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Passion. Desire. Heroes with hearts of gold. Those are just a few descriptions of the amazing works by the prolific Brenda Jackson . Brenda Jackson at the RT Conference in New Orleans. Courtesy of Facebook This Saturday -- May 24 -- Jackson will be signing copies of her new novel, A Man's Promise,  at Books A Million located at 164 Forum Drive in Columbia . A thrilling way to spend Memorial Day weekend, if I do say so myself. Jackson spoke with me about the Granger series, her favorite families, the Romantic Times Pioneer Romance award she received in New Orleans and the love she has for her readers. "There were so many before me," she said of winning the award. "And I'm glad they acknowledged them. People like Rochelle Alers, Beverly Jenkins and Francis Ray were published before me." Jackson, Sandra Kitt and Beverly Jenkins were honored at the Romantic Times convention a week ago. Jackson humbly thanks God for putting her in the position to blaz...

Tressia Cocoa Classy Gibbs has an event and message for you! Your Readers Want to Meet You!!!! I’d like to invite you to attend the Cocoa Classy Local Authors Event . The event will be held October 26 th from 2 pm-5 pm at the Diamond Kollection Ballroom (located next to the Parklane Road entrance of Columbia Mall) and is designed to give you the opportunity to meet and greet your current readers, as well as build your fan base by selling and autographing copies of your work. The cost is to reserve your table is $40 (which has been extended to Wednesday, October 16). In addition to your table, you will receive the following:        Your information included in the souvenir booklet for the event   which will be provided to attendees;        10 minute on-stage session that may be used to read a section from your work, talk about your work or anything else you’d like to discuss;     ...

Stevie Wonder sang about skeletons in your closet. I'm willing to admit I have quite a few. And I've always been under the impression that I would never be able to run for public office because of some questionable things I've done. Thank you Mark Sanford , you've given me hope. I mean, the former governor of South Carolina -- who made hike the Appalachian Trail mean I'm out sleeping with my mistress in Argentina -- left the state house in disgrace is poised to return to Washington. Standing by his side is the woman he spent tax dollars to go see while he was married to his ex Jenny. The woman who he sent the sappiest emails -- filled with purple prose -- to. Yeah, if his political career can be revived after all of that, then who cares that I pull the tags from mattresses and pillows? Does it matter that I got so drunk in college one night that I thought I'd broken my friend's car because I didn't know how to unlock the door? I've cheated -- o...

I'm hopping in my Mustang this week to head south. To South Carolina--Columbia to be exact. I will be signing copies of Recipe For Desire at Harbison Court Barnes and Noble, located at 278-A Harbison Blvd., Columbia, SC 29212 (803-749-9009) at 2 p.m. on March 31. Have you read my guest blog on RomCon?     I'm so thankful to RomCon for inviting me to write this blog. Want some book marks? Send me your mailing address, email it to me at cherisfhodges@gmail.com. Have a great week!