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Update December 2024:

I’m sure this goes without saying that this year wasn’t what I hoped for release wise, but there is a reason for that. I just wanted to give a little update and say that I will still be releasing new books in time. Just know that works from Michelle Hardin are coming and they will be worth every bit of the wait. I’ve been gone for a while so it’s been something trying to transition back into my writing passion, but I’m confident that once I start releasing again I will get back in the groove of it. Pray for me readers and friends, and have the Happiest Christmas and New Years.

-Much love, Michelle

Update:

Updates on new stories coming soon … I appreciate the patience with me. I’m moving as fast as I can with things, and I truly believe these stories will be worth the wait.

Working on:

Boss’s Daughter

Dangerous Beauty Part Six

Saving Grace (the second standalone for my Love Stories series) (I’m very excited to get this series up and going again!)

It is very important to me to get these books done close together. I thank you for your understanding and patience.

Books I am working on now:

New books coming from me soon. The Dangerous Beauty series continued, as well as two separate works that I am very excited to release. I thank everyone who has stuck by me throughout my long absence. Thank you for your patience, and I will be releasing books again soon. Love you all.

Update: Still working and loving what’s coming. I want to let you all know that I haven’t disappeared, just been organizing. I won’t be able to release in 2022 as I planned. But understand this in no way means I will not be releasing at all. The comeback is most definitely still coming … Things have changed in my life drastically. Also, I’m a caregiver (IYKYK). The unpredictability of what I may have had to do each day effected how much time I had in the day. The understanding and patience has been so appreciated. It will be well worth the wait. I’m so excited to share everything I’ve been working on with all of you, and now that my responsibilities as a caregiver have lessened significantly (due to wonderful health improvements). I’ve been re-adjusting to pouring the majority of my time into myself and my passion (these books). Those who are caregivers understand what I mean by re-adjusting lol. I can’t wait you all. And I hope no one is holding any negative feelings toward me because of my absence. I assure you it has not been because I’ve wanted to be absent. I’ve missed everyone! Much Love. Michelle.

Dangerous Beauty Part Six (Status: Partly written)

The Boss’s Daughter (Status: Still Nearly Done (In improvements stage))

District Edge (Status: Partly Written)

As of now there is no release date on either, but I will keep you all updated. I usually disappear from the web when I get deep into my work or something happens in my family, but if you all want weekly progress updates, let me know in the comments. I am working as quickly as possible without rushing the characters. Love you all bunches!

Dangerous Beauty Part Five: Dark Beauty Is Live!! (Click the cover)

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Right hand to one of the underworld’s most powerful crime bosses, Davina Delavigne is a woman conflicted. As a powerful individual of the underworld, she has done everything to make a name for herself and the place in which she comes from. DelACot. A secret society of elite assassins purposely hidden from the rest of the world.

Though always one to keep her focus on what she was taught was important, lately, she finds herself a bit … distracted. He’s tall, sinfully sexy, beautifully dangerous, and Davina doesn’t quite know what to do with the feelings she’s experiencing every time she’s in his presence.

Especially since those feelings are forbidden …

Underboss of the Salerno crime family, Lucca “Tick” Salerno is a man on a mission. When he’s not ruling his family with an iron fist, his focus is on winning the heart of a reluctant, unattainable beauty. Since the first moment he laid eyes on her, he wanted her. And, try as she might to convince him his feelings for her are one-sided, Lucca knows better. She wants him, too. No matter how long it takes, Lucca is determined to win the heart of the underworld’s Dark Beauty.

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Dangerous Beauty: Part Four: Beautifully Broken

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584 thoughts on “Welcome!

  1. Ms. Hardin! When will Pt.2 be released on Nook? It’s months already, why are Kindle readers getting these books so much earlier than Nook readers? I’m going crazy waiting not to mention annoyed with my friends (kindle owners) who are relentlessly teasing me kinda like the 4s teasing Mickey:) poor baby got shot in his leg!!!:(
    Great writing! Great editing and your proofreader is to be commended- no spelling errors or malapropisms (which are in truth never funny in those other novels). Never fear you’ve made your mark by drawing us into your imaginative mind and stunned us and also created addicts. Keep up the good work and please call Barnes and Noble. Would get rid of the Nook but it’s a gift from my 10 year old god daughter.

