Melissa Andrea's Blog
June 26, 2015
The Booktique on Trinity
Hello everyone!!
I know I’ve been MIA and there is a really good reason why :))
A couple of weeks ago I opened the doors to The Booktique in Abbeville, SC – the only bookstore in town – and it was the most fabulous feeling EVER! I can’t begin to describe what I felt, but know it was one of the best feelings in the world. Unfortunately, my excitement didn’t last long when two days later I had to shut them. Everything that could possibly go wrong, has, and now I have a store filled with all these amazing books just sitting there.
I made the heartbreaking decision that I was going to have to close the store because the cost of repairing everything was more than I have. I know some of you may be wondering how I thought I was going to run a bookstore with no money, but I promise you, I had saved money to keep the store open for six months that didn’t include any profit from the store’s earnings. But in the process of my sister and nephew moving to SC, her car broke down leaving her, my nephew, my husband, and brother stranded in Oklahoma. With all the expenses of moving down here on her part, I was more than willing to use the money I had saved to get them the rest of the way out here safely.
I’d been setting up the bookstore for a few months, filling it with books, and reaching out to authors to donate anything they could, I figured I would still open and hoped for the best. I knew the rent for the store was paid up until the end of this month and I would only have to worry about the electric and internet. Two days after opening we had some issues with the air unit and it went out, with it reaching 100 degrees some days, there was no way we could keep the doors open and expect people to want to spend time browsing books when you could hardly breathe in the store.
I was too embarrassed to ask for help or say anything to anyone and so I figured my only option was too close the store before I even got to fully open it. I started talking to some author friends of mine and my amazing assistant and they convinced me there was a lot to lose if I didn’t at least reach out and ask for help. The worst thing has already happened, right?? I was still on the fence about setting up a GOFUND me account until today when the most amazing thing happened… I made my very first sale!
I was taking four boxes filled with books from the amazing Tara Brown down to the bookstore and waiting for a customer of my husbands (he fixes electronics in his spare time) to drop off an ipod. It had to be at least 120 degrees and I felt horrible when I saw she had her children with her. If the heat bothered them, they didn’t act like it one bit and I wanted to hug them all for that. Her youngest daughter continued to tell me how pretty my store was and how much she liked it, while her oldest daughter sweetly suggested I get a table and chairs, which I had planned to, haha. Her youngest son brought an armful of books to me so he could show me his favorites and her oldest son picked out an alien comic book. They were so excited about the books and to learn that you could actually keep the books if you bought them. Their mom let them pick out two books each and I helped her daughter pick out her two favorite princess books and promised to save the other three for her, I even promised to tell the others customers that they cost $10,000 dollars so they wouldn’t want them haha. They were adorable first customers and they left the store excited over their new books and I left the store feeling like my year had been made. I went home cried, happy tears, and texted my husband that I had four of the cutest first customers and that I couldn’t close the bookstore down.
It was decided that I was going to reach out to the amazing writing community and ask for their help. If in the end, I can’t keep the bookstore open, I at least know I tried to do everything I can and please know that I am!! I’m not expecting anything outrageous and even if only $20 dollars is made, I will be beyond thankful.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read my story and thank you so much for all your love and support!!
Sincerely, Melissa Andrea
MWAH!
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Here is the link if you’d like to donate to The Booktique :)) Thank you so much!!
March 16, 2015
WELCOME TO THE STAGE… THE TEASER… THE PLEASER… JACK HAMMER!!
Jackkkkkkk Hammerrrrrrrr is LIVEEEE
He was released early and is steadily climbing the charts!! Make sure to get your copy NOW!! It will be on sale for $2.99 until Thursday so make sure to get your copy before the price goes up!!
It’s live on Amazon, but we’re waiting for it to go live everywhere else! I’ll be sending out a newsletter tomorrow so hopefully I will have the links then!
Check out the awesome giveaway’s going on below and make sure to share the news that the Jack Hammer is now on stage!
GIVEAWAYS!
Concierge Literary Promotions
February 16, 2015
Jack Hammer Cover Reveal, Teaser, & Release Info!
Blaine Wesley
I’m the Jack Hammer. Exotic dancer extraordinaire. The teaser and the pleaser—the paid for penis for play. I have to be all these things to survive. It’s who I became when I lost her. But now she’s back, and I can’t decide who I want to be more. The Jack Hammer or Blaine Wesley. All I know is she’s foreplay at its finest, and it’s my job to get them wet and ready.
