Melissa Senate's Books
Nov.17.2009
Coming November 2009!
Is the half sister that Rebecca Strand has never met short? Tall? Rich? Poor? Pretty? Funny? Married? Lonely? Happy?
Rebecca is about to find out. The New York City paralegal thought nothing could shake her life off its fast track--which includes her handsome lawyer boyfriend and their extravagant condo. The shocking revelation that she even has a half-...
Jun.01.2008
A New York Times article lists 15 questions couples should ask before marrying
Ruby Miller and her fiancé, Tom Truby, have questions 1 to 14 almost covered. It's question 15 that has the Maine schoolteacher stumped: Is their relationship strong enough to withstand challenges?
Challenges like…Ruby's twin sister, Stella. The professional muse, flirt and face reader thinks Ruby is...
Jan.01.2007
Abby Foote, "Best Of" editor at Maine Life magazine, has a history of choosing the wrong guy. But when one of the latest in her list of disasters, Ted Puck, turns up murdered the day his engagement to someone else is announced, she becomes the prime suspect in this lighthearted romp from Senate (See Jane Date). To complicate matters, Benjamin Orr, the lead detective...
May.01.2006
A teen-queen movie star's reputation is at an all-time low, so her agent sends her back to her hometown to film a reality TV show to prove she's just a regular American teen. She lives with a regular family and has to do everything sixteen-year-old Emily does, like actually care about everything. "Senate sets up a tantalizing plot, and the plot is equally entertaining....
Jan.01.2006
Four coworkers at a New York City publishing house (a not-so-happily-married mom, her single sister, their goodlooking boss, and a runaway bride) reluctantly form a support group for the broken-hearted when they're assigned to work on a high-profile celebrity memoir about perfect love. "Senate's latest has her trademark quick pacing and sympathetic, loveable characters....
Dec.01.2004
Eloise Manfred just sold her soul to the wedding devil.
In exchange for a free $100,000 dream wedding, she'll be featured in a trendy magazine as "Today's Modern Bride." So what if the advertisers dictate what she wears, eats, and registers for? From the gown (it has yellow feathers) to the reception hall (vampire chic) to the rings (what metal is that?) to the prime rib...
Dec.01.2003
Three very different sisters (one single and pregnant, one who catches her husband cheating, and one who can't commit to anyone) end up living in their father's apartment as he plans his wedding to a woman younger than all of them. "Senate scored high with See Jane Date and now she presents another winner that will have readers cheering for the warm, witty, and loveable ...
Nov.01.2001
A Fancy Affair Bridal Salon Forest Hills, Queens "Did you know that one of your hips is higher than the other?" the seamstress asked me in a totally conversational tone. The bridesmaid to my left eyed me in the mirror, then her gaze dropped to my hips.
"I didn't," I said. "I never knew that. But I'm glad yout old me." The seamstress had the decency to...
About Melissa
A summer baby born in a Catskills bungalow colony, I lived in New York City as a kid, New Jersey as a teenager, Connecticut for college, Brooklyn for those first few post-college years, then the Upper East Side of Manhattan for 14 very interesting years until...