Melanie Harlow's Blog
March 29, 2022
From Debut to 5 Figure Month in a Year:
A Harlot Author Success Story! Over the weekend I got a message from Harlot Author Elsie Silver that moved me to tears: “Today is my birthday. Everyone in my house has gone to bed and I just checked the rank on my latest release. 454. My highest rank ever… and it’s not even close.” [Note:…
November 21, 2018
5 Fun Facts about ONLY LOVE
ONLY LOVE is the first book I’ve ever written in three voices! I usually have a hero POV and a heroine POV, but this time around I added a third one for a character that’s stealing readers’ hearts left and right–Grams! She’s Stella’s 92-year-old grandmother, and when she gets to know the handsome, quiet former…
October 2, 2018
Margot’s Pesto (AFTER WE FALL)
I signed up for cooking classes. Watched online tutorials. Read my cookbooks. Made lists of things I needed in the kitchen and filled my cupboards and drawers with cookware and gadgets. I grocery shopped with a critical eye, choosing local and organic whenever I could. Stopped eating out so much. Invited my friends over to…
Magic Marshmallow Crescent Puffs (from IF YOU WERE MINE)
Claire laid out one raw crescent roll. “Just flat?” “Yes.” I placed the sugar-and-cinnamon-coated marshmallow at the wide end of it. “Now you have to wrap it up with the dough and seal the edges.” My fingers were also coated with butter, sugar, and cinnamon, so I watched as Claire folded the pointed end of…
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October 1, 2018
Nick’s Chocolate Cake (from FORKED)
“Nick’s chocolate cake was the kind of delicious that would make even those annoying people who say ‘I’m not a dessert person trample’ old ladies and small children to get the last piece. The frosting—what the hell was in it? I’d watched him make it, hadn’t I? Was it vanilla? It tasted almost like a…
August 15, 2018
Sneak Peek of Hold You Close
Prologue Seventeen Years Ago London Pinch me. Tell me this isn’t a dream. Tell me the memories of last night—the most unbelievable, most romantic night of my life—are real. Carefully rolling onto my side, I prop my head in one hand and study Ian’s face as he sleeps. He’s gorgeous, even if I can’t…
August 8, 2018
May 11, 2018
First Kiss Friday with Margot and Jack (AFTER WE FALL)
Finally, I had to admit that for the first time since Steph died, I was seriously attracted to a woman. It was almost a relief. I wasn’t happy about it, but logically, I knew it was just a biological urge and I shouldn’t be too hard on myself, especially since her presence here was temporary.…
April 27, 2018
First Kiss Friday with Jaime & Quinn (MAN CANDY)
He looked at me like he wanted to tear me apart. But he spoke calmly. “Come closer.” I hesitated, then sauntered toward him. I had no idea what we were doing—he was so fucking unpredictable, it drove me nuts—but I was game for where this seemed to be heading. He didn’t need to know that,…
