Mia Knight

Bitter Confessions Update

Hi guys!

My rewrites on Bitter Confessions have been put on hold due to an emergency move back to the mainland. Throughout the holidays, I mentioned an ongoing family issue and it's resulted in me having to move back to the West Coast. I'm actually taking my mom with me so she can recover from what's been going on. 

I've been coordinating with my siblings and friends--a whole network of people who have opened their doors since Oregon (my intended destination) is experiencing ...

First Time

First Time Flashback 

His head jerked up. “You’re a virgin?”

Her eyes were closed, and she couldn’t stop the tear that slid out of the corner of her eye. 

He groaned and started to rise, but she wrapped her arms and legs around him, terrified he was going to leave her. Her vagina felt as if it had been ripped. She hoped the romance novels weren’t lying when they said the pain would fade within a few minutes. 

“I can’t lie on top of...

Wicked, alluring madness

Clips from first time flashback... 

She was shaking all over. With excitement and fear and uncertainty. She didn’t know what she was doing. She knew the mechanics of sex. Had read about it, even watched a porn video once, but this was nothing like what she read about in books, and she hadn’t had time to prepare…

His tongue invaded her mouth, distracting her enough for him to slip between her thighs, bypass her soaked underwear, and slide inside her. She went ve...

"Let me in, princess."

Continuing flashback, glimpses of their first time.

“I’m sorry,” she began as he stepped back and grabbed hold of his sports jacket so he wouldn’t leave. She lost her head for a second, wanting to experience what all of her peers had, what all of her romance novels went into great detail about. She’d always been too curious for her own good. Too eager, which had obviously turned him off. “Please, don’t—”

She was going to beg him not to take offense and l...

First Kiss, PT 3

Continuation of flashback leading up to first time... 

“Let me taste you,” he whispered against her ear. 

When she sagged against the counter, he pressed in and her mind short-circuited. The feel of his muscled body pressed against hers made her mouth water. The urge to touch and taste made her hands fist at her sides. He smelled of soap and man. Again, no expensive designer cologne like what Ford and the rest of her classmates wore. Roth was himself. He did...

First Kiss, PT 2

Continuation of flashback leading up to first time...

“What are you…?” she began and froze when he dipped his head and his lips touched hers. 

The slightly rough texture of his lips made her heart stutter. He explored the shape of her mouth with gentle, teasing kisses, gauging her reaction. He wasn’t touching her in any other way. Even though she was backed against the counter, she didn’t feel threatened or scared. 

Her mind couldn’t process wh...

First Kiss

Continuing flashback leading up to their first time...

“Then you have my undivided attention.” 

Her stomach dropped. His expression didn’t change, but something foreign and enticing and dangerous filled the room. She wanted to shove her chair back from the table for some much-needed breathing room, but she couldn’t move. Her heart thudded in her ears and all the while, he sat across from her, not saying a word. That was normal for him, but the way he was look...

“Then you have my undivided attention.”

Continuing flashback leading up to their first time. 

“Jasmine?” he prompted. 

She tore her gaze from his compelling one and took refuge in sipping her tea before she said, “At the moment, I live and breathe school.”

“And after that?”

After that, she would marry. But, she didn’t say it out loud. “Who knows?”

“You’re a reader.” 

When she stared at him mutely, he jerked his chin toward the bedroom, where two mas...

“Are you an artist?”

Continuing flashback leading up to their first time...

“You like your coffee black, right?” 

She eyed her assortment of girly cups before she shrugged and grabbed a yellow mug that said, Hello, Sunshine and prepped the kettle for a cup of peppermint tea for herself.  

“Yes. Black.” 

She set a steaming cup in front of him and stood, blowing on her tea when he asked, “Are you an artist?”

She stiffened. “Pardon?”

“My father would love you.”

Continuing flashback leading up to their first time...

“Do you have a day off coming up soon?” she asked as she scooped fresh coffee grounds into the filter.

“For what?”

She glanced over her shoulder to see if he was joking. His neutral expression told her he was genuinely puzzled. 

“My father would love you,” she said, and instantly cursed herself. After telling him she didn’t like talking about her father, she brought him up. Stupid. ...

Jasmine's cave of isolation

Continuing flashback leading up to their first time... 

She’d taken her purse off and hung it before she realized he hadn’t moved. She turned and saw him standing in the hall with an odd look on his face.

“You don’t want me to worry about you, do you?”

When he didn’t move, she rolled her eyes and circled behind him to push him into her apartment. He came in easily enough—she wouldn’t have been able to budge him without his cooperation, but when ...

Messy Writer’s Desk

Where all the magic happens. 🤩

This is actually my desk relatively clean if you can imagine it. I love seeing other writers desks/offices. I don’t have an office, just a corner in my bedroom at the moment. But that’s all you need 😉

I’m behind on rewrites because of an ongoing family issue that’s taking a toll mentally and emotionally—not great when I’m rewriting but I’m working through it.

I was supposed to hand in the full manuscript on Feb. 1 but than...

"Okay, Mom."

Continuing Flashback...

He closed his hand over hers as she turned the key in the lock. She was so lost in her own head that she would have gone in the apartment without saying a thing to him. She looked up. His brows were drawn together with worry. 

“Are we okay?” he asked. 

“Sure,” she said and watched his expression harden. 

“Jasmine.” 

She released her keys to dislodge his hand on top of hers. She couldn’t think stra...

"Okay, Dad."

Continuing Flashback... 

“I didn’t mean to offend you.”

“You didn’t.”

She was forced to stop at a crosswalk. She looked both ways down the empty streets and took a step forward to cross when he grabbed her arm. 

“Safety,” he warned.

“Okay, Dad,” she drawled and arched her brows when the signal flashed for them to cross. 

He held on to her all the way across the road and didn’t release her when they reached the o...

Happy New Year!

I freaking love the beginning of a new year. I'm one of those annoying people who try to plan out their year. Every year it spectacularly goes haywire, but I don't mind it one bit. I'd rather have a plan that unravels than none at all. And I always find that I manage to cross off a few things on my list, if not all.

This year in particular is going to be a big one for me with Bitter Confessions on the horizon, translations rolling out, audiobooks, and Bitter Sins in the last half of the...

Jasmine's college curfew

Continuing flashback...

“Do you have a curfew or something?”

“Curfew?” she echoed, offended. “I don’t live on campus, and I’m twenty-three!”

“I can’t imagine your father would want you walking around at night by yourself.”

Her father didn’t much care what she was up to, but she brushed that thought aside and said, “There’s no reason for me to wander around at night.”

“That’s a relief.”

The fact that he actually s...

Sidewalk Rule

Continuing flashback...

She slowed to cross behind Roth to toss her empty cup in a trash can. She sighed and glanced up at the crescent moon and the smattering of wispy clouds. She tended to ramble whenever she saw him, but once she got that out of her system, she was left feeling this quiet contentment. It was moments like this that she cherished most. She didn’t feel pressured to entertain or fill the silence like how she did at parties or with her family. These moments of ...

Blog

I decided to do a last minute recap of 2023! It's a very long blog listing the business stuff I did this year, odds and ends things I wrote in between these bigger projects (with snippets), and projections for 2024 (Singed, Books 3 & 4). 

You all have played a massive part in my 2023. Your support keeps me going. Thank you so much!

Here's to the New Year!!

What happened after coffee meet

Flashback 

After their impromptu coffee meet, they’d gone to dinner five times. It was always spur of the moment, with Roth calling to say he was in the area and if she wanted to get a bite to eat. She thought the first time was a fluke, that she wouldn’t continue to feel comfortable and at ease with him. But she did. She felt an odd kinship with him that she didn’t understand. She felt more herself with him than she did by herself. Just an hour with him every other ...

Name suggestions

Classic, old school male and female name suggestions like William, Henry, etc, but not as popular?

