Melissa Hunter was born in 1957 in a family of twelve in a very close net family in Newfoundland. I left home at the age of 17 to make my make in the world in Toronto Canada and after 2 years moved to the Labrador coast and married my husband. We moved to a little town in BC in 1984 due to employment and in 1994 moved to Dawson Creek, BC Canada where we still reside today. Battling cancer in 2011, my life totally changed, when as when as a result of the cancer my back has become disabled a...

For thirteen-year-old Sarah Waldman, life in the small Polish town of Olkusz is idyllic, grounded in her loving, close-knit family and the traditions of their Jewish faith.But in 1939, as the Nazis come to power, a storm is gathering—a relentless, unforgiving storm that will sweep Sarah and her family into years of misery in the ghetto and concentration camps, tearing them apart. Will Sarah's strong will and determination be enough for her to survive when everything she loves is ta...

What Dreams are Made OfThe Birth and Growth of a Family Business in AmericaBy: Larry H. Werthaiser and Melissa W. HunterGoing from the horrors of World War II in Europe to a rebirth in the USA, What Dreams Are Made Of: The Birth and Growth of a Family Business in America documents the history of a multi-generational family that merged together to form the successful business enterprise, Downlite. Proof of the American dream, the history of Downlite shows that with h...

She wanted to be a star... until he crushed her dreams in front of millions.When Ivy Quinn’s father dies, her dream of moving to Nashville gets put on hold, but she refuses to give up on a music career. That is, until country superstar Nash Bennett delivers a devastating critique of her audition on national television. Humiliated, Ivy returns home to her supportive family and a stable job, deciding she's better off leaving the harsh spotlight behind for good.

The town's golden boy is murdered while returning for his high school reunion, and Leah Nash finds no shortage of suspects—or secrets.Almost everyone in town is anxious to connect with actor Ryan Malloy when he returns to Wisconsin for his fifteen-year high school reunion.Crime writer Leah Nash doesn't have many fond memories of Himmel High's favorite son. And when he turns up dead on reunion night, Leah realizes that she's not the only one who feels that w...

Two can keep a secret . . . if one of them is dead.Three children entered the woods; just two returned. And they are the only ones who know what happened to their friend. The secret they carry echoes down the years until it becomes too much for one of them to bear. But the attempt to set things right goes horribly wrong.Exactly how wrong is what Leah Nash, a journalist with trust issues and a compulsion to find the truth, aims to discover. Leah is rocked by...

Leah Nash uncovers a tangled web of deception, delusion and obsession—with a dead police captain caught right in the center.The murder of police captain Rob Porter sends shockwaves through the small town of Himmel. And when a member of Rob's own department is arrested for the crime, everyone is stunned.But journalist Leah Nash isn't buying it.To her, the motive isn't plausible, the evidence is thin, and the investigation smacks of an overconfident d...

A pair of fancy red stiletto heels is found in a Wisconsin cornfield. The strangled body of a shoeless young woman in a red sequined cocktail dress is discovered the next day in a wood miles away.That's the start of a twisty, tangled crime that sends author and struggling newspaper owner Leah Nash in pursuit of a cold-blooded killer.As a dancer at the local strip club, the dead girl had ties to several prominent men who are anxious to remain secret. A naïve club bouncer was...

Living. With ghosts.Linx Maxwell is on the verge of greatness. She's finally graduated from street fairs and hopping chain-link to making art that pays the bills. Her family life is . . . not dull. And it looks like her van might just be able to exist on hope and duct tape. If only she could get rid of the ghost who's plagued her since the eighth grade.Frank Bogle is a detective who lost his life in the line of duty. Everyone on the other side knows that th...

He Used A Hand Saw. . .On Valentine's Day 2007, in a suburb of Detroit, stay-at-home dad Stephen Grant filed a missing person's report with the local sheriff. Grant's wife Tara had disappeared five days earlier. He'd been searching for her ever since--or so he claimed.He Started With Her Hands. . .Over the next two weeks, police questioned Grant. He lashed out, accusing them of harassment, pleading his innocence in television interv...

He's been patient; she's been busy. Patience is running out.Melissa Oxford is a widow with a ranch, an orange grove, a goat-obsessed ten-year-old, and not enough time. She doesn't have time to make friends. She doesn't have time to stop and chat, and she definitely does not have time for a boyfriend.Which is fine, because Cary Nakamura is far from being a boy. Cary's the man who helped Melissa plant her trees. The friend who keeps offering advice, even when she's is too stu...

From USA TODAY bestselling authors Denise Hunter, Melissa Ferguson, and Kathleen Fuller comes a sparkling collection of light and sweet romance stories will sweep you off your feet.In ***A Summer Detou***r by Denise Hunter (author of more than forty romance novels, including Bookshop by the Sea), you'll meet free-spirited Allie Adams, who undertakes a road trip to deliver her grandparents' newly restored '57 Chevy in time for their fiftieth annive...