Mel

Mel, a character in the Rising Tides book, is Cedarport's gardening expert and hardware store owner. She makes her first appearance in Chapter 1.

Appearance
Mel has brown eyes, long wavy gray hair, and fair-pink skin. She wears a multi-colored shirt, dark gray jacket, and orange hoop earrings.

Personality
Mel is passionate about her vegetables, gardening, and a bit hot-tempered compared to other Cedarport townspeople.

Rising Tides

 * Chapter 1: High and Dry
 * Chapter 2: Fish Out Of Water
 * Chapter 3: Rock The Boat
 * Chapter 5: Making Waves
 * Chapter 6: Drop In The Ocean
 * Chapter 7: Sink Or Swim (Determinant)
 * Chapter 9: Sea Change (Determinant)
 * Chapter 10: In Deep
 * Chapter 11: Hell or High Water
 * Chapter 12: Turn The Tide

Your Character
When the dead fish appear in Cedarport's harbor, she asks for someone to call Mayor Liu and that they need to hold an emergency town hall meeting. She dislikes reporters, but you can warm her up towards Robin Tora. In Chapter 5, you have the premium opportunity to help Javier impress Mel by converting his lot into a community garden.

Javier
Javier gets tongue-tied talking to Mel. She offers him some of her surplus of vegetables from her garden. If you decide to help transform his lot into a community garden, he tells you that he has a brown thumb and has killed every plant he has ever kept. However, Mel would think the idea would be "dreamy" and that it would give them both something to talk about. Once the lot is transformed, he asks her out to dinner. This begins their romantic relationship.

In Chapter 10, they are part of the town that comes to support you and your family when your family's house and boat have been vandalized. She thinks it is dreamy when he calls her gourd-related pet names.

Trivia

 * Her character model resembles Judy Anderson from the Big Sky Country series.