Long and Short Reviews Anniversary Bash Features Mrs. Spinney’s Secret

 

Fun for one and all—LASR is celebrating its 16^th 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:  https://www.longandshortreviews.com/guest-blogs/lasr-anniversary-scavenger-hunt-mrs-spinneys-secret-by-m-s-spencer-3/

Mrs. Spinney's Secret at NN Light's Cozy Mystery Event!

What do you do when Hollywood takes over your tiny Maine village to make a movie? 

Come on by N. N. Light’s Book Heaven for a Cozy mystery event featuring Mrs. Spinney’s Secret! Fun for all and a chance to win a wonderful gift card!

https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/post/mrs-spinney-s-secret-cmbe

Five Stars for Mrs. Spinney's Secret!

 Five Stars for Mrs. Spinney's Secret

Casi McLean enjoyed Mrs. Spinney's Secret so much she gave it 5 stars! Here's a quote:

"Begin with well developed characters who live in a quaint coastal town in Maine, throw in an invasion of rich Hollywood actors and producers, a dash of quirky humor, some ghostly mishaps, a kiss of romance, some strange attacks, and a unique mystery storyline…stir gently and––voila––a wonderful book chocked full of entertaining hours of reading pleasure."

You can read the full review at these links:

Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/reviews/3121028212

Goodreads:  https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5075432142

Amazon (as Kindred Spirit) :  https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3N683AIJBN1KA/ref=cm_cr_othr_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B08P886V99

Mrs. Spinney's Secret at LASR Birthday Bash Today! Prizes!

 

Come one come all to the 15^th annual Long and Short Reviews Birthday Bash. Today they are featuring Mrs. Spinney’s Secret.

Lights! Camera! Action! Hollywood comes to Amity Landing, trailing corpses.

https://www.longandshortreviews.com/guest-blogs/lasr-anniversary-scavenger-hunt-mrs-spinneys-secret-by-m-s-spencer-2/

Come on by for a taste of Maine mystery and romance and a chance to win one of many Amazon/Barnes and Noble gift cards!

Mrs. Spinney's Secret at Uvi Pozansky's Today

Do drop by Uvi Pozansky’s lovely blog where she interviews me about Mrs. Spinney’s Secret. I write about the inspiration for the book and provide a funny excerpt. Enjoy!

http://uviart.blogspot.com/p/interviews.html

My Maine mysteries

 My Maine Mysteries

Many of you know I write mysteries—you might call them cozy although I don’t usually feature a baker or cat lover. I like to use settings that are familiar to me, so many are set in the places I live or have lived. Two novels are set in the tiny town of Amity Landing, in Maine.

The Penhallow Train Incident

If you enjoy mