Melanie Dare is a normal teenage girl. Drugs and abuse by her parents change all that. She is attacked, afterwards, she finds herself lost in a new decade. Melanie discovers a new world, and becomes Melabeth. In this world she searches to find her way. Thrust into events outside of her control, meeting new friends - not all who can be trusted - she finds herself obsessed with revenge against her attackers... but along the way she finds something unlikely in her new world, love. Her battle for revenge has terrible, unintended consequences, and she will question, who, and what she is. Can love survive in a sea of revenge? This is the first part of a three part series about forgiveness.
About the Author: I was born on the West Coast, in Loma Linda, California, in 1975, and raised in Beaumont, CA - where some of my book takes place. I grew up with two brothers and one adopted sister. My parents were strong Christians and wonderful parents. They never fought, drank, or cursed; I had to visit my friend's houses to see that. I was an Eagle Scout and loved to go camping with my family. We spent a lot of time off roading through the desert on ATC and dune buggies. I picked up my love of target shooting from Boy Scout camps. I still love to shoot, and, instead of riding the desert on my ATC, now I ride the waves on my wave runner. I got married when I was 18, had two boys - Tyler in 1993, and Cory in 1996 - as a young father, I worked at Pizza Hut, until 1997; the same year my first wife and I were divorced. I had the opportunity to help start a satellite plant in North Carolina for a micro connectors company, so I moved across the country to Salisbury. A year later I was offered a chance to become a tool and die apprentice, and worked as a tool and die maker for nearly nine years. During these transitions I met the love of my life, Betsy, who is a school teacher. We were married 2003. We welcomed a baby girl, Sonja in 2007. I was unexpectedly laid off while my wife was pregnant. I then began working at a plastic company as a CNC programmer. Once again, after another lay-off in 2009, I decided to be a stay-at-home dad, and also started a computer repair business from home. Another reason I didn't return to work when I was laid off in 2009, was to help my parents with my brother, Nick, who was dying of a brain tumor. Nick was my baby brother, three years younger, and my best friend. It was always Nick's dream to become a writer. I came up with a book idea for my brother to write years ago, but he became too sick, and the story was never written. There have been a lot of changes in my life in the past five years - jobs, the loss of my brother, the birth of my daughter, and watching my sons grow up so, here I am trying to live out my brother's dream, and it is to Nick whom I dedicate my first book. I do not consider myself to be a writer. I am, and always will be, a story teller. I have always made up stories in my head, and this is my first one that I wish to share with the world. I am new to writing, but so far I love it and it has captured my attention completely. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I have enjoyed writing them.