Melody Heck Gatto
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Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she lives with her husband, son, dog, and two cats.
The whole family are avid Pittsburgh Penguins fans and like going to hockey games when they get the chance. Melody writes Sweet & Spicy Hockey Romance and Sweet Contemporary Romance. Her books are light on the angst, because the world can be cruel enough and a little bit of romance makes life better. 
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Score On Me (A Renegades Novel 1)
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Sports Romance
Happily ever after? Not on Kat’s radar. She didn’t believe in it, at least not for her. More to the point, she wasn’t sure she was even built for love. Cautious where her heart is concerned, Kat instead focuses on her career. But when she meets him, Kat throws caution to the wind. After all, what girl wouldn’t want to spend a steamy night with her all-time hockey crush? Especially one with mesmerizing chocolate brown eyes, a swoon worthy smile, and shaggy sex hair.
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Unsportsmanlike Conduct (A Renegades Novel 2)
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Sports Romance
One year ago, Gia Torella made a huge mistake. After too much champagne, she hooked up with arrogant and egotistical Patrick Dubois, the most imposing hockey player on the Pittsburgh Renegades professional hockey team — both on the ice and off. But she vowed to forget that brief passionate encounter, even if her body remembered it all. 
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Playing the Game (A Renegades Novel 3)
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Sports Romance
The star player. The chosen one. Tyler Kidd ruled the hockey league. He was driven hard by a hatred for losing. Yet behind his on ice persona he was damaged. Betrayed by the one he loved, he battled his demons with alcohol and women. One fueled the other and spiraled out of control. Losing his spot on the team was not on Tyler’s agenda, until it was. Faced with ruining his career, he had one chance to make things right and not lose the one thing he lived for. Hockey. Charged with taking hold of Tyler’s career, Paige Martin never dreamed her new job as Renegades PR assistant meant cleaning up after his mistakes. She never imagined she would see a side of him he showed to no-one. And she definitely never thought she’d end up in his bed. She was everything he never knew he needed and he was everything she knew she should never touch. But what happens when you have no other choice than playing the game? 
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Zambonis and Mistletoe (A Renegades Novel 4)
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Holiday Sports Romance
From Saint Nick to reindeer and jingle bells, Rylee's story is one magical tale. Nick is the General Manager of the Renegades. He's tall, dark and handsome. His looks were not lost on Rylee and his impeccable manners intrigued her. The holiday season had Rylee wondering if what she thought was an accidental meeting wasn't really a gift from Jolly Ol' Saint Nick? 
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Shutout (A Renegades Novel 5)
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Hockey Romance/Sports Romance
Dominic is flirty, swoon-worthy and tattooed. He's only ever truly loved one woman - Hailee - the one that got away. But that was a lifetime ago. She left a scar on his heart so deep that no bunny would ever fill it. No girl measured up to his Hailee – not that he wanted anyone to. If he was lucky enough to find her again, he wasn’t going to let her go so easily. 
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Shootout Save (A Renegades Novel 6)
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Hockey Romance/Sports Romance
Gorgeous hunk, Kaden O’Conner is carefree and always smiling. Why wouldn’t he be? He’s hot property—one half of the Renegades star goalie tandem—a confirmed bachelor, and has his pick of beautiful women. Everything he ever wanted has landed in his lap, and he’s determined to enjoy himself. Alison Bishop had her professional figure skating chances ruined by an injury, but the natural beauty picked herself up, built up her own business, and still manages to teach kids how to ice skate in her spare time. When an ice skating lesson overlaps a Renegades hockey fundraiser, Alison meets Kaden by chance, and is quickly catapulted into a hot romance that would melt the ice caps! Skates are off as the two throw caution to the wind. It’s all fun and games—until it isn’t. 
