Author: melanieshawn

“I’ve had his address and phone number all this time. I kept track of him.”Those were the words my mother had said as she handed me the piece of paper that would change my life forever. The one that held my father’s name and address–the same father I’d always been told had died when I was a baby.Even though my entire life until now, I’ve survived by being tightly-focused and in control, as soon … in control, as soon as I learned my father was alive, I made a snap decision. I knew there was only one thing I could…

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Stand-alone Crossroads romance, complete with HEA–and plenty of heat and heart along the way!With her Type A personality, Bea Porter meticulously planned her friend Bailey’s bachelorette party in Vegas. Her plans did not include receiving contraception in the lobby of the hotel, walking in on two naked people (one of them dripping wet) and sustaining a head injury less than an hour after … hour after arriving in sin city.World Series MVP CJ Rossum hadn’t planned on attending his sister Bailey’s bachelorette party. He also hadn’t planned on meeting a girl with eyes so blue they rivaled the Mediterranean, or…

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Stand-alone Steamy Weekends romance, complete with HEA–and plenty of heat and heart along the way!Cooper BriggsThe minute I saw her in that heart-stopping red dress, I knew I’d do whatever it took to make her mine – even if it meant anonymously bidding on myself in the bachelor auction and then pulling strings to make sure that “she” won me.Unfortunately, she didn’t seem to want anything to do … me.Unfortunately, she didn’t seem to want anything to do with me after the auction, winning bid or not. Still, I’m looking at that as a minor setback. I didn’t settle for…

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Stand-alone Valentine Bay romance, complete with HEA–and plenty of heat and heart along the way!Troy Valentine gave up everything when his parents died, leaving his career as a pro baseball player to come home to Valentine Bay and raise his little sister, Mila. It’d been so long since he put himself first or thought about what he wanted, it was hard to even remember what that felt like.Broadway … like.Broadway star Alison Bartholomew needed a break from her high-pressure theater career and all the scrutiny and judgement that went with it. When she meets Troy on the first morning of…

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Stand-alone Crossroads romance, complete with HEA–and plenty of heat and heart along the way!With her Type A personality, Bea Porter meticulously planned her friend Bailey’s bachelorette party in Vegas. Her plans did not include receiving contraception in the lobby of the hotel, walking in on two naked people (one of them dripping wet) and sustaining a head injury less than an hour after … hour after arriving in sin city.World Series MVP CJ Rossum hadn’t planned on attending his sister Bailey’s bachelorette party. He also hadn’t planned on meeting a girl with eyes so blue they rivaled the Mediterranean, or…

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Stand-alone Valentine Bay romance, complete with HEA–and plenty of heat and heart along the way!When sexy rock star Jet Valentine’s five years of bad behavior finally causes his life to implode around him, he knows it’s time to make a fresh start. There’s only one place to do that: Valentine Bay. And there’s only one person who can help: his friend and rival since high school, Abby Baxter.When … Baxter.When Abby Baxter reads all about Jet’s life falling apart, her heart goes out to him. But can any relationship they start in the aftermath survive? And how can she trust…

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When Josh Scott, the man Bailey Rossum swore she’d never love again, rescues her from being stranded on a deserted road, Bailey is forced to reconsider her hard-and-fast rules. With true love on the line, can Bailey and Josh find a way to start again?

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To Genevieve Rollins, Gavin Valentine has always been a casual hook-up. A no-strings fling. The sexy fighter pilot was only in town when he was on leave, so it could never be more than that. She didn’t have feelings for him. What would be the point?But when he tells her he’s moving home to Valentine Bay, she just may have to rethink everything between them. Can she dig down under her sassy, … sassy, sarcastic shell and find true vulnerability inside?For Gavin Valentine, life has taken a turn. Diagnosed with a medical condition that means he’ll never be cleared to…

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