Inside the Character: Getting to Know Juliette Hart from When Luke Met Juliette

Juliette Hart is a character favorite for me. Most of my heroines are usually fighting the feeling of falling in love out of fears brought on by their own consciousness. While at the start of When Luke Met Juliette, Juliette is doing everything to avoid falling for a guy again, she hasn’t completely ruled out the possibility of love. She’s just prioritized her career. As luck would have it, prioritizing her career creates a magnetic force that pulls her headfirst into love.

Let’s get to know our girl Juliette Hart, the girl with the gorgeous red hair, a little better.

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From Friends to Forever: Episode 11 – Trying to Face Reality

RYDER

Bright green strobe lights flashed all around me as I leaned back in my seat and opened my legs wider to get comfortable. Rap music reverberated around me, and I bobbed my head to the bass in the beat, lifting the rim of my shot glass to my lips to toss the contents back.

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From Friends to Forever: Episode 10 – Trying to Stay in the Moment

KELLI

Ryder trailed soft kisses from my shoulder blade to my neck, releasing easy breaths that I could feel against my skin. I closed my eyes and ran my fingertips up his back and through his braids, turning my face in the direction of his kisses. His lips met mine and we both moaned the moment we made contact, parting our lips soon after. I had no idea what hour it was at that moment and it honestly didn’t matter. I allowed myself to be out of my head and in the moment.

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First Look: Sneak Peek of Sloth!

The first sneak peek in the newsletter and I’m excited to share a short excerpt from my upcoming story – and the final book in the Love is Cure, Vol. 1 – Vices & Virtues series – Sloth. There are so many moments that I genuinely can’t wait for you to read. They are moments that made it impossible to wait to pen and they all serve as vehicles to move the story forward.

As a subscriber to Brookelynite Daily, you are getting a first look at the very first excerpt from Sloth before everyone else. I can’t wait to share more as we get closer to Sloth’s release!

Context: This scene is the main characters Eryn and Simeon’s meet-cute in Sloth. It’s their reunion after not seeing each other for over a decade, and the way they meet is quite unique.

Please note: Sloth is still unpublished, so this excerpt is still subject to change.

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Ebb & Flow Chapter 5: “It Just Happened”

Whew 🥺. This chapter was hard to write. I think of it often, especially because of Naazir’s reason, which has been heard all around the world by infidels of all shapes and sizes. “It just happened” gets a new meaning in Chapter 5 of Ebb & Flow. It comes with a lot to unpack and the age-old realization that forgiveness is easier said than done.

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Inside The Character: Getting to Know Summer McKoy From Pride

Readers have two reactions to the mention of Summer McKoy’s name. They either sigh in annoyance at what they remember her character being like or they laugh at one of the many audacious or pompous things that came out of her mouth without a care in the world who she offended.

Despite that, Summer McKoy is one of my favorite characters I’ve created. Her personality challenged me to find the good in her so I could tap in and tell her story in a realistic and relatable way. Even to this day, when she appears in a cameo in a story, I genuinely love catching up with her. Because Summer is Summer and you can always depend on her being herself… for better or for worse.

Let’s get to know the character who kicked off an entire seven-book series with seven little words – “Ugh, what am I even doing here?”

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From Friends to Forever: Episode 8 – Trying in Air

KELLI

The smell of bacon crackling on a hot skillet woke me. I didn’t realize it was what woke me until I inhaled the air and turned from my side in bed onto my back. I opened my eyes to my ceiling and sighed with relief. Stupid, but these days, whenever I opened my eyes in this condo and on a bed, I said a silent prayer that I wasn’t in Ryder’s bed or that he wasn’t lying next to me. The sex was great, but the morning after was way too sobering due to my hang-ups about us.

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Alternate Story Ending: Lita Gabriel (Indecent Arrangement)

Do you remember Lita Gabriel? If you’ve read my erotic suspense novel Indecent Arrangement, her story likely left an impression. She was the wife of Jordan Gabriel, a man who seemed like the perfect partner but turned out to be a living nightmare. Just as Joelle (Indecent Arrangement’s main character) found her way out of that toxic situation, Lita, too, made her escape. But what does her new beginning look like?

In this alternate ending, we delve into Lita’s journey from her own perspective, revealing the next chapter of her life as she leaves her past behind and embraces a new adventure. Join Lita as she navigates the thrills of starting over, discovering unexpected connections, and savoring a fresh start in an unfamiliar land. Enjoy this glimpse into her newfound freedom and the promise of what’s to come.

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My First, My Last Chapter 29: “I Slept With Marcus”

My First, My Last is one of my favorite stories. For one, it’s friends-to-lovers, and to know me is to know that friends-to-lovers is my favorite trope to read and write. And two, it’s about childhood friends, which brings a sense of comfort on the page whenever childhood friends interact. My First, My Last differs from my other friends-to-lovers stories in that both characters, Ayla and Hassani, were drawn to each other romantically at first sight. It’s not like they kept things platonic because they never saw each other that way. They did initially, but the people around them, their opinions, paired with unforeseen events, kept Ayla and Hassani apart for longer than they should have been.

In this chapter, Ayla and Hassani have reunited at, of all places, his pre-wedding dinner. There are still some unresolved feelings that stem from the weeks leading up to their college graduation. There was actually a specific moment after their graduation that pivots the story to here (which I would love to discuss if you want to in another chapter-by-chapter commentary). So this scene serves as another pivot. One you may have seen coming, but when it actually hits, boy does it hit on time!

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