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Mel Henry lives in a rural town in central Iowa not far from where she was born and raised. She shares her home with her husband of almost twenty years and a plethora of fur- and scaled-babies. Her three adult children mostly likely fled home in search of peace and quiet.

Mel's first love was books. Her mom read to her before she was even born and continued that tradition long afterward. She's read (or been read) thousands of books in her life and even now, has over three thousand of them on her TBR list. She was born reading, and she jokes that she'll also die reading.

Mel's an avid cook (sometimes by choice), seasoned traveler (always by choice), and a hardcore warrior against chronic Lyme disease (definitely not by choice). She loves Netfl ...more

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	Distance and Time (Time After Time, #1) 4.37 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2013 — 5 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
	All This Time (Time After Time #3) 4.57 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2016 — 2 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
	Better in Time (Time After Time #2) 4.38 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2015 — 2 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
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