Books published by Melange Books, LLC

Take a trip to the steamy side of English suburbia. To the envying eyes of the locals, three ordinary women in their forties seem to have wonderful families and excellent careers. Or do they? Annie Fitzgerald's perfect marriage to the debonair Patrick falls apart when she discovers him having an affair. Suddenly being at home is not the ideal life she thought it would be. Annie finds solace in her salsa teacher. Patrick ends his affair, but with near fatal consequences. Lorna Davies, mother of four children, is in a loveless marriage to Robin. Unexpectedly she literally runs into Ben Adams, an old flame from her teens. Secrets about her past that she has kept hidden for years are revealed, dramatically affecting her family, changing all their lives. Celina Peel's ex-husband, Ethan, arrives at her office after being gone twelve years. She believes him when he says he has changed. As Celina makes plans for the future with Ethan, she can not help wondering, has he changed or not?

A resident of Briarwood Nursing Home, Amelia Sterns Monroe defies logic or explanation and finds a way to travel through time back to the people and the place she once loved. She finds herself returning to Rocky Gap. The youngest of three, Amelia grows up adoring her oldest sister, Cecilia. When Cecilia marries and leaves home, Amelia finds herself an unwilling conspirator in her sister Lydia's evil schemes. After Lydia's choices result in tragedy, Amelia struggles to find forgiveness for the sister she has never understood. When Elmer Monroe enters Amelia's life, she finds in him an all-encompassing love that can't be denied. As her life takes an impossible turn, she is shocked to discover a newfound understanding for Lydia. But, is it too late? Spanning from 1921 until present day, Return to Rocky Gap is the epic tale of a family torn apart by tragedy and brought back together by war, only to find that distance is sometimes the hardest obstacle to overcome.

10 stories of love, romance and relationships. Here are a sample of them: With Every Goodbye When Sarelle McGarran loses her husband to a tragic accident, she fights depression, financial hardship, and her family and friends' good intentions to embrace a new destiny. Heart's Bells (Theo) Theo survives a werecougar attack and afflicted himself, will he dare endanger the one person he loves most? Total Eclipse of the Heart When Heather meets vampire Devlin Dalcon, infatuation becomes obsession. Night Shift and Just Business When the mortal teen Angelica witnesses vampires draining accident victims on the hospital night shift, she runs to her mob bosses for protection. While angered at the problem, Devlin also sees possibilities...if he can maneuver everyone into place in time. Partners Werecougar Theo meets a man with a past as tragic as his own, and is destined to give vampire investigator, Danial, something he's never had: a partner he can trust.

An Elegant Swan is a love story set in the time when letter writing was one of the main sources of communication. Ten years ago, Nancy Smith fell in love with her brother's best friend Lt. Commander Sam Arlington, but their courtship is hindered by her Bipolar sister, Rita and a future senator who thinks Nancy would make the perfect senator's wife. Sam goes out to sea before Nancy learns she is pregnant. With no word from him she gets on with her life.

Catherine Mornelli's life turns upside down after she learns her great-aunt's bequest has left her nothing but a troubling entanglement-with handsome and caring neighbor Josef Garrison. Only one thing will bring joy to Josef Garrison's life-getting back the land his great-grandfather lost in a poker bet. There's just one troubling obstacle-beautiful, stubborn Catherine Mornelli.

Tracy Kimball is awakened one night by a voice emanating from the television static. She recognizes the voice--her fiancé, David, who was killed in car accident, an accident of which she survived. Plagued by a series of paranormal occurrences, Tracy enlists the aid of a local paranormal investigative team, who discovers that Tracy is not being haunted, she's being warned. A race to save her ensues, leading to the final climactic ending.

Her Sister's Secret -- Mary Kate Brogan -- Jenny Eglington's dying sister begged her not to tell Roland LaPierre she bore him a son. When, at the end of a year, Jenny couldn't find Roland, she believed her promise to her sister and her love for Danny made him hers. Now Danny is six, and Roland is back. Jenny must deal with guilt and an attraction to the man who has the power to destroy her life.

A rogue. An outlaw. An unlikely hero. Viking is the sole offspring of a savage and vicious mare. The colt is the pride of the stable until his dam kills a groom in her stall. Viking is a painful reminder of the tragedy, and so he is sold off. The black colt has a coarse face and a mean curl to his nostrils, but he is beautifully proportioned with magnificent gaits. With his teeth and thick weapon of a tail, Viking brutalizes everyone who handles him and humiliates the best trainers in the world until Anne O'Neil tries him. The first time she rides him, she declares she will not buy him if he was the last apple in the barrel. The second time, she rides him as if he is as sensitive as one of her Thoroughbreds, and she is amazed by the results. Kindness and sugar turn out to be the keys to Viking's heart. Viking and Anne become rising stars until a cruel and brutal trainer seeks to crush his spirit. A Horse Named Viking follows the life journey of an incredible, unforgettable horse.

In the decades following the second world war, the United States created new agencies and departments to address a wide range of issues including intelligence, emergency response to disaster and disease as well as covert warfare both abroad and domestically. These converge on discovery of a new threat not only to the U.S. but to the fundamental nature of human society and physiology. Quincy Barns, a former U.S. Army Ranger and CIA paramilitary operative, learns that not only are vampires real but there is a professional combat force trained and equipped to face the threat they pose. Once recruited into Squad Five Quincy faces enemies and inner dilemmas like nothing the hardened veteran can imagine.