Rhodren, baron of the Bois Argent, is commanded by his king to investigate the disappearance of two troops and a caravan, lost at the abandoned citadel of the Archais, deep in the desert. Yet when he and his men reach the border, a flock of crows and ravens attack.

Surviving that attack, Rhodren and his men are then confronted by slavering panthers. Inkeri comes to their aid.

Idros Ahdreide has predators aplenty, all willing to feast on the wariest of travelers. What enemy marshals these dangers? What evil lurks at the Archais?

Will a wielder of elemental Water and a leader of mortal men discover the truth without becoming prey for the desert predators?

To Curse the Wyre ~ the concluding Novella in the trilogy Spells of Air

Hunter. Hunted. Who is who?

Ebook only. Part of the Spells of Air series, featuring the not-wizard Oriella and the mercenary Rhoghieri named Grim.

https://books2read.com/u/4AOG8k

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XKBFGCC

The Riven Gate ~ The Center Novella in the trilogy Spells of Earth

Bloody fate balances death on one scale, destruction on the other. Will Desora and Brax survive their next encounter with an eldritch monster?

Ebook only. Book 2 of the Spells of Earth series.

https://books2read.com/u/mVRGoP

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WJQHL2S

Exclusive from Writers’ Ink: nonfiction!

Discovering Your Novel by M.A. Lee

When your goal is publication, Discovering Your Novel is the guidebook to help you overcome the Sisyphean task of first word to publication. With the goal of completing a novel in 52 weeks, this guidebook can be self-paced or tracked week by week for persistent success.

Book 4 of the Think like a Pro Writer series & the first book in the Discovering Writing Craft series.

Ebook or Paperback https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PYYM2LG/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PYYM2LG

What kind of story drives you to read?

Read it … or Write it!

Enjoy a Glimpse of The Key with Hearts

Posted on February 25, 2026January 5, 2026 by writer35_bg

Writing The Key with Hearts was pure pleasure.

The words just poured onto the page, a flood of ideas that I barely could keep up with.

I had struggled with the previous novel, The Key for Spies. I hit a writing block with that one, swirled around not knowing what to do … then figured out a character was demanding a greater role in the story than I had anticipated. That novel turned out to be the longest of all 12 books in the Hearts in Hazard series.

I started The Key with Hearts with a bit of trepidation.

All writers starting completely new projects have a bit of trepidation: Do I remember how to write? Do I remember how to create likeable characters and an intriguing story? Is this story going to flow?

When we are writing after experiencing a block, the trepidation increases.

The Key with Hearts, though, had waited long enough. The words came so easily that a different worry attacked me. Is this novel as good as I think it is? Am I fooling myself?

My first readers enjoyed it, thank Heavens, crushing all those self doubts.

The Key with Hearts ~ Regency England. Suspense. Murder. Two hearts at odds.

Married for money, not for love.

A convenient marriage inconveniently causes murder.

Six months ago, Beth Corbett married Greville Myers. Her money saved his estate. His nobility raised her station. The couple have achieved an uneasy relationship, tepid and uncomfortable.

Then Beth is nearly killed in a failed attempt at murder.

Who wants her dead?

*The woman who had expected to marry Greville?
*The mother-in-law who hates her?
*Someone unknown?
*Or her husband, so he can keep her money and marry the woman he loves?

Who can Beth trust?

When the murderer strikes again and injures someone by mistake, how can Beth discover the truth? Or will she be the next victim?

Find the ebook and paperback at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PBYZ9XZ

Worldwide, find the ebook here: https://books2read.com/u/mvZrA2

View the Trailer https://youtu.be/JyDlvYQf8ow

Here’s a Glimpse of the First Chapter.

Chapter 1

Friday, 3 September 1813 ~ Myers Buckland manor and estate in Wiltshire, England

The little dog nosed along the edge of the bricked planters. His white tail wagged, excitement quivering through his whole body. He sniffed at every speck, whether dirt or leaf or twig. Brightly colored ribbons, tied tightly together to create a long leash, trailed over his back and the terrace’s paving stones.

