Melange Books, LLC
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Melange Books, LLC, is a royalty-paying company publishing in e-books (digital formats) and print books. We pay authors 35% net royalties on digital formats and 10% on print. We are actively seeking submissions for the genres listed below.
Melange Books, LLC, acquires for all of the following novel and novella genres:
Romance, sweet, sensual and erotic, westerns, science fiction, horror, contemporary, chic-lit, men's fiction, women's general fiction, action-adventure, speculative, drama, gay, lesbian, urban fantasy, paranormal, cross-genres, urban fantasy, young adult, mainstream fiction, and non-fiction. "Melange" is for every reader's taste in literature
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Mercy
by Jay R.
Price: $5.99 USD. 101480 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on May 21, 2013. .
After a war shatters civilization, society collapses into hunter-gatherers who fight the elements, mutated beasts, and one another in a desperate struggle for survival. Can Alex, a tiger, learn to have the mercy to save and protect Jen, a young wolfess whose technical knowledge is their only means of escape?
Ambrosia's Story
by Tammy Marie Rose
Price: $2.99 USD. 18820 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on May 13, 2013. .
Ambrosia's life becomes a dark place after her mother's death. Her stepfather drinks and far too often takes his rage out on her. Feeling desperate and alone Ambrosia wishes herself into her favorite book.
Mechanical
by Pauline C. Harris
Price: $5.99 USD. 50200 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on May 8, 2013. .
Drew is an android. From the very beginning of her existence, she has been programed by her creators to understand her superiority and overwhelming responsibilities. She was created for a mission, a mission more important than anything she could ever have imagined.
Drew is sent to a high school to observe the humans and report back to her creators. But when she begins to form friendships...
Last Ghost at Gettysburg: A T.J. Jackson Mystery
by Paul Ferrante
Price: $5.99 USD. 85410 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on May 7, 2013. .
High school freshman T.J. Jackson thinks his summer will be a drag when his widowed dad dumps him off for a vacation with his Uncle Mike, a park ranger at the Gettysburg National Battlefield, Aunt Terri, and his geeky adopted cousin LouAnne.
But T.J. is in for a few surprises. A ghostly Confederate cavalier has been terrorizing nightly visitors to the battlefield....
Passion's Tapestry
by Megan Hussey
Price: $2.99 USD. 13000 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on April 22, 2013. .
Chivalrous, handsome, and endlessly cultured, Andrew Bergen seems very much like a man from another time. When he acquires a lushly embroidered tapestry that depicts a bountiful Renaissance forest, he finds himself magically transported to the era of knights and ladies, chivalry and grace.
Villager: Shattered World Saga, Book 1
by Dennis K. Hausker
Price: $5.99 USD. 103890 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on April 18, 2013. .
Aron's peaceful life on his father's farm is suddenly disrupted one day when the crown prince of the realm shows up. He sees the village darling, beautiful Coraline, and he arranges for her to come to the court at the palace far away in the capital city. Coraline has been Aron's heartthrob so he makes a rash statement and get's commandeered into the royal army along with his adopted brother.
Tales of the Forbidden, Book 4: Forbidden Lust
by Jaden Sinclair
Price: $5.99 USD. 40070 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on April 17, 2013. .
Darius Alistair never thought he would live the happily ever after life. Privately, he lusted after the one girl that could destroy all of his friendships, but like most things in his life, Darius was willing to lose everything to have this one woman. Makayla!
Makayla Tabor wants nothing more in her life than to be stable and enjoy the comforts of home, but....
Everyone's Island
by Kris Schnee
Price: $5.99 USD. 78730 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on April 16, 2013. .
Garrett Fox has a dream: colonizing the ocean's surface. He's hardly begun when a deadly hurricane sweeps across his tiny artificial island, forcing him and his backers to rethink their plans. Instead of a nice, clean science project, Garrett's island becomes a haven for drug dealers, rogue scientists, prostitutes, and a cult that worships Robert E. Lee.
Lightpoints
by Peter Kassan
Price: $5.99 USD. 73500 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on April 15, 2013. .
