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About Melinda De Ross
Melinda De Ross is a USA Today bestselling author, loving wife, avid reader, fashion addict and fanatic food lover. Best known for her witty romantic comedies and romantic suspense novels, Melinda offers readers a unique blend of humor, escapism and interesting characters.
While she's a law graduate and professional target shooter, she prefers to spend her days spinning tales, or cuddling with her husband and binge-watching classic cartoons. Her books have been translated into several languages and she loves to hear from readers all over the world, so if you have a question or want to learn more about her books, visit her website: MelindaDeRoss.com
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Blog postA while ago I was invited by the lovely team at Shepherd.com to create a list of 5 favorite book recommendations for readers who also love my books. Here is what I chose and why.
The best romance, chick-lit, and women’s fiction books I love women’s fiction, romantic comedies, and chick-lit because they are a fun slice of escapism, a guilty pleasure that pushes our problems on the back burner for a bit. A good women’s fiction novel has everything, from romance, to drama, to self-disco5 months ago Read more -
Blog postHello, friends!
I’ll start this post with a fun fact: did you know that today is National Men-Make-Dinner Day? Yep, you read that right! Today is the perfect excuse to get your man cooking, and although the rules say that no BBQ is allowed, I say you should take what you can get.
I am lucky and blessed that my husband actually enjoys cooking, and in the little free time he has, he spoils me with dishes from great chefs like Gordon Ramsay. I don’t even care if he mak8 months ago Read more -
Blog postWhen I was kid, summer seemed to last forever. Not just because I was young and had a higher tolerance for low temperatures—and in the south of Romania, where I lived, winters are vicious. But summer seemed to start earlier and end much later than it does now.
This year we started having real summer temperatures in July, and here we are, with August almost over. The weather fairy is ticking off the calendar days, and summer is already moving on. All year I have been dreaming of a holi10 months ago Read more -
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Blog postHappy Apple Strudel Day!
How do you feel about pastries? I adore them, which makes it really hard for me, because I have decided to cut back on sugar and carbs. The pandemic brought me a few extra pounds and a lot more aches and pains than a year ago. While I’ve been putting everything on account of being sedentary, I’m starting to think that eating sugar several times a day might contribute to all that.
However, I have a lot to show for all those hundreds of hours spent with1 year ago Read more -
Blog postEven a journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step.
I’m sure you’ve all heard this proverb, maybe to the point where you roll your eyes when you hear it again. But it’s true.
In 2013 I was finishing my first story, Rendezvous with Hymera. I’ll tell you straight, it was terrible, and it took years to build the guts to say this. But at the time I was beyond proud of my first “baby”.
I very boldly wrote to Janet Evanovich and asked for her advice on what to do1 year ago Read more -
Blog postHi everyone!
To those of you who are in the US, I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving and I hope y’all make the best of today. I think it’s wonderful to have a holiday for celebrating what we are thankful for, and I’ve thought a lot about where my gratitude lies.
2020 has been a rough one, but thinking back I am thankful for all the extra time I got to spend with my hubby, for everything that I’ve learned this year, the things I never thought I would do and achieve, the things I re2 years ago Read more -
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Blog postHi everyone! I hope your week is going well, although that’s more and more difficult to say these days. Since I figured we all need a break from news and politics, today I want to share with you my favorite kissing scenes in movies. It was very difficult to make a Top 5 because I love all of these movies, but here it goes:
5. Vivian and Edward in Pretty Woman
This movie has a simple plot, yet the characters and the dialogue are so witty and beautiful it became an instant class2 years ago Read more -
Blog postNow a very popular format, ten years ago audiobooks were still making a shy debut – just when I needed them most. Reading has always been my biggest hobby, but as I worked in an office all day with my eyes fixed on a computer screen, traditional reading became impossible. My eyes got tired easier, my neck became stiff from bending over a book. That was when my husband suggested I tried audiobooks.
