Bøger af Melanie James

Dating a shifter was one mistake that Callie Dupree refuses to make again.In fact, she's sworn off dating all together. When a mysterious man shows up in her dreams, Callie does her best to ignore the long-buried urges that ripple to the surface and carry on with her life.What could it hurt if she gave into the handsome stranger in her dreams? It's only fantasy, right?Wyatt Lockhart is being driven crazy by dreams of his mate. Bold in bed and beautiful beyond belief, he's stunned to find out the Fates paired him with a human. If he can get her to change to suit his needs, she would indeed be the perfect mate.

Meet Ryan Kidd, a sexy former Navy SEAL is now a Soldier-of-Fortune with a new life and a new purpose. His newest mission is to save the world from long forgotten demons. Follow him on his latest mission through the jungles of Colombia to the ancient ruins of Gobekli Tepe. Meet Lexi Salenko, this independent and strong-willed bookstore owner sets out to face her darkest fears in a race against time to save her sister. When the two meet, sparks fly as they work together to save the fate of all mankind. This is a story you don't want to miss!

A Laugh Till It Hurts Literal Leigh Romance Diaries Spin-offWitches, Werebears, and Imps. Oh my!Waiting for Karma is fine-for the patient. But for the rest of us, it sure would be nice to give Karma a little nudge every once in a while.Was it one too many dates that turned out to be losers or liars? Have a problem with two-faced backstabbers? And don't even start with the so-called customer service centers. There comes a day when enough is really, truthfully, enough already. For Kelly and Esmeralda, two snarky single witches, that day was yesterday. After applying their witchcraft to dish out a little magical payback, they realize they have a penchant for the dark art of revenge. And who's to say a witch can't make a few bucks with a talent like that? Doing the odd job was fun and gratifying. Then along came an unusual client with a pitch for an idea, "Karma Inc.-Reality TV." The witches set up shop in the sleepy little town of Caldron Falls, Wisconsin. By enabling the good citizens to settle old scores, they hoped to transform the town into a virtual coliseum of televised revenge. It didn't take long before a few inconvenient and unexpected dead bodies began to pile up. To complicate matters, Caldron Falls just happens to have more than its fair share of paranormal creatures, not to mention a Chicago mobster seemingly bent on taking over the town. Can Esmeralda and Kelly solve the rash of unexplained deaths before they get the blame and end up behind bars? What will Marie Laveau and the Witches Union have to say about this? And as any fool knows, Karma carries a round-trip ticket.

A laugh till it hurts paranormal comedy!'Tis the season for magical mayhem. Leigh vows upon her magic desk and witch's broom that Thankshanukkamas will be filled with childlike joy for her, her family, and her friends-even if it kills them. And it may just come to that! With a new publishing contract in hand, the disasterpieces fly from Leigh's desk. With titles like Sleighing the Elfa-The Elf Pack Book1, Restoring The Old Schlitt House-A "Do Yourself" Romance, Fangin' the Billion-were, and Gangin' the Billion-were, the mischief piles up. When the EPA (Elf Protection Agency) shows up at Leigh's door, she's got some explaining to do. Throw in a couple of retired mobsters, Fur-Con, bats in the belfry, along with a shape-shifting witch, and you've got a recipe for catastrophe. Can Leigh and the gang save the fate of all paranormals? Or will this be the end of the line for Leigh and her band of magical misfits?

It's Halloween, Leigh's favorite time of the year. As a rookie witch with high hopes, she has a lot to look forward to. When a mysterious supernatural force meddles in her life things take a turn for the worse and Hunter gets caught in the paranormal crossfire. Leigh's job seems to have suddenly gone sour. The public school she works at doesn't share this young teacher's enthusiasm for what they deem to be a religious holiday. To keep her entire life from falling apart, Leigh needs serious help. Once again she calls on her trustworthy but inept best friends to pull her through. Magical mayhem abounds. Leigh has a run-in with a bizarre cult bent on human sacrifice, some galloping golems, and a few pesky ghosts-not to mention stray bolts of witchcraft! Can Marie Laveau help the gang pull together an emergency séance in the historic but haunted Schlitt House? They find out some ghosts can be a real drag, possession has side effects, and exorcisms are unpredictable at best.

If Leigh has learned anything this summer, it's that magic can be chaotic. Despite some headline making disasters in her last diary, Leigh is eternally hopeful. With Four-bitten Fangtasy behind her, Leigh decides to write a little paranormal erotica with her newest disasterpiece, Bangin' the Billion-were. She even takes on a rehash of the popular YA dystopian genre in her novella, Regurgitant. It seems that even the editing of another author's writing can make her unwittingly fire up her literal-witchcraft. Leigh finds out how bad things can get when her friends ask her to edit their own cowboy-biker book, Steel Stetsons. Despite the flurry of writing, Leigh's romantic heart is racing. Plans for the future evolve quickly, and we see just what Luna is capable of when pushed to an act of desperation. Follow these magical misfits as they travel half way around the world to a hexed Scottish Castle and take on the very essence of evil, in Hopeful Leigh.

