Bøger af Mellanie Szereto

Loss brings them together. Will their pact to raise an orphaned newborn help them find love and happily-ever-after?English professor Elijah M. Clayton, Jr., has promised his dying cousin he'll raise her unborn daughter, but he knows he can't do it on his own. His search for a wife fails miserably until he meets Beatrix-35 at a speed-dating event. Unfortunately, the ASD he does his best to conceal turns his best hope into another failure.Plumber Beatrix Glouster is convinced she's finally met a good guy in Elijah-34-until his probing questions about babies and breastfeeding lead her to suspect he's more pervert than perfect. After a pregnancy loss and divorce six years ago, she isn't willing to settle. Then an early morning plumbing emergency brings her face-to-cute-backside with last night's disappointment.Their lives are forever changed when a call summoning him to the hospital interrupts an unexpectedly hot kiss. Navigating the landmine of emotional risks from an impromptu marriage and raising their orphaned newborn charge will require a profound commitment to each other and determination to find their happily-ever-after.Comma Kaze is the first book in the Nerd Love series from USA Today Bestselling Author Mellanie Szereto.

As acting director of her uncle's retirement village, Lilith Montgomery must hire a chef for the new restaurant. She's interviewed several candidates, but instantly decides on the sexy Irishman whose culinary creations give her foodgasms. Her rotten luck with relationships makes her determined to resist her attraction to him, even if it means sneaking into the kitchen at night for a taste of his delectable entrées.Flynn Hastings is finally getting his life back on track after a year of anger and guilt over his sister's death. He's returned home to be near his family and has found the perfect job-with one small problem. His boss makes him want to cook in more than the kitchen. Putting aside his hard and fast rule about mixing business with pleasure, he sets his sights on Lilith, hoping their budding friendship turns out to be more than a flash in the pan.

Egging Her On: Haunted by her traumatic childhood, forty-year-old Lindie Brewster finds a measure of peace living alone in rural Ohio with her chickens and gardens to keep her company. Living life on her own terms has gone off without a hitch, until her sexy new neighbor threatens to ruin everything.Divorcee and reconfirmed bachelor Blaine Stockwell has always had a life plan, and regaining possession of his grandparents' farm is at the top of his priority list, in addition to being a good father to his nephews. When his lawyer's generous offers don't convince the current owner to sell, a little reconnaissance is in order.Finding Lindie naked in the backyard tempts Blaine to enjoy another kind of arrangement while searching for a solution to their standoff. A no-strings affair improves both their dispositions until a more-than-business proposal and the past threaten to scramble their newly hatched feelings for each other.Sweetening Her Up: Erik Fielding is successful in every way, except his quest to find a wife. When a former lover reappears in his life, the temptation to indulge in a red-hot reunion is more than he can resist. But falling for her may cost a part of himself he hadn't counted on-his heart.Layla Krause has a promise to keep to her recently deceased mother-meet the half-sister she didn't know she had. Crossing paths with the man she'd helped through his grief in college offers an unexpected perk to spending a month getting to know her newfound sibling. The outlet he provides is balm to her body and soul.Long dormant sparks between Erik and Layla become a raging fire, but the secrets she hides could do more damage than the flames from their attraction. He'll have to sweeten the deal to get her out of a self-imposed jam.Reeling Her In: Bachelor Russ Novotny is starting over-new location, new IT venture, new sports car to replace the staid sedan his girlfriend took when she left him. A swap of his computer expertise for fish to stock his lake lands him in a different kind of hookup, one that does wonders for his wounded ego.Divorcee Lee Anne Terrell is happy to indulge in a no-strings affair with her handsome computer geek while she gets to know her newfound half-sisters and opens Reel Time Bait and Stock. Unfortunately, her biology degrees didn't prepare her for the unexpected evolution of hot-and-heavy sexual attraction into heart-stopping love.But an ocean stands between them when they share their true feelings. He won't settle for less than marriage and she's vowed never to marry again. The most important catch of his life may prove impossible to reel in, even when she's already taken the ba

A widower trying to navigate life with two young girls. A single mom determined not to make the same mistake twice. Is the second time the charm?Widower Drew Fulton (39) wants nothing more than to give his boss an earful for taking him away from daughters and tricking him into spending four days-and a blizzard-with his quick-tempered new client. Unfortunately, her temper isn't all that's hot.Deli owner and single mom Pepper McCann (38) might be attracted to her marketing guy, but she has no intention of falling for her cousin's underhanded matchmaking scheme. She has enough complications in her life without getting involved with a man who still mourns his dead wife. But the road to hell's kitchen is paved with good intentions.Sparks fly-in temperaments and body chemistry-and cooking together seems easier than resisting desire, especially when real life isn't around to interrupt. The challenge will be preventing the flame from spreading so fast they both get burned. But his kids and a blast from the past just might douse it first.

Strong writing craft is the foundation of a good book. Punctuation, grammar, writing technique, and preparing for publication are all part of writing craft. This compilation of Mellanie Szereto's Writing Tip Wednesday blog posts addresses these topics and encourages writers to learn and improve their craft along the road to publication. From commas to hyphens and active vs. passive sentence structure to misplaced modifiers, review proper punctuation and grammar for clean narrative and dialogue. From character arc to POV and self-editing to identifying genre, learn writing technique and how to prepare a solid manuscript for any publishing path.

With all the choices in the publishing world today, many authors are self-publishing, either as the sole means of getting their work to readers or as hybrid authors with more than one publishing avenue. Writing books comes first and last, making it an ongoing and vital part of a successful career path. While self-publishing offers writers another choice on the road to publication, it requires hard work and knowledge about topics like covers, ISBNs, and metadata. Education is essential for a creating a professional product. This compilation of Mellanie Szereto's Writing Tip Wednesday blog posts on self-publishing guides authors through a comprehensive to-do list, including step-by-step instructions and images for formatting and conversion software.

A writing career consists of much more than the simple sit-in-the-chair-and-write approach. Knowing the ins and outs of contracts, social media, and author branding is vital to getting, being, and staying published, no matter the chosen path to publication. Education, writers' block, and fear of failure-and success-all contribute to the delicate balance, along with the business aspects of writing and dealing with reviews and piracy. This compilation of Mellanie Szereto's Writing Tip Wednesday blog posts addresses these and many other topics related to creating, growing, and maintaining a healthy writing career.