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#1 Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon bestselling author Melinda Leigh is a fully recovered banker who learned that writing books is way more fun than analyzing financial statements. Melinda’s debut novel, SHE CAN RUN, was nominated for Best First Novel by the International Thriller Writers. Since then, she has garnered numerous writing accolades, including two RITA® Award nominations and an induction into the NJ Romance Writers Hall of Fame. Her novels have sold more than 10 million copies across the world. Melinda loves martial arts, rescue dogs, and sea turtles.

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	Say You're Sorry (Morgan Dane, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 92,571 ratings — published 2017 — 19 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
	Cross Her Heart (Bree Taggert, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 45,279 ratings — published 2020 — 16 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
	Her Last Goodbye (Morgan Dane, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 38,952 ratings — published 2017 — 12 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
	Bones Don't Lie (Morgan Dane, #3) 4.41 avg rating — 32,760 ratings — published 2018 — 13 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
	See Her Die (Bree Taggert, #2) 4.44 avg rating — 26,694 ratings — published 2020 — 16 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
	Hour of Need (Scarlet Falls, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 27,451 ratings — published 2014 — 13 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
	What I've Done (Morgan Dane, #4) 4.44 avg rating — 25,868 ratings — published 2018 — 10 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
	Drown Her Sorrows (Bree Taggert, #3) 4.45 avg rating — 23,491 ratings — published 2021 — 16 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
	Save Your Breath (Morgan Dane, #6) 4.46 avg rating — 22,759 ratings — published 2019 — 6 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
	Seconds to Live (Scarlet Falls #3) 4.38 avg rating — 22,170 ratings — published 2016	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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Save Your Breath (Morgan Dane #6) by Melinda Leigh

1) Your newest release, Save Your Breath, features two of your most popular characters, attorney Morgan Dane and P.I. Lance Kruger. While this couple has a habit of getting involved in difficult (and dangerous) criminal cases, the mystery in this book is much more personal for them. Can you give readers a rundown of what they face this time around? In the sixth Morgan Dane book, Mor Read more of this blog post »

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Melinda Leigh answered Jaci's question: Hello Melinda, I am reading through all of your books and have reached the Rogue River series. Are these in regular book format or audio/kindle only? Is this the same for Widow's Island series? I noticed that Gone to Her Grave is the second book in the series, however, I cannot locate what the first book title is. Am I missing something? Thanks, Jaci Hi Jaci! Both the Rogue and Widows novellas are only available in kindle & audio. Both novella series are co-written with Kendra Elliot. The first book in the Rogue series is On Her Father's Grave by Kendra. You can refer to this list to see the orde See Full Answer
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Melinda Leigh answered Jo Slough's question: I LOVED the first two Morgan Dane books, I couldn’t put either down! However, I appear unable to purchase the third without subscribing to Kindle Unlimited - is this the case? No. My books are all available for purchase.
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“The truth is only relevant if you can prove it.” And wasn’t that a sad fact of life.”
― Melinda Leigh, She Can Run

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“Death was final. There was no time for a final kiss or caress, to apologize for a harsh word or argument. The world imploded with no warning.”
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“...the Colonel hadn't raised a damsel in distress. He'd raised a damsel who caused distress.”
― Melinda Leigh, Minutes to Kill

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