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Charmed
One cold winter evening while flakes continue to fall gently coating the city of Dayton with icy white sparkles filled with magic, Cannon Spears is called upon and warmed up with a night of extremely heated passion by good girl next door—the incredibly smart, funny, beautiful and voluptuous Fatimah. Their fiery chemistry and affinity for one another creates an instant bond that can only be described as celestial, indicative of God's love, and infused with a devotion that reads on as a testament to a spellbinding loyalty. It is this loyalty between two lovers, which will ultimately be put to the test by a whirlwind of time, imprisonment, and murder. The adventurous entanglement of Cannon and Fatimah's bond is founded in friendship with a unique twist of desire that is permeating.
From the start, Fatimah falls hard for Cannon, but he's the proverbial bad boy with all the vigor of youth and inexperience in the ways of women, so he chooses to pursue the Thug Life that he blindly sees as a way out of the hood over being in a relationship and living up to the standards he knew that he must when dating a girl like Fatimah. Rather than be unfaithful to Fatimah and tarnish the fabric of something so beautiful he digressed and stepped off. She relents despite her heart tugging to hold on to him, allowing Cannon to choose to be whoever he wants. Despite her desire to see him happy, she hold a grudge having felt slighted by someone that she believed was the other half of her happily ever after. Still, the impression upon Cannon and Fatimah's future world is made by the coming together of their hearts and spirits in a time when they needed the rendezvous most.
Cannon, as if he could get any more handsome, matures and grows to become one determined S-O-B that won't take no for an answer, and when facing any opposition, he either charms and bedazzles his way through or swindles what he wants. Cannon has his machinations working well for him until he links up with Alejandro Torres, a privileged millionaire who has no bounds to his power and ambitions to rise. When Cannon goes against Alejandro's wishes, it turns out to be the worst mistake he's ever made in his life landing him in prison. He's left for dead, forced to fend for himself and digs down deep to overcome the welling bitterness inside. While Cannon serves his time, he preserves, resurrects, and reinvents himself by writing, which ultimately leads to Fatimah reemerging in his life and rekindling their fire and desire.
Fatimah, in all of her glory, is everything that Cannon wants now that he's gotten his mind right and is preparing for his freedom, but the wind blows, and she lands in the arms of another man by default. Still, they remain close friends, and she is instrumental in Cannon's early release. Renewed, Cannon's hearty appetite for success is matched by Draya, a well to do socialite that has hustled her way to the top with brains, a shrewd business acumen and her family’s money backing her. Draya founds “Full Circle Vision,” a production company where she’s the majority shareholder, and with Cannon’s creative mind working in overdrive to propel the company to new heights, they are hailed as the it couple. He produces his debut film based on a screenplay that he co-wrote with Fatimah, as their chemistry continues to sizzle and remains transferable to whatever they do. Just as Cannon is transitioning to become the boss that he was always meant to be, his past misdeeds threaten to take all of his growth away and potentially his life. As Cannon maneuvers through a sticky situation with Fatimah and Draya, he learns a lot about what is most important to him and is reassured in his ability to rely on the strength of his intelligence, wit and charm to make it out of ANYTHING.
From the start, Fatimah falls hard for Cannon, but he's the proverbial bad boy with all the vigor of youth and inexperience in the ways of women, so he chooses to pursue the Thug Life that he blindly sees as a way out of the hood over being in a relationship and living up to the standards he knew that he must when dating a girl like Fatimah. Rather than be unfaithful to Fatimah and tarnish the fabric of something so beautiful he digressed and stepped off. She relents despite her heart tugging to hold on to him, allowing Cannon to choose to be whoever he wants. Despite her desire to see him happy, she hold a grudge having felt slighted by someone that she believed was the other half of her happily ever after. Still, the impression upon Cannon and Fatimah's future world is made by the coming together of their hearts and spirits in a time when they needed the rendezvous most.
Cannon, as if he could get any more handsome, matures and grows to become one determined S-O-B that won't take no for an answer, and when facing any opposition, he either charms and bedazzles his way through or swindles what he wants. Cannon has his machinations working well for him until he links up with Alejandro Torres, a privileged millionaire who has no bounds to his power and ambitions to rise. When Cannon goes against Alejandro's wishes, it turns out to be the worst mistake he's ever made in his life landing him in prison. He's left for dead, forced to fend for himself and digs down deep to overcome the welling bitterness inside. While Cannon serves his time, he preserves, resurrects, and reinvents himself by writing, which ultimately leads to Fatimah reemerging in his life and rekindling their fire and desire.
Fatimah, in all of her glory, is everything that Cannon wants now that he's gotten his mind right and is preparing for his freedom, but the wind blows, and she lands in the arms of another man by default. Still, they remain close friends, and she is instrumental in Cannon's early release. Renewed, Cannon's hearty appetite for success is matched by Draya, a well to do socialite that has hustled her way to the top with brains, a shrewd business acumen and her family’s money backing her. Draya founds “Full Circle Vision,” a production company where she’s the majority shareholder, and with Cannon’s creative mind working in overdrive to propel the company to new heights, they are hailed as the it couple. He produces his debut film based on a screenplay that he co-wrote with Fatimah, as their chemistry continues to sizzle and remains transferable to whatever they do. Just as Cannon is transitioning to become the boss that he was always meant to be, his past misdeeds threaten to take all of his growth away and potentially his life. As Cannon maneuvers through a sticky situation with Fatimah and Draya, he learns a lot about what is most important to him and is reassured in his ability to rely on the strength of his intelligence, wit and charm to make it out of ANYTHING.
256 pages, Paperback
Published August 16, 2021
About the author
H.I.M.
6 books1 followerH.I.M.- Hortenzia Ilona Moscato was born and raised in the suburbs of Connecticut where she still resides today with her husband Jerry and son Kainen. Although relatively new to the arena of horror writing she has been an avid artisan of ceramic sculpture, mosaic’s and silver jewelry to name just a few for over twenty years. Hortenzia or Tenzi as she is known as to her friends and family is the first generation in the US of Hungarian emigrant parents with Hungarian being her first language before learning English. Due to the length and complication most have in pronouncing her name she prefers to publish under her initials for simplification. She considers herself a bookworm of all types of fiction but prefers horror and murder mysteries. H.I.M. has written two novels, Vampires’ Song and book two in the series, The Sound of Blood which are both available on Amazon in paperback and as E-books which she classifies as hardcore horror rather than romance horror that many vampire novels are based on. She also has some upcoming short stories, Finger Sandwiches in the Gorefications II Anthology set to be released late 2013 as well as The Price of Blood in the Suffer Eternal III Anthology through Horrified Press set to be released in Autumn 2013 and Tools of Destruction in the Serial Killer Tres Tria Anthology through James Ward Kirk fiction also set for release in 2013 and Prey for the Devil for the Dark in the Limelight Anthology through Horrified Press to be released in early spring of 2014. For more information about H.I.M. you can find her on face book at,http://facebook.com/0010z
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April 26, 2025
This is one of those books that kept me up all night, knowing I had to get up early for work the next day. But I just couldn't put it down!
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