The Improbable Three
One Death, Three Strangers and A Secret
In the heart of Newcastle, Maia navigates a new career, a chaotic love-life, and a decade old secret that could unravel her world. When teenage sweetheart, Tom, meets a tragic end, Maia is drawn into a dangerous world of narcotics and child abuse. With two of Tom's friends from a children's home, the unlikely allies delve deeper, they discover a sinister figure and uncover his twisted past. What will they risk to bring him to justice?
Buy Book Online“What a great book! Wanted to pick it up again and again, I was hooked”
“I found the book really moving and powerful”
Hayley Webster, author of Luna Rae is Not Alone and One Christmas Night.
“A darker, emotive story from Mel, but interspersed with her usual humorous style”
Mel Frances Author
Hi, I'm Mel, welcome to my website. I'm excited to introduce myself as a new author of stand-alone contemporary fiction novels. I hope you enjoy meeting my characters as they journey near and far, experiencing life's highs and lows.
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The Letter From Italy
A broken friendship in a broken world
Verna didn’t doubt Leo was locked down and stranded in northern Italy as the global pandemic engulfed Europe in early 2020. Her friend Hannah however voiced suspicions and a bitter argument fractured their friendship as Covid arrived on UK shores. Their beautiful bond was broken, maybe forever, but could they forgive and forget when the letter from Italy arrived revealing devastating secrets?
“The Letter from Italy is a story packed with great characters living through trauma and terror with fear, love and humour”
“Hannah and Verna's bond is beautiful. I shed happy and sad tears wondering if their friendship would survive, I also loved the contrast between their families”
“This story is gripping and compassionate in equal measure, revealing the pain of betrayal”
Destination Maisie
The Trip Of Her Lifetime
In 1960 an illegitimate baby girl is born in London and placed in care. At seventeen Maisie reunites with her birth mum and four half-sisters but does she really belong? Decades later Maisie travels to sunny Crete with granddaughter Fran where dark secrets about their family history emerge. Will Maisie ever find her true destination?
Buy Book Online"It was easy to visualise the beautiful settings and the dialogue is so well-crafted"
Lorraine Mace, bestselling author of the D.I. Sterling series.
"A lovely story about Maisie's journey seeking the past and finding a future"
Elaine Collier, author of The Innocents Abroad crime series.
"Full of emotional twists and turns, a tale that will give you a big hug"
June Hull, reader review.
I grew up within a large extended family in North East England. I always had my head in a book as a child, and in teenage years devoured every book I could lay my hands on. Following a period of study, I settled in Lancashire for fifteen years, before returning to the city of Newcastle. I am married with two adult sons. I arrived late to writing following a career in Children's Social Care.
When I'm not writing, you'll find me socialising with friends and family on Newcastle's Quayside, enjoying walks along our stunning coastline, and have been known to take refreshing sunrise dips in the North Sea.
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