      • Thank you ever so much for replying although my heart sunk when I read the word December. all I can think of is how far, far away December is for my sanity. Sounds overly dramatic I know but reading is how I unwind, not Scandal, not How To Get Away With Murder not Revenge or Homeland or anything else on TV. Give me a silence and a good book like D B and I’m easy:)

  2. I’m somewhat perplexed by the trailer, isn’t Nathan blond and Carterina’s hair really curly to the point where she’d get “a fro” from the humidity?

    • Yes, Nathan is blond, but Noah Mills has the features that I envision Nathan having so I figured that small part of his slightly darker hair color could be overlooked. And nope :), Carter’s hair is not really curly to the point where she’d get “a fro” from the humidity (lol). She curls her hair sometimes, and she presses, and like a lot of African American women humidity, water, or perspiration can change the texture of her pressed out hair (in other words, give it the afro affect). It happens to my hair sometime, as well as my sisters’. But yea, that’s pretty much it 🙂

      • Oh, I know all about the “fro” effect you referenced in the book I am a “natural” as well :); being mixed race I imagined Carter’s hair to be similar to Tracey Reese(sp?) or Whitney (hair blogger Naptural85) oh well, cest la vie! no worries, I enjoyed it and am going nuts waiting for nook release.
        I truly enjoy reading interracial romance and am happy that authors such as yourself have started to publish less paranormal romance. Truth be told I am not a fan of all that blood switch etc;) plus they were all getting boring.
        Kudos on your book cover design as well, I was getting tired and confused by the repetitive use of the same female images on e-books.
        I wish you continued joy and inspiration with your writing.
        Coco

      • Thanks a bunch Coco! Totally understand about Carter’s hair, but she a totally strict when it comes to its maintenance (lol) either pressed or curl when it comes to her, she never wears it in its natural state. Though it would be fun to explore that. Thanks a bunch for writing back!

  3. Hi Michelle, I’m a huge fan of your work I started reading it both books over the summer and it was amazing I even got my friend into and both of us are looking forward to book 3. Do you know the exact date you will be releasing it and have you started the books for the other guys and if so I hope there’s not a big time gap. I love the characters you’ve developed and keep up the good work I can’t deal with the boredom anymore

  4. I stumbled across Part 1 on my nook, and couldn’t put it down. When I finished, of course, I had to get Part 2. Not done yet, but will be in a matter of hours. And, now, I know to expect at Part 3. The character that I find myself trying to mentally tolerate is Carter. There are tiny bits aspects of her personality that make me want to shake her to ensure that the marbles go into the right holes. It was nice to see that slight twist among the FIVE, with Dante being gay, adding diversity among all that is gorgeous. It’s a good mix.

    • Carter is quite the heroine (lol). We can try to get her marbles into the right holes, but stubbornly, they’ll end up going wherever they want. She has a few screws loose but who doesn’t love a semi-unstable heroine with a eerie fascination with knives every now and then? I know I do (lol). Totally joking. But yes, Carter’s character does keep us on toes.
      I feel the same way about Dante’s character. Some didn’t agree, but I truly felt that throwing that in there gave it a nice little twist and the love and acceptance that the brothers showed him really shows how close they are.
      I’m happy you are enjoying the story, thank you for writing me!

    • Hi, how were you able to buy pt. 2 on nook or are you like me waiting for its release. I would hate to have been writing michelle all these months complaining, whining and just plain having a sit like a child who wants her sibling’ toy on Christmas day!😢😢 it’s only a book yet I’m acting like a three year old, sad but there it is smh in shame😕😶

  5. Micheeeeelle nooooooooooooo! From December to January? I already had my mind wrap around December now I must reprogram my mind for January? You just totally mess up my holidays ( exaggeration….BIG sigh)! Its all good though, I can’t wait!

    • Lol, yea I know, I feel super bad about it. Things can still change but right now, it’s looking like a Jan, release. But I promise we’ll have some fun stuff along the way. Teaser and trailers and sneak peeks so stay tuned!

