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Melynda Taylor
Melynda Taylor loves writing, travel, visiting new places, interior design, dinners with good friends, cooking for friends and family, re-doing old houses, long walks, and reading anything well-written. She lives in the south of France.
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Late Flight to Lisbon
When Louella and Alexa cross paths at JFK Airport, their instant bond feels less like chance and more like destiny—an unwritten friendship pact that seems to echo Einstein’s notion that “Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.”
Louella, still mending from a fractured marriage, seeks renewal, while Alexa struggles against the gilded cage of societal expectations and the heavy weight of her husband’s demands.
Within the safe haven of their candid, soul-searching conversations, they strip away pretense, confront their wounds, rekindle abandoned dreams, and begin to reimagine their lives in harmony with who they truly are.
Latest Endorsements
Carol Orange, award-winning author of A DISCERNING EYE
Melynda Taylor’s beautifully-written LATE FLIGHT TO LISBON takes place in Portugal, New York, Rome, and the Brazilian countryside. We meet Louella Bentley, an American businesswoman, mother of the precious adolescent Jake, divorced from her difficult husband Knox, on a late night flight to Lisbon. Louella sits next to Alexandrina Vieira, a budding artist around her age and her mother Carolina. The two younger women form a loving, intuitive friendship that will take Louella on a grand life journey, that is both intellectual and spiritual. In Lisbon Louella meets a dear friend of Alexandrina’s, the captivating Lucas Braga, a sophisticated and sensitive Portuguese businessman. Taylor’s gift for witty dialogue is apparent in the scenes between Louella and Lucas as they fall in love, and in the days she spends with her beloved son Jake. The characters are multidimensional and engaging. The settings are rich in wondrous details and luminous history. LATE FLIGHT TO LISBON is a compelling love story you will not want to end. It is a treasure.
Angie Rowe - Author of EATEN BREAD and THE SEVENTH PASSENGER
Engrossing story, not only of romance, but of a deep love that will bring tears to your eyes and hope to your heart. Melynda Taylor, a master of words and storytelling, keeps the reader engrossed from the beginning to the extraordinary end. This book is a keeper – you’ll read it more than once. Immerse yourself in the intelligent narrative, rich use of language and wonderfully crafted story. You’ll be glad you did!
Evelyn Pursley-Kopitzke, prizewinning Classical composer, lyricist, and writer
Monumental! I found myself envying the protagonist’s discovery of relationship unobtainium: a believable fully evolved emotionally intelligent man—a person who listens completely and reciprocates in-kind. Their supporting psychological and philosophical discussions are nuanced and apropos without detracting from the diegesis. An altogether satisfying read that will remain on my reread list.
Carren Strock, author of Women Who Love Women & Others
I was blown away by the author’s vast and diversified knowledge and found this book to be informative and very engrossing. It gave me a look into the protagonist’s life as she enters a world of glamor, wealth, and international love. Though far removed from the world I know, I immensely enjoyed it.
Thomas Eckschmidt, best-selling author of Conscious Capitalism and other publications, business leader, motivational speaker
To borrow a phrase from Pablo Neruda, Melynda Taylor’s novel is ‘a ship of thought freighted with truth and beauty.’ It shines with insightful intelligence.
Alexandra Marshall - author of THE SILENCE OF YOUR NAME: THE AFTERLIFE OF A SUICIDE
Melynda Taylor renders a sequence of sophisticated worlds with a focused photographic eye, but the purpose of her novel is to demonstrate the essential power of listening, and being heard. It is a chronicle of marital abuse with the tenderly healing corrective of a loving listener, a romance novel in the fullest sense, where learning the past allows an understanding of how a person needs to be loved. It brings to mind the lyric from the Lennon-McCartney ballad “Hey Jude,” the lesson to “Take a sad song and make it better.”
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