Leigh is back and so are the mishaps! Grab your copy today! The Witches Union discovers that Leigh has been dabbling in the dark arts, and now they intend to become creative editors for Leigh's paranormal romance, "Four-Bitten Fangtasy"-a book about a shape-shifting werewolf-vampire hybrid. They've assigned a young apprentice to a mentor Leigh, who isn't quite up to snuff. Can Leigh fulfill the contract and get FBF done before the deadline? What's in it for the Union anyway? To make matters worse, Leigh's friends and family are still reeling from her last efforts at becoming a writer. Will she make her sister's lackluster love life even worse by attempting to fulfill Sarah's erotic fantasy from her favorite BDSM/Navy SEAL/Amnesia novel? And yes, it's titled "Bound to Forget"Love is in the air, but so is a catastrophe, now that Leigh admits she has feelings for Hunter, the hunky roofer turned Chicago Police Academy cadet.

How does a girl become a witch? By accident, of course! Leigh Epstein is a grief stricken and lonely elementary school teacher that is devastated by the brutal and unexpected death of her true love at the hands of a careless writer. She overcomes her grief by taking matters in her own hands and takes up a little romance writing to resurrect her vampire-werewolf book-boyfriend. Leigh gets more than she bargained for when she discovers that every steamy erotic scene she creates is magically reenacted by her family, friends and coworkers.

What if you could magically clone anyone you'd like, just to keep them around for a short while? Would you? With a couple of good intentions and a bit of witchy mischief, Kelly and Esmeralda find out first-hand what happens when perfectly good clones go naughty-err bad. Unfortunately, their timing couldn't have been worse. The world of witchcraft seems to have gone haywire and Karma Inc. might be to blame. Trouble is compounded when Barney runs away in search of a better witch to give him a new body, not to mention the twig and berries he had always dreamt of. Meanwhile, the witches' love-lives are going down in flames thanks to a few well-designed clones. To fix witchcraft worldwide and clear their names, the witches of Karma Inc. are forced to unravel a murder mystery involving smugglers, mobsters, spirits, hippies, and the sexiest clones this side of Salem.

A Deadly Obsession by NYT and USA Today bestselling author Melanie James is a, thrilling romantic suspense that will have you turning the pages from start to finish. Book 2 of Melanie's Riverton Romance series, delves into secrets of the past and the things people do in the name of love! Redemption, justice, and vengeance, how far will someone go to protect the ones they love? Jake never wanted the life he was born into. He worked hard to keep his past a secret from everyone, including the love of his life. When an unknown force comes after the woman he loves, he may have to give everything to protect her... including his life. There is a fine line between right and wrong and how much someone is willing to risk for love!

Instead of enjoying Christmas in the city, wildlife photographer Kendra McMillan is out in the wild, trying to make one last deadline for the year. When the sexy stranger, Ryan Harper, offers to be her guide, she learns the local wildlife comes with a big Christmas surprise. Will the forces of nature bring two fated souls together or forever keep them apart?

A Laugh Till It Hurts Literal Leigh Romance Diaries Spin-off Everyone's favorite witch, Gertie O'Leary, is back! And she has a story of her own to tell."One thing I've learned about running a shelter for paranormal creatures, you can't afford to let your guard down. It all started when I welcomed an enchanting new guest to my plantation. Strange things started to happen. Well, more strange than usual. I was caught off guard by some conflicting feelings and it spurred me on to get Brad, the love of my life, committed. To moving in with me, that is. In any case, I was willing to do whatever it took: love spells, black magic, and something so naughty I'd rather not mention it here. Nothing worked out quite the way I planned and I ended up having to go to hell and back just to save my own self! If it wasn't for Marie Laveau and the rest of my friends, I wouldn't be able to share this tale with you in my memoir, Gertie's Paranormal Plantation."

Change is in the air around Angel Bay. For our trio of hapless Angels, it seems the weather isn't the only thing with ups and downs. Sadly, they find out that romance can be just as unpredictable. Nothing distracts from a broken heart like a little adventure. When Ash offers his driving expertise along with some shiny new licenses forged in Hell, the girls can hardly resist. When a new and mysterious family moves into town, their curiosity becomes the distraction they were looking for. To make matters worse, an unexplained death and a missing corpse just might toss the entire town into the middle of an ancient magical feud. Can Emmy and the gang save Angel Bay from the latest paranormal crisis, or will it be curtains for all of them?