  6. Hi Michelle! Just wanted to let you know that I love love love DB 1 & 2 and like the others I’m anxiously awaiting part 3. Your a phenomenal writer and author and I hope to read more of your books in the future! #fan4life✊

  7. Michelle dahling, you are now on the clock as of today, the 1st of December! Sooooo! get to work girl, I need me some good reading materials!

  8. Hello Michelle! I totally love your work! Like seriously you are my newest “one-click author.” I look forward to the teasers for DB3! And I look forward to your future projects. 👏

  9. Hi Michelle, love your books the funny thing is i bought the first one and i didn’t read it right away. My auntie read it before me this is months later, she called me from Jamaican and ask me when is the next one coming out, had no clue what she was talking about. so i went and look it up for her and told her that the second one is not out yet. But it took me another 2 months before i read ur books and when i did OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was hooked i loved it so much i called my aunt in Jamaica to talk to her about it. I had to reread it love the five, love Nathan, love Carter LOVE her mom she is bad ass bitch. LOVE IT………. I don’t know how ur going to write in Carter’s twin but i can’t wait. yes girl do ur thing.

  10. Michelle! Here’s hoping your Thanksgiving was enjoyable and you’re having a wonderful holiday season. I’m just wondering if you’ve any idea if a December release date has been scheduled with Barnes and Noble for bk 2. It’s pretty pathetic that an author cannot sell books to all bookstores due to Amazon’s corporate greed.

    • It is indeed pathetic I agree. Yes, The book will be on there this month. I’m going through a couple things with my publisher right now, but once I get this straightened out, the book will be uploaded to nook 🙂 I’ll keep you posted. Thanks for writing me!

  11. Ms. Hardin we’re already in the month of December and since Christmas is in a few days I’m hoping that you’ll give your fans a snippet of what’s to come in Db3. I’m patiently waiting but I need something to sustain me until it comes out

  12. Okay, so release date yet on Bk.3 on Kindle but why are Barnes and Noble fans being penalized from reading a book that’s already in print for 3 months now?!

    • Hi again Coco. I’m so sorry that part two isn’t on Nook yet. I am in the process of leaving my publisher and they haven’t contacted me back about pretty much anything in a week. I’m disappointed and upset about that. I’m still contacting them though, so hopefully. I can get everything together soon. As for DB3. It is still with the editor. I will be giving a release date for that as soon as it comes back. It will not be on kindle Unlimited, so I will be releasing it on nook the same day as it is released on kindle. The three month thing is the way my publisher did it, but it will not be the way I will do it. Once again I’m really sorry for all this. The transition has caused me to have to push back a couple of dates, but leaving that publisher was just something I needed to do. Hang it in there with me PLEASE 🙂 I promise to pull everything together asap. Thanks for writing.

      • Hi, thanks for your quick reply. I will be patient I promise. Happy for you and I that you’re dumping the publisher can’t understand their business practice as I’d think more sales would mean more $$$ coming in.

        Have a happy and safe Christmas and much success in 2015.

        Cheers

    • No apologies necessary. All is well. You have right to be frustrated. I understand completely, I’m frustrated too. Is Diva’s Pen another publisher? Isn’t the one with Sienna Mynx or I could be wrong.

    • I’ve been doing a ton of research on it lately and I think that it is perfect for someone like me. I don’t like having limited say when it comes to my own work. I’ve been interested in giving it a try so I think I might just go for it. 🙂

  13. AaaHhhhh!!!!!! MICHELLE you can’t give us that small snippet and not expect us be hungry for more. You made me so happy only to lead me back to frustration. 😒😒😩😩I’m so excited I hope you give us a release date soon

  14. Hi, My Christmas Day went without pt.2 on my Nook which mean I couldn’t open the pt 3 gift you gave your fans. Will I ever see book 2 on the Nook? So unfair, ugh!

    • Yes, you’ll see it on nook. Now that Christmas day is done, I’m going to contact the publishers of book two and make them speed up either giving me back the rights of my book so I can get it to nook, or put it on tomorrow. I’m hoping that they contact me back. Once again Coco, I apologize. You will not have to wait three months after publish for book three.

