Melissa: 3186 books

What happens when you receive a guardian angel? What if you don't believe you need one? What if one wants you removed? Claire Grayson is a seventeen year old on the verge of graduating high school. Her mother, now working full time, isn’t home much, her father, an attorney, has always been...

The search for Bigfoot gets juicy in this funny and touching story that’s perfect for fans of Kate DiCamillo’s Flora & Ulysses and the movie Smallfoot! ** ** Lemonade Liberty Witt’s mama always told her: When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. But Lem can’t possibly make lemonade...

Love can last a lifetime… They used to be best buddies...and lovers, but life has led them down different paths. Can a spontaneous road trip bring them back together for good? Best buds in high school, Charlotte (Charlie) and Nixon were inseparable…until the summer after graduation,...

The urge has never been this high! But can they both take it? Steve Bradbury is a 32 years old techie with Accenture, Chicago. He lives alone in a plush apartment in one of the most respected neighborhoods in the city. He is a well mannered, sorted, articulate, healthy, tall man with black hair...

Looking up from her drink, Darcy James stares straight into the alluring grey eyes of a handsome stranger. Thousands of miles from her home in England, she sits in a small bar on the outskirts of a rural Texan town and catches the attention of a local cowboy. The eyes she stares into are those of...

When JUSTIN MONTROSE, a former captain in the British Army and the new fifth Duke of Claymore, is rescued from highwaymen by a mysterious beauty, their meeting sets in motion his search for an angel. As he will discover, the truth of ARIANA’s identity is more than most ordinary men can swallow....

Romance is not on the agenda for Alison Gray. The take-charge Guardian found her confidence shaken by the role she played to restore her beloved Order of time-traveling Guardians to its former honor. Now, armed with a list of names she paid a high price to obtain, all she cares about is finding the...

Getting into trouble runs in the family. In the wake of a political scandal, Carrie Riley is a witness who knows too much and it's up to Nick Fallon to keep her safe and alive in the days before her Grand Jury testimony. But in the unusual hideout of a Victorian mansion, Nick discovers the depth of...

In Relational Engagements of the Indigenous Americas, Melissa R. Baltus and Sarah E. Baires critically examine the current understanding of relationality in the Americas, covering a diverse range of topics from Indigenous cosmologies to the life-world of the Inuit dog. The contributors to this wide-ranging...

War is the field for the Empire's young officers to make a name for themselves, their chance to shine. When war calls again, Commander Niel Morrison, the scion of one of the Empire's greatest naval families, jumps at the opportunity. For Lieutenant Arien Noble, it is her last chance to save her quickly...

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine. All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story origins. Table of Contents The Cure for Cancer – Ryan Fitzpatrick Sharpington’s Coffers: Current Score 49.8 – Erik Goldsmith Wytchen...

Ava Kingsley and Seth Walker might be the most unlikely friends ever. The only thing these two polar opposites have in common is a knack for wordsmithing. Back in college, they were known for their written sparring in the campus newspaper's popular "He Says/She Says" column. At their ten-year college...

In these stories by Melissa Pritchard, the past brushes up against the present, the voices of both the sane and the obsessed are heard, and the spirits speaking unbidden through the mouths of some spurn others who desire them most. Some of the men and women in Spirit Seizures dwell contentedly...

When Rick and his family move into an old house in the country, they discover it’s already occupied by a ghastly, flaming ghost that has made a home in the upstairs fireplace.‘The Moaning Fireplace’ is a short ghost story full of mystery, horror, and suspense. To be read on a dark and stormy night or by the campfire.