come over here and try to make something happen, but you are irresistible.”
“Bye, Brent,” she said, then turned her mouth up to his and kissed him again. Hard. Deep. Wet. Brent’s body felt as if it had been ignited like a stick of dynamite. Then she pressed herself against him, and he was harder than a concrete column. Mimi broke the kiss, and they stared into each other’s eyes.
“We’re playing with fire. How far do you want to take this?” His voice was husky and filled with want.
“If we cross the line, we know that it can’t end well,” she said. “But you’re such a good kisser.”
“I’m good at kissing in so many other places, too,” he said with a randy wink.
“Talk is cheap. Prove it,” she said.
“Mimi,” he murmured. “You’re going to get what you’re asking for. Make sure you can handle it.” Brent scooped her up and held her against the wall. He slipped his hand between her thighs and stroked her until she moaned.
“You sure you what comes next?” he breathed against her ear.
“Mmm, ye-yes,” she moaned as he pulled her shorts off.
No panties, he was excited. Brent pressed his thumb inside her, finding her clit and stroking it until she screamed, and her thighs trembled. “You like that?” he whispered against her ear. Then Brent nibbled at her lobe and Mimi dug her fingers into his shoulders. Brent kissed her neck and took a step back from her.
Life has a way of taking you off the grid. After these last few years of loss, I wasn’t really in the mood to write. It was hard to think about releasing a book when my biggest fan, my Dad, wasn’t around to help me celebrate. If you know me, you know I’m a Daddy’s girl. When I told him I wanted to write all of those years ago, he gave me the tools I needed, a typewriter (yeah, I’m that old) and all the support a little country girl could’ve asked for. It wasn’t writer’s block that got me, it was grief. But I couldn’t quit writing, knowing how much he supported me and my writing. And to all the readers who have supported me since my first book, I knew I had other stories to tell. But I had to take care of me for a while. So, here’s my latest work. It’s a collection of short stories titled, It Happened One Homecoming. Here’s what it’s about: It Happened One Homecoming: A Collection of Short Stories. . . Click the cover to preorder!
It’s Time For Us
She is . . . Shauna Carter is a fashion designer getting ready to launch her signature line of fashion, but before she puts on her fashion show, she has to celebrate her classmate’s second chance at happily ever after. She didn’t expect to run – chest first—into the groomsman who she was quietly crushing on when she was an undergraduate at Johnson C. Smith University, a HBCU in Charlotte, North Carolina.
He is. . . Michael “Mike” Broussard has one regret in life and that’s letting Shauna Carter get away. Sure, he was a notorious playboy in college, but that was only because he knew he couldn’t be the partner that Shauna deserved. But times have changed and he’s ready to show her that now is the time for them to make that move to be together.
After Halftime
Sometimes, a dream can become a nightmare. . .
Autumn Brown-Robinson has one wish before a terminal illness takes her life. She wants to reunite her college besties. She and her three best friends were supposed to be the next biggest girl group taking over for the 99 and 2000s. But outside forces tore their sisterhood apart.
Fast forward to now. Autumn is back in Charlotte for JCSU’s homecoming, and she has a plan to reunite the band before it’s too late. But can past hurts be healed before it’s too late?
Love, healing and forgiveness, It Happened One Homecoming . . . You can preorder the ebook today!The paperback will be available September 23!
Cheris Hodges 