R W Richard, award-winning author at The Wild Rose Press, has highlighted some of his fellow authors in his blog including The Wishing Tree: Love, Lies, and Spies on Chincoteague Island
https://romancetheguyspov.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-wild-rose-press.html
Come on by! #wrpbks #cozymystery
N. N. Light’s done it again! The Wishing Tree: Love,
Lies & Spies on Chincoteague Island is featured at Book Heaven’s Spring
Break Bookapalooza!
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The handsome stranger who's tapped into Addison’s heart could be a spy,
or even a murderer.
Murder after murder—all by crossbow. Who’s behind them?
In the Crosshairs is now available
for pre-order! It will release May 27.
A birder finds a corpse and becomes entangled with a secretive former Senate aide, global investors, Chinese operatives, radical environmentalists, all searching for a mysterious briefcase.
Here are the current links:
Wild Rose Press: https://wildrosepress.com/product/in-the-crosshairs-the-body-on-leffis-key/
I Tunes: https://books.apple.com/us/book/in-the-crosshairs-the-body-on-leffis-key/id6479648097
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Crosshairs-Body-Leffis-Key-ebook/dp/B0CYHKJJ5C
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-the-crosshairs-m-s-spencer/1145026462?ean=2940185979617
Since my new release
won’t grace the internet until next year, I thought I’d do a little backlist
surfing.
Let’s start with my two novels set in Alexandria, Virginia: Artful Dodging: the Torpedo Factory
Murders and the Mason’s Mark: Love
& Death in the Tower.
Artful Dodging: the Torpedo Factory
Murders
Blurb:
It’s just before Christmas, and Milo Everhart has two
needlepoint stockings, a cross-stitch purse, and three canvases to finish for
her clients. Waiting out the rain in a pub, she is captivated by the handsome
man next to her, but blocking the road to romance are two mysterious corpses who
turn up in the tower of her Torpedo Factory Art Center. As if that weren’t
enough, a second crisis erupts—a proposal to gut her beloved Art Center.
Tristram Brodie, hard-driving corporate lawyer and former
Marine, is focused on his plan to convert the Torpedo Factory into a box store.
He is drawn to the beautiful woman sitting next to him, but their mutual
attraction will be frustrated by both the murders and his intentions. As they
edge closer to love, they must find a way to overcome both their differences
and the still-fresh memory of her late husband.
Artful Dodging: the Torpedo Factory Murders
Wild
Rose Press, 7/20/2016
Mystery/Cozy
Mystery; Contemporary romantic Suspense
Ebook, 66,830 words; Print 268 p
Buy Links
Now for The
Mason’s Mark: Love and Death in the Tower
Fun Fact: The Mason's Mark arose in part out of a true story. Starting in the 1940s an Italian named Licio Gelli embarked on a lifetime of bizarre scams and crimes. Alternately linked to rightists and leftists, he bilked or used people from Italian politicians, to the Nazis, the Communists, the CIA, even to Juan Peron, dictator of Argentina. His exploits across the globe spanned four decades. At last check, he was still alive, in his nineties and writing poetry from prison. In 1996 he was even nominated for the Nobel prize in literature.
Blurb
In both the best and
worst first day at work ever, docent Claire Wilding meets the man of her
dreams, but her carefully rehearsed guided tour of the George Washington
National Masonic Memorial collapses when she discovers a body and is drawn into
a dark world of black ops and Italian renegade masons, of secret cabals and
hidden treasure. Also cloaked in mystery is handsome Gideon Bliss, a George
Washington expert who haunts the Memorial, his manner evasive. What is his
secret? Claire fears she'll fall in love with him only to learn he's a thief or
even a murderer. Juggling two eccentric mothers, an inquisitive sister, and an
increasingly smitten detective, Claire must find answers to a complex web of
intrigue, including who to trust and who to love.
The Mason's Mark: Love and Death in the Tower
Wild
Rose Press, 5/6/2016; Imprint: Crimson Rose
Mystery/Cozy Mystery; Romantic suspense
79300 words; 322 pp.
Here’s the link:
Fun for one and all—LASR is celebrating its 16th anniversary with books of all kinds and loads of prizes. Today my delightful mystery Mrs. Spinney’s Secret is spotlighted. Read all about it, answer a question and enter to win!
How would you feel if Hollywood came to your little village in Maine to make a movie…and corpses began to show up?
