Hi! I’m Mel and my mantra is - Empty Nest, Full Life It’s ALL good!
It’s great to meet you here. Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the metaverse. I write provocative romantic women’s fiction. My books are a mashup of inspiring family drama and romance, often in places you’ve enjoyed firsthand or would love to visit. My silver lining has been to merge these two passions becoming a certified travel advisor. Life is a grand adventure filled with detours and opportunities for creating the most incredible memories.
Take a look at my blog Notes From The Nest you’ll find all my lifestyle and travel tips as well as stories of the people and places inspiring me daily.
Hi! I’m Mel and my mantra is - Empty Nest, Full Life It’s ALL good!
It’s great to meet you here. Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the universe. I write provocative romantic women’s fiction. My books are a mashup of inspiring family drama and romance, most often in places you’ve loved or would love to visit. My blog Notes From The Nest is where you’ll find lifestyle and travel tips for living and loving midlife and beyond.
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The Forgotten Briefcase: The world knows her name. Few really knew her.
As Featured In People (including People’s Best Books of June 2026) Entertainment Weekly, Inside Edition, Parade, Greta Van Susteren/Newsmax, Fox News, Yahoo News, Page Six, AOL, Daily Mail, Complex, HOLR Magazine, and more.
The Forgotten Briefcase is an intimate memoir of love, loss, and the long road back to oneself. Drawn from decades-old journals, letters, and personal mementos, Joseph recounts his private relationship with Nicole Brown Simpson at a pivotal moment in her life, as she was beginning to reclaim and rediscover herself – revealing a fresh and profoundly human portrait of the woman behind one of America’s most public tragedies.
Thirty-three years after burying the past inside a forgotten briefcase, Joseph rediscovers the memories he never allowed himself to face: photographs, cards, letters, and a century-old novel he had once given Nicole – a book she claimed had changed her life forever. But it isn’t until Joseph’s own near-death experience that he realizes the briefcase held more than reminders of Nicole – it held the fractured pieces of himself.
As Joseph returns to the places they once shared, he begins to understand why the novel – and Nicole’s memory – never truly left him. The Forgotten Briefcase is a moving testament to the power of love, memory, and second chances, and to the freedom that can only come from finally confronting the past.
