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It's beginning to look a lot like.  .  .We're not skipping Thanksgiving on this blog. A few of the most spectacular women I know have dropped by to share their favorite Thanksgiving memories.  I want to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving and I hope your families have a joyous holiday season.  Aja The Writer Graves , author of I'm Yours and Unexpected. Follow her online at  http://ajathewriter.wordpress.com .: "Thanksgiving is not my favorite holiday; Christmas is, but I always felt that the food on Thanksgiving was the best out of the two. All of the focus of the family is on making sure every dish is prepared to perfection and that no one walks out of the house un-full or unsatisfied. My grandmother who is now 80, is the matriarch of my family. Whenever someone asks me where are you going this holiday (doesn’t matter which holiday it is)— I always respond with “Over MaMa’s”. I feel like my loving grandfather’s feelings must have been hur...

HIS ALL NIGHT by Elle Wright ( November 24, 2015 ; Forever Mass Market; Edge of Scandal: Book #2) THE PRICE OF PLEASURE In relationships, Calisa Harper has clear rules: no expectations, no commitments, no one gets hurt. She doesn't need a diamond ring to bring her happiness. She just needs Jared. Fine, fit, and ferocious in bed, Jared is Calisa's ideal combination of friend and lover. But the no-strings status they've shared for years is about to get very tangled. Jared Williams is the kind of man most women long for: sexy, successful, and ready to settle down. He knows convincing the commitment-phobic Calisa that forever is nothing to fear won't be easy-especially when his ex turns up with a daughter she never told him about. In a heartbeat, Jared and Calisa's passion goes from fiery to fragile. He wants to hold on to the love they share but is terrified that their next night together could be their last . . . Elle Wright is a writer to watch. Her roma...

When I first saw this cover, I said, "Damn, I love this. Look at where her hand is!"  It's sexy as all get out. And the folks over at GoodReads think so. So, now I'm in competition with some other sexy covers.  But I want to win! And I need you! Please vote for I Heard A Rumor!  Just click here !  Thank you and let's rock the vote!

So, as part of my Sunday writing routine, I watch Jem and the Holograms —the cartoon not that craptistic movie! Well, the Jacqui Benton episode came on. And I got totally pissed off again. In this episode, we discover the Synergy, the computer that created Jem and the Holograms was built by her father in her mother's likeness. For that damned punk ass screen writer to turn Synergy into a Furby is just stupid, dumb, worst thing ever! And one million dollars was too much for that crappy movie to make! I'd watch Hannah Montana before I watch that stupid ass movie! This is Synergy This is some bullshit

My face when I need a hug So, I'm sitting in Starbucks writing on my MacBook, looking down at my iPhone and wearing an Apple Watch. I'm connected. Too connected. A table over from me are two people who obviously know each other and they are both on their phones. Sharing pictures from whatever app they're viewing. But no words are being exchanged. Is this the new normal? Are we so addicted to our electronic devices that we don't talk anymore? I'm not one to judge because I just laid out the fact that I'm just as addicted. Do I need an Apple Watch? If I'm honest, no. But has it changed my life? Yes. It alerts me to every damned thing. Even when I don't really care about it. For example, the Kenyans won the NYC Marathon again. *Kanye Shrug* But am I happy I can live out my Inspector Gadget fantasy and talk on the phone from my wrist? Yep! I can't remember the last time I've gone on a date —I'm on strike, but that's a story for an...

Publisher's Weekly  recently reviewed my upcoming novel, I Heard A Rumor.  And they liked it! Here's what the review says: Hodges’s second Rumor contemporary (after  Rumor Has It ) showcases her skill at writing sexy, hard-won romances. Attorney Chante Britt decides to take her grandmother’s advice to flirt with a stranger while in Charleston, S.C., where she’s escaping the media ploy of her delusional ex-fiancé. Minutes after meeting businessman Zach Harrington, the two enjoy an impromptu kiss with a serious charge of passion. Zach proposes a no-strings sexual relationship, since each is reeling from the fallout of prior relationships. At first his God’s-gift-to-women attitude pushes all the wrong buttons for her, but the couple falls into easy camaraderie, allowing the two damaged souls to rebound from their personal and professional crises. Soon their creative, scorching passion burns up the pages. But Zach does not disclose the full nature of his scandal, and ...

