Once Lost... ...Now Found

"Game recognize game...ain't `chu eva heard that one before?" Games seem to be the main agenda in this novel about two characters living in the backdrop of Atlanta who feel the need to "one up" each other until they can no longer play those cards. Mia Smith is a woman on a mission...she's independent and making her own way, taking no nonsense. However when she comes across Khalid's path, her "way" is now shaken, especially when true feelings begin to evolve. Her life is slowly coming together with her "new" man in a way she didn't believe possible. But when her hidden past comes back around to wreck havoc on her new found happiness, she follows her instincts and tries to protect Khalid at all costs. Khalid Alexander is an educated, corporate "brutha" who has women at his fingertips. He's a single guy who "enjoys" being the type of bachelor most men wish they could be. However once he meets Mia, she changes his world. The "love `em and leave `em" attitude can't withstand what he is now feeling...which is love. Now that his heart is clouded with the sensation of love, he hesitantly lets his guard down. When Mia makes a drastic move, he's suddenly back where he was before. In the "love games" that they play, will these two stay "lost" or will they finally be "found?" The choice is up to them...

Charlan M. Johnson was born in Providence, Rhode Island and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. She completed her Bachelors Degree in 1992 at Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia and her Masters Degree in 1995 from the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. In 2007 and 2008 she also earned credit hours in Business Administration at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky. She was an internal auditor with JHT Holdings, Inc. in Kenosha, Wisconsin from 1999 to 2006. Prior to living in Wisconsin, she lived in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1995 to 1999, working as a Child Support Specialist for the State of Georgia. She is a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and also mentors high school and college students.