At first I was reluctant. It seemed weird listening to someone read a book out loud, but2 years ago Read more -
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Blog postPara celebrar el Día Internacional del Idioma Español, ¡aquí hay un extracto de FAMA! Kendra acaba de enterarse por su madre de que su aventura con un actor famoso está en todos los periódicos.
“—Supongo que todavía no has leído la prensa. Hay fotografías de ese actor, Blake Tyler, y de ti en todos lados.
—¿Qué?
Estaba tan sorprendida que no sabía cómo reaccionar. Como una tonta2 years ago Read more -
Blog postIt is my firm belief that all great love stories start with a spark of madness. I know mine did. My relationship with my husband was like a volcano – for years it burned so slowly and silently no one knew it was there, until one day when it erupted and the hot lava consumed everything in its path. Except there was nothing destructive about our love. All we had was a burning desire to be together. But since many people were opposed to that idea, we did the only thing we could so that everyone2 years ago Read more
Titles By Melinda De Ross
A summer vacation, an inherited house, a sexy neighbor. Should be the formula for the perfect summer… Right?
When Marissa Nelson learns that she’s inherited a house from her great aunt in the small coastal town of Florence, Oregon, she’s more exasperated than excited. As a city life lover, she’d never considered living in a small town.
Planning to sell the house, she goes there to spend her vacation and figure out what the house is worth. What she doesn’t anticipate is that the house is half of a duplex, and the neighbor next door is a mouthwatering single dad. If Dylan doesn’t steal her heart, his son, Nate, surely will.
After two weeks spent with them, Marissa doesn’t look forward to returning to her old life, but vacation has to end sometime... or does it?
Lovestruck is a compilation of romantic comedies that can be read in any order as stand-alones.
Land a million-dollar deal for my book adaptation. ✓
Catch cheating boyfriend in bed with another woman. ✓
Hop a one-way flight to Los Angeles. ✓
Determined to leave my two-timing ex and hapless love life in the dust, I set my sights on California, buy a promising fixer-upper in Malibu, and then run smack dab into Blake Tyler, the Hollywood heartthrob who’s starring in my movie. Few women can resist the hottest movie star alive—and I’m not one of them.
Just when I thought I’d left behind romance and drama, Blake’s smoldering steel-blue eyes land on me. And so do the paparazzi’s cameras…
Lovestruck is a compilation of romantic comedies that can be read in any order as stand-alones.
Thirty-three-year-old librarian Andrea Sachse doesn’t have the time or skills to date. No man can ever live up to her dreamy book boyfriends, so why bother?
But with her parents looking more desperate each time she shows up solo for their annual Christmas party, this year she’s determined to find herself a boyfriend by any means—fair or foul.
Whoever thought Cinderella had it easy didn’t stick around for the alternate ending…
Everyone believed I was an idiot to leave Blade Spencer—rich, handsome, and head-over-heels in love with me. But I did it for his own good, determined to take the secret to my grave.
I moved to Seattle, pursued my career as a journalist at Unabridged magazine, and almost convinced myself I didn’t need a man. I had enough virtual admirers, and my email was jam-packed with marriage proposals and X-rated pictures—not to mention hysterically funny letters from a clever fan.
Imagine my surprise when I show up at work, and Blade is my new boss. Did I mention he has no idea why I left him and thinks I’m a cold-hearted bitch?
Just as I decide to prove him wrong, I discover Blade’s life has changed in ways I never imagined. Having to work with him is the least of our problems…
Lovestruck is a compilation of romantic comedies that can be read in any order as stand-alones.
Miss Trouble-Magnet meets Mister Troubled…
Yep, you guessed it. I’m Miss Trouble Magnet—not because I want to, I simply attract bad luck. My résumé of workplace disasters is unsettling. After almost setting an office building on fire, I flooded a pet shop, traumatized my best friend’s kid, almost killed a three-legged French pig… And the list goes on.
Then I meet Carter Evans, crime journalist and mouth-watering male specimen. He’s single, I’m single, so things should be simple, right?
