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Melanie Jackson


Biography

Melanie Jackson is the author of twenty-three novels. She lives in the Gold Country with her husband, a dog, and a cat.

Where to find Melanie Jackson online

Website: http://www.melaniejackson.com

Where to buy in print

http://www.melaniejackson.com

Books

Points West (A Butterscotch Jones Mystery Book 5)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 24510 words. Published by Brian Jackson on February 4, 2012. Fiction.
McIntyre's Gulch has had it's share of close calls with the law, but this time disaster looms large. A corrupt Mountie staggered to Butterscotch's doorstep and dropped dead. Chuck Goodhead is able to identify the policeman as a traitor who is a purveyor of secrets. Dark and powerful enemies are converging on the town and Chuck and Butterscotch must work quickly to find out why.
Lucky Thirteen (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 13)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 33380 words. Published by Brian Jackson on January 27, 2012. Fiction.
Chloe Boston is on vacation with her husband Alex in Florida. While Alex does security work for a local hotel, Chloe pursues her new favorite pastime at the horse racing tracks. Meeting a wealthy horse owner, Chloe is drawn deeper into the world of world class racehorse breading and training. But soon a doping incident followed by a murder ruin her fun and put Chloe back on the case.
Twelfth Night (A Wendover House Mystery Book 2)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 26130 words. Published by Brian Jackson on January 16, 2012. Fiction.
Tess has settled into her home on Little Goose Island to discover the house has another resident, a ghost whose past has been so buried that she doesn't even have a name. Compelled by compassion, Tess sets out to discover the spirit's identity. Dismayed at her discovery of an old murder, she gathers the descendants of those who were part of the dead woman's life-- and death.
Home Fires (A Butterscotch Jones Mystery Book 4)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 11760 words. Published by Brian Jackson on November 23, 2011. Fiction.
The fourth entry in Melanie Jackson's bestselling Butterscotch Jones Mystery Series is a 11k word short story. Christmas is coming to McIntyre's Gulch, unfortunately Butterscotch's boyfriend, Mountie Chuck Goodhead, is not. Instead, he's stuck in a snow storm with his father, who he doesn't get along with. But it is the season for miracles, and maybe one will happen for Chuck and his father.
Snow Angel (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 12)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 31540 words. Published by Brian Jackson on November 20, 2011. Fiction.
The twelfth book in Melanie Jackson's bestselling Chloe Boston Mystery Series is a 31k word book containing the stories "Snow Angel" and "High Society".
A Chloe Boston Haunted Bundle (books 8-10 in The Chloe Boston Mystery Series)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $7.99 USD. 73430 words. Published by Brian Jackson on October 11, 2011. Fiction.
A Chloe Boston Haunted Bundle is 73k words and includes the full texts of books 8 through 10 in the Chloe Boston Mystery Series: "Red, White, and a Dog Named BLue", "Haunted", and "The Great Pumpkin Caper".
A Chloe Boston Love Bundle (books 5-7 in The Chloe Boston Mystery Series)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $7.99 USD. 59200 words. Published by Brian Jackson on October 10, 2011. Fiction.
A Chloe Boston Love Bundle is 59k words and includes the full texts of books 5 through 7 in the Chloe Boston Mystery Series: "Cupid's Revenge", "Viva Lost Vegas", and "Death of a Dumb Bunny".
A Chloe Boston Holiday Bundle (books 2-4 in The Chloe Boston Mystery Series)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $7.99 USD. 85400 words. Published by Brian Jackson on October 9, 2011. Fiction.
A Chloe Boston Holiday Bundle is 86k words and includes the full texts of books 2 through 4 in the Chloe Boston Mystery Series: "The Pumpkin Thief", "Death in a Turkey Town", and "Murder on Parade".
The Secret Staircase (A Wendover House Mystery Book 1)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 38090 words. Published by Brian Jackson on September 29, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
A strange inheritance leads Tess MacKay to an island in Maine. In her unknown relative's ancient house, she discovers that the sins of the past are very much alive and able to be visited on the children. Smugglers and pirates and an old curse are not just things of the past, but dangers and mysteries to be reckoned with today.
Beast of a Feast (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 11)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 35030 words. Published by Brian Jackson on September 21, 2011. Fiction.
