Mysteries and Suspense with a Dash of Romance

 

1925 Mystery ~ 2025 Summer Writing Challenge

Courting Trouble
70% Complete
35,000 of 50,000 words

 

ComingSoon

The Bride in Ghostly White
8% Complete
2,500 of 30,000 words

 

2024 Release ~ Sailing with Mystery

 

The collection Sailing with Mystery  is now available. See below for LINKS!

Zon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJL28Z5W Ebook and Paperback, use the Same Link

Worldwide https://books2read.com/u/3R5QJR  Ebook and Paperback use the Same Link

 View the Trailer here: https://youtu.be/csAe72b5X2I

Puzzling crimes and dangerous intrigue confront Isabella as she sails from England to India.

“Amber Dreams” :: Blackmail threatens a young bride. Can Isabella recover a stolen diary before the bride loses all hope?

“Purple Poison” :: Poison pen letters filled with vicious invective attack the passengers on the ship Nomadic. Will Isabella discover the culprit before tragedy occurs?

“Black Heart” :: A trickster targets the passengers aboard ship. When one prank causes injury, can Isabella locate the trickster before the next mishap turns deadly?

“Silver Web” :: Accusations fly when passengers discover a jewel thief at work. When the thief dies, proof of theft in his hand, will Isabella locate his accomplice and the missing jewelry before they reach the next port?

“Red Mask” :: Isabella receives a disturbing letter—only for it to be stolen before she deciphers it. The letter claims that a spy is aboard, but is that the only person hiding their true identity on the passenger ship?

Challenge Accepted and Achieved !

Sailing with Mystery was a challenge to write. I wanted puzzle mysteries, not murder mysteries. Every story achieves the puzzle aspect; only one story has a death, and that’s not a murder. 

 

Coming Soon ~ The Bride in Ghostly White

A Touch of Mystery, A Touch of Gothic, A Touch of Romance

This Vintage Gothic series began with The Dark Lord. The series is Miss Beale Writes and will have six total novellas, each capturing a different era of English history. 

The Bride in Ghostly White will be Victorian while The Dark Lord was Regency. Those two novellas will be bundled into Perils in Lace and Hard Iron.

Following will be two set in Medieval and Renaissance England.

The final two will be set in Cavalier / Restoration and Georgian England.

The ghosts, however, are outside of time constraints =).

The Dark Lord

~ Regency England ~ the Northern Moors ~

cover by Deranged Doctor Design

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?

Wide Distribution Link https://books2read.com/u/38yprZ

Amazon Link https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09TQ22DNC

 

Released with Edie Roones

Visit Edie Roones’ page on this site to discover M’s collaboration with Edie, a fusion of the legends of Robin Hoods and the dangerous Faeries of British myth ~ Wild Sherwood

Use this link: https://writersinkbooks.com/edie-roones/

 

 

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Set in London, 1922 ~ The Lion’s Den

Jack Portman had never forgotten Filly Malvaise.

Then she walked into his pub and into the clutches of a loan shark.

Can he rescue her before she falls victim to evil?

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The Hearts in Hazard series

M A Lee’s Hearts in Hazard

All Hearts in Hazard books are available in ebook and paperback forms. The 12-book series is available from multiple online retailers, including Amazon, Apple, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, and more. Click here for the wide distribution of the most recent HnH book, The Hazard with Hearts.

A Game of Secrets  ~ View the information and trailer here and purchase here

A Game of Spies ~ View the information and the trailer and purchase here

A Game with Hearts ~ View the information and the trailer  and purchase here

The Dangers of Secrets ~ View the information and a new trailer and purchase here

The Dangers for Spies ~ information and a trailer here and purchase here

The Dangers to Hearts ~ view information here and purchase here

The Key to Secrets ~ view the trailer here and purchase here

The Key Guys in the Hearts in Hazard series, books 7, 8, and 9

The Key for Spies ~ view the trailer here and purchase here

The Key with Hearts ~ view the trailer here and purchase here

The Hazard of Secrets ~ view the trailer here and purchase here.

The Hazard for Spies ~ view the trailer here and purchase here.

The Hazard with Hearts ~ view the trailer here and purchase here.

Listen to the audio of the 1st chapter at this link, available on 9/18.

Purchase all M.A. Lee’s books here!

 

Into Death

3rd in the 1920s Series featuring the artist Isabella Newcombe

Just Released! Portrait with Death

When Murder Paints with Blood

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0973GVKSQ

https://books2read.com/u/b6vrjZ

Trailer  https://youtu.be/6cfEOGy-fXQ

The first in the Into Death series: Digging into Death  . View the Trailer here or below and purchase here.

cover by Deranged Doctor Design

The 2nd in the series:  Find CHRISTMAS WITH DEATH here.

View the trailer for Christmas with Death at this link.

3rd in the series: Portrait with Death ~ when murder paints with blood.

View the Trailer here: https://youtu.be/6cfEOGy-fXQ

For a bundle of the first three novels, look no further:  Worldwide and Amazon

The Sailing with Mystery short story collection:

“Amber Dreams” ~ a stolen diary and blackmail / “Purple Poison” ~ spies and vindictive revenge /

“Black Heart” ~ pranksters and trouble / “Silver Web” ~ a lethal jewelry theft / “Red Mask” ~ spies and deception 

View the trailer: https://youtu.be/csAe72b5X2I

Worldwide and Amazon

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M.A. Lee’s NonFiction

Find all of M.A. Lee’s nonfiction, including the Think like a Pro Writer series (up to 8 books) on the Writers Ink Nonfiction website, at this link: http://writersinknonfiction.com/write/