Welcome to my website! I’m so glad you stopped by for a visit. My name is Melanie Atkins, and I write romantic suspense. Mystery, murder, and love...with a twist. My stories are set in the Deep South, with hot cop heroes and women who know what they want. No fainting violets here. So click on the pages listed above and check out all of my books, my sizzling hot men with big guns, and my links. I hope to put a contest up soon, so keep checking back.
For your entertainment, here are some of my favorite quotes:
Seeing a murder on television....can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven’t any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some. — Alfred Hitchcock (1899 - 1980)
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. — Sir Richard Steele
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, and all the sweet serenity of books. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were. — Cherie Carter-Scott
Map out your future, but do it in pencil. -– Jon Bon Jovi
You got one life...this is not a dress rehearsal. Do what you need to do. — Chris Meloni
Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come. — Matt Groening
"Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not." -- Oprah Winfrey
"It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else." -- Mariska Hargitay
"Talk happiness; talk faith; talk health. Say you are well, and all is well with you, and God shall hear your words and make them true." -- Ella Wheeler-Wilcox
Melanie Atkins
Latest News
Cobblestone Press has offered me a contract for Voodoo Bones. It will come out in June, and Haunted Memories will follow in July. Also, I've placed Emily's Nightmare with Cobblestone Press.
Here's the blurb for Haunted Memories.
Olivia Bartlett is stunned to find her old friend, Deputy Tucker Hawkins, living in the house she has inherited, but she's even more shocked to glimpse her cruel stepfather lurking in the shadows. Has Walter come back to haunt her, or is he really alive--and trying to kill her? To survive, she must turn to Tucker, who not only stakes his claim to the old house, but also to her heart.
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Check out my current novella:
Valentine Vendetta
"Valentine Vendetta is a fast-paced, suspenseful and sensual read; the sexual acts are emotionally stirring. She shares her story with an audience which will revel in her ability to dispense the apprehension to all! This story is unusual with an unexpected ending. It is guaranteed to please even the most discerning reader!" -- Brenda Talley, The Romance Studio
Coming Soon
from CobbleStone Press
Fireflies in Fruit Jar Anthology--Heads you Win, Tails you Lose
Available from Queenshill Press. Please e-mail me if you're intereted in purchasing this book.
Flip
March 1999-November 11, 2007
A very special cat with a unique, loving personality. He loved
watching bird videos, playing with his furry little mousey-mouse, chasing his kitty pal, Widget, and letting me pet him while he camped out on the armrest of my chair. He was my muse and my best friend. I miss him so much.
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