      • Hood Morning Michelle, I sincerely hope Christmas day was filled with lots of laughter and you were blessed to receive lots of love and gifts.
        I truly apologize for the little hissy fit last night it was not my intention to write a vent message, especially on Christmas Day. How spoilt am I when there are so many wrongs in the world! After I hit the post button I realized my error. so i went to bed very unhappy with myself and then I wake to your message commiserating with me while explaining your plans for a solution. 😯😑😕 Thank you for being so gracious.

      • Hi Coco,
        Christmas day was wonderful. Thank you. I hope yours was filled with love , laughter, and love ones too! You don’t have to apologize. You can post whatever you would like every day until Part Two gets on nook if you’d like :). It motivates me to keep pushing my publisher when they don’t get back to me fast enough. No apology necessary. Reading comments on this website is always a highlight of my day, no matter what is said. I’ll keep you updated and let you know what my publisher says about the status of the nook release today :). I’ll send you a message soon.

      • Ah lady! Thank for keeping me in the loop. You really do care about your fans as we care about you and your creativity and, what it does for us. Funny thing, I just finished rereading book 1 and it had me caught up again in its pages, so much so, I spent the entire day at home😊 bah humbug to crowded stores and clogged NYC sidewalks when I could spend the day intrigued by the characters in your novel.
        Cheers!
        Coco

    • Hi Coco!!!!
      They wrote me back finally!!! I was starting to think I was being avoided. They say that the book will be on nook this week, so I hope this time they are telling me the truth. If they fail to follow through again then I will let you know, then I’ll write them a very angry email 😉 . I’ll let you know if I hear anything else regarding the nook release.

      • Thanks babe! Really appreciate your following up and dedication to your creativity and your fans who enjoy your story.
        I also have to tell you that one of the things I didn’t miss is the insistence most IR AA authors do is drub on about the wealth the men bring to the relationships. I so don’t miss ghat element in bk 1. Thanks again

  15. Michelle Dahling! Thanks for the snippet…that was a wonderful gift to receive on Christmas. I hope your holidays were filled with goodness and yummy food. May you embrace the new year with great expectancy(📚…🎥). I know I will🙌! Happy New Year Michelle🍸🎉🎊

    • Wait a minute, in the part 3 sneak peek that Steele man told Nathan that Cole/Henry had sex with Carter…but I thought when Carter and Nathan met the book said she was a virgin.

      • In book one, Carter told Nathan she didn’t have much experience with sex because she’d only been with one guy, and they really didn’t do much before she left. She talked about her first time with Henry briefly in the chapter after their first argument :).
        –Michelle H.

  16. I hate to be a pain however, when can we expect to see book 3? I don’t want to read a sample as it’s a tease! I want the book in its entirety!

    • Hi!
      Book three is still going through editing. It will be out either mid or late January. I’m sorry for the wait. I told my new editor to take her time with the editing because I want the book to be edited well. Once the full book is back from editing I’ll set a date. 🙂
      Thanks for writing 🙂

  17. Michelle, HAPPY NEW YEAR. Pt.2 just arrived and I have purchased it an about to lock myself away with it. Thanks again for pushing your editor hopefully Nook readers won’t have to wait 3 mths to read pt3.
    All the best in 2015!

    Coco

    • Wonderful!!! I’m so happy it’s up today! I really hope you enjoy the stories. And DB3 will definitely be on nook the same time it is up on Amazon. No three month wait, I promise. 🙂

      • Fantastic! Now I’m going back😂 to reading.. came to a diner to eat, trying not gobble it up but I can’t take myself away from the book.. why did I bring the Nook? Because of Nathan.. but I blame you😃

  18. Happy New Year Michelle,

    When is Db3’s release? It was scheduled for December “14” and got pushed forward to January “15”, I hope that it doesn’t take too long…because the natives are restless. Ok, never mind the natives, I’m restless and miserable…so really when is the release date?