His sniffing increased. He growled. His short nose swept across the slate-colored pavers. He retreated several steps as he tracked the scent, then followed it back to the grass. The clipped grass tickled his nose. He strained against the ribbon leash as he dug at the stones, as if the pavers were the edge of a cairn hiding a vicious rodent. Then his head popped up. Ears pricked forward. Dark eyes stared at the high hedge with its thick branches of boxwoods.

He glanced behind him at the woman holding one end of his tether. They had ended their walk by traversing the maze. Throughout their tour of the garden, she seemed distracted, barely attending to his tugs on the leash. Now her gaze focused on the drive that swept from the parkland. The gravel turned into a gentle curve as it approached the manor’s forecourt. The little terrier sniffed the air. Then he lunged forward.

The leash held him back. He strained against it then lunged again, but his paws didn’t find grass beneath him. His claws scrabbled on the pavers. He barked.

Continue reading “Enjoy a Glimpse of The Key with Hearts” →

Mystery and Gothic ~ The Dark Lord

Posted on February 15, 2026January 5, 2026 by writer35_bg

The Dark Lord

bk 1 in the series Miss Beale Writes ~ a touch of mystery, a touch of gothic

Everyone knows there’s no such thing as ghosts.
Tell that to the two ghosts haunting Elizabeth.

Elizabeth Fortescue comes to Feldstone Grange seeking the position of housekeeper. She expects the Baron Harcourt to claim she’s too young

and pretty for the position, even though she’s qualified and has excellent references.

Yet the baron is desperate to hire someone, having lost five housekeepers over the past six months. He doesn’t know what drove them away.

On her first night at the Grange, Elizabeth encounters two ghosts. One is the well-known Silent Lady; none of the servants know anything

about the other ghost.

Over the next week, her connection with Lord Harcourt becomes more than servant to employer. She likes her position and her employer. He also appears to like her, wanting to meet with her daily.

One ghost, though, persists in its haunting of her, enticing her to follow it.

Is it a real ghost? Is a fellow servant attempting to terrify her? Or does someone have a wicked reason to haunt the new housekeeper?

Elizabeth doesn’t know the answer—but she has more incentive to stay than leave.

Will she remain at the Grange? Or will the second ghost’s increasing hauntings drive her away?

Or lead her into death?

The Dark Lord is the first in a series of paranormal novellas from M.A. Lee, who writes historical mysteries and suspense with a dash of romance.

This novella is first in the Miss Beale Writes series. They are best described as vintage gothics.

Like M.A. Lee’s Hearts in Hazard 12-book series, set in Regency England, the novellas will be loosely interconnected, but each is a stand-alone story.

The Dark Lord is a 35,000+ word novella with two ghosts, a determined young housekeeper, and a scared dark lord. Exactly what you want to read this spring!

1st in the series, 1st entry into a slightly paranormal world~~Only 99 cents!

Available Online Everywhere

Available at the Zon

The Dangers of Secrets

Posted on February 10, 2026January 5, 2026 by writer35_bg

The Dangers of Secrets

Gordon, Lord Musgrove, returns from A Game of Spies. He’s escaped from his mother’s garden party, at which she planned to trap him into a betrothal. Imagine his surprise when he meets the woman of his dreams while escaping his mother’s plans for his engagement.

Imagine his shock when murder occurs.

Available now on Amazon, cover design by Deranged Doctor Design

Secrets of family. Secrets of hearts. Secrets of blood and pain.

Secrets can kill.

Maddy Whittaker, on the shelf for years, never expects the man of her dreams will be the one she once called a stick in the mud.

Banished from a country party so she won’t ruin her sisters’ chances in snaring husbands, Maddy is sent to visit a cousin named Simon Jespers, who is hosting his own Valentine’s party. She expects three weeks of boredom.

Gordon, Lord Musgrove, expects he will propose to a biddable lady and live unhappily ever after.

He escapes his mother’s country party (where the dowager Musgrove expects her only son to snare a wife) for one last bid at freedom. He decides to retreat to his friend Simon Jespers. Gordon never expects that his friend will be hosting a Valentine’s party. He does expect days and days of boredom.

Secrets of Hearts

On arrival at Jespers’ country manor, Maddy and Gordon meet for the first time. A quick flirtation finds them well matched in mind and soul, and the flirtation changes into romance.

Yet a secret from Maddy’s past threatens their future.

And a serial murderer threatens Maddy’s life.