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Blindsided (A Renegades Novel 7)
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Hockey Romance/Sports Romance
Sam Morris, the “surfer-boy” star of the Renegades, has hockey running through his veins. He lives and breathes the game. The only thing he’s crazier about is his family. Trina’s love saved him from himself after a season of losing and injuries. She was his life, his partner in crime, and his biggest fan. Adding their daughter to the mix gave him the perfect hat-trick in life. Hockey, love, and a family. Trina Kidd Morris, sister of Renegades captain, Tyler Kidd, grew up in the world of hockey and knows how the players are wired. She understands the level of dedication the men put into the game. Her husband, Sam, applied the same single-minded devotion to bring her back to life after her devastating loss. He’s her hero, her love, and her best friend. Sam and Trina are a match made in heaven. The love of a lifetime. Beautiful and blond, with a little mini-me, they are the picture-perfect family. That is, until Sam is blindsided by a hit. When the ice cracks around him, his career is threatened. The lines become blurred between good choices and bad, and his fairytale marriage is on the line. 
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Shot at Love (A Renegades Novel 8)
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Hockey Romance/Sports Romance
Luc didn’t mean to fall for his teammate’s little sister. He had no intention of breaking the guy code: sisters were strictly off limits. Luc knew that breaking the rule could not only destroy a friendship but derail his career. And he didn’t think her brother was bluffing. As soon as Luc found out the gorgeous brunette he’d been eyeing turned out to be his goalie’s sister, he hit the brakes. But then she said those four little words: I don’t date athletes. Challenge accepted. 
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Body Checked (A Renegades Novel 9)
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Hockey Romance/Sports Romance
Matt had one talent – putting the smackdown on dirty players on the opposing teams. If they stepped up on one of his guys, he was there to tear them right down. Romance was not his forte. It wasn't even in his wheelhouse. He was a professional hockey league enforcer. A fighter. A goon. Matt enjoyed being at the top of his game, the Renegades' lead tough guy. But years of fighting have taken a toll. His body is finally turning on him. Only Matt isn’t ready to hang up his skates just yet; his heart is still in the game, and hockey is his world. Women find the bad-boy on-ice aggression sexy, but they aren't prepared to deal with his after-game pain. Love has been cruel, redemption is out of reach, and Matt feels he doesn't deserve happiness. He's developed a talent for driving people away, never allowing anyone to get too close. When his whole world starts to spiral out of control, someone unexpected finds her way past his tough-guy exterior. But is she strong enough to melt his icy heart and force him to let her in? 
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Melting the Ice (A Renegades Novel 10)
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Hockey Romance/Sports Romance
Talia never imagined that at almost forty years old, she’d be newly single again. Not to mention picking up a sexy young man at a Pittsburgh bar. What she thought was a one-night stand, turned into night after night of the best sex she’d ever had. Even the news that he was a teammate of her brother couldn’t extinguish the desire she had for Harrison. Somehow, he had made himself a permanent fixture in her bed and was slowly moving in on her heart. He fawned over her like no man ever had before, and she was loving the attention, but she wasn’t ready to give her heart away so easily. Not after what she just went through. Harrison vowed off relationships. He was a self-proclaimed lifelong bachelor. Talia was simply supposed to be a notch in his bedpost, a hook-up. But he was drawn to this woman with such an animal attraction. Typically, he never bedded the same woman twice, yet he couldn’t get enough of Talia. 
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Breakaway (A Renegades Novel 11)
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Hockey Romance/Sports Romance
Travis Anderson was a rookie with the Renegades professional hockey team. Being in a new city with a new team he had one goal: to make a name for himself. His focus was on hockey – it’s all he had. Until he ran in to Morgan and her amazing blue eyes that he couldn’t seem to shake. Figuring out how to split his focus between solidifying a spot on the team and winning over Morgan proved a difficult task. Travis wanted both hockey and Morgan. Balance was the key to life, right? What he wasn’t expecting was that she was the niece of one of his new teammates. Travis was already on Coach Walker’s radar as a rookie. Dating Sam Morris’s niece had him skating on thin ice. 
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Power Play (A Renegades Novel 12)
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Hockey Romance/Sports Romance
Professional hockey player Noah Rodgers was a ladies’ man. He didn’t do relationships. He liked to keep his options open, no-strings attached. And he made no secret of his rules. Jordan Baker managed The Sin Bin restaurant. She was a people person who enjoyed being in charge and rocked a mean pencil skirt and blazer. Still recovering from her last disastrous break-up, she was concentrating on her career. She wasn’t interested in taking chances with her heart. Keeping Noah and his flirtatious ways at bay proved difficult–virtually impossible. He was charming, devastatingly handsome, and focused on her. And she liked it. Could no strings attached be enough for her? 
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