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Wednesday, August 26, 2020

A Trio of Keys Now Available

 Unlock mystery, suspense, and romance in the Regency era with A Trio of Keys.

The Key to Secrets

After years in London, Constable Hector Evans returns to Chalmsley Court to solve a violent murder. He doesn’t expect the victim to be the fiancé of Lord Chalmsley’s youngest daughter.

His lordship wants a quick resolution, before gossip about the crime’s salacious nature and trap-like killing becomes widespread. With no murder weapon, no identifiable clues, and no eyewitnesses, Hector has little evidence to build a case.

Yet he has plenty of suspects for the bloody death—including the woman he once loved.

Dark hearts and sharp knives of The Key to Secrets create a compelling entry in the Hearts in Hazard series of Regency mysteries and suspense.

The Key for Spies

Spies and traitors.  Lies and treachery.  Unexpected love where bullets fly.

One traitor destroys loyalty.  What will two traitors destroy?

The British spy Simon Pargeter scouts the terrain for Wellington’s army in French-controlled Spain.  Miriella de Teba ye Olivita, the famed Doñabella, wants to give him aid, but she must first find the traitor lurking in her band of guerillas.

Can Simon escape the French patrol hot on his trail?  With Major Pierre LeCuyer actively seeking Doñabella’s identity, can Miri hold her guerrillas together long enough to get the information Simon needs?  Can she locate the traitor before she is unmasked?

Or will the traitors reap the reward while Simon and Miri swing from the gallows?

The Key with Hearts

Married for money, not for love.

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?

. ~ . ~ . ~ .

A Trio of Keys bundles books 7,8, and 9 in the Hearts in Hazard series of romantic mysteries and suspense.

Satisfy your reading needs with a classic serial killer story in an English country manor, a spy chase on horseback in northern Spain, and a vintage gothic in the vein of Victoria Holt.

Get your copy today while the promotion is on-going!

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Paperback Now Available

The Key with Hearts is now in ebook AND paperback.

Married for money, not for love.

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?

Available at a variety of online distributors, including Apple Books, or at the online distribution monster.

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Paperback Now Available

The Key for Spies, now available in ebook and paperback

Spies and traitors.  Lies and treachery.  Unexpected love where bullets fly.

One traitor destroys loyalty.  What will two traitors destroy?

The British spy Simon Pargeter scouts the terrain for Wellington’s army in French-controlled Spain.  Miriella de Teba ye Olivita, the famed Doñabella, wants to give him aid, but she must first find the traitor lurking in her band of guerillas.

Can Simon escape the French patrol hot on his trail?  With Major Pierre LeCuyer actively seeking Doñabella’s identity, can Miri hold her guerrillas together long enough to get the information Simon needs?  Can she locate the traitor before she is unmasked?

Or will the traitors reap the reward while Simon and Miri swing from the gallows?

Find it here at a variety of online distributors, including Apple Books, and here at the online monster.


Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Paperback Now Available

A Key to Secrets is now available in ebook and paperback.

After years in London, Constable Hector Evans returns to Chalmsley Court to solve a violent murder. He doesn’t expect the victim to be the fiancé of Lord Chalmsley’s youngest daughter.

His lordship wants a quick resolution, before gossip about the crime’s salacious nature and trap-like killing becomes widespread. With no murder weapon, no identifiable clues, and no eyewitnesses, Hector has little evidence to build a case.

Yet he has plenty of suspects for the bloody death—including the woman he once loved.

Dark hearts and sharp knives of The Key to Secrets create a compelling entry in the Hearts in Hazard series of Regency mysteries and suspense.

Find it here at a variety of online distributors (including Apple Books) or on Amazon here.


Saturday, August 1, 2020

A Trio of Dangers Now Available!

The Summer of Hearts in Hazard continues with the bundled Trio set > A Trio of Dangers.

Suspenseful Hazards for Couples Falling in Love

The Danger of Secrets

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

Maddy Whittaker encounters secrets of family, secrets of the heart, and secrets of blood and pain, all served up for Valentine’s Day. Her flirtation with Gordon, Lord Musgrove, is a pleasant distraction.

Too bad for Maddy and Gordon that secrets can kill.


The Danger for Spies

A cunning killer hunts the spies who escaped him.

Eugenie DesChamps wants nothing more than her paintings, her friendships in a bucolic English village, and her flirtation with Charles Audley. She wants to forget her past life as a double agent working for England.

The past is never forgotten, for the French spy who tried to kill her discovers her while he tracks down the English cryptographer Charles Audley.

Whose blood will be shed before the past is purged?


The Danger to Hearts

Arson uncovers a baffling murder from the past.

Agatha’s lover abandoned her a decade ago. Jess Carter barely escaped arrest for smuggling. Neither expects romance.

Then hatred burns into a fire in the night. The arson reveals an old murder. The vanished fiancé didn’t leave—he was murdered.

Who is the arsonist? Who is the murderer? Who has been poisoned by hatred?




Here's what I say: My favorite author Mary Stewart achieved this mix of mysteries and suspense with a touch of romance with her wonderful My Brother Michael and This Rough Magic and The Moonspinners. The Hearts in Hazard series, set in Regency England, combines my love of history as well as my love of romantic suspense.

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