Sailing with Mystery

Posted on June 20, 2026August 14, 2026 by writer35_bg

Sailing with Mystery follows our artist Isabella Newcombe Tarrant as she embarks on an ocean voyage to join her husband Madoc in India.

Five Short Stories that cover the ocean voyage, from the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, through the Suez Canal, and into the Indian Ocean.

Mystery and peril are dangerous shipmates for an ocean voyage.

While travel presents opportunities to meet new friends and see new places. Isabella also encounters puzzling crimes and dangerous intrigue as she sails from England to India.

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“Amber Dreams”

Blackmail threatens a young bride when her secret diary is stolen.

Her marriage of convenience is threatened if the contents are revealed to her new husband and his autocratic mother.

Can Isabella recover the diary before the bride loses all hope?

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“Purple Poison”

A flurry of poison pen letters unsettle the passengers on the ship Nomadic.

Even Isabella is not immune from the vicious invective.

Will the culprit be discovered before tragedy occurs?

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“Black Heart”

Pranks and tricks cause inconvenience, misery, and embarrassment.

After one prank goes too far and injury occurs,

will Isabella locate the trickster before the next mishap turns deadly?

. ~ . ~ . ~ .

“Silver Web”

Lady Bernhardt’s diamond necklace is stolen. Other jewelry is missing.

Suspicions and accusations fly among the passengers of the ship Garipoola.

Then the thief dies in the freak accident, proof of his theft in hand.

Will Isabella locate his accomplice and the missing jewelry before they reach the next port?

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“Red Mask”

A disturbing letter falls into Isabella’s hands—only to be stolen again before she deciphers it.

The letter claimed that a spy is aboard the Garipoola, but is that the only person hiding their true identity and purpose on the passenger ship?

. ~ . ~ . ~ .

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Enjoy A Trio of Games

Posted on June 1, 2026May 7, 2026 by writer35_bg

Heart-Pounding Puzzles ~ A Trio of Games

Smugglers in A Game of Secrets,

Tricky Twists in A Game of Spies,

and

murder Most Foul in A Game of Hearts

Regency mysteries and suspense with a dash of romance.

My first three books ever published, way back in 2015,

collected into A Trio of Games.

A Trio of Games offers my first three mysteries.

Long before I dreamed of publishing, the novel A Game of Secrets rescued me from a dark time of life.
Then came the novel A Game of Spies at another dark time.
In 2013, when I realized self-publication was not only possible but a reality, I began writing my third novel A Game of Hearts.

Indie publishing was a dream coming true, and these three novels began my writing career.

These weren’t the first novels I penned, but they were the first to enter the publishing world and to be offered to readers, in October of 2015. Even in that month, the whole Hearts in Hazard series was just a dream. I had only a vague idea of the series.

Each novel would be a stand-alone, dealing with a different conflict and a different setting. The characters and situations would reflect history accurately. Each would have suspense or mystery, with sweet romance sprinkled all through.

Rather than focusing on two characters only, I wanted each novel to focus on separate couples. Some characters might recur, but no main characters would again be primaries. Characters may enter early as secondary actors. The primary characters would be honorable and humble, good people struggling together through bad circumstances.

This Trio of Games

The individual books are available in ebook and paperback formats while the collections are ebook only. All of the novels are available in wide distribution: Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Amazon, and many other distributors. Find them at your favorite online bookstore. You can search for the individual titles or the series title under my pen name of M.A. Lee.

You can find the collection A Trio of Games at Amazon, ebook available at this link and the paperback here, and both ebook and paperback at worldwide distribution, with this link.

The other collected novels are A Trio of Dangers, A Trio of Keys, and A Trio of Hazards.

Hopefully, this will start a busy Summer of reading that will stretch into Autumn!

Sink into the best reading: 3 heart-pounding puzzles in A Trio of Games.

The Mysts of Sorcery ~ Conclusion of Spells of Earth

Posted on May 25, 2026February 9, 2026 by writer35_bg

Betrayal rears an ugly head in The Mysts of Sorcery.

When her own spell blasted away her magic and destroyed her memory, Desora had abandoned everything. Now, discovering the depths of elemental Earth and her memory returning, she is on the verge of recovering all she’d lost—even her lost love, Brax.

Yet fierce battles loom before Desora and her allies.

