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Melissa Lenhardt writes women’s fiction, historical fiction, and mysteries. The New York Times called HERESY an “unapologetically badass western” and “an all-out women-driven, queer, transgender, multiracial takeover of the Old West.” Heresy also won the 2022 Audie Award for Best Multi-Voiced Performance. Her debut women’s fiction novel, THE SECRET OF YOU AND ME, was the first LGBTQ+ novel published by Mills and Boon in the UK. A lifelong Texan, Melissa is currently traveling the world as a digital nomad.

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Average rating: 3.79 · 6,893 ratings · 1,162 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Secret of You and Me 3.74 avg rating — 1,904 ratings — published 2020 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stillwater (Jack McBride, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 1,629 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sawbones (Sawbones #1) 3.76 avg rating — 1,117 ratings — published 2016 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heresy 4.03 avg rating — 714 ratings — published 2018 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fisher King (Jack McBride, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 518 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Oath (Sawbones #2) 3.92 avg rating — 445 ratings — published 2017 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Badlands (Sawbones #3) 4.04 avg rating — 345 ratings — published 2017 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Run Baby Run 3.65 avg rating — 216 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Femmes d'Heresy Ranch by Melissa Lenhardt (Goodreads Author), Tania Capron (Translator) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heater Vol. 02 No. 06 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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HERESY Wins Audie Award for Best Multi-Voiced Performance!!

Good News! Heresy won an Audie Award, which is like an Oscar for audiobooks, for Best Multi-Voiced Performance! This is the first time one of my novels has won a major award. Of course, it wouldn’t have happened without the amazing voice actors who performed so brilliantly! Thank you Barrie Kreinik, Bailey Carr, Ella Turenne, Nikki Massoud, Natalie Naudus, Imani Jade Powers, James Fouhey. Thank y

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“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King

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“I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

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“If you obey all of the rules, you miss all of the fun.”
― Katharine Hepburn

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“Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.”
― Walt Whitman

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“As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.”
― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

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