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Coming Soon! 2nd novella in the Miss Beale Writes series: The Bride in Ghostly White. A touch of gothic, a touch of mystery.
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Saturday, August 20, 2022

The Dark Lord ~ New Cover Is Here!

 Newest Release!

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

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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.

First in the series, first entry into the slightly paranormal world ~~ Just 99 cents!



Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Wild Sherwood ~ the Next Short Stories publish this month!

 First Up, a story with Dav the Wrestler, friend of Robin Hood and his men.


A Twist of Faerie Magic

Twist after twist reveals the true heart.

Dav spent months earning prizes for wrestling, all to raise enough coins to marry his love Edrys.

On his return to Nottingham, however, he discovers Edrys married another man during his absence. When he sees bruises on her, he threatens her husband.

Then the man is found dead, and Dav is accused.

How can a twist of Faerie magic reveal the true culprit?

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Lovers of fantasy and the Robin Hood legends, Edie Roones and M.A. Lee enjoy fusing the stories of the medieval English outlaws with the dangerous faeries of British myth.

“A Twist of Faerie Magic” is the sixth story in the Wild Sherwood series. Find it here:

https://books2read.com/u/bo2RMa

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B8B9KHCV

The first five stories appear in the anthology Into Wild Sherwood, available now.

Watch for more stories about the Outlaws of Wild Sherwood, men driven to crime to fight evil and corruption:

Alan-a-Dale, “A Faerie Song for a Feast”

Arthur à Bland, “Mischief of a Faerie”

Jack Greenleaf, “The Green Man”

Gilbert Whitehand, “The Prize of a Golden Arrow.”

Novellas with Robin Hood, Will Scarlet, Little John, and Much the Miller’s son will follow.

First up, Dav the Wrestler, a friend of Robin Hood and his men.

A Twist of Faerie Magic

Twist after twist reveals the true heart.

Dav spent months earning prizes for wrestling, all to raise enough coins to marry his love Edrys.

On his return to Nottingham, however, he discovers Edrys married another man during his absence. When he sees bruises on her, he threatens her husband.

Then the man is found dead, and Dav is accused.

How can a twist of Faerie magic reveal the true culprit?

~ ~ ~

“A Twist of Faerie Magic” is the sixth story in the Wild Sherwood series. Find it here:

https://books2read.com/u/bo2RMa

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B8B9KHCV

Alan-a-Dale, “A Faerie Song for a Feast”

Masks, Mummers, and a Faerie Song

When a corrupt abbot double-charges the rents of simple farmers, Robin Hood and his men decide to intervene. Alan-a-Dale risks playing a song learned in the land of Faeries to help Robin Hood and his men.

Yet the Faerie Elandrielle warned him never to play music he learned while visiting Underhill.

What will she do when he breaks her command?

https://books2read.com/u/bPg2vl

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B8TBYQJL

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Arthur à Bland, “Mischief of a Faerie”

A Challenge with Quarterstaves

Arthur’s sister names a bearded giant as her newborn’s father. The only bearded giant that the young poacher knows is the outlaw Little John. Arthur storms off, resolved to force John to support his child.

He can’t shame an outlaw into honor. He can’t force a man taller and stronger than he is to shoulder his responsibilities.

Will the Faerie Iofrin’s mischief lead to the answer?

https://books2read.com/u/mg7AER

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B996HFX2 

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Jack Greenleaf, “The Green Man”

A Venture With Destiny

Bad luck has plagued Jack Greenleaf for years. Abandoned, evicted, and rejected, he joined the other outcasts in Sherwood Forest. The Green Man of the Faerie may seal his fate.

https://books2read.com/u/mv1aDX

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B9QFCZBR

Gilbert Whitehand, “The Prize of a Golden Arrow”

By Hook or Crook or Arrow

Gil vowed never again to take up the long bow. Then he learns the May Day archery contest is a trap to capture Robin Hood. He resolves to foil the Sheriff’s plan.


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The bundled anthology is available on the 25th!

Lovers of fantasy and the Robin Hood legends, Edie Roones and M.A. Lee enjoy fusing the stories of the medieval English outlaws with the dangerous faeries of British myth.

. ~ . ~ .  ~ .

The first five stories with the Robin Hood legends fused with the British faeries appear in the anthology Into Wild Sherwood, which is also available now. 

https://books2read.com/u/bOzoDE

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09YX79TMH

https://youtu.be/O9qWTwRZgoI

Watch for more stories about Wild Sherwoodmen driven to crime to fight evil and corruption.

Robin Hood, 

Will Scarlet, Little John, 

and Much the Miller’s son 






Monday, August 1, 2022

August Celebrates 2 Books

 On the 8th, a book bundle from M.A. Lee

A Trio of Keys brings together the third tritypch in the Hearts in Hazard series.

Book 7 in the series ~ The Key to Secrets ~ Debutantes should snare fiancés, not murder them. Constable Hector Evans must solve three murders. Is his former love guilty, of is she a convenient scapegoat?

Constable Hector Evans was introduced in The Danger to Hearts.

Book 8 ~ The Key for Spies ~ Spies and traitors. Lies and treachery. Unexpected love where bullets fly. One traitor destroys loyalty. What will two traitors destroy?

Book 9 ~ The Key with Hearts ~ A convenient marriage inconveniently causes murder. More like a vintage gothic by Victoria Holt or Dorothy Eden

Available here.

On the 24th

The final book in the Hearts in Hazard series of Regency mysteries and suspense with a dash of romance. I love this story.

A very vintage Gothic romantic suspense :: Two wives haunt the castle. Will she be the third to die?

Watch the trailer on YouTube at this link: 


Fetch it here. Available in ebook and paperback.

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