Heart of Steel

Growing up in the dangerous world of the Iron Seas, the mercenary captain Yasmeen has learned to keep her heart hard as steel. Ruthless and cunning, her only loyalty is to her ship and her crew--until one man comes along and changes everything.

Meljean was raised in the middle of the woods, and hid under her blankets at night with fairy tales, comic books, and romances. She left the forest and went on a misguided tour through the world of accounting, banking, and a (very) brief teaching career before focusing on her first loves, reading and writing--and she realized that monsters, superheroes, and happily-ever-afters are easily found between the covers, as well as under them, so she set out to make her own. Meljean lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and daughter.