Unraveled

I hated myself. My mind and heart raged a virtual war, from the ride to the airport to the flight across the sea. All the while, debating the merit of reporting the information I discovered, knowing what it would mean. All of the WCE’s secrets would be in the hands of the Militia. All I worked for would depend on hitting one button on the computer. One act and the potential shift in power would be enormous. My hand shook over the keyboard for nearly an hour.

A terrible tragedy has occurred within the walls of the Militia’s head office in Bethesda, Maryland. The mass execution of Sanguines. However, not everyone in the anti-Sanguine organization is happy at the sight of the gray dust.

For Cassandra Loudermilk, one of the Militia’s lead investigators, it is just another day at the office. That is, until she learns the identity of those who were killed. Now, she is on a mission discover the traitors in her organization and expose them before she becomes their next target.

Will she risk her career with the Militia to find the only Sanguine who knows the truth? And if so, will their past connection cloud her judgment?

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Authors note:
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Unraveled has been a long time in the making. It was an aspect of Sanguines that needed to be told and it gnawed at me until I finished it. Yet, even after finishing nearly two years ago, life got in the way of getting it to this stage of publishing. I’m very proud of how the story unfolded as well as all the positive feedback I’ve received so far. This has been the most passionate I’ve been about one of my books so far.

 

5/5 Stars:
Reviewed By Arya Fomonyuy for Readers’ Favorite

Unraveled is a spellbinding paranormal romance with interesting elements of a thriller, a quick read featuring sensational characters and a gripping plot.

Melissa R. Smith displays great skills in plot and character creation and readers will love the way the surprises come across in the story. She writes with confidence and in a friendly style that makes the story accessible to a wide audience. The same confidence is present in her narrative voice and in the originality of the plot concept. I love prose that is tight and that has great descriptive power, and I found it in Unraveled. I was gripped from the very beginning of the story and couldn’t stop reading till the last page, thanks to the well-imagined plot, the strong characters, and the exciting conflict. This is a beautiful offering for readers looking for entertainment in well-crafted stories that make them forget about their immediate environment, transporting them to another world with compelling characters.

5/5 Stars:
Reviewed By Ruffina Oserio for Readers’ Favorite

An explosion that disrupts the quiet of the mid morning has everyone coming out of their offices, heading straight towards the conference room. Cassandra Loudermilk is one of the lead investigators in the Militia’s head office in Bethesda, Maryland, and this could have been an ordinary kind of day for her, except that she has just discovered the identity of those who have been killed in the explosion and this becomes something personal. She is about to risk everything just to find the one Sanguine who knows exactly what happened. Unraveled by Melissa R. Smith will surprise readers with its entertainment potential and the allure of the plot.

Melissa R. Smith had me seduced right off the bat with the beauty of her prose, the powerful descriptions that evoke images in the reader’s imagination. The story also begins in the midst of action and it doesn’t slow down a bit, with a conflict that quickly escalates into a crisis, leaving the reader compelled to follow the story to its satisfying denouement. Unraveled features strong and memorable characters, great political themes, and a plot that is built to excite the reader’s pulse and keep them reading nonstop. I enjoyed every bit of this story, from each exciting page to the next hypnotic scene. Well-crafted, gripping, and utterly entertaining, you can’t put it down easily.