Can Gordon overcome past secrets and present dangers to marry his perfect match?

The Dangers of Secrets is a romantic Regency suspense of approximately 56,000 words.

The character of Gordon, Lord Musgrove, was first introduced in A Game of Spies, published in the fall of 2015.

Warning: While the romance is sweet, the murders have been described as sordid. Unwanted memories of abuse may be triggered. Please be cautious.

Use these links for online distributors everywhere. The book is available as a paperback from Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06X9137D9

https://books2read.com/u/boENK9

View the trailer https://youtu.be/1zZ_ZisDLLU

The Dangers of Secrets

a Regency romantic suspense

Love Reading? That’s appropriate for February!

Posted on February 5, 2026January 5, 2026 by writer35_bg

Happy Birthday to these February Books!

First, we have a novella from Edie Roones: Historical Fantasy, part of the Wild Sherwood series.

The Hooded Outlaw brings us Robin Hood and his meeting with Maid Marianne.

One trap for Robin Hood, another for Lady Marianne

When Robin Hood escapes a trap set by the Sheriff of Nottingham, he never expects to meet the love of his life, Lady Marianne of d’Airsey.

The d’Airsey family received a manor and estate from King Richard himself. Yet the king is now imprisoned in Germany. His corrupt brother Prince John has placed his cronies in positions of power in England. One of those cronies is Baron Haughton, former holder of that estate.

Sheriff Maldeville and Lord Polleone plot with Baron Haughton to steal back his lands. The Faerie Aubrette and Gilbert Whitehand join Robin and Marianne to thwart them.

Yet how can outlaws and a disguised Faerie prevent Prince John from restoring the deeds to Baron Haughton?

Wild Sherwood ~ Perilous Choices, Mysterious Faeries

Find your copy here, at Amazon and Books2Read.

3 from M.A. Lee

The Dangers of Secrets

**A baffling murder interrupts a charming romance in The Danger of Secrets.**

Maddy Whittaker pursues a flirtation with Gordon, Lord Musgrove, as a pleasant distraction from daily concerns. Then she encounters secrets of family, secrets of the heart, and secrets of blood and pain, all served up for Valentine’s Day at a country manor in Regency England.

Too bad for Maddy and Gordon that secrets can kill.

More than charm will be needed for Maddy to overcome past secrets and present dangers to marry her perfect match in The Dangers of Secrets, a Regency mystery, Book 4 in the Hearts in Hazard series.

Choose one of these links to reach online bookstores:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06X9137D9

https://books2read.com/u/boENK9

View the trailer https://youtu.be/1zZ_ZisDLLU

The Dark Lord

Everyone knows there’s no such thing as ghosts.

Tell that to the two ghosts haunting Elizabeth.

Elizabeth Fortescue comes to Feldstone Grange seeking the position of housekeeper. She expects the Baron Harcourt to claim she’s too

young and pretty for the position, even though she’s qualified and has excellent references.

Yet the baron is desperate to hire someone, having lost five housekeepers over the past six months. He doesn’t know what drove them away.

On her first night at the Grange, Elizabeth encounters two ghosts. One is the well-known Silent Lady; none of the servants know anything about the other ghost.

Over the next week, her connection with Lord Harcourt becomes more than servant to employer. She likes her position and her employer. He also appears to like her, wanting to meet with her daily.

One ghost, though, persists in its haunting of her, enticing her to follow it.

Is it a real ghost? Is a fellow servant attempting to terrify her? Or does someone have a wicked reason to haunt the new housekeeper?

Elizabeth doesn’t know the answer—but she has more incentive to stay than leave.

Will she remain at the Grange? Or will the second ghost’s increasing hauntings drive her away?

Or lead her into death?

The Dark Lord is the first in a series of paranormal novellas from M.A. Lee, who writes historical mysteries and suspense with a dash of romance. This novella is first in the Miss Beale Writes series. They are best described as vintage gothics.

Like M.A. Lee’s Hearts in Hazard 12-book series, set in Regency England, the six novellas will be loosely interconnected, but each is a stand-alone story.

Choose one of these links to reach online bookstores:

B&N, Kobo, and more: https://books2read.com/u/38yprZ

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WJQHL2S

View a trailer with the companion novel for the duology Perils in Lace and Hard Iron.