The monster escaped. It heads for Mulgrum, killing as it flees. The Dark Fae Horst and his remaining riders track the sorcerer and his wyre.

Only when the monster is destroyed will Mulgrum and the Northern Reaches be safe. The sorcerer who brought the monster through the portal must also die.

With allies gathered, the final deadly battle nears. Desora risks losing all she’s regained as she confronts a monster she has no idea how to destroy.

Then betrayal rears its ugly head.

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The fantasy The Mysts of Sorcery is the concluding novella in the three-part series Spells of Earth, part of the greater Fae Mark’d World. The series began with The Wyrded Forest and continued with The Riven Gate. Readers will experience the greatest enjoyment when they read the first two novellas in the series.

If you like elemental power battling twisted sorcery and cold steel clearing paths through magical monsters, then you will love the adventures in The Mysts of Sorcery.

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Enjoy The Hazard for Spies

Posted on April 20, 2026August 14, 2026 by writer35_bg

It’s Anniversary Day for The Hazard for Spies.

Disguised to Spy.

A young constable tracks treacherous traitors.

A spinster hopes to find a killer.

Will murder destroy their chance for love?

Conrad Hoppock left his village and the girl he secretly loved for a chance at a better livelihood. He joined the London constabulary and began working with the Bow Street Runners. Now he hunts the master spy stealing information for Bonapartist France. His search sends him undercover in a lawyer’s office.

When Phinney Darracott’s sister and brother-in-law died, their children whispered “murder”. She dismissed that claim as unreasonable terrors caused by the tragic loss. Yet after repeated burglaries and an arson that destroyed their home, Phinney believed the whispers. Now she wants justice for their murders.

The clues lead her to London. There, she disguises herself as a cleaning maid for the very law office where Conrad is disguised as a clerk. Phinney’s young niece Elise and the street urchin Vic secretly pursue a different tangle of clues to the murders.

In the night hours, when all is still, Phinney prowls for the evidence. Then she encounters Conrad.

And the lawyer at the center of the tangle of clues is shot dead while they watch from their hiding place.

Can Conrad discover the identity of the French mastermind? Will Phinney’s single-minded pursuit lead her into the murderer’s snare? Will the children be caught and sold into London’s underworld?

Will they discover the connection between past and present murders?

Or will two bullets allow the murderer and the French master spy to continue their work against the British government?

The Hazard for Spies is Book 11 in M.A. Lee’s Hearts in Hazard series of Regency mysteries and suspense. The novels are loosely connected, and each story is complete in one book.

Vic the lockpick and Phinney (disguised as Mrs. Coates) were minor characters in The Hazard of Secrets. Chief Constable Hector Evans, who returns here after his inclusion in The Hazard of Secrets, had his introduction in The Dangers to Hearts and received his own story in The Key to Secrets. The fight against French spies on British soil began with the first Hearts in Hazard

Find it here, ebook or paperback, from online distributors everywhere

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Spells of Air ~ the Fae Mark’d World

Posted on April 5, 2026February 9, 2026 by writer35_bg

Fantasy. Action and Adventure.

On a mission for the Wizard Enclave, Orielle ventures into the Wilding, a strange frontier filled with magical creatures. There she discovers sprites and wraiths, gobbers and wyre, and the mysterious Dark Fae called the Kyrgy.

All view her as prey.

Spells of Air ~ a trilogy of novellas

To Wield the Wind

Never adept with magic, Orielle allies with Grim, a swordsman who wields elemental power. With him as guide and guard, she heads for Iscleft Haven, hoping to renew the alliance between the Enclave and the Haven.

Can Orielle and Grim reach the Haven without falling to the wyre and the gobbers? Or must they bind themselves to Lady Bone and ride the Wild Hunt as the newly chosen of a Kyrgy?

To Charm the Air

When Orielle and Grim reach the Haven, the elder arrests him. The Haveners aren’t interested in a renewed alliance with the Wizard Enclave.

Is her mission for the Enclave in vain? Will she ever escape the Wilding?

And what of her vow to the Kyrgy Lady Bone?

To Curse the Wyre

Hunter. Hunted. Who is who?

The sorceress and her servants, the shifter wyre, seek to destroy Orielle’s allies in the Wilding. Orielle has gathered Dark Fae and Rhoghieri to defeat them.

She rides with the Dark Fae Lord Skull and Lady Bone—but can she trust them?