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 It was written without fear and without research.

Dorothy Parker

Ain't it the truth

 If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they're happy.

Dorothy Parker

The Wishing Tree Now Available for Preorder!

Hey good readers! The Wishing Tree: Love, Lies, and Spies on Chincoteague Island is NOW available for preorder!!!

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 Belarussian 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?

Ebook is a minuscule $3.99 for pre-order. Get the latest M. S. Spencer mystery before your friends do!

Here’s the Amazon link:

https://www.amazon.com/Wishing-Tree-Spies-Chincoteague-Island-ebook/dp/B0C4VHX3MP

And Barnes and Noble:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-wishing-tree-m-s-spencer/1143469591?ean=2940161096932

The Mason's Mark Featured at NN Light's Mother's Day Event

 

I’m thrilled to be a part of N. N. Light’s Book Heaven Celebrate Mothers Bookish Event. Featured today is The Mason’s Mark: Love & Death in the Tower, with my two favorite mothers. Letitia Canfield and Andromeda Bliss are the respective mothers of the heroine and the hero, but they are fascinating, hilarious, eccentric and decorous.

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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.

Check out all books in time for Mother’s Day and enter the giveaway to win a $15 Amazon gift card:

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Lapses of Memory Featured at NN Light's Mother's Day Event

I’m thrilled to be a part of N. N. Light’s Book Heaven Celebrate Mothers Bookish Event. Featured today is one of my favorite mothers: Sydney Bellek of  Lapses of Memory. She enjoys a special—one might say, unique—relationship with her daughter Olivia.

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It is spring in Old Town Alexandria, and Sydney Bellek is dictating her memoir to her daughter Olivia. Every few years from the age of five she meets her true love Elian Davies, but while he remembers her, she doesn’t recognize him. Only after surviving wars, revolutions, and years of separation will she realize they are meant to be, but this time it is Elian who has lost his memory of her. Will he remember her before she loses heart or will their new love be enough to replace the old one?

Meanwhile, her daughter Olivia has her own dilemma—how to choose between the rich and dashing Rémy de Beaumec, who wants to take her around the world, and the steady, quiet, American-to-the-core, Benjamin Knox, who only wants to make her happy.

Check out all books in time for Mother’s Day and enter the giveaway to win a $15 Amazon gift card:

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Mason's Mark & Lapses of Memory Featured at NN Light's Mother's Day Event

 

I’m thrilled to be a part of N. N. Light’s Book Heaven Celebrate Mothers Bookish Event. Featured are 3 of my favorite mothers: Letitia and Andromeda from The Mason’s Mark: Love & Death in the Tower, and Sydney Bellek From Lapses of Memory. They all have wonderful, funny, close relationships with their children.

First up on Tuesday is Lapses of Memory:

Then Thursday is The Mason's Mark:

Check out all books in time for Mother’s Day and enter the giveaway to win a $15 Amazon gift card: https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/celebrate-mothers-bookish-event  

Enter to win a $15 Amazon gift card:

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Open Internationally. You must have a valid Amazon US or Amazon Canada account to win.

Runs May 9 – May 16, 2023.

Winner will be drawn on May 17, 2023.

RELEASING JULY 17, 2023! The Wishing Tree: Love, Lies, and Spies on Chincoteague Island

 

RELEASING JULY 17, 2023!

The Wishing Tree: 

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 will be available in ebook and print-on-demand at all fine on-line stores, including ITunes, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon. It should be available for pre-order in June.

Watch this space for more information!