The Key with Hearts

The Key with Hearts ~

Regency England. Suspense. Murder. Two hearts at odds.

Married for money, not for love.

Here’s the link to the Amazon sale page. All other online distributors, go to this link. Available in ebook and paperback!

View the trailer here: https://youtu.be/JyDlvYQf8ow

A convenient marriage inconveniently causes murder.

Six months ago, Liza Corbett married Greville Myers. Her money saved his estate. His nobility raised her station. The couple have achieved an uneasy relationship, tepid and uncomfortable.

Then Liza is nearly killed in a failed attempt at murder.

Who wants her dead?

*The woman who had expected to marry Greville?
*The mother-in-law who hates her?
*Someone unknown?
*Or her husband, so he can keep her money and marry the woman he loves?

Who can Liza trust?

When the murderer strikes again and injures someone by mistake, how can Liza discover the truth? Or will she be the next victim?

The Key with Hearts is set in Regency England. At 59,000 words, the novel is Book 9 in the Hearts in Hazard series of romantic mystery and suspense by M. A. Lee.

Visit M.A. Lee’s author page on this website for a complete list of the Hearts in Hazard books.

In March, Writers Ink celebrates 8 Publications

from all Three Writers Ink Authors.

Fiction & NonFiction

Mystery from M.A. Lee!

The Danger for Spies

3 Fantasy Entries From Edie Roones!

Winter Sorcery

2 Short Stories from Into Wild Sherwood

“Tod the Fox & the Faeries in the Ring”

“The Poisoner & the Faerie Huntsman”

3 Works of Fantasy from Remi Black!

The epic Novel Sing a Graveyard Song

3 Novellas in 3 different Elemental Magic series!

Torrent of Evil ~ the first novella in the trilogy Spells of Water

To Curse the Wyre ~ the concluding Novella in the trilogy Spells of Air

The Riven Gate ~ The Center Novella in the trilogy Spells of Earth

Exclusive from Writers’ Ink: nonfiction!

Discovering Your Novel by M.A. Lee

What kind of story drives you to read?

Read it … or Write it!

Writing The Key with Hearts was pure pleasure.

Find the ebook and paperback at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PBYZ9XZ

Worldwide, find the ebook here: https://books2read.com/u/mvZrA2

View the Trailer https://youtu.be/JyDlvYQf8ow

Here’s a Glimpse of the First Chapter.

Chapter 1

Friday, 3 September 1813 ~ Myers Buckland manor and estate in Wiltshire, England

The Dark Lord

bk 1 in the series Miss Beale Writes ~ a touch of mystery, a touch of gothic

Everyone knows there’s no such thing as ghosts. Tell that to the two ghosts haunting Elizabeth.

This novella is first in the Miss Beale Writes series. They are best described as vintage gothics.

The Dark Lord is a 35,000+ word novella with two ghosts, a determined young housekeeper, and a scared dark lord. Exactly what you want to read this spring!

1st in the series, 1st entry into a slightly paranormal world~~Only 99 cents!

The Dangers of Secrets

Imagine his shock when murder occurs.

Secrets of family. Secrets of hearts. Secrets of blood and pain.

Secrets can kill.

Secrets of Hearts

The Dangers of Secrets is a romantic Regency suspense of approximately 56,000 words.

The Dangers of Secrets

a Regency romantic suspense

Happy Birthday to these February Books!

First, we have a novella from Edie Roones: Historical Fantasy, part of the Wild Sherwood series.

The Hooded Outlaw brings us Robin Hood and his meeting with Maid Marianne.

3 from M.A. Lee

The Dangers of Secrets

A baffling murder interrupts a charming romance in The Danger of Secrets.

The Dark Lord

Everyone knows there’s no such thing as ghosts.

Tell that to the two ghosts haunting Elizabeth.

The Key with Hearts

The Key with Hearts ~

Regency England. Suspense. Murder. Two hearts at odds.

Married for money, not for love.

………………………………………………………..

No ghostwriters, work-for-hire writers, artificial intelligence or other collaborators are used in the writing of Any book from Writers Ink Books. 😉

Everyone knows there’s no such thing as ghosts.
Tell that to the two ghosts haunting Elizabeth.

**A baffling murder interrupts a charming romance in The Danger of Secrets.**