Planning the perfect wedding can be stressful, even for a seasoned witch. But for a newbie like Leigh Epstein and her coven of zany BFFs, it's more like running a hundred yard dash through a minefield as they prepare for the ultimate paranormal wedding.Leigh takes a break from writing her latest paranormal romance novel, Shifty Blades of Fae, when her friends take her out for a night of shameless depravity filled with witch's brew, shape shifting-strippers, and unfortunately, arrest warrants - aka her bachelorette party. The gang soon finds out they are once again up to their necks in another mystery.Join these hapless witches as they confront Voodoo practitioners, faeries, selkies, demons, ghosts, dragons, and more. The witches even run into the washed up heavy metal band, Twisted Shifter, as they mount a comeback. It's a journey fraught with hilarious disaster at every turn. In this wedding gone wild, will Leigh finally get to say "I do"?

Erin was tired of hiding her true nature. Bound by the secrets of her heritage, she found herself stuck between a rock and a hard wolf. When her secrets are unveiled all hell breaks loose. Lucas Jansen's plan for life was simple: Serve his pack, find a mate, and start a family.Now that Lucas has found his mate the next step was claiming her. Or so he thought. Everything he believed is about to be turned upside down as ancient legends and a forbidden love push him toward a path of self-destruction. His mate was everything he had ever wanted, and everything he had vowed to destroy. Will Erin be his curse or salvation?

Coming of age in Heaven, what an exciting time! Especially since it's every young angel's dream to earn her wings by serving a tour in the Bureau of Angels. For everyone except Emmy Morrissey it seems. It turns out, she and a couple of others are not quite like the rest.But Heaven has a plan for everyone-even misfits. After a bit of brief training, Emmy and her fellow oddballs are given a secret mission, to run a beachside gift shop in scenic little Angel Bay. And maybe act as guardian angels for the town. Easy-peasy, right? They may even find time for their first forays into mortal romance, instead of just reading about it in steamy fiction. The hapless young angels soon find themselves up to their necks in supernatural mischief when they discover Angel Bay is ground zero for the paranormal.

With the evil forces of Gobekli Tepe defeated, Kate Salenko finds her career in a sudden downward spiral. All alone and with her reputation in tatters, she surrenders to a life of seclusion. An old friend reaches out to present her with an intriguing offer; to sign on with a cable TV show and hunt down the origin of a mysterious artifact. Sweetening the deal, she learns she will be accompanied by the sexy and mysterious Nick Wilder.Her exciting new job propels her on a wild journey that puts her on a collision course with the man who broke her heart, and potentially back into the grasp of an ancient supernatural evil. With two men vying for her love, Kate can't help but wonder if battling an ancient demon would be the easier task to face.

What does the Witches Union do with underperforming, socially awkward and mistake-prone young witches like Gertie and her friends? Send them away to college, of course.Leaving the Paranormal Plantation, Gertie finds herself living in a strange new world-college. With two witchy classmates stumbling along with her, the trio learns about football players, fraternity parties, social activists, and even a few new spells. After investigating a mysterious campus legend, it turns out that writing papers and staying awake through lectures aren't the only challenges college life brings. Vampires, devil worshipping cronies, and a hungry dragon are just a few of the complications Gertie and her friends must face.Meanwhile, Gertie has to come to grips with the dilemma created by her unrequited love for her best friend, along with her love for her boyfriend. It seems decisions of the heart are more difficult than any college exam.

A Valentine's Surprise from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Melanie James is a contemporary, holiday romance that will keep you on the edge of your seat. When a beautiful, young woman steps into his path with danger following close behind, police office Adam Jennings will discover there is more to life than being a cop and big brother. A tragic past has taken its toll on Adam and his kid sister. After the death of their parents, Adam's love life took a back seat as he struggled to be a parent, bread winner, and big brother for his little sister. Life as a police officer in Riverton was the perfect job, not much happens in this quiet little town...until a routine morning patrol takes a deadly turn. Now Adam is looking at his life in a new way and the beautiful Amanda might be the perfect woman to complete him. With Valentine's Day on the horizon, Adam needs to find a way to unlock Amanda's innocent heart and find his path to happily ever after!

It seems everyone has been waiting for spring to arrive and awaken Angel Bay from its wintery cocoon. Even for Emmy, the eternal optimist, the long winter has taken its toll. To make matters worse, her love life has been on ice with her boyfriend working out of town. But there are some surprises before winter releases its icy grip. A series of gruesome killings threatens the town, and the arrival of a mysterious stranger could end everything between Emmy and Zane. When Emmy's mom pops in from Heaven and finds out her daughter is dating a demon, all hell breaks loose, and Emmy dreads the repercussions-Heavenly or otherwise. In this hotbed of paranormal activity not everyone, or everything, is as it seems.