It's autumn in Hope Falls, the time of year that thoughts turn to family, friends, and large meals. Instead of hosting a large Thanksgiving meal at her place, Chloe opts to have a cozy dinner out with her husband, Alex. But her plans are changed for her and soon grow out of control. Meanwhile, Chloe is on the lookout for a lost boy in this delightful holiday romp.
Gone South (A Butterscotch Jones Mystery Book 3)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 29350 words. Published by Brian Jackson on August 24, 2011. Fiction.
Butterscotch receives a call from the states informing her that her father is dying. But is it a genuine deathbed call for reconciliation or a trap? In either case, Butterscotch solicits the help of Detective Chuck Goodhead to sneak over the border to see her father. From that point on, chaos reigns. This latest installment in the series sees Butterscotch grow in unexpected ways.
Devil of the Highlands    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 83380 words. Published by Brian Jackson on August 1, 2011. Fiction.
First published as Iona. Isolated by the icy storms of the North Atlantic, the isle of Iona was only a temporary haven for its mistress. Lona MacLean, knew that it was a matter of time before the Sasannachs came for her. But the man who landed upon Iona's shore was not an Englishman. The handsome intruder was a Scot, and a crafty one. In his embrace, Lona found an ecstasy she'd long ago forsworn.
The Great Pumpkin Caper (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 10)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 19890 words. Published by Brian Jackson on July 30, 2011. Fiction.
It's Halloween and this year Chloe is certain she'll win the pumpkin carving contest, but the night before the competition someone uses Mr. Jackman's giant pumpkin to squash an unpopular dentist. This is publicity the town doesn't need. Can Chloe solve the pumpkin caper and save Halloween? This is a short story approximately 19k words in length.
Courier (The Wildside Series Book 3)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 68870 words. Published by Brian Jackson on July 13, 2011. Fiction.
Lyris knew all about goblins. She had spent much of her adult life trying to prove one was behind the assassination of JFK. But was Quede the biggest threat in New Orleans, this strange monarch who owned the plantation Toujours Perdrix? Or was the biggest threat Romeo Hart, the fey who laughed at death and quickened Lyris' blood? This courier mission was trouble.
Still Life (Wileside Series Book 4)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 69330 words. Published by Brian Jackson on July 13, 2011. Fiction.
Snippets of a forgotten past were returning to Nyssa Laszlo, along with the power to project her mind. Each projection thrust her into a glowing still life of color and time, and her every step led deeper into undiscovered country. Things were changing and dangerously so. She was learning who she was-- whether she wanted to or not. She was also learning dark things were on the rise.
Outsiders (Wildside Series Book 2)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 67810 words. Published by Brian Jackson on July 12, 2011. Fiction.
Cyra Delphin never felt quite right in her own skin. As a child, her parents made her hide her gifts. But certain things don't stay buried. What others are afraid to acknowledge-- the modern world's seedy underbelly, its Wildside ruled by dark magic and goblins-- doesn't simply go away. And when that darkness came to call, Cyra sought sancturary in the Nevada desert.
Medicine Man    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 93310 words. Published by Brian Jackson on July 11, 2011. Fiction.
Book Two in the Medicine Trilogy Paticience Heckette is on the run, blamed for a murder she didn't commit. Dogged by a vicious bounty hunter, she turns to Sheriff Tyler Dalton known in Medicine as the Patron Saint of Lost Causes. Though the deck is stacked against them, Paticience and Tyler are ready for one last high stakes game.
Belle    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 71860 words. Published by Brian Jackson on July 6, 2011. Fiction.
Stephan and Belle were meant to be together. But their elopement has gone horribly awry. The road to true love is made rocky with horse thieves, highwaymen, former fiances, and a very determined Bow Street Runner.
Dominion    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 77900 words. Published by Brian Jackson on July 6, 2011. Fiction.
When the Great One gifted Domitien with love, it was not simply for a lifetime. Yet in his first incarnation, Dom was not to find happiness. His wife and unborn child were murdered, and Dom himself swore never again to feel such pain. When Death came, he went willingly. The Creater sent him back to Earth, to learn love in another body. This is his last chance to find happiness.
And They Danced    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 19130 words. Published by Brian Jackson on July 5, 2011. Fiction.
All her life, Faith has dreamed of dancing with Fred Astaire, and now some mysterious Godmother has left her magic dancing shoes. Can true love be far away?