Chelsey Ford
Liar. That’s what I called him when he walked out of my life. Losing your first love will turn you into someone bitter. Hateful. Angry. But now he’s back, and he’s determined to torture me. The only problem is, I’m enjoying his form of torture too much. And the hatred for him that holds me together is slowly starting to dissolve.
Coming February 24th!!
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January 23, 2015
The doctor will see you now…
Are you sick at home today?? Are you feeling feverish?? Aches, chills?? Do you need to see a doctor?? 
You’re in luck!! Dr. Roman Drake is in and currently taking new patients!!
THE PROCEDURE IS LIVE!!
SAMANTHA ALDRIDGE
I went to his office expecting to change myself. I wanted to be someone else—look like the girls my husband was spending his nights with, but I got a different kind of procedure… one that left me wanting things I shouldn’t and seeing myself in a new light. Now everything I thought I wanted doesn’t matter anymore, and Dr. Roman is all I can think about.
ROMAN BLAKE
As a professional, I should know my limits, but Samantha Aldridge pushes me in a way I’ve never known. The need to be near her is strong, the desire to touch her inflames me, but the respect that lies within continuously wins. She came into my office wanting me to change her, but instead she changed me.
Get your copy of The Procedure today!
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January 19, 2015
What’s next?
Hello (hello, hello, hello, hello) 
Okay so I’ve been getting quite a few emails and messages and comments asking about what I’m working on now am I still writing this book or adding to that book and/or series- first, I want to say THANK YOU!! Thank you for continuing to want and need my stories!! I am so happy that you haven’t forgotten about me or certain books that have taken… uhem… a long time. I haven’t forgotten about any of my characters and it means the world that neither have some of you!
So, what am I working on this year?? A lot!
The Procedure (Written by Tabatha Vargo and myself) will be releasing Jan 27th (P.s It’s about a sexy British doctor- I’ll just leave it at that
Next will be Shatter (Omg, FINALLY, right?!), the second book in the Discover Series (Flutter is the first book and was re-released that year) I am working on this currently and it WILL be released in the coming months even if it’s the only other book I release this year (But it won’t be haha) I don’t want to give out a release date just yet, but I do have one in mind and as soon as I get closer to the end of the story I will post about it. Sequence, a Discover Series Novella is also something I’m working on and will be release before Shatter, but I plan on having Shatter released shortly after. I plan to have the entire Discover Series finished by the end of this year!
Aside from Shatter, the next book everyone is curious about is LUST! I released Lust as a short story as part of a box set with a few other authors last year and I was super surprised by the response I got for it and from those of you who wanted more. I hadn’t planned on making Lust into a full length, but since I’ve gotten so many request for it, I will be continuing Landon and Meela’s story! I plan to release this after Shatter and as soon as I have a release date I will let everyone know!
I have more in the works and a while schedule for 2015, but these three on my main focus for the beginning of the year. Once these books are released I will update this page with what’s coming next!
December 9, 2014
Hello again!
“Where have I been?” seems to be the most popular question in my inbox lately so I thought I’d give y’all a quick update!
This summer my family and I moved across country, Arizona to South Carolina, to be closer to my writing partner, Tabatha Vargo, so we could get more writing done together!
If any of you have ever moved, period, you know how hard it is, but the process of moving thousands of miles away was LONG and very time consuming. Once we got to South Carolina, getting settled in took a lot more time than I thought it would and on top of that Tabatha and I were trying to finish LBB and a few of our own other projects. Once we released LBB I took some time away from writing, Facebook, and the entire book community so I could spend time with my girls and moving into our new home.
I’ve come to realize I needed the break more than I thought I did and taking the time to just step back and breathe and do normal things, was wonderful. As a writer you sometimes forget that their is this whole other world going on outside of book events, deadlines, covers, editing, and your characters. It’s easy to get consumed inside our own little worlds, forgetting everything and everyone, outside of the book world. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE what I do, writing is a part of me and I love bringing my stories to life and creating these amazing characters that have introduce me to all of you amazing readers. I wouldn’t change my job for anything! But I found the time away did me good and now I’m ready to get back to what I love doing.
Tabatha and I are back at it and we’re SO excited for our newest WIP and we can’t wait to start teasing you with a new story. This is just one of many new creations you should be on the lookout from TEAM#TVMA!! Tomorrow we will be revealing the title, the blurb and a brand NEW teaser!! Monday, the 15th, we will be revealing the cover world wide!! However, if you are signed up for my newsletters, you will have a sneak peak of the cover Friday at midnight! So make sure to sign up now!!!