  19. Michelle!! You’re killing me here!! I finished bk2 in 36 hrs and my stomach is in knots because of the intrigue of Silas, Henry (see you can’t trust those born again Baptist😊) and Anastacia!!! I must confess that I am somewhat annoyed with Carter’s neediness, lack of filter (can she tone down the inappropriate flirting) and melodramatic tendencies. I’d have thought that having spent all those years being trained by Spook she’d be more in control of her emotions in stressful times.
    I love the fives and the originals although I’m not sure I’d like any of them with Anastacia, she’s as crazy as her daughter!!😃 as you can see I’m a guys girl so I’m rooting for stand alone stories for the other guys including Reno I feel for the poor sod. One question, is Katherine Young as innocent as you’ve portrayed her? Hmm? Plot thickens there or is my imagination running away from me; am I being more cynical and suspicious than the cartel?😆😕
    Thanks again for a great read, tell your editor the final product is being waited on with bated breath but that Nathan fans need perfection😀 so don’t rush until it’s so. We will be patient.
    By the way, my friends and I are in serious discussion about the 2 books now and it gets pretty heated because we’ve a divided camp some do not like Carter some do..yikes
    Thanks again Michelle looking forward to bk3

    • Ahhh! Coco!!!!! No Girl power???? You’re killing me going hard on my girl like this. Lol. Poor Carterina is just misunderstood I promise! She’s just been through sooo much in her 23 years of living. Have mercy! Okay… I’m going to let you in on a few secrets, only because I love you and you’re now pretty much one of my new besties.

      Carter’s Character is majorly complex. Sometimes its like she sort of has multiple personalities; she battles with who she is, who she was taught to be, and the type of woman she aspires to be. Though Spook was stoic Carter has always had issues controlling her emotions, from shedding some tears to her snap temper. This is totally based on Genetics. Both her mother and her Biological father are …something else, girl. This you will really see in DB3. So even though her late-father (Spook) tried with all his might to cool her dramatics, her hot temper, her over-emotional tendencies, Nature sort of gave him the finger and said “Sorry buddy. Anastacia Stone and Silas Steele don’t make no sane babies…”
      Now for her not so subtle flirtation… 😉 . That stuff is really sort of just second nature to Carterina, and most of the time what is seen as flirting, isn’t really her flirting, just her being herself. In book two Carter playfully flirts with two men Mickey, and Cesare. Her and Mickey have had that same empty flirtation since the moment they met in book 1. The two characters just sort of pull it out of each other. But it’s just playful. With Cesare…. ummm… she has no excuse for that. Cesare’s just crazy hot, and Carter just plain crazy. Other than those two, she flirts not. She’s very comfortable with the love ones in her life. She’d cuddle with her best guy friend just as quickly as she’d cuddle with her best girlfriend and she just wouldn’t think to much into it because that’s just who she is. She’d in love with Nathan. In Book one she entertained thoughts of having feelings for Kyle, but in book two, she had all but been consumed by her love for our beloved Russian.
      Now for my Lols….Lol at Henry the Baptist, very funny 🙂 . The real story of that #verydark. Henry needs to be put into a mental institution.
      Katherine Young. There is more to that story, but not as scandalous as one my think. Trust me, there is sooooo much drama in book three. I just couldn’t fit that much more without loosing it!
      Silas….Silas….Silas Steele. I just. I don’t know what to say about him. So for the sake of preserving surprise I will omit my comments…..I just can’t deal with him right now.
      There will be standalones for characters you do know as well as a couple of characters you will be getting to know in book three.
      Reno…I don’t know if he will have a standalone. So far, you only hear his name when Carter’s calling him to hand her something. Lol. But there’s always a possibility!
      Nobody with Anastacia!!!! Ahhh!!! Coco! You’re killing me right now! No love for my girl Ana. Yes, she may be a little cray, but cray people need love too. She’s hard to love but they ALL freaking love that girl! I have come to conclusion (and accepted) that Anastacia Stone is just wanted. Every man wants her but she has only fallen in love on four different occasions with four different men (that was a semi-spoiler) and they all happen to be murderers. Just please… give her a chance to explain. I know she’s crazy, but she can’t help it. Life has been hard for my girl. Racism, snap judgment, a family that hates her, growing up without a mother, loosing the only family that loved her (her father) at sixteen years old, being kicked out of her home after that by her step-mother, loosing her daughter right after giving birth to her….the list goes on and on! She had to be tough; she had to make a lot of not so popular decision in order to get through all of it…. *sigh*
      As you can probably tell, I’m very passionate about this series…lol…I think I may be a little obsessed….So what do you think? Is there any hope for future girl power???
      Don’t get me wrong, I love all of the gorgeous men in this story too, but come on….who REALLY runs the world?
      That’s right, I know you know the song 😉