What if you suddenly discovered you had a sense—and powers—that almost no one else in the world did?
When Amanda Lindner Nichols, a 24-year-old graphic artist living with her husband in Queens, New York, is revived from a near-death experience, she discovers she perceives everyone around her as points of light—but not with her eyes.
Midnight Thirsts
by Tori L. Ridgewood
Price: $5.99 USD. 49030 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on April 9, 2013. .
A Vampire Anthology
Vampgasm, It Was A Dark and Horny Night by Megan Hussey: Kat is a horror author with writer's block; that is until her hunky best friend provides some sexy inspiration. Could he be the vamp of her dreams?
also featuring....
Bite Me by Imari Jade (GLBS - M/M)
Mist and Midnight by Tori L. Ridgewood
Lahaina Noon by Sara R. Feldman
Mine Tonight by Olivia Ritch
Barer of the Ghost Nation
by John Steiner
Price: $5.99 USD. 136450 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on April 6, 2013. .
Squad V Series, Book 3
Wanniukaga is the last of his people. No one else carries on his cultural traditions. It was the end of the world for the healer and spiritual leader. He is four hundred years old, and he is not alone. Afflicted by vampirism from those who slaughtered his nation, Wanniukaga is further burdened with the spirits of his people inside his mind.
The Pegasus Project
by Daphne Olivier
Price: $5.99 USD. 71080 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on March 26, 2013. .
When Jack Randal lands a job with Bells Biological Research Centre, he sets off for the remote South African farm, unaware of the dangers lurking behind the high, electrified fence. It doesn't take long for him to uncover a top-secret project. When a fellow scientist dies under mysterious circumstances, Jack zeros in on the Pegasus Project.
An Age of Mist
by Mathias G. B. Colwell
Price: $2.99 USD. 14180 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on March 24, 2013. .
“An Age of Mist” is set in an alternate world where the sun never shines and the land is covered in mist and fog nearly all of the time. What begins as a classic tale of another world develops into something much deeper. As we follow the protagonist, the young Santori, it becomes apparent that he faces a far more menacing element to this world than simply the absence of sunlight...
A Taste of Love... And Blood
by Mary G. Bird
Price: $5.99 USD. 61900 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on March 18, 2013. .
A compilation of vampire stories including:
Sweet Tooth
Sometimes a girl is a slave to her addictions. Anna is your average vampire, convinced by someone she loved to give up her mortality, but some cravings don't die with her. Strolling through the myriad of sweet scents wafting from Sweet Tooth, she pauses to catch a glimpse of the man who creates such mouth watering desires.
Wishes & Kisses
by Nancy Pirri
Price: $0.99 USD. 9820 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on March 15, 2013. .
For Angelina Marrone's twenty-first birthday she receives a birthday present to remember; a night in the arms of sexy escort, Burke Severson.
When Maggie Loved Patrick... Then John
by Nancy Pirri
Price: $0.99 USD. 5770 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on March 15, 2013. .
Maggie discovers her fiancé, Patrick, is cheating on her once again. When she catches him in bed with his secretary, she wants revenge. Then John, the secretary's fiancé, approaches her with a plan. Maggie gets much more than she bargained for.
The Death of Anyone
by D. J. Swykert
Price: $5.99 USD. 74000 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on March 2, 2013. .
Detroit homicide Detective Bonnie Benham has been transferred from narcotics for using more than arresting and is working the case of a killer of adolescent girls. CSI collects DNA evidence from the scene of the latest victim, which had not been detected on the other victims. But no suspect turns up in the FBI database.....
For Better or For Worse
by Joanne Rawson
Price: $5.99 USD. 90540 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on February 18, 2013. .
Take a trip to the steamy side of English suburbia. To the envying eyes of the locals, three ordinary women in their forties seem to have wonderful families and excellent careers. Or do they?
The Internet Date
by Nic Penrake
Price: $5.99 USD. 135340 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on February 14, 2013. .
An outlandish internet date leads inexorably to tragedy.
