Welcome, friends! My name is Melody. I live in Sacramento (The City of Trees), and I write romance novels. I’m partial to poetry, sun, rain, strong coffee, and my writing room surrounded by books. Besides California, my husband and I lived part-time in a condo in Oregon overlooking the Pacific. That gave me a love for beach towns and whale-watching and sunsets—all the things that inspire the Love is a Beach series. We reside a few months each year in the desert where the winters are mild, the air crisp and clean. There’s so much to treasure in the world: family, friends, and those random, everyday moments that make life grand.