Hi, I’d like to introduce myself. One of my pen names is …tada… you guessed it MC D’Alton and I have a passion for telling stories and daydreaming.

I love dark characters and have always had an odly macabre soft spot for Frankenstein. I’ve always been drawn to the darkness in a character. Why are they the way they are? Is there any good inside of them? And if so, what do I have to do to find it, love it, and make it shine?

And so, the idea of a romance starring a monster as the love interest began to bloom. Melanie, a dear writing friend, and my Iron Universe co-writer and fellow BookBaybZter asked that special question which set the wheels in motion, ‘How will any sane person fall in love with a monster?’

And so, the story began to unfold and the Iron Universe was born!

You can also find more of my contemporary romance and commercial women’s fiction writing under the name Michelle Dalton - https://www.amazon.com/Michelle-Dalton

Melanie Page is a proud Queensland gal. She found her happily ever after, raised an awesome brood, got a couple of degrees and took up lion taming (sorry... high school teaching... same thing). As a budding writer she finished her first novel, got a kindle account and pressed published... She has since learned better.

Although her for love is Regency, Melanie has since moved into Steampunk, co-authoring Iron Heart and Iron Fist with MC Dalton. She has recently completed a manual on how to write short stories, aimed at students and beginning writers. Her shorter works have featured in anthologies by Romance Writers Australia and Serenity Press.