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Melissa McTernan writes sweet and steamy romantasy. She loves grumpy heroes, sarcastic heroines, and grown-up fairy tales. She won the Stiletto award in 2022 for her Christmas novella and the first book in her new trilogy The Wolf Brothers series will publish in 2023.
When she’s not writing, she’s most likely reading or wrangling her kids as a stay-at-home mom. Melissa lives in upstate New York with her husband, kids, cats, puppy, and full bookshelves. She writes romance to keep her sanity.

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	A Curse of Blood and Wolves (Wolf Brothers, #1) 3.13 avg rating — 6,376 ratings — published 2024 — 5 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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	Married to the Fae Queen 4.07 avg rating — 27 ratings — 2 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
	Marked for Each Other: The Princess and The Barbarian 4.17 avg rating — 24 ratings — 2 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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	Secret Family Recipes for Love and Butter Cookies 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2021	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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	A Curse of Fate and Wolves (Wolf Brothers, #2) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	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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Two New Series!

Exciting news, lovely readers!

I have signed on with One More Chapter (an imprint of Harper Collins) to bring you not one but two new series!

The Wolf Brothers series starts with A Curse of Blood and Wolves (my Little Red Riding retelling). There's a big, broody werewolf, a kinda dark heroine, some light stalking, a bit of blood, and lots of sexiness. It comes out October 6th!

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Published on April 27, 2023 06:12 • Tags: coming-soon, fantasy-romance, paranormal-romance, romance, romance-series, small-town-romance, upcoming-release

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