A New Excerpt from The Wishing Tree at Beyond Romance Today

 

Come by Beyond Romance for a new excerpt and a bit about the “naughty triumvirate”—a trio of erotica writers from the 18^th century.

https://lisabetsarai.blogspot.com/2023/07/his-every-word-may-be-lie-cozymystery.html

The Naughty Triumvirate

Love, Lies & Spies on Wallops Island--The Wishing Tree at My Writing Corner Today

 

Wallops Island Launch Facility

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!

 

10 Interesting Facts about The Wishing Tree at Guidoccio Today

 

If you’d like to know more about Chincoteague—the setting for my new mystery The Wishing Tree: Love, Lies and Spies on Chincoteague Island—and about my heroine Addison Steele, come on down to Joanne Guidoccio’s fabulous site today:

https://joanneguidoccio.com/2023/07/24/10-interesting-details-about-addison-steele/

The Wishing Tree at Alana Lorens' Today

 

Please drop by Alana Lorens’s wonderful site today, where I’m talking about Chincoteague and my new mystery The Wishing Tree: Love, Lies, and Spies on Chincoteague Island. With a 5+ review already under its belt, read a new excerpt here.

Here’s the link: https://alana-lorens.com/2023/07/22/remember-chincoteague/

The Wishing Tree Featured at Tina Donahue Today

 

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

Spencer Interviewed by This Writer's Life Today

 

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/

The Wishing Tree and Spies at Word Wranglers Today

 

Word Wranglers has The Wishing Tree: Love, Lies, and Spies on Chincoteague Island front and center today! 

I’m talking about the “spies” part of the story—on the secretive NASA Wallops Island Launch Facility. Who are the spies? Why are they stealing documents? Is the hero involved in the spying or simply trying to find his brother? Here’s the link:

https://wordwranglers.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-wishing-tree-love-lies-and-spies-on.html

Video of my post on D.V. Stone Around the Fire

 This is a cool video graphic for my new book:

https://fb.watch/lRbzcSLhl3/

More on the Five + Star Review for The Wishing Tree

Five + Stars for The Wishing Tree

A truly fabulous review from N. N. Light’s Book Heaven! She says "Let’s start with the descriptive narration. One of the author’s signature writing gifts is the ability to transport the reader. She uses words to portray not only everything that is going on but the emotion as well. The setting is so well described, I experienced everything that happened, as if I was a local resident. Immersive narration at its finest."

For the whole review, (and lots more noteworthy praise) click this link:

https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/post/the-wishing-tree-br

The Wishing Tree Makes its Debut on D. V. Stone's Around the Fire

 

I’m visiting the fabulous D. V. Stone at her Around The Fire New Release Spotlight today with my brand new mystery/suspense The Wishing Tree: Love, Lies, and Spies on Chincoteague Island. Come by and read a little about Chincoteague Island.

https://www.dvstoneauthor.com/around_the_fire/around-the-fire-new-release-spotlight-with-m-s-spencer

RELEASED TODAY: The Wishing Tree: Love, Lies, and Spies on Chincoteague Island

 RELEASED TODAY: 

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 is available in ebook and print-on-demand at all fine on-line stores, including ITunes, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.

Please welcome Jill Piscitello & Her New Mystery A Sour Note

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?

Buy links:

Amazon

Barnes and Noble

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

 

About the Author:

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:

Website ~ Twitter  ~ Facebook ~  Instagram  ~ Amazon ~ GoodReads ~ BookBub

 

Summer Fling Review Challenge is Here

 

All this week Mystery and Thriller writers will be strutting their stuff at the Summer Fling Reader Challenge. Do stop by and check out all the wonderful books available for review. If you want to participate, click on this link:

Reader Signup for 2023 Summer Fling

If you do, you’ll be eligible—in return for a review—to read books from almost 50 authors! AND to win all kinds of prizes.

My featured book is my BRAND NEW RELEASE, The Wishing Tree: Love, Lies & Spies on Chincoteague Island. Get it before anyone else has a chance to. 

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?

Read lots more about it on Saturday, July 8, starting at 5 pm EST here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/364535027526617

The Fling goes from July 4 to August 4. Below is the link to sign up.

Reader Signup for 2023 Summer Fling

July MFRW Magazine here with The Wishing Tree

Check out the wonderful Marketing for Romance Writers Magazine, July issue:

https://viewer.joomag.com/marketing-for-romance-writers-magazine-july-2023-volume-6-issue-7/0467963001688154397?short&

Wonderful articles for writers (not just romance writers) and announcements of new releases. The Wishing Tree: Love, Lies, and Spies on Chincoteague Island—to be released July 17—is the featured spotlight in Suspense on p. 22.

Happy reading!