5 Stars goes to Then There Was You!!!

Grab a box of Tissues! I love a book that can bring me to real tears. Salem history alone can pull the tears out of you. Seeing her struggles with being a new mom and diving in to a new career opens you up to just how much someone can deal with if you set your mind to it. Chris has his own struggles of his pass not feeling like he is worth anything or should have any good in his life. Chris can be is worst enemy at times. I will tell you at first I didn’t want to like Salem and I didn’t want to see her win a piece of Chris heart. But Like the Garth Brooks song says “Thank God For Unanswered Prayers”. Once I pushed Kaitlyn out and gave Salem a chance I seen  she is a much better challenge for Chris and what he deserves, she see him in the light that he needs to be seen in.

 

Melanie has a true talent for pulling emotions and reaction out of you that keeps you so engrossed in a book you can not put it down! I’m biting my nails for the next book in this series.

 

Chris King never saw it coming…

In some ways, closing the book on my first love was the worst day of life. I was gutted, and yet I was completely at peace with my decision. I walked away knowing that I did what was best for her, unsure if I could ever recover. Little did I know that one concert would change the entire course of my life. There I stood, signing autographs and snapping pictures with fans when a familiar face in the crowd catapulted my mind back in time—Salem Honeycutt, once a balm to my pain and a calm in my storm. Yet again, her smiling face gave me hope. Only one question remained: did she still see me as a wayward teenage boy who was completely off limits, or could she see the man I’d become…focused and driven, yearning for another chance at love?

For Salem Honeycutt, postpartum bliss seemed like a lie…

No one told me that I’d hate my baby when I brought her home from the hospital. No one told me that I’d want to put a pillow over my husband’s head and smother him in his sleep. No one told me that I’d want to slap every person who gave me the ever-so-cliché advice to ‘cherish every moment.’ No one told me that I’d despise my life the minute I became a mother, but I did. Then I met Chris King, the kid who made me want to pull myself up from the dark recesses of my mind and face each day. This kid, whose passion for life and talent for music, touched my soul deeper than I could ever touch his. Chris gave me a reason to live. I was once affectionately known as Mrs. H., Chris’s juvenile detention counselor. This is our story.

Melanie Dawn is a thinker, a dreamer, and a hopeless romantic. When her head isn’t in the clouds, she spends her time as a jack of all trades to her family. Melanie resides in the hills of North Carolina with her husband, her three children, and her cat. She enjoys lazy summer afternoons cruising around the lake on the pontoon boat with her family.

Melanie graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a BA in Psychology and earned her MA in School Counseling from Appalachian State University. She spent the first six years after graduate school as a middle school counselor. Those were years she deems as some of the best years of her life. That is, until she had children of her own. The last seven years have been spent as a stay-at-home mom. She has learned some tough life lessons, like what the inner absorbent pellets of a diaper look like scattered in the washing machine. She has also learned the strength of the willpower of a two year old lacking a nap. Through it all, Melanie has learned how to roll with the punches and appreciate the time she has been able to spend at home with her children.

Now that her last child has started Kindergarten, Melanie is ready to add a new chapter in her life. That chapter begins with her debut novel—So Much It Hurts.

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Can you tell us something we don’t know about Melanie Dawn?  I’m afraid of butterflies. I know it’s crazy, but it’s true. To me, butterflies are the clowns of the insect world, and clowns are just plain creepy.

 

Why do you feel you had to tell this story?  Chris deserved to have his happily ever after. I never considered writing it, but I loved Chris too much to leave him hanging like I did in So Much It Hurts. He deserved to find love.

 

What was your inspiration in creating the characters?  I have combined many aspects and elements of various people I know to create my characters. It’s fun to watch them take on their own personalities.

 

What was your favorite chapter to write and why? I loved writing about their trip to New York City. It was fun to do all the research for it. I went to New York when I was a child, but now I want to go back and visit.

 

Which is the hardest part to write and why? I had a tough time writing the scenes involving Salem’s postpartum depression. I had to dig deep for some pretty strong emotions. I even cried a few times.

 

If you can be any fictional character for a day, who would you choose and why? I would be Salem, of course! Who wouldn’t want to be intimately involved with Chris King. He is amazing in every way!

 

Any advice to give to aspiring writers?  Never give up. Surround yourself with friends who will always support you and encourage you along the way. It’s not the journey to the top that matters. It’s about the friends you make along the way instead!

 

Any message to your followers?  Thank you for your support. Thank you for your encouragement. You all make this effort worth it! I couldn’t do this without the love and support of my readers. Thank you for everything! Love and hugs to you all! xoxo

 

What’s next for Melanie Dawn? I’m working on the third book in the series. I will be sending Alexis to college,

 

Fast Talk

Hidden talent? My husband tells me I have a way of getting perfect strangers to tell me their whole life story. LOL

Biggest regret? I have a few, but I’ve learned a lot from them.

Favorite male body part? Smile

Last book you bought yourself? Undone by Rebecca Shea

Go-to drink order? Dr. Pepper

Shower song? Unanswered Prayers by Garth Brooks

 

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