Jack Portman had never forgotten Filly Malvaise.Then she walked into his local pub and into the clutches of a loan shark.Can he rescue her before she falls victim to evil?The Lion's Den is a brief novella set in London of the early 1920s with the Bright Young Things. The returned soldiers of the Great War have settled uncomfortably into their lives.Although this story is not part of a series, Filly and Jack were originally introduced in the ...

Unlock mystery, suspense, and romance in the Regency era with A Trio of Keys.The Key to Secrets ~ A serial killer stalks the district around an English country manor.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.With no murder weapon, no identifiable clues, and no eyewitnesses, Hector has little evidence to build a case. Yet he ha...

Welcome to A Trio of Games, the collection of the first three books in M.A. Lee's Hearts in Hazard series of Regency mysteries and suspense ~ with a dash of romance.A Game of SecretsSmugglers, secrets and spies: Kate tries to hide in plain sight; Tony tries to catch a spy. First they fall in love, then they fall into trouble with smugglers. Will they survive?Kate Charteris never expects to become a damsel in distre...

Three twisty mysteries are collected in A Trio of Hazards. Set in Regency England, these novels present people from the many spheres of life clashing against each other—and against murderers!Complex Schemes, Dangerous Pasts :: The Hazard of SecretsClarey Parton crosses the Atlantic to steal an inheritance. She hopes that no one discovers the rightful heir lies in a cold grave.Jem Baxter returns to the England he fled three ...

Isabella receives a disturbing letter—only for it to be stolen before she deciphers it.The letter claims that a spy is aboard the Garipoola, but is that the only person hiding their true identity and purpose on the passenger ship?. ~ . ~ . ~ .M.A. Lee is the multi-published author of over 15 historical mystery novels and two novellas. Her Into Death series, including Digging into Death, Christmas with Death, and Portrait with Death...

Has the love of her life enticed her straight into death?Stranded on Crete, Isabella Newcombe finesses a refuge with English archaeologists resuming their dig after WWI. Her sketches fortuitously land her a job illustrating the dig for Prof. Gawen Tarrant. His magnetic brother Madoc charms her with his interest.The dig seethes with undercurrents, revealed when a worker is murdered. The archaeologists dismiss his death as a village vendetta. Then th...

Complex Schemes Twist up the 10th book of the Hearts in Hazard series ~ The Hazard of SecretsTwo hearts with dangerous pasts ~ Can they keep their secrets, or will murder force them to reveal all?Clarey Parton crosses the Atlantic to steal an inheritance. She hopes that no one discovers the rightful heir lies in a cold grave.Jem Baxter returns to the England he fled three years before. He assumes the name James Axminster to conceal...

Arson uncovers a baffling murder from the past. Can love survive when past troubles rise up like a many-headed monster?When Agatha's lover abandoned her years ago, she poured herself into her family's property, Helmes Farm. The estate, though, is in financial trouble after mismanagement by three successive stewards. She needs someone honest to help.Jess Carter evaded arrest for smuggling. The smuggler's fence offers him a job at Helmes Farm. Yet Jess discov...

Never reveal weakness to a Faerie.Escaping a false accusation of poisoning, Melly and her hound seek refuge in Sherwood Forest ~ yet the Nottingham guard who accused her is on her trail.That night, she encounters the black hounds of the Wild Hunt. Then the Hunstman arrives.Has she fallen into greater trouble?***Both Edie Roones and M.A. Lee love to mix fantasy with history. Their newest endeavor combines the...

On a mission for the Wizard Enclave, Orielle ventures into the Wilding, a strange frontier filled with magical creatures. There she discovers sprites and wraiths, gobbers and wyre.All view her as prey.Never adept with magic, she allies with Grim, a swordsman who wields elemental power. With him as guide and guard, she heads for Iscleft Haven, hoping to renew the alliance between the Enclave and the Haven.A wyre pack pursues them. The wolf shifters are thralls of a s...

Want to be published?Do you start stories but never complete them? Do you wait on your muse while she hides behind trees and in caves?Do you know how to write, but the mountainous novel seems insurmountable, with too many words and too few days?Do you keep telling yourself "Carpe Diem", but days speed by before you grab several hours to write?Time to change "Seize the Day" into "Seize the Dream." If you answered "yes" to these questions, you're not ...

Perils in Lace and Hard IronEveryone knows there's no such thing as ghosts. Someone needs to tell the ghosts.The Dark Lord ~ A Regency Gothic MysterySomething strange is driving servants from Feldstone Grange. Elizabeth Fortescue is too desperate to reject the offer of housekeeper, and Baron Harcourt is desperate to fill the position.On her first night at the Grange, Elizabeth encounters two ghosts. One is the well-known Silent Lady...