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Author Talk | Melissa R. Collings

Author Melissa R. Collings discusses her new book "The Love Operation."

A brilliant spine surgeon gains the power to perfectly recall her past- only to discover that some memories are better left undisturbed. A witty, emotional story about the intersection of medicine, memory, and the messy reality of loving imperfectly.

Dr. Cordelia Wren has always been in control- of her surgical career, her emotions, and especially her memories. But when she joins a cutting-edge memory enhancement study at her hospital, she gains an unexpected ability: the power to vividly relive any moment from her past. It seems like the perfect opportunity to analyze her failed relationships and finally understand why every man she’s ever loved has walked away. There’s just one problem. Actually, three: She may have…borrowed…access to the highly restricted memory study. She’s secretly dating the hospital’s new COO while competing for chief of surgery- a relationship that could destroy both their careers if discovered. Her first love has just reappeared in her life, stirring up feelings she thought she’d buried.

As Cordelia dives deeper into her past, the lines between memory and reality begin to blur. The truth she uncovers forces her to question everything she thought she knew about love, ambition, and what it means to be “in control.”

With her career hanging in the balance and her heart pulled in two directions, Cordelia must decide: Should she trust the memories that have shaped her life, or finally let go of the past to embrace an uncertain future?

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Melissa R. Collings is an award-winning author and former spine surgery physician associate. She writes humorous, diverse romance and women’s fiction, as well as probing psychological thrillers. When she’s not writing or plotting, you can find her engaging in deep philosophical conversations with her husband and kids in Nashville, studying preventative health, or losing time in a painting. Her imagination never fails to get her into trouble, and she lives by the philosophy: nothing is impossible, and everything is better with glitter—except surgical wounds.

Moderator Dawne McCurry is a passionate reader and lover of all things books. She is an online book reviewer and a Friends & Fiction ambassador. Dawne lives in Lawrenceville with her husband and 3 fur babies.

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