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Cereda was born and raised in Indianapolis, IN and has a passion for writing, acting, dancing, and soon to be directing and producing. She is also the owner and operator of Secure It All, LLC, an online store of products such as t-shirts, hoodies, masks, mugs, and tote bags where 10% of profits are donated to the cure of your choice. Be sure to view her merchandise and support a great cause. Cereda is a strong believer in Christ Jesus and would love to encourage everyone she meets to get to know and love Him and others.
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” – Philippians 4:13
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Looking for an engaging author to inspire your book club, literary festival, or special event? Cereda Smith—acclaimed author of five urban fiction novels—offers dynamic book signings, captivating readings, and lively discussions that bring stories to life for audiences of all ages.
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NEW RELEASE!!
Now available for purchase
(Release date - December 21, 2025)
A Treacherous Night Like This
…is the perfect combination of two amazing stories wrapped into one thrilling novel. Delve into Cassandra Gaines’ world as she experiences a horrible day and can’t wait to get home to read her new novel “Treacherous”. What she doesn’t know is that while she is reading about the danger that Mikayla Barnes is in, Cassandra is in a real and present danger of her own.
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Forbidden Ambitions
Sit on the edge of your seat as you read three thrilling short stories!
Despicable Thoughts
Kehlani Combs loves her sexual spontaneity until her husband becomes boring and predictable. She unexpectedly finds excitement at the gym. But when her insatiable appetite turns into dangerous chaos, will she escape with her life?
The Ugly Side of Friendship
Lindsay wanted nothing more than to become a mother. When she and her husband, Shane, fail repeatedly at becoming parents, they decide to have fun by having a threesome. Maybe choosing her best friend Zoey was the first of many mistakes.
Suspicious Activity
As neighborhood bullies, Marcia (Karen) and Ken Waters plot to rid the block of minorities, they didn’t count on one of their own turning on them.
He Wasn't Supposed to Know
Steven and Stephanie met years ago while he was an assistant school principal, and she was a substitute filling in for another teacher who was out on maternity leave. The two had a brief affair but ended when Steve was offered a promotion as a principal in another state. To salvage Steve’s reputation and marriage, Stephanie felt it necessary to keep the news of her pregnancy to herself. After fifteen years of raising her daughter Dani completely on her own, Stephanie is forced to shatter the only world her daughter has ever known. Stephanie has learned that she has terminal cancer and only a few months to live. Stephanie has no idea how to tell her daughter, let alone any plans about who will raise her once she is gone. As destiny would have it, Steve moves back into town with his wife Angela and other daughter Nia. Stephanie is torn between leaving her daughter an orphan or introducing her and leaving her with her new family.
Stephanie never thought that time would be her biggest challenge, her biggest enemy, and her greatest fear. After learning that she has terminal breast cancer she questions who will raise her only child Dani? As a single mother, it’s always been just the two of them. As fate would have it, Dani’s father Steve is back with his wife Angela and their daughter Nia. Secrets will be revealed, and lives will forever be changed, but Dani isn’t the only secret that Steve was never supposed to know about!
Autumn's Storm
At the tender age of six, Autumn Brown’s life seems to be everything a child could dream of. She’s an only child, she lives in a mini mansion, and she has two loving parents. Besides a pony, what else could a girl want? Suddenly, a brutal storm arrives and causes the untimely death of her parents. From that moment forward, Autumn’s life takes a tragic turnaround, and here the journey of pain and tribulation begins her “storm.” After her aunt and uncle squander away her inheritance, Autumn is left behind to be raised by her ailing grandmother. When she ultimately becomes too ill to care for Autumn, she is then forced to grow up fast as she is tossed to and from foster home. As a teen, she encounters rape, and other negative influences. By the time she reaches sixteen, she drops out of school, becomes a runaway, a stripper, and finally the head of an escort service by the time she reaches twenty-one. Once she appears to be at her pinnacle, tragedy strikes again and causes her to lose everything she had built up. This time, it takes the love and support from a man that teaches her how to love herself, and to give her life to Christ. As her journey takes a turn for the better, she is forced to deal with some ghosts from her past. Autumn learns to truly trust and depend on God as her life and the life of others literally depends on it, thus confronting her fear of “storms.”
All Wrapped Up
Three short stories by three authors taking place around the holidays.
My Christmas List
Teenage twin daughters decide to set their mom up with their substitute teacher. In the meantime, the mom has been having a dream about a mystery man and decides to make herself a Christmas List for Santa and puts a man on her list.
The Christmas Break-Up
All their family traditions are set in place. The food they’ll eat, the games they’ll play, even their last Christmas dash shopping spree on Christmas Eve. But nothing is traditional about this Christmas when Allyssa and Randall Peterson announce to their college-aged children that they are getting divorced and this will be their last Christmas as a family. They soon regret having said those words when their family values are put to the test following a traumatic day at the mall. This Christmas will definitely break up more than what they bargained for!
Love Destination
Love Destination takes place in Tennessee, where old and new friends get together for the holidays, like Do-novan, LaShay, and Dewayne who found love and drama. Will there be a twinkle in Do-novan’s eye at the Christmas get-together or green with envy, when his best friend arrives with his ex? Will the friendship survive?
New Releases Coming Soon
“Dirty Shoes” coming to Amazon in 2026