Myles and Brad are two advertising men, business partners and internet dating partners. They have discovered that the best results in internet dating come in threes. When Myles has a date, Brad will bump into his friend 'by chance', stick around and do and say things that will effectively make his friend look sexy.
Atlantis Vortex
by Sultry Summers
Price: $5.99 USD. 175110 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on February 13, 2013. .
Did Atlantis exist? Had she found an entrance? Discovering a small, ancient Egyptian pyramid in a most unlike place, Southern Florida, Archaeologist Jessica Carter is confronted with history alerting questions. Excavating the mysterious entrance Jessica becomes the nexus of a series of life threatening incidents. Each event grows more baffling, as do the interventions that save her.
Happily Never After
by Missy Fleming
Price: $5.99 USD. 68380 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on February 9, 2013. .
Savannah Shadows Book 1
Savannah, Georgia is rumored to be the most haunted place in America. Quinn Roberts knows it is. She's felt the presence of spirits her entire life, investigating and photographing them with her best friend. Only none of those encounters ever turned violent, until now. The menacing darkness feeding off her stepmother has promised she won't live to see her eighteenth bday.
Ruhk's Rising
by Melissa Starr
Price: $5.99 USD. 68120 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on February 1, 2013. .
Phoenix Elite #2
Elora's days at Marlind Prep are anything but safe or boring. She receives news of her BFF's death not long after she disappears and is certain the Phoenix Elite are responsible. While searching for stability, Elora is stripped of her strength and sanity by the ancient Ruhk, Isaac, who continues to infiltrate her mind.
Taken in the Night, Book 3, Promise Me Series
by Tara Fox Hall
Price: $5.99 USD. 82670 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on January 30, 2013. .
When Theo disappears, Sar is left bereft, the uncertain guardian of Theo's newly born werecougar daughter, Elle. As months pass, clues emerge about Theo's disappearance, yet the twisting trail ends repeatedly without answer. In her grief, Sar turns to Danial and hesitantly begins to build a life with him and Elle.
Phoenix
by Melissa Starr
Price: Free! 68790 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on January 30, 2013. .
Elora Rae Gannon believes her life is over. On her sixteenth birthday, she receives news that she is a mythical monster of hellish proportions and if that’s not bad enough, she receives this information in the form of a letter from her dead mother who also informs her that she must become part of an elite secret society of others like herself or die. Sucky birthday, huh?
No Strings Attached
by Joanne Rawson
Price: $0.99 USD. 15500 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on January 29, 2013. .
Wedding invitations are supposed to bring a smile to your face, with thoughts of a happy occasion that two people would be joining in Holy matrimony, publicly declaring their love for each other. However, for Laura Lee, it was just confirmation that at thirty-three, she had spent all her time and efforts on her career and was still single.
The Way It Was
by Daphne Olivier
Price: $5.99 USD. 50930 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on January 24, 2013. .
The Way it Was gives a vivid account of growing up “Poor-White” in South Africa during the first half of the Twentieth Century. Scandals in the family, camping trips in the company of happy-go-lucky relatives, learning about sex, blind dates, family quarrels and an unconventional wedding make this an extraordinary and poignant coming-of-age story.
The Listener
by Christopher Carrolli
Price: $5.99 USD. 66110 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on January 24, 2013. .
Found face down in a puddle of blood, Sidney Pratt is rushed to the hospital. Doctors diagnose cerebral hemorrhage. Comatose, Sidney enters the realm of white light and takes a mysterious journey within it, where he meets the dead face to face and soon, the events of his life are played out, but his untold memory of a boy's voice unravels the team's next case ... that of The Listener.
The Kennaway Woman
by Daphne Olivier
Price: $5.99 USD. 73260 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on January 23, 2013. .
As famine sweeps across Ireland, Nora O'Neal clings to hope that her lover in America will send for her. Devastated by news that he has married someone else, she turns to the Kennaway Scheme as her only hope of survival. The plan to send a shipload of destitute women to South Africa but Nora soon discovers a drawback. On arrival, the women are destined to marry German Legionnaires.
