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Melissa de la Cruz is the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of many critically acclaimed and award-winning novels for teens including The Au Pairs series, the Blue Bloods series, the Ashleys series, the Angels on Sunset Boulevard series and the semi-autobiographical novel Fresh off the Boat.

Her books for adults include the novel Cat’s Meow, the anthology Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys and the tongue-in-chic handbooks How to Become Famous in Two Weeks or Less and The Fashionista Files: Adventures in Four-inch heels and Faux-Pas.

She has worked as a fashion and beauty editor and has written for many publications including The New York Times, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Allure, The San Francisco ...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 616,599 ratings · 33,578 reviews · 99 distinct works • Similar authors

	Blue Bloods (Blue Bloods, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 127,693 ratings — published 2006 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Masquerade (Blue Bloods, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 83,344 ratings — published 2007 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revelations (Blue Bloods, #3) 3.90 avg rating — 73,197 ratings — published 2008 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Van Alen Legacy (Blue Bloods, #4) 3.95 avg rating — 63,512 ratings — published 2009 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Misguided Angel (Blue Bloods, #5) 3.93 avg rating — 37,158 ratings — published 2010 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost in Time (Blue Bloods, #6) 4.05 avg rating — 25,637 ratings — published 2011 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bloody Valentine (Blue Bloods, #5.5) 3.98 avg rating — 22,009 ratings — published 2010 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Isle of the Lost (Descendants, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 19,098 ratings — published 2015 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Witches of East End (The Beauchamp Family, #1) 3.52 avg rating — 18,385 ratings — published 2011 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gates of Paradise (Blue Bloods, #7) 4.09 avg rating — 12,711 ratings — published 2013 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Blue Bloods (7 books)
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Descendants (4 books)
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The Beauchamp Family (3 books)
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The Au Pairs (4 books)
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Alex & Eliza (3 books)
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Melissa Cruz and 1 other person liked Faith Rice-Mills's review of The Queen's Assassin (Queen's Secret, #1): "I'll admit that I read this first look just because the author was Melissa De la Cruz. I have read many of her books before and have not been disappointed. The Queen's Assassin begins with the back story of a country embattled over magic. I love t..." Read more of this review »
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Melissa Cruz and 3 other people liked Fanna's review of The Queen's Assassin (Queen's Secret, #1): " *YA fantasy-romance? a deadly assassin? a mysterious apprentice? okay, fine, I'm ready to be swoon away by this book.* "
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Melissa Cruz answered a question about Love & War: Is this the last book in the series? If not how many more will there be? It's a trilogy there will be one more book! :)
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Melissa Cruz asked a question about The Ring and the Crown: This is the sequel https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077DP15FW Hope you guys like it! Let Mel know OK?
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“Black is the color of night. White is the true color of death”
― Melissa de la Cruz, Blue Bloods

tags: colors, symbolism

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“You cannot be with someone just because you don’t want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about.”
― Melissa de la Cruz, The Van Alen Legacy

tags: happiness, happy, heartbreak, hurt, love, self

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“we laughed until we had to cry, we loved until we said goodbye.”
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BOTM October- Witches Theme

1st poll- top 5 books move onto the second poll.

First Frost

by Sarah Addison Allen

13 votes, 21.7%

Practical Magic

by Alice Hoffman

12 votes, 20.0%

Dark Witch

by Nora Roberts

9 votes, 15.0%

Witch Child

by Celia Rees

6 votes, 10.0%

The Witching Hour

by Anne Rice

5 votes, 8.3%

Witches of East End

by Melissa de la Cruz

4 votes, 6.7%

The Witches of Eastwick

by John Updike

4 votes, 6.7%

The Witches

by Roald Dahl

3 votes, 5.0%

Daughters of the Witching Hill

by Mary Sharratt

2 votes, 3.3%

A Modern Witch

by Debora Geary

2 votes, 3.3%

60 total votes

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