Ivy Winters is fresh out of college and has her whole life to look forward to. With her fated mate by her side, she planned on grabbing destiny by the balls, or so she'd thought. When her family's misfortune threatens to destroy both her and her new mate, all hell breaks loose. She finds herself fighting for her freedom, and the freedom of the only man she's ever loved.Cade Roberts returns to Dark Moon Falls wanting nothing more than a peaceful, quiet life after leaving the military. An impromptu road trip to pick up his best friend's bratty sister turns out to be more than he could have ever bargained for.

Everything happens for a reason, even if it's caused by incompetence. What happens when you take one very powerful wand, crack open an ancient spell book and mix thoroughly with a pair of inexperienced witches? For Kelly and Randy it's a spell gone wild. With no idea what sort of magical mayhem they've created, they have to choose between waiting for the Witches Union to hunt them down or take their chances with a life on the run. But there is another choice, to figure out the spell and try to undo it before it's too late. When Kelly learns her spell has direct consequences on her were-bear boyfriend, she has no choice but to gather up the witches of Karma, Inc for a new adventure. The gang will take on a new cast of troublemakers in paranormal-infested Caldron Falls. It's up to Kelly to see if she has what it takes to lead her crew of witchy buffoons on a Mission Impawsible to save her were-bear.

For some people, time travel is a fantastic daydream, but for Gertie O'Leary it's just another magically induced accident.Just when you thought things couldn't get weirder at the Paranormal Plantation, Gertie decides to jazz the place up with another DIY project.Fuchsia's a great color, don't you agree?Sure, it's great. But after Gertie mixes her favorite color with a heavy dose of untried witchcraft, creating a strange time-warping side effect, she and her paranormal posse land in the court of King Henry VIII.You know what isn't great? Your friend loses her memory and tries to steal your boyfriend, you can't figure out how to get back home, and worse, you're accused of witchcraft!Add in a pair of mischievous Sasquatches along with a curious dragon and it spells certain doom for Gertie and her friends as they take their magical buffoonery to the sixteenth century!

Wade Parker had longed for nothing more than a quiet life with a loving mate by his side for all of eternity, but that wasn't the hand he'd been dealt. He'd been created for a special purpose and according to his creator, that was to be his only purpose. Any hope for his own happily ever after was forbidden. Not that it mattered, The Fates hadn't deemed him worthy of a mate. When a mysterious visitor arrives at Black Paw, all hell breaks loose. Family ties and pack loyalties are put to the test when a decades old secret is exposed. An ancient prophecy comes back to haunt everyone and with it a powerful enemy so wicked, she leaves the pack reeling. Wade finds himself in unfamiliar territory when The Fates finally step in, putting him in direct conflict with the one who made him. Will he defy his creator and his Alpha by choosing the one person sent to destroy the pack?

The legends and sagas of the Norse tell tales of mystic warriors, the Berserkers. Heroes with hearts so fierce, loyal and courageous the Gods endowed them with a supernatural gift-the spirit of the wolf. As the time of the Gods faded into the shadows of yesterday, the wolf warriors held fast to their old ways, becoming outlaws in their ancestral lands. In a new age, in a new land, the packs rebuilt their lives faithful to their sacred ways. In the pack of Black Paw, one man stands above all others, Rafe Erickson. His unquestioned authority and skill have fulfilled all but one part of his destiny, to find his mate. What happens when he learns that his destined mate is bound to the twisted leader of a rival pack? In the saga of Black Paw, there can be only one choice: To follow your destiny at any cost.

With two men vying for her affection, Abbie's heart is torn between the two. One has always been there for her, no matter what. The other left when she needed him the most.

Ginger Martinez considered Christmas to be a holiday for other people, the lucky ones with happy childhood memories. And that definitely wasn't her. After her best friend, Sofia, moved away, it promised to be the loneliest season of them all.Chance Brooks knew everyone at Black Paw Pack. He was the hardworking, hard-partying kind of wolf everyone could count on. But deep inside, a loneliness simmered. It seemed the Fates had overlooked him when it came to finding his one true mate.When a shadowy premonition forebodes the harshest winter in decades, Black Paw's Alpha counts on the pack's strongest wolves to help everyone pull through. But the Seer's visions are swirling with majik and suggest an ancient legend will deliver more than just a blizzard to the wolves of Black Paw.

Every family enjoys spending a day at the park and the Harrisons are no exception.Sharing this experience with Alec and Nicole Harrison is Angus, a West Highland White Terrier. He''s their beloved pet.Follow the Harrisons on this adventurous day as they travel to the little playground.