Timeless    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 69700 words. Published by Brian Jackson on July 5, 2011. Fiction.
Lessons should have been learned after a viking appeared in the Club Valhalla beach resort, but somehow the portal to the past was left open, snatching a 13th century Scottish warrior off the field of battle and dropping him in the middle of a Celtic festival.
Bad Medicine    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 90780 words. Published by Brian Jackson on June 27, 2011. Fiction.
Joe won the ranch fair and square in a poker game, but the people of Medicine Wyoming are not ready for a half-breed neighbor. In an effort to achieve calm and respectability, Joe takes his half-brother's advice and contracts for a hard working mail-order bride. Things might have gone well if his brother hadn't picked up the wrong woman at the stagecoach stop.
Moonstruck    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 38040 words. Published by Brian Jackson on June 23, 2011. Fiction.
P.I. Zack Moon made a wish on a falling star and his prayers were answered in the form of his new assistant, Addy Claire. Abigail had always wanted to be a detective, but there were scary things happening at the Psychic Investors Hotline where she was working undercover, proving that sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for.
Haunted (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 9)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 23970 words. Published by Brian Jackson on May 17, 2011. Fiction.
Initially suspended from the Hope Falls Police Department, Chloe takes on an urgent case for Alex and finds herself playing ghost buster. Haunted is an action packed, cliff hanger of a cozy. You've come this far, why not go all the way.
Big Bones (A Butterscotch Jones Mystery Book 2)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 22560 words. Published by Brian Jackson on May 16, 2011. Fiction.
(3.00 from 2 reviews)
When the mafia plane exploded, that should have been the end of troubles for McIntyre's Gulch, but the government became more interested in The Gulch and RCMP detective, Chuck Goodhead. Butterscotch Jones has other woes. A giant skeleton has been discovered outside of town and Sasquatch Watch is on the way with reporters and an anthropologist. Can she get rid of them before someone dies.
Red, White, and a Dog Named Blue (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 8)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 31840 words. Published by Brian Jackson on April 17, 2011. Fiction.
Red, White, and a Dog Named Blue is a collection of short stories that fills in the gaps betwixt and between in Chloe's life. In the title story, Chloe's 4th of July turns deadly when she is called in to judge a baking competition at the county fair. The book also includes the stories Batter Up!, In Search of Christmas, and Lights! Camera! Action!
Due North (A Butterscotch Jones Mystery Book 1)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 41400 words. Published by Brian Jackson on March 17, 2011. Fiction.
(3.00 from 1 review)
Butterscotch Jones thought that living in the far north provided enough peril to contend with until a private plane crashed outside her hometown of McIntyre's Gulch, Manitoba, Canada. The treasure inside the plane soon attracted both the RCMP and the Russian Mafia. For a town built upon isolation and secrecy, the doors were about to be blown off their hinges.
Death of a Dumb Bunny (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 7)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 24470 words. Published by Brian Jackson on February 24, 2011. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review)
Someone has murdered the Hope Falls Easter Bunny. Can Chloe Boston stop the mad archer before he strikes again?
Viva Lost Vegas (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 6)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 22730 words. Published by Brian Jackson on January 25, 2011. Fiction.
The path of true love is often rocky, but Chloe and Alex are trying to smooth the way by eloping to Las Vegas. On the way, they take a detour through a ghost town and find a body in a pink Cadillac. Someone is killing Elvis impersonators. Will they be hearing funeral bells or chapel bells on their wedding day?
Nevermore    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 64560 words. Published by Brian Jackson on December 31, 2010. Fiction.
Who is the mysterious Poe Mourner who comes each year to the poet's grave to leave cognac and roses? Widow, Anna Peyton, wants to know. But the editor of Golden Words Magazine found out far more than she expected about the great poet and is inducted into the not-so-dead poets society. This is the final installment of the Divine series and several guests from the Wildside are here for the finale.
Devil in a Red Coat    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 84980 words. Published by Brian Jackson on December 18, 2010. Fiction.
