Feel the Heat by Cheris Hodges

Author:Cheris Hodges
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Mimi woke up to the sound of her phone ringing. She tried to ignore the throbbing in her head. All she needed was five minutes. A snooze button. But someone wanted to talk to her this morning.

Reaching for her phone, she hoped that it was MJ with good news. “Hello,” she breathed.

“Mimi?” an unfamiliar voice asked.

“Yes, and you are?”

“Kayla White from Del-Ray Publishing. I’m Kita Jameson’s assistant.”

“Oh, good morning.”

“Kita wants to speak with you.”

Mimi sat up in her bed. She couldn’t remember the last time she had a one-on-one conversation with her editor. “Great,” she said, forcing the sleep from her voice.

“Mimi, good morning,” Kita said. “What’s going on with your blog?”

“What do you mean?”

“Usually there’s fresher content, more page views. I know you have this thing with Fast Love going on right now, but...”

“Wait, I just put a piece up yesterday.”

“Yes, and it was so tame,” Kita said with a sigh. “A travel piece about a city you want to visit. It just didn’t have the punch that your blog posts normally have. Do you have someone representing you in this case? I could talk to the...”

“Kita, I have a lawyer. But what do you mean about the punch of my blog? Is that what you’re looking for in my book?”

“Duh. Haven’t you and MJ been talking about the plan for the Mis-Adventures of Mimi Collins brand? We have to capitalize on the success of your first book.”

“I love how y’all are having these discussions without me.”

“Mimi, you are on your way to being a superstar. We’re just trying to make that happen for you.”

“I’m going to need a say in that,” Mimi snapped. “And I’d like to talk to you about my next book. When is that going to happen?”

“As soon as your blog starts breaking the internet again. Mimi, I think you’re a great writer. But you have to know this is a business and needs to be treated as such. MJ told me about your desire to do something different with your book. We’re not ready to go that route yet. People are going to want the magic of your blog in book form. That’s...”

“All right,” Mimi said. “Whatever.”

“But we don’t want to proceed with this lawsuit hanging over your head. Are you sure you don’t want me to sic some of our lawyers on Fast Love?”

“Sure you don’t want to use this for marketing?” Mimi muttered.

“That’s not a bad idea, even though I know you’re being sarcastic. And that is what we’re missing from the blog right now. Why don’t you put that back in your next post?”

“Bye, Kita.” After hanging up, Mimi pulled herself out of bed and headed to the kitchen for a huge glass of water. Her head throbbed from the conversation with her editor. Maybe she didn’t need the book deal, especially if she was going to be forced to write things for marketing purposes. Groaning, Mimi started her coffee machine. She needed a jolt before she got to work and apologized to Brent for her behavior last night.

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