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A Charleston Love Story
Series · 4 books · 2018

Books in series

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#1

Khiaere and Phy

A Charleston Love Story

2018

Khiaere Washington is a Country Savage Dude who just wants four things: Success, A Queen, Babies and Love. He has the success portion mastered through hard work, education, street smarts and straight hustle. After hitting a massive roadblock with his girlfriend, Gina, he is forced to get off the highway to travel a different route. Will that route lead him to a love that's as sweet as Pie? Phy (Pronounced Pie) Washington who is of no relation to Khiaere has made the decision to move back home to be close to her mom. This is a move she didn't want to make, but it was necessary. A late-night run in with an old college friend may be just the motivation she needs to make the decision to actually enjoy her new life in Mount Pleasant, SC. Will this reconnection be the answer to her lonely heart, or the cause of a murder charge? Trell Smith is a man about his business. If it doesn't make dollars then it won’t make sense. Period. With no room for females because they can’t be trusted, there is an ice box where his heart used to be. Will someone be able to melt that ice and get the most vital organ pumping to the tunes of love? What does he do when love catches him off guard? Will he fight love like a G or surrender like a man? Tae Laing is the hottest interior designer on this side of the Mason Dixon Line. She steps out on faith and decides to move to Charleston, SC to start her on design firm and be close to her best friend. She’s not looking for love or commitment. With a traumatic past, love is all she ever wanted, but is she worthy? What do you do when love comes rudely knocking at your door and you didn’t send for it? Will an unacquainted love bring happiness in the lives of people who are unsure of what love is? Will the block that hinder win the battle, or will love flow victoriously? Will outside elements threaten what they may build, or will all threats be eliminated? Find out in this Charleston Love Story.
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#2

Khiaere and Phy 2

A Charleston Love Story

2018

Khiaere and Phy Washington have been through a lot already in their relationship. Outside threats turns to inside conflict. Will their love for each other be able to withstand the test that are being administered against their relationship or will it be too much to handle? Gina is living the life in Miami with no worries in the world or is she. With eyes on her she has no idea what’s in store for her. Is she going to pay her own penance or will she be brought to her knees by the wrath of those offended. Trell is still being Trell and with Tae by his side he seems unstoppable. Will their relationship be the love Tae needs to heal her broken, abandoned heart? Will a new presence in her life offer something that no one else can, even Trell? Choppa is who you need to see when you need a job done. Being down with Khiaere and Trell from the sandbox offers an undying loyalty that no one can shake. Coming on the scene and making his place known he in not to be played with. It’s something to be said about love and how it can alter your thinking of a man. Is love worth giving up loyalty? Delia is a key player in a game she didn’t even sign up to take part in. Gina has been her friend since youth but was it out of love and loyalty or something else? Will her involuntary role cost her more than she ever bargained for or will it introduce a saving grace that could alter life as she knows it? Continue the journey with the crew as they take on the threats of their relationships. Will they all be strong enough to handle what life has to throw at them or will lines be drawn in the sand. Find out in Part 2 of this Charleston Love Story.
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#3

Justice's Rose

2018

\\RE-RELEASE\\ “Did you ever hear about the Rose that grew in a Concrete Garden?" Delia Rose is a woman of purpose and power but it was not easy getting to that point. A life with all the odds against her, she makes it a mission to survive and push through the concrete of resistance that wants to stop her. With a love like no other in Justice, will it be enough to shatter the doubts she has? Will his love be enough to save her from the evils that still exist to push her back under the concrete? With a much-perceived losing hand will she still come out with all her books necessary to win in the Spades game of Life. Justice (Choppa) Christianson is a man about his family. Finding love in Delia was a win above all wins in his life. With a delicate Rose to care for is he prepared to put in the work to weed the garden of all harm to his love. Evil lurks just around the corner but will its weeds be too much for Justice to handle or will it give him the strength needed to uproot his rose and place her on fertile ground? The Washington and Christianson Tribe are back to give you more but with more focus on the Christianson Tribe. Will the Christianson Tribe reign victorious over the evil that threaten the family? When you mess with one Christianson, you mess with all Christiansons…Washingtons too? Find out what happens in this Standalone of Justice’s Rose.
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#4

Trell and Tae

A Charleston Love Story Spin-off

2018

Back by popular demand, Trell and Tae are back to give the readers what they want. Life is good and moves have been made but what happens when a unexpected storm comes to settle over the Oasis that is Trell and Tae? Will their relationship be strong enough to withstand the winds that have come to blow apart a union that seems very much ordained by God? Trell's love for Tae is never dying and as strong as an ox. Will that love be enough for Tae?Claire and Rai Summers are two exotic girls from Fork, Washington. Being Native American and having been born in raised on a Reservation, they have lived a sheltered life. Both of them handled that life very differently. One allowing it to push her to be a social butterfly while the other closed herself in herself. What happens when they move far away from home to experience new things? Will the sisters be able to handle the curves life will throw at any given time or will they knock it out the park?Find out what happens in this explosive Standalone about love, trust, sisterhood and loyalty. Who will be left standing at the end? This is the Trell and Tae you love, with a twist.

Author

Mel Dau
Mel Dau
Author · 60 books

Mel Dau (Melvin’s Daughter) was born in Vicenza, Italy but raised in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. She is the baby girl and only girl of three. She has always had a love for books beginning with the Baby Sitter’s Club, R.L. Stine, and Christopher Pike. She dabbled in writing as she grew up but never took it as seriously as she should have. Mel Dau graduated from from Wando High School, then later matriculated to Benedict College (BSW) and Webster University (MHRM). She is a mother of a teenage daughter, a HR Professional, and a proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Her love for Urban Literature did not arrive until Mid-2016.  Reading over 900 books from 2016 to 2017, she was obsessed with reading—an obsession that helped her cope with her father’s illness and death.  In March of 2018, she decided to finally come from behind the wall and submit a short story which resulted in her first Book, Khiaere and Phy: A Charleston Love Story being published under Queens of Lit Presents.  Under Queens of Lit Presents, she successfully published 15 titles that were all debuted in the top fifty on Amazon Top 100. In May of 2020, she was signed to her new publisher B. Love Publications where she continues her growth as an author. Her purpose as an author is to provide her readers’ with her E³ formula, Entertain, Encourage & Educate. She achieved her first #1 Bestseller with her Erotica title, Pet The Kitty. In August of 2020 she founded Mel Dau Publications, LLC to pursue self-published projects. Penning in a lane all her own, her Informational Dramas fulfills her purpose with every release. Her overall desire is to use her fiction catalog to help change at least one person’s non-fiction reality.

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