The Inn At Little Bend
by Bobbi Groover
Price: $5.99 USD. 127620 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on January 23, 2013. .
In antebellum America, young Grayson Ridge flees from her sadistic guardian but finds freedom just as hostile. Drake Somerset, a scraggly yet oddly dashing drifter besieged by dark shadows, has his own debts to settle. Grayson struggles to survive her fated trials and conceal the secrets that plague her. Their wrangling ignites a turbulent journey and sets their worlds on fire.
Return to Rocky Gap
by Toni Morrow Wyatt
Price: $5.99 USD. 102270 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on January 22, 2013. .
Spanning from 1921 until present day, Return to Rocky Gap is the epic tale of a family torn apart by tragedy and brought back together by war, only to find that distance is sometimes the hardest obstacle to overcome.
Mad Men and Martyrs
by Glenn Oliver Parkhurst
Price: $5.99 USD. 114820 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on January 22, 2013. .
John Barnes, Chief of Security at a nuclear weapons facility and his wife live for pleasure, until their kids come along. In the aftermath of an ugly divorce, he centers his whole life around his kids. Then the terrorists, led by the most secretive heartless one of all, known only as The Well, impact John’s life and safety.
Having My Baby (An Anthology)
by Imari Jade
Price: $5.99 USD. 48640 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on January 22, 2013. .
Featuring four short stories about pregnancy.
Learner Mum by Joanne Rawson,
Tabitha's Solution by Tori L. Ridgewood.
The Family Plan by Imari Jade, and
Rock-A-bye-Baby by Daphne Olivier:
Wouldn't it be wonderful to know, with absolute certainty, that the baby you're expecting will be perfect in every way? In a future world where parents take this for granted, what could possibly go wrong?
Thy Brother's Blood
by Pete Peterson
Price: $5.99 USD. 107430 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on January 21, 2013. .
A divided nation is at war, neighbor fighting neighbor, brother killing brother. Two young men, one slave and one free, are lifelong friends and, unknown to them, half-brothers with a common father. The contrasting colors of their skins has put them on opposite sides of a bitter and bloody conflict. This is the epic story of these men, the women they love and of a people in turmoil.
All the Sad Young Savages
by Pete Peterson
Price: $5.99 USD. 45710 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on January 21, 2013. .
The story tells of uncontrolled violence — senseless, immediate, prolific gang violence — happening now. If it seems overstated or excessive to you, pick up a newspaper, tune in a local newscast, look out your window.
Merage
by Megan Hussey
Price: $1.99 USD. 6310 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on January 14, 2013. .
On the rebound from a troubled relationship, marine biologist Candace seeks solace in the mystical waters of Port Emerald--and in the arms of a gorgeous merman who gives her the "Magic Kiss."
Jack
by Irene Patino
Price: $4.99 USD. 26300 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on January 5, 2013. .
Golgatha Brighton comes from an affluent family with political ties to the Royal Houses of England, and a secret society known as The Blackguard. Indoctrinated early in life to the seamy underbelly of espionage, his young mind catalogs and buries away the memories of a childhood filled with all the atrocities he has endured at the hands of the two people that should have been there to protect him.
Hi, I'm Luna, I'm a Sex Addict
by Nic Penrake
Price: $5.99 USD. 100630 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on December 3, 2012. .
At 38, Luna’s career as a painter takes a sudden dive. The credit crunch is still grinding on and her regular buyers are too busy guarding their second mortgages to invest in modern art. As her financial anxieties escalate, and she digs deeper for new, more ‘commercial’ ideas, she returns to the Pandora’s Box of the past, the sexual and physical abuse she experienced as a child.
Thrush
by B. C. Sirrom
Price: $5.99 USD. 41310 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on November 21, 2012. .
Fleeing a dark past and darker pursuer, Jack Blessedhert is a woman of shattered wellbeing and resilient tenacity. She and Joey, her only family and best friend, travel the world trying to stay one step ahead of her demons. A chance meeting with a jaded noble makes her question her life as prey. Yet, how can she escape the relentless shadow that follows her?
