3 Star-Crossed Stories

 3 Star-Crossed Stories

February is the Love month, but it’s hard to celebrate love when you write murder stories.

February can be the coldest month, and that may be the reason Valentine’s Day is smack in the middle, the 14^th of 28 days.

To enjoy February, stock up your TBR stack with stories that will make your soul shiver.

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First, our Celebratory Offering

To continue the publishing anniversary celebration, this month I offer a short story with Isabella Newcombe Tarrant. I managed to avoid killing anyone in this story.

Isabella has started her ocean voyage to join her husband Madoc. Besides new friends, she has puzzles to solve. In “Amber Dreams”, the puzzle is a purloined diary that a young bride had poured her heart into – and a blackmailer intends to use the diary against her.

Read the opening here: https://maleebooks.blogspot.com/2025/02/amber-dreams-opening-and-links.html

You can find the short story at these links:

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C1YG2J6Q

Books2Read  https://books2read.com/u/3yWAAl

Second, my Newest Offering

One of Isabella’s new friends aboard ship is Nedda Courtland, private secretary to an oil-wealthy financier.

Nedda does have a murder to solve. Someone poisoned her boss. His wife? A business rival? Who else would want him dead?

It’s murder and a hint of a romance in this short story. “Spanish Moss” is part of a newsletter promotion from Book Funnel. Check out the link to find new writers to read. Share the link with your Book Group friends.

If you missed the gift of “Spanish Moss” in December, you have to use a different email for Book Funnel to provide you the link. OR we can figure out another way to send the story to you. Pop me an email to request that.

Here’s the Book Funnel Link: https://books.bookfunnel.com/HFnewsletterFebruary2025/fz24sxr828

 Third, the Soul-Shivering Offering

My pen name Edie Roones is part of a straight up sales promo entitled Vigilante Justice, a collection of revenge novels.

My Edie self has a soul-cold vengeance needed in the short story “Dangerous Gold”, set in Robin Hood’s Sherwood Forest.

24+ writers are participating in this sales promo, most with full-length novels while I have a short story.

Use this Book Funnel link to check out the promotion:  https://books.bookfunnel.com/VigilanteJustice /ex2yp40pts 

 

Get a blankie and a hot toddy to stave off the chill of dastardly deeds!

And enjoy!