Wrong.
As I get to know him, I discover his life is more complicated than mine. The last thing he needs is a relationship with a walking disaster, because Carter is trouble with a capital T…
Lovestruck is a compilation of romantic comedies that can be read in any order as stand-alones.
Follow the journeys of five ordinary women, who struggle to find their paths in life, overcome their insecurities, and find love into the arms of extraordinary men. From heart-wrenching to absurdly humorous situations, this collection of five romantic comedies will lift your spirits and restore your faith in happy-ever-afters!
The books are stand-alones and can be read in any order.
HOOKED
A summer vacation, an inherited house, a sexy neighbor. Should be the formula for the perfect summer… Right?
When Marissa Nelson learns that she’s inherited a house from her great aunt in the small coastal town of Florence, Oregon, she’s more exasperated than excited. As a city life lover, she’d never considered living in a small town.
Planning to sell the house, she goes there to figure out what it's worth. What she doesn’t anticipate is that the house is half of a duplex, and the neighbor next door is a mouthwatering single dad.
If Dylan doesn’t steal her heart, his son, Nate, surely will...
CELEBRITY
Land a million-dollar deal for my book adaptation. ✓
Catch cheating boyfriend in bed with a ditzy blonde. ✓
Hop a one-way flight to Los Angeles. ✓
Determined to leave my two-timing ex and hapless love life in the dust, I set my sights on California, buy a promising fixer-upper in Malibu, and then run smack dab into Blake Tyler, the Hollywood heartthrob who’s starring in my movie. Few women can resist the hottest movie star alive—and I’m not one of them.
Just when I thought I’d left behind romance and drama, Blake’s smoldering steel-blue eyes land on me. And so do the paparazzi’s cameras…
SACKED!
Miss Trouble-Magnet meets Mister Troubled…
Yep, you guessed it. I’m Miss Trouble Magnet—not because I want to, I simply attract bad luck. My résumé of workplace disasters is unsettling. After almost setting an office building on fire, I flooded a pet shop, traumatized my best friend’s kid, almost killed a three-legged French pig… And the list goes on.
Then I meet Carter Evans, crime journalist and mouth-watering male specimen. He’s single, I’m single, so things should be simple, right?
Wrong.
As I get to know him, I discover his life is more complicated than mine. The last thing he needs is a relationship with a walking disaster, because Carter is trouble with a capital T…
UNABRIDGED
Whoever thought Cinderella had it easy didn’t stick around for the alternate ending…
Everyone believed I was an idiot to leave Blade Spencer—rich, handsome, and head-over-heels in love with me. But I did it for his own good, determined to take the secret to my grave.
I moved to Seattle, pursued my career as a journalist at Unabridged magazine, and almost convinced myself I didn’t need a man. I had enough virtual admirers, and my email was jam-packed with marriage proposals and X-rated pictures—not to mention hysterically funny letters from a clever fan.
Imagine my surprise when I show up at work, and Blade is my new boss.
An unconventional romance between two misfits brought together by love and revenge.
At eighteen, Yoko Hirano falls prey to a human trafficking organization and is forced into a lifestyle nightmares are made of. When the young Japanese girl escapes, her only focus is exacting revenge and saving other girls from the same fate by bringing down Michael Chen, the powerful mobster who destroyed her innocence.
Four years later she meets antiques dealer Mark Chandler, the only man who ever treated her with respect. Though she is torn by her unfamiliar feelings for him, Yoko’s grand scheme doesn’t involve falling in love, and a man like Mark would never want her if he discovered her past. What she doesn’t know is that he has his own dark secrets...
Mark never thought he could lose his head over a woman, but the haunted eyes of his beautiful new employee fill his soul with desire and tenderness. When he learns about what had happened to her, his vengeance knows no limits. Nor does his resolve to help her heal and discover love.
Un romance poco convencional entre dos inadaptados unidos por el amor y la venganza.
