Nikki-Michelle is a Mississippi-born, Atlanta-based author who began writing at age twelve and has been telling powerful, true-to-life stories ever since. Her novels—including Tell Me No Secrets, Bi-Satisfied, and All the Things I'm Missing at Home—explore themes of love, identity, and emotional resilience. She’s one-half of Noelle Vella, the pen behind the best-selling Witches of Salix Pointe series, and she co-wrote The Blood Brothers and Promised Land with Essence best-selling author Brenda Hampton. Under the pen name A.J. Lee, she teamed up with author Kai Leakes to create The Ebony Room series, a sensual journey of self-discovery set in an elite underground club. Whether writing solo or in collaboration, Nikki-Michelle’s work continues to uplift new voices and deliver unforgettable stories grounded in heart, grit, and truth.
Nikki-Michelle is a Mississippi-born, Atlanta-based author who began writing at age twelve and has been telling powerful, true-to-life stories ever since. Her novels—including Tell Me No Secrets, Bi-Satisfied, and All the Things I'm Missing at Home—explore themes of love, identity, and emotional resilience. She’s one-half of Noelle Vella, the pen behind the best-selling Witches of Salix Pointe series, and she co-wrote The Blood Brothers and ...
Halle Blackwood thought she had life figured out: Write steamy books. Fake a happy marriage. Pretend temptation didn’t have a Texas drawl and a slow, easy smile.
Then narrator Julius Fontaine stepped out of her headphones and into her face — married, messy, and dangerous — and suddenly fiction felt a little too real.
Psychology student Isis Jones- stellar student by day, one of ATL’s most enticing dancers by night- is about to watch her meticulously choreographed life pirouette into chaos when the man she’s loved for over a year reveals his true colors. Armed with irrefutable proof of his deceit, she confronts him, but the darkness he unleashes will lead to...
Saigon, skilled playboy and arrogant bastard, is a jack of all trades and he’s mastered them all. He plays just as hard as he works, lives by his own rules, and once his clients break any of them, they’re done. Defense attorney by day and well-paid Lothario by night, there is nothing and no one Saigon can’t have. When his worlds collide and...
When Joslyn decided to accept her best friend’s invitation to a private BDSM club, she had no idea just how much her life would change. For the sake of research, she entered the seductive and intense world of the Ebony Room and hoped to gather notes for a future book, but will the author turn into the student once she meets Sir Justin? Celibate for three years, the tall, dark, and handsome Dom was everything Joslyn had vowed to stay away from. Fetishes are revealed in the Ebony Room where...
For two hundred years, it has been a safe haven for African-Americans looking to escape the ills of racism. The once lively town used to boast of joyous times and festive holidays, but after years of bad economic downturns and tourist declines, the town was going under.
I often tell my kids that to learn self-advocacy, they have to practice it with me first. When I say I encourage them to “talk back,” some adults—parents and non-parents alike—balk. What I mean is: speak up if you feel I’m being unfair. Even if you’re nervous, say it anyway. That practice builds character and courage, and it teaches them how to navigate conflict with authority in a respectful, harm-reducing way. fu4b0gxd09jd0t94zatoifqdan0d98.54 KB Too often, adults don’t see...
Let's talk about social contracts within community. But first, what is a social contract? In layman's terms, it is an unspoken agreement (no one signed anything) we all make to live together in a civilized society. I'm going to use a story from my old neighborhood to show you what that looks like in action.
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Sometimes I miss my old neighborhood. It was majority Mexican, with us Black folk bringing up the rear. We had ONE white family. Just one. Early on,...
First I must say, this book is most definitely one of Eric Jerome Dickey’s greater works. The Blackbirds is over five-hundred pages of greatness. Although you certainly don’t need to, I would suggest you read prior works of Eric Jerome Dickey’s before reading Blackbirds. While we are introduced to new characters like Indigo, Nancy, Eddie, and Cristiano, we’re also get reacquainted with old characters like Destiny and her father, Keith, from Chasing Destiny and Dr. Debra Dubois and Ericka...
