Melanie: 1971 books

Young widow Annabeth Smyth is raising her son Walter during the French Occupation of Newport Island. With the Revolution ongoing and the island under French rule, her parents-who are known Loyalists-struggle to keep their business running in the face of fear and prejudice. When an opportunity to save...

Elena Tinsmann is one semester away from graduating with her history degree. Her parents inform her she must start planning a wedding - her own. She learns she’s engaged to the one person who’s hurt her most; someone she used to call a friend. Alec Herr  appears to have everything: heir...

The timing of the job at Larsen Financial is perfect for Helen Randall. Coming off of a several failed relationships, she desperately needs not only the boost to her bank account but also to her self-esteem. When her immediate supervisor leaves for a two week vacation, Helen will be forced to work...

Cailyn Cameron can usually deal with stress. Until she decides to start a new business. Between working for her best friend and dealing with her grandmother’s failing health, she has to deal with the construction manager on the project, who has been a thorn in her side since she was in pig-tails....

Callie Houston as become good at juggling. Between college, working three jobs, and having to attend every family function her socialite mother throws her way, she's become a pro.  Juggling her responsibilities leaves her no time, or energy, for romance. That is, until a very sexy Cajun walks into...

A college girl meets an older man in Las Vegas and begins a journey that will change the course of her life.

When Granny dies, everyone in the family heaves a sigh of relief. She was a difficult old woman and not easy to live with. So when the unmistakably transparent form of Granny appears at the tea table, both adults and children are alarmed. Why is Granny?s spirit so restless? It appears the young apprentice...

Detective Emily Rawson doesn't want children; she's too focused on her career to give a family the time required. That is, until she falls in love with fellow detective John Cutter, forgets to take precautions, and winds up pregnant. She fights the idea tooth and nail before finally deciding that...

Nikki Brooks never thought she'd ever see her childhood nemesis again after he played a heartless trick on her in high school that got her kicked off the school paper staff and made her a laughing stock.  Until now, twelve years later, when she is forced trust her life to Marc Trapani, the strong-willed...

Noel Galliano has always wanted her own business. So despite critics who believe she won't succeed, she opens a tiny French Quarter voodoo shop. What she doesn't count on is finding a dismembered corpse upstairs. Detective Mathieu Bergeron is considered a screw up around the district station, until...

Olivia Bartlett is stunned to find her old friend, Deputy Tucker Hawkins, living in the house she has inherited, but she's even more shocked to glimpse her cruel stepfather lurking in the shadows. Has Walter come back to haunt her, or is he really alive—and trying to kill her? To survive, she must turn to Tucker, who not only stakes his claim to the old house, but also to her heart.

Elizabeth Grayson’s job as an assistant for an entertainment law firm in Beverly Hills was a living nightmare. She thought she was finally free when her boss, Harold Berkowitz, died of a sudden heart attack…until he was regenerated as a zombie and made her job even worse. It doesn’t help her...

David Lynch has been accused for decades of sexism and even misogyny in his work, due largely to frequent depictions of violence against women. Yet others see in Lynch’s work the deification of the female, and actresses like Laura Dern and Naomi Watts jump at every opportunity to work with him....

Miranda is the top recruitment consultant for Entice Consultancy, working long hours to achieve great results. From the outside she appears to have her life in order as a successful career woman. Yet a jealous rival is determined to do anything to take her down and soon Miranda’s life turns problematical. Grace...