Con solo dieciocho años, Yoko Hirano se convierte en víctima de una organización de tráfico de personas y se ve forzada a vivir una pesadilla. La joven japonesa consigue escapar y, desde entonces, centra sus esfuerzos en una venganza que busca salvar a otras chicas del mismo destino.
Cuatro años más tarde conoce a Mark Chandler, un exitoso anticuario y, además, el único hombre que la ha tratado como a una verdadera mujer. Aunque sus sentimientos hacia él son nuevos y desgarradores, el gran plan de Yoko no incluía enamorarse y un hombre como Mark nunca la querría si descubriera su pasado. Lo que ella no sabe es que él tiene sus propios secretos.
Mark nunca pensó que podría perder la cabeza por una mujer, pero los ojos embrujados de su hermosa empleada lo llenan de deseo y ternura. Cuando se entera de lo que le ha ocurrido, no pone límites a su venganza. Tampoco a su decisión de ayudarla a sanar y a descubrir el amor.
Todo mundo achava que eu tinha sido uma idiota por abandonar Blade Spencer—rico, lindo, e perdidamente apaixonado por mim. Mas, fiz isso para o seu bem, e estava determinada a levar esse segredo para o meu túmulo.
Mudei para Seattle, procurando contruir uma carreira como jornalista na revista Sem Censura, e quase me convenci de que não precisava mais de um homem. Eu já tinha muitos admiradores online, e o meu email vivia lotado com propostas de casamento e fotos proibidas para menores—sem mensionar as cartas, histericamente engraçadas, de um fã muito espirituoso.
Imaginem a surpresa quando me apresentei para trabalhar, e vi que Blade era o meu novo chefe. Por acaso, eu falei que ele, nem tinha ideia do porque eu o tinha abandonado e, me considerava uma vadia sem coração?
Quando resolvi provar que ele estava errado, descobri que a vida de Blade tinha mudado de um jeito que eu nunca poderia imaginar. E acreditem, trabalhar com ele seria o menor de nossos problemas…
Camilla Jackson es una joven del montón con una habilidad extraordinaria para atraer los desastres. Cuando la despiden de su trabajo como secretaria en un bufete de abogados, se da cuenta de que no tiene ni idea de qué hacer para seguir adelante. Cada trabajo que empieza termina en una tragicomedia.
Pero cuando conoce a Carter Evans, un periodista buenorro, ella parece haber encontrado una luz en su camino hasta que descubre que él esconde un profundo y doloroso trauma.
Ella desconoce si podrá curarle el dolor del pasado y, al mismo tiempo, ayudarse a sí misma a encontrar su propio camino en la vida. Solo si logra superar su naturaleza propensa a los accidentes que siempre la meten en más de un lío...
El pasado siempre vuelve para atraparte.
Justo cuando Angelina Jameson cree que tiene la manera perfecta de impulsar su carrera, sus esperanzas están por las nubes. Al entrar en la oficina de su jefe, lista para presentarle un artículo humorístico titulado «Multimillonarios, BDSM y BLA BLA BLA», descubre que otro hombre ha tomado las riendas de Sin censura, la revista literaria para la que trabaja. Un hombre que ella conoce muy bien.
Buscando un cambio para solucionar su desastre de vida, Blade Spencer acepta el trabajo como redactor jefe de Sin censura sin saber que Angelina, la mujer que le rompió el corazón, trabaja allí. Dadas las nuevas circunstancias, mantener una distancia profesional es esencial pero controlar sus sentimientos supone un gran desafío.
En medio del humor y el melodrama se desarrolla el encuentro, llevando al lector a un viaje salvaje. ¿Podrán Blade y Angelina lidiar con el pasado o saldrán a la luz las emociones aún en ebullición bajo la coraza?
La colección Inteligentes y sexis es una serie de libros chick lit de comedia romántica que tienen como protagonistas a mujeres ingeniosas y sensuales que no son conscientes de su atractivo. Los libros pueden leerse en cualquier orden.
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