The Bleeding Crowd
by Jessica Dall
Price: $5.99 USD. 81050 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on November 21, 2012. .
At 20, Dahlia has never seen a man, let alone talked to one. And why should she want to? Society has been rid of them for hundreds of years and things have never been better. Pulled into rebellion brewing not far under the surface, Dahlia is forced to rethink everything she ever thought she knew, as her world turns more dangerous that she ever thought it could be.
Selvage
by Nell DuVall
Price: $5.99 USD. 74130 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on November 21, 2012. .
A bank scam, a series of accidents that end as murders, and police too ready to accept simple explanations for deaths push freelance writer Brooke Beldon and systems programmer Paul Counts ever deeper into a tangled conspiracy. She struggles to clear her brother’s name. Paul, a sucker for a blue-eyed blonde, initially wants to help her, but also ends the chief suspect in murder.
Return with Honor
by Jane Carver
Price: $5.99 USD. 52590 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on November 20, 2012. .
The death of Jud Longtree’s best friend gives the local police chief reason enough to suspect him of murder. With the help of Lottie Amberville, they use both logic and creativity to find someone who may have murdered more than once.
Killer of Killers
by Mark DeRobertis
Price: $5.99 USD. 88930 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on November 20, 2012. .
He was the world’s greatest martial artist – a master of the world's deadliest art. Once revered, he became feared, and for that he blamed his homeland. America was no longer the land of the free and the home of the brave. It had become the land of murder and the home of corruption. But for a man like Trent Smith – it was the perfect hunting ground.
Fate of the Gods
by Jaden Sinclair
Price: $5.99 USD. 41450 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on November 20, 2012. .
Drakon Anthony didn't expect to get the wind knocked out of him by the young princess of Egypt or that a few years later she would bring him to his knees. One look at the beauty she has become and the battle within him to take her begins. He wants her, and she wants him, but politics within the kingdom might make wanting and having somewhat difficult, but will it make it impossible?
Broken Promise
by Tara Fox Hall
Price: $5.99 USD. 82040 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on November 20, 2012. .
Shocked at Danial's betrayal, Sarelle returns to her old home to consider her options. Yet even as Sar plans a reconciliation with Danial, Terian arrives, confessing his desire. When Theo witnesses Terian and Sar kiss, he angrily confronts Sar, leading to startling consequences. Will Sar's heart choose Danial, Terian,…or Theo?
The One That Got Away
by Megan Hussey
Price: $0.99 USD. 5970 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on November 19, 2012. .
While enjoying a collegiate vacation to a tropical getaway known as Port Emerald Beach, plus-sized Cecily has an impulsive affair with Logan, a gorgeous and sensual merman. Years later Cecily is still haunted by their forbidden afternoon of raw and intimate passion; and when his cry of anguish draws her back to the beach, will she be able to find and reclaim the one that got away?
Make Me Behave
by Nancy Pirri
Price: $5.99 USD. 46160 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on November 3, 2012. .
Feeling naughty? Included in this anthology are five stories of women looking for some 'kink' in their lives, and the men that willingly oblige them. These romantic stories are fun and sexy and include domestic discipline and spanking.
Love at First Sight
by Jaden Sinclair
Price: $4.99 USD. 53260 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on November 3, 2012. .
Courtney Taylor moved in with her brother after their parents were killed in a car crash. She has a new life in the small town, but isn't expecting the attraction to her brother's roommate.
Darren Orender has a past. He's given up on dating and relationships, until Courtney moves in and lights a fire he thought was extinguished forever. Love at first sight can be
The Unimaginable Road
by Eddie Drueding
Price: $5.99 USD. 69970 words.
Published by Melange Books, LLC on October 17, 2012. .
A young man named Slither Snake creates a farming commune know as “Arraborough” on a small patch of isolated land, and he and his friends find themselves embarked on a road to an unimaginable future. Yet nothing is what it seems. The land itself is far from benign. The denizens are a disparate bunch. True agendas remain hidden,and none more so than those of two mystery figures.
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