Every story has two sides.

These are mine…

Melissa R. Collings

Light(ish) & Funny

She can relive her past, but fixing it might cost her everything.

"I'm very picky about romance, but Melissa completely won me over."

--Mindy Kaling

Dr. Cordelia Wren, a brilliant spine surgeon with a disastrous love life, joins a cutting-edge memory study and gains the ability to revisit her past with perfect clarity. As one would, she dives into her failed relationships to diagnose why they all end in heartbreak.

✨ A high-stakes, emotional second-chance romance for readers of Ali Hazelwood and Emily Henry.

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M. R. Collings

Dark & Chilling

His first love died eighteen years ago. Now she's back, but his psychiatrist says she isn't real.

"A creepy, twisted, up-all-night-with-the-lights-on thriller."

—J.T. Ellison, New York Times bestselling author

In this twisty psychological thriller, a family man's perfect life splinters into obsession, delusion, and dangerous secrets after the reappearance of his first love—who died eighteen years ago.

His psychiatrist is certain she isn't real. Ethan is just as certain she is. Only one of them can be right—and the cost of being wrong is everything he's built.

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Book cover for 'Just Deserts,' a novel by Melissa Collings, depicting a woman lying in bed with hands covering her face, wearing blue pajamas with polka dots, with a plate of cake and a thermometer on her legs, and the title partially visible.

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A heartwarming tale of betrayal, doubt, and sheet cake.

    Just Desserts is a humorous women’s fiction novelette about love gone sideways, friendship on the brink, and the emotional chaos that follows when old wounds collide with new doubts, and dessert becomes a coping strategy.

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