Later this month I will be addressing more of your questions, such as, a release update for Shatter, if my short story LUST will be made into a full novel, IS Sebastian Dare and his little sister Careless going to have their own books, and what happened to EXPOSED?! All of these questions will be answered during the next few weeks right here on my website or on TSU follow me over there. Things will continue to be posted on my Facebook page, but honestly, no one ever sees those posts (insert sad face). And of course my newsletter WILL become a regular, once a month, send out and if you’ve signed up for it you’ll get to find out these things BEFORE social media!
I am so happy to be back and I missed all of you soooo much!!!
September 16, 2014
June 29, 2014
Sebastian black is here!
Guess what’s LIVE early?!?!
Mr. Sebastian Black from Little Black Book has decided he could NOT wait until the 30th and you can 1-Click NOW!!
Links to Amazon and Barnes & Noble here!!
Check out the giveaway on my page here to win some fun Little Black Book stuff!!
May 18, 2014
Happy, happy, happy…
So there is a whole lot of “happy to me”, today!
Happy Birthday, Happy Cover Reveal and Happy Release date!!
I am super excited to reveal the cover and the release date for EXPOSED!!
I love to fuck.
I do it for the pleasure.
I do it for the female bodies that keep me warm at night.
But mostly I do it because I’m damn good at it.
I’m a fucking pro. Pun intended.
Finding women isn’t hard.
There are plenty of them willing, but finding a woman who can fuck like I do is a different story.
Until Evalyn Dawson. Even her name is fucking sexy.
In true bachelor form, I’m not looking for anything serious or anyone to settle down with.
But Evalyn can rock my fucking world like no other women and I find myself wanting her All. The. Damn. Time.
Book 1 in a 3 part Adult/Erotic/Sexy Romance Serial
COMING 6.9.2014
SURPRISE!!!
I have another cover reveal! SILK is an anthology I am a part of with 10 AMAZING authors and it also releases 6.9.14 AND you can pre-order your copy now for only .99c!! What are you waiting for?!
The Edge of Darkness by Melissa Andrea
Let Love In by Melissa Collins
A Blue Tale by Sarah Dosher
Next to Forever by S. Moose
Trusting You by L.P. Dover
Remembering Joy by Jenni Moen
Falling by E.K. Blair
My Unexpected Forever by Heidi McLaughlin
Better by Carey Heywood
Love in Between by Sandi Lynn
Mid Life Love by Whitney G.
If you’d like to be apart of a PRN Cover Reveal, sign-up below!!\
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1WAJUf3iaoTGxLy0EdRT1UnaTbjeWqETwdwwGzB9Ndp0/viewform
May 8, 2014
It’s bacon time!!
So I don’t actually have any bacon, but I am beggin (Did anyone else have the beggin strips dog commercial flashback??) So, I am begging all of my awesome bloggers and readers to please sign up for one or ALL of the following!! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE with chocolate covered anything on top!! (P.s. I do mean anything :)) Thank you!!
EXPOSED Cover Reveal
Bloggers – The awesome ladies at Love Between the Sheets are hosting a cover reveal! Sign up below!
http://tinyurl.com/og59e3r
Readers – Don’t have a blog, but want to sign up any?! Click on the link below!
http://tinyurl.com/oqa5lqz
Tabatha Vargo and I are doing a review tour for The Wrath of Sin and we’d love for you to sign up!! We are doing a massive rafflecopter giveaway with 10 signed print copies, ebooks and swag!! So if you haven’t read and reviewed it yet, sign up now!!
http://tinyurl.com/mm6ukyt
SILK Anthology Cover Reveal
So last, but not least, I am doing an Anthology with some AMAZING authors (Heidi McLaughlin, EK Blair, Sarah Dosher, Jenni Moen, S Moose, LP Dover, Carey Heywood, Melissa Collins, Whitney Garcia Williams and Sandi Lynn) and I would LOVE it if you’d help us share the cover reveal for that as well!! You can also sign up for that below!!
http://eepurl.com/UcIHX
Thank you so much for signing up!!! Love your face!! MWAH!
Add the following books to your Goodreads!
EXPOSED
The Wrath of Sin
SILK Anthology
More books by MOI!
Flutter
The Edge of Darkness
The Grace in Darkness