Glimmer in the Darkness Synopsis For Shannon Johnson, full-time wife, mom and freelance writer, life as she knew it changed one spring afternoon with the ringing of her doorbell.  On the other side stood Vaneetra James, former mistress of Shannon’s husband, Daniel.  With two sons, Shannon resisted the urge to leave Daniel in order to keep her family intact. However, she refused to deal with the issues resulting from Daniel’s extramarital affair.  When Shannon thought her life couldn’t get any worse, a tragic turn of events in Vaneetra’s life turned Shannon’s already fractured world upside down, sending her marriage into an even deeper peril. Feeling desperate and trapped, Shannon made a series of rash decisions that landed her in the arms of another man, bringing her already fragile world crashing downward.  Having to come to grips with the reality that the man she once thought was extraordinary was just ordinary, she had to trudge the road of forg...

Book Spotlight Title of Book : Operation Midnight Author : Sharon C. Cooper Award-winning and Bestselling Author of:   Truth or Consequences ,  Legal Seduction (Harlequin Kimani) ,  All You'll Ever Need ,  Sin City Temptation ,  Tempting the Artist   NEW RELEASE:  A Dose of Passion www.sharoncooper.net Subscribe to my blog www.sharonccooper.wordpress. com   Blurb : No bad deed goes unpunished … Former Navy SEAL turned private investigator, Cameron “Wiz” Miller, has loved only one woman, his ex-wife, Olivia. She’s beautiful, talented and the sweetest person he knows. With plans to remarry her, there is nothing she could ask of him that he wouldn’t do except … one thing. Olivia has loved Wiz since high school. He is her hero. Her protector. She understands his hesitation to search for the woman who left her for dead. Forgiveness has been a long time coming, but Olivia ...

Deatri King-Bey is not just one of my favorite writers, but she is one of my favorite people. She was one of the first editors to look at my work and can you believe she liked it? Deatri is an all around force of nature when it comes to crafting stories. And I'm loving the Precious Jewels Series. Her latest installment, Soulmate , is ready for you to download right now! Deatri talked to me about the series and Pearl! 1.      The Precious Jewels series has a bunch of kick butt heroines. What has been the response from readers? From the moment I introduced the Precious Jewels in my Write Brothers series, readers have been begging for a series surrounding them. So far the feedback has been all positive. The Precious Jewels are not damsels in distress who need a man to come riding in on his white horse to save them—at least not in the traditional sense of save. The Precious Jewels kick butt and take names later. Their heroes had to be strong Alpha males wh...

#IHeardARumor Friday teaser:  Zach was happy to see sports on the television above the bar as he sipped his whiskey. He had to stop drinking because he was supposed to be relaxing. Still, the news report about his ex got under his skin. Would someone who mattered in Charleston see the national reports and put two and two together when he started to do business?   Forget about it. You haven’t even found an opportunity yet, he thought as he waved for the bartender.   “Yes, sir?” the perky blond asked with a smile.   “I think I need some food to go along with this drink. What would a pretty lady like you suggest?” Zach smiled and she leaned forward.   “You can never go wrong with shrimp and grits,” she said with a smile.   “Then I’d like an order of shrimp and grits.”   “All right, sugar, I’ll put that in for you. Want another Crown?”   He shook his head and handed her a twenty-dollar bill. “Thank you for your sugge...

The heart of the Precious Jewels Security Agency, Pearl Nicolas’s life has become one undercover assignment after the next. Happy, yet jealous, that her sisters are finding their  soulmates , Pearl reluctantly accepts there is no  soulmate  out there for her… Or is there?   Tariq  Suárez   Anzar’s  life changed when he became a single father of a teen. When a possible drug ring is suspected on his daughter’s prep school campus, the Precious Jewels are called in to find out exactly what is going on. But Tariq discovers so much more—Pearl. From the first moment they met, everything within him screamed, “She is your  soulmate !”   Timing would be perfect for Tariq to go after his  soulmate  except one tiny thing—his daughter is Pearl’s only lead in the case. Patient as much as he is determined, he will not let this once in a lifetime chance slip by to have the family he wants.   Available in:  Kindle  http://tinyurl.com/...