Here's the link:
Fun for one and all—LASR is celebrating its 16th anniversary with books of all
kinds and loads of prizes. Today my latest cozy mystery The Wishing Tree: Love, Lies, and Spies on
Chincoteague Island
is spotlighted. Read all about it, answer a question and enter to win!
Here's the link:
Please welcome Arlene Culiner, who is going to tell us about her fabulous mystery/romance The Turkish Affair.
The words Romantic Mystery often conjure up serial killers, car chases,
shoot-outs, and gun-packing super heroes and heroines. I, however, prefer
reality. When finding myself in terrible danger, do I contemplate romance? Can I
count on the sudden appearance of a sexy secret agent who puts all villains out
of commission? Of course not. Instead
of all that action, I transport readers to unusual places, give them unconventional
intelligent heroes and heroines. In
The Turkish Affair,
Anne Pierson is a former American journalist who, after a scandalous affair
with the wrong man, lost her job and her reputation. For the last ten years,
she’s been hiding in backwoods Turkey and working as a translator. My hero, archaeologist
Renaud Townsend, is passionate about his work and ancient history, but he’s
determined to keep his independence.
Like
Anne, I once lived in a small community in central Turkey, and I worked as a translator
(then later, as a belly dancer—but that’s another story altogether). I was in
Turkey at a difficult time: the police were corrupt, there was political unrest,
and there were frequent arrests. Several times I found myself in danger, and
once, as related in The Turkish Affair, a brave young woman rescued me.
I was also present when archaeologists were called in to identify stolen coins,
and the thefts from an archaeological site did happen in the way I describe
them.
Of course Anne’s story
is very different from mine. And one morning, while passing through an
archaeological site, I caught sight of a man ambling in the direction of a
tumble of ruined pillars. He was lean, supple, and the torrid sun caught the
golden blaze of his hair. He became Renaud Townsend, the hero of The Turkish Affair.
Blurb:
Priceless artifacts are disappearing from the ancient Hittite site of Karakuyu in Turkey, and the site director has vanished. Called in to solve the mystery, archaeologist Renaud Townsend is hindered by both his inability to speak the language and the knowledge that the local police are corrupt. His attraction to translator Anne Pierson is immediate, although he is troubled by her refusal to talk about the past and her fear of public scandal.
But when murder enters the picture, both Anne and Renaud realize that the risk of falling in love is not the only danger.
What they say about The Turkish Affair
Glittering
descriptions, magical settings, and enviable characters. Culiner’s mastery of
the English language and sentence combinations form an enchanting read for
lovers of romance and adventure. Readers’
Favorite
Work has gone into making sure the
historic facts and archaeological details are spot on. This is an excellent
book that was an easy read. The pace was steady and the mystery kept me gripped
to the unexpected ending. Whispering Stories Book Blog
Buried pasts and questionable reputations, vulnerable hearts, fragile feelings, suspense, fear, and intrigue—they are all here. I didn’t want to put it down. J Livingstone
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zkQ20uC4eg
Purchase Links: https://books2read.com/TheTurkishAffair
About the Author
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| J. Arlene Culiner |
Writer,
social critical artist, and impenitent teller of tall tales, J. Arlene Culiner,
was born in New York and raised in Toronto. She has crossed much of Europe on
foot, has lived in a mud house on the Great Hungarian Plain, in a Bavarian
castle, a Turkish cave dwelling, a haunted house on the English moors, and on a
Dutch canal. She now resides in a 400-year-old former inn in a French village
of no interest where, much to local dismay, she protects spiders, snakes, and
weeds.
Observing
people in cafes, in their homes, on trains, or in the streets, she eavesdrops
on all private conversations, and delights in hearing any nasty, funny,
ridiculous, sad, romantic, or boastful story. And when she can't uncover really
salacious gossip, she makes it up.
Social links:
Website: https://www.j-arleneculiner.com/the-turkish-affair
Author: https://linktr.ee/j.arleneculiner
I'm interviewed in the Big Thrill August issue! I talk about my new release The Wishing Tree: Love, Lies, and Spies on Chincoteague Island and more.
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Want to know where the spies are in my new mystery The Wishing Tree: Love, Lies, and Spies
on Chincoteague Island? Drop by Rebecca Grace’s lovely site
My Writing Corner to find out:
https://rebecca-grace.blogspot.com/2023/07/25-The-Wishing-Tree.html
I also have a brand new excerpt for you!