      • Lol and sigh! Thank you for the breakdown but please know I’m trying to see Carter or Ana as powerful chicas. Cray, cray, crazy psychos? yup, with some likable traits but lady? They’re trying my last nerve being so taxing😂 okay, I will keep an open mind when bk.3 arrives to see how they mature. Reno for some reason made my heart skip, might have been Nathan ‘ s freak out at the house but again cray-cray Carter was at fault, flirty girl. And now he’s being held responsible for her “disappearance”..poor guy.
        Thanks for being so engaging and silly with me.
        Coco

    • Lol. I’m glad you will keep an open mind and hopefully heart so my girls can slip in there and get some love! I feel sorry for Poor Reno too, feeling The scary Russian Underboss’s wrath like that. You may be right. he may deserve his own book after all. Lol. And Thank you for writing as well. It has been my pleasure interacting with you 🙂 .

  20. I just finished reading the sneek peek you posted and I have to just tell you how amazing it is. Love that you brought up something so taboo,cant wait to see how everthing comes together. P.S do you have an update on DB3 release date?

  21. I’m gonna need this book ASAP! You know the wait is getting serious when you start to dream about what’s to come in the next book. LOL.

    • see this is why I’ve not read the tease…I was going crazy, almost drove Michelle to take drugs I was nagging her so much for bk 2 on my nook. I have taken a moratorium on all things Michelle until she has published bk.3. Poor lady would definitely bury herself in Silas’ dungeon if I started writing her about 3.

      Take your time Michelle..ahem!! 🙂 I know I’ll enjoy the finished product when you’ve published it.

    • You’re not alone! I find myself checking my emails periodically for an update from Michelle that it’s finally here. When I do receive an email and find out that’s it’s just another comment, I’m like damnit…the wait continues. 😖

  22. Maybe another tease Michelle? Or maybe not! I’m just tired of waiting, patience has never been my virtue…maybe I should pray for some because I’m getting ready to pull my hair out thinking about Nathan and Carter and their new reality. Of course I’m also depress knowing that with this last book their story is coming to an end (big sigh). So please, pretty please help a sister out by pulling the editor’s ears from time to time to get them moving on getting this book out ASAP!

    • Yes!! I can’t wait! I’m doing my happy dance, I’m so excited for the release of this book. I sent the editor the ending of the book on the 25th so I’m expecting email with the finished edits, any day now!

    • I put up an update on Facebook a couple of days ago 🙂 the ending is still with the editor and I praying to get it back this week. As for Pre-order. I just haven’t had the time to see how it works, but I’ll take a look at it. I’ve never done it before. I’ll be posting another update soon :). Thank you for writing me.

  23. Hi Michelle ** waves** Can we get a sneak peek of the cover?…Hopefully the book will be available next week.. **fingers crossed**… if not that’s fine, I am willing to wait a day after that..lol 😁

    • Hi Vicky!! I SURE!! I will definitely post the cover here on the Welcome page!!! I’m hoping to have the book ready for publish this weekend or the beginning of next week. Fingers crossed!

  24. Hi Michelle! I want to start by first saying thank you for loving and truly respecting the craft of writing. It’s a talent that most of us avid readers wish we had but do not. I was one of the crazy impatient fans of your work, silently rushing you to get done, however after reading and returning the last several books I took I chance on reading I now have a new respect for the amount of time you put into your process. With that being said….THANK YOU! Now let’s put all of the other readers and myself out of our misery.

  25. Just wanted to say thank you your great story. With all the hype with 50 shades I was considering reading it gain and then possibly seeing the movie but that lost out to reading Dangerous Beauty I & II for the 3rd time to prepare for III. Thank you again for your great storytelling.

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