Alone and barely ahead of the storm, Manon fled Scotland; the insurrection had failed and Bonnie Prince Charlie's rebellion had been thrown down. Innocent of treason, yet sought by agents of the English king, the Scots beauty donned the guise of a man and rode to London-- and into the hands of the sexiest Sassanach she'd ever seen.
Cupid's Revenge (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 5)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 16990 words. Published by Brian Jackson on December 15, 2010. Fiction.
It's Chloe's first Valentine's Day with Alex and someone is out to sabotage the Sweethearts Ball. Her romance may also be a casualty with Alex's parents and their cats in town for a visit and not pleased with their son's engagement.
Devil of Bodmin Moor    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 97660 words. Published by Brian Jackson on November 7, 2010. Fiction.
"O, I forbid ye, maidens a' that wear gold in their hair, to come or go by Carterhaugh, for young Tamlane is there." But it was not the faerie knight who met Amarantha on her arrival in Cornwall, but rather the mysterious rector, Tamlane Adair. A Jacobite, she is determined to discover the truth behind the rector's midnight rides on the moor. She braves smugglers and the Beast to find her love.
Murder on Parade (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 4)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 29760 words. Published by Brian Jackson on October 28, 2010. Fiction.
Chloe Boston, unofficial detective and meter maid, is on hand when the Christmas parade’s grand marshal keels over in his antique car. Something is rotten among the candy canes and rollicking elves, but will Chloe have time to find the killer before Santa comes to town?
The Curiosity Shoppe    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $2.99 USD. 17300 words. Published by Brian Jackson on September 2, 2010. Fiction.
The dogs have their day in this heartwarming novella, the sequel to A Curious Affair. Mister Spatz, the trust-fund kitty, has been catnapped and his beautiful owner, Fritzi Darling, is frantic. The town is also being haunted by a ghost Mastiff. Can Graham Bell and his detective dog, Grover, save the day?
Knave of Hearts    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 93060 words. Published by Brian Jackson on August 30, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
The will said she had to marry by her 25th birthday. Where do you find a husband in three days? At the town jail where a man awaits hanging. The plan worked until a week later when the groom got out of jail. Now Angelique and her unwanted husband must confront her murderous uncle to win back her fortune.
Death in a Turkey Town (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 3)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 27270 words. Published by Brian Jackson on August 22, 2010. Fiction.
An overturned truck has left wild turkeys running loose in Hope Falls. Chloe Boston, unofficial detective and meter maid, is set the task of rounding them up. While Chloe is hunting turkeys she stumbles on a murder. The chief wants both turkeys and killer rounded up by Thanksgiving. Can Chloe do the impossible and also be maid of honor at her cousin's wedding when the groom is her main suspect?
Club Valhalla    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 86590 words. Published by Brian Jackson on August 18, 2010. Fiction.
Viking warrior Tranum died in battle but instead of waking up in Valhalla he found himself in Club Valhalla, a tacky, modern day beach resort in California. Neither Tranum nor the resort were ever the same again.
Halloween    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 28580 words. Published by Brian Jackson on August 7, 2010. Fiction.
Do you remember your scariest Halloween ever? James Henderson does. It was the year he turned ten. What started out as a sensible plan to collect the most candy while trick-or-treating soon turned into a terrifying adventure for James, his two friends and his kid brother, Ricky.
The Pumpkin Thief (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 2)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 36610 words. Published by Brian Jackson on August 5, 2010. Fiction.
Chloe Boston, meter maid and unofficial sleuth of the Hope Falls Police Department, is on the trail of the Halloween Killer and a second troublesome criminal, the Pumpkin Thief, who has robbed every pumpkin patch in town. Aided by her dog and new boyfriend, Chloe is closing in on Hope Falls public enemies 1 and 2.
Moving Violation (A Chloe Boston Mystery Book 1)    by Melanie Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 58700 words. Published by Brian Jackson on August 4, 2010. Fiction.
Hope Falls greatest detective is stuck in parking enforcement because at 95 pounds, and 5 foot nothing, she will never be able to pass the department's physical exam. But with the aid of her dog and writer's group, Chloe Boston may just be able to solve Hope Fall's first homicide and impress the new chief of police.

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