In The Locket and the Fire, Mel hits a street market looking for spice, flirtation, and maybe a little trouble. What she finds is a silver locket and a vendor who won’t take money—only stories.
Mel delivers: a rooftop hookup, a barroom betrayal, a carousel climax under police lights. But when the final tale unlocks a family secret, the stakes turn personal.
This one’s about lust, legacy, and the heat we carry from the women who came before us.
Now live. Come for the chaos. Stay for the burn.
Eric
P.S. Check out all the previous Mel stories if you don't know our heroine. Short, punchy, dialog driven.