Just Three Words

by Melissa Brayden

  About the Author

  Melissa Brayden (melissabrayden.com) is the multi-award-winning author of five novels published with Bold Strokes Books and is currently hard at work on her sixth. Alongside her writing, she is in pursuit of her Master of Fine Arts in directing in San Antonio, Texas.

  Melissa is married and working really hard at remembering to do the dishes. For personal enjoyment, she spends time with her Jack Russell terrier, Bailey, and checks out the NYC theater scene several times a year. She considers herself a reluctant patron of the treadmill, but enjoys hitting a tennis ball around in nice weather. Coffee is her very best friend.

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