Hop on by to Tina Donahue’s lovely site for a taste of my new cozy mystery The Wishing Tree: Love, Lies, and Spies on Chincoteague Island. Read a brand new excerpt about an ancient feud.
Here’s
the link: https://tinadonahuebooks.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-wishing-tree-loves-lies-spies-on.html
Greetings
lovely readers! Today This Writer’s Life has honored me by interviewing me
about my writing life. I lay bare all my secrets, my struggles, and my
victories (well, some of them). I’ll also introduce you to my new mystery The Wishing Tree: Love, Lies, and Spies
on Chincoteague Island. Here’s the link:
https://thiswriterslife.com/wednesday-guest-author-m-s-spencer/
RELEASED TODAY:
Love, Lies, and Spies on Chincoteague Island
Will the wind whip her token from the Wishing Tree and
make her wish come true?
Addison Steele dreams of the day
her husband—lost at sea—returns to her. Instead, she meets Nick Savage, whose
every word may be a lie. She is soon embroiled in mystery, all related to the
top-secret science station at Wallops Island, Virginia.
After a Belarusian scientist at
Wallops is murdered, the questions multiply. Was it because he caught the
person stealing classified documents or because he wanted to defect? Is Nick
the spy—or is it his brother? How can she trust the man who is slowly claiming
her heart when his story keeps shifting?
368 pages of fabulous cozy murder mystery and romantic
suspense, all for the very affordable digital price of $3.99.
The Wishing Tree is available in ebook and print-on-demand
at all fine on-line stores, including ITunes, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.
Please welcome Jill Piscitello, who has a new cozy mystery to tell us about. You have the floor, Jill.
My new release is A
Sour Note, a cozy mystery. It is the first in the Wild Rose Press
series Music Box Mysteries.
When murder provides a welcome distraction…
On the heels of a public, broken engagement, Maeve Cleary returns to
her childhood home in Hampton Beach, NH. When a dead body turns up behind her
mother’s music school, three old friends land on the suspect list. Licking her
wounds soon takes a back seat to outrunning the paparazzi who spin into a
frenzy, casting her into a cloud of suspicion. Maeve juggles her high school
sweetheart, a cousin with a touch of clairvoyance, a no-nonsense detective, and
an apologetic, two-timing ex-fiancé. Will the negative publicity impact
business at the Music Box— the very place she’d hoped to make a fresh start?
Excerpt: Big Mouth
With his mouth set in a grim line, he
waited.
If anyone else had enough nerve to presume
she owed them an explanation, she would respond with a solid mind your own
business. Instead, the seventeen-year-old still inside her refused to tell him
to get lost. “He was hiding money in his office.” This was one of those times
when learning how to wait a few beats before blurting out inflammatory
information would come in handy. Each second of passing silence decreased her
ability to breathe in the confined space. She turned the ignition and switched
on the air conditioner.
“How do you know?” His volume just above
a whisper, each dragged-out word hung in the air.
“I found it.”
“When were you in his office?” He swiped
at a bead of sweat trickling down the side of his face, then positioned a vent
toward him.
“Last night.” When would she learn to
bite her tongue? Finn’s switch from rapid-fire scolding to slow, deliberate
questioning left her unable to swallow over the sandpaper lump in her throat.
“Where was Vic?”
She stared at the back of the building,
wishing she’d kept her mouth shut. “He’d left for the night.” If she averted
her gaze, she could pretend his eyeballs weren’t bugging out of his head, and
his jaw didn’t need a crane to haul it off his chest.
“You were at the town hall after hours?
Did anyone see you?”
“A custodian opened his door for me.” She
snuck a glance. Sure enough, features contorted in shock and horror replaced
his boy-next-door good looks.
The Wild Rose Press,
June 26, 2023
250 p.
Cozy Mystery
Jill Piscitello is a teacher, author, and an avid fan of
multiple literary genres. Although she divides her reading hours among several
books at a time, a lighthearted story offering an escape from the real world
can always be found on her nightstand.
A native of New England, Jill lives with her family and three
well-loved cats. When not planning lessons or reading and writing, she can be
found spending time with her family, trying out new restaurants, traveling, and
going on light hikes.
Social media links:
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