Seven Years Ago

“I had a feeling you would love Greek food,” she sang, and barely resisted the urge to skip along the sidewalk like a little girl. 

“We’ll have to come back so I can try everything I didn’t get to this time.” 

She bumped shoulders with him as she teased, “I think you should take the owner up on her offer to give you a free meal since you ordered half the menu.” 

“I was hungry,” he said, mouth quirking when she tipped her head back and laugh...

Merry Christmas!

I hope you all have an amazing day no matter what you're doing or with who. Most holidays I've happily spent on my own. This year, I just so happen to be with my parents, so I'll be spending the day in the kitchen with my mom and Facetime with my nephews as they open their presents. I also plan to drink copious amounts of egg nog concoctions throughout the day. Happy holidays to you amazing people! 

A Roth Christmas...

In honor of Christmas tomorrow, this is a glimpse of theirs in book 4!

When he went to gather the presents, she grabbed his arm to delay him. 

“I wasn’t sure what to get you. What am I supposed to get the man who has everything?”

His eyes gleamed as he leaned down to give her a reassuring kiss. “You give me this.” His hand slid between her legs. “And this. You give me your time and attention. I don’t ne...

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Mo pep talk

“You have a profound effect on him.”

She ground her teeth to hold her tongue. She didn’t want a lecture on how great and honorable Roth was. No one knew the terms of their agreement or the intimate details of their relationship. No one would believe how devious he was, how cunning, or what he would sacrifice for revenge. No one who saw them at Trentham Ball would imagine he was so cold-blooded and calculating. Even she who had seen his alter ego on more occasions than she cared to...

She has an accident

He reached into back pocket for his phone and put it to his ear, barked, “Get here,” and hung up.

“Who’s that?”

“Mo.”

“Why…?”

“He has medical training.”

It took less than three minutes for Mo to appear in the bathroom. He was dressed similarly to Roth, but in charcoal cargos and a dark long sleeve. His brows were already drawn together when he entered. His eyes flicked from her bloody feet to the wet towels, and then Roth. For the first ti...

”Do you belong to me?”

She cupped his jaw and brushed her thumb over his full lower lip. ”Do you belong to me?”

His cock jumped inside her as his eyes burned with holy fire. Ariana would have run screaming from the monster staring at her, but she cuddled him. 

“Jamie,” she murmured and felt his whole body tighten, muscles flexing around her as he reacted to her query. “Who do you belong to?”

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Name suggestions!

Name suggestions for this prince character Jasmine's talking about in this scene. I just offhand said Davin because it was different, but I realize it's just "Gavin" with a D. LMAO. I'm looking for something out of the ordinary. All I can think of right now is Prince Caspian. Help!

Return to 432 Park Ave

They crossed the lobby of 432 Park Avenue hand in hand. It was still busier than normal, but this time the scrutiny didn’t bother her. They caught an empty car up to the penthouse and when she turned toward the hallway, she came to a stop because he hadn’t released her. She hung her head, dreading the inquisition, but he didn’t say a thing, he just waited.

When she faced him, his hand went to her waist and drew her against him. Again, no questions, just ...

2023-12-17 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Departure from the Caruso's

She turned to Bailey, who was eyeing her mother with a frown. “Bailey?”

Her niece looked at her with a troubled look on her face. 

She held out her arms. “Hug?”

Bailey scooted toward her and wrapped her arms around her neck. “You’re leaving?” 

Her astute niece was going to make her lose her shit. Her eyes filled with tears. “Yes.”

“You ...

2023-12-16 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Finally digging into edits!

This holiday season has been kicking my ass. I should have started editing on December 1, but getting Bitter Heat into audio took weeks longer than I thought and it's been event after event. Ahhh!

The manuscript has to be in the editor's hands by February 1, which means I have a ton of work to do in a short amount of time. I'm going to retreat into the writing cave and probably delete my social media apps and everything, aside from Discord and Patreon so I can concentrate. I just wanted...