Cheris Hodges

{{short description|American journalist}}

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|name=Cheris Hodges

|birth_date={{birth year and age|1977}}

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  • Author
  • freelance journalist

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|nationality=American

|alma_mater=Johnson C. Smith University

|genre=Romance

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Cheris F. Hodges (born 1977) is an African-American author of romance novels and a freelance journalist.

Hodges graduated from Johnson C. Smith University in 1999 with a degree in journalism. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/cheris-hodges/|title=Cheris Hodges|website=Fantastic Fiction|access-date=March 10, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.harlequin.com/shop/authors/23602_cheris-hodges.html|title=Cheris Hodges|website=Harlequin Enterprises|access-date=March 10, 2019}} Hodges has previously written for Creative Loafing Charlotte and is also a winner of the North Carolina Press Association's community journalism award.{{Cite news|url=https://clclt.com/author/cheris-hodges|title=Cheris Hodges|work=Creative Loafing Charlotte|access-date=March 11, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.penguinrandomhouseretail.com/author/?authorid=303628|title=Cheris Hodges|website=Penguin Random House Retail|access-date=March 10, 2019}}

Awards

  • North Carolina Press Association's community journalism award

Selected novels

  • Betting on Love (2009){{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7582-3147-5|title=Fiction Book Review: Betting on Love|date=September 2009|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=March 10, 2019}}
  • More Than He Can Handle (2009){{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7582-3151-2|title=Fiction Book Review: More Than He Can Handle|date=December 2008|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=March 10, 2019}}
  • His Sexy Bad Habit (2011){{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7582-4710-0|title=Fiction Book Review: His Sexy Bad Habit|date=November 2010|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=March 10, 2019}}
  • Too Hot for TV (2011){{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7582-6571-5|title=Fiction Book Review: Too Hot for TV|date=June 2011|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=March 11, 2019}}
  • Recipe for Desire (2012){{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7582-6572-2|title=Fiction Book Review: Recipe for Desire|date=January 2012|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=March 11, 2019}}
  • Forces of Nature (2013){{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7582-7660-5|title=Fiction Book Review: Forces of Nature|date=March 2013|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=March 11, 2019}}
  • Love After War (2013){{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7582-7662-9|title=Fiction Book Review: Love After War|date=September 2013|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=March 11, 2019}}
  • Rumor Has It (2015){{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-61773-379-6|title=Fiction Book Review: Rumor Has It|date=March 2015|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=March 11, 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2015/10/02/hot-new-romance-books-october-2015/73217866/|title=Some hot new romance novels are in the house|date=October 2, 2015|work=USA Today|access-date=March 11, 2019}}
  • I Heard a Rumor (2015){{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-61773-381-9|title=Fiction Book Review: I Heard a Rumor|date=October 2015|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=March 11, 2019}}
  • Deadly Rumors (2017){{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/books/review/macomber-steel-james-romance.html|title=A Roundup of the Season's Romance Novels|last=Gottlieb|first=Robert|date=September 27, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 10, 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/cheris-hodges/deadly-rumors/|title=Kirkus Review: Deadly Rumors|date=September 2017|work=Kirkus Reviews|access-date=March 10, 2019}}
  • The Perfect Present (2017){{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4967-1018-5|title=Fiction Book Review: The Perfect Present|date=September 2017|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=March 11, 2019}}
  • Strategic Seduction (2018){{Cite news|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/cheris-hodges/strategic-seduction/|title=Kirkus Review: Strategic Seduction|date=March 2018|work=Kirkus Reviews|access-date=March 10, 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4967-0930-1|title=Fiction Book Review: Strategic Seduction|date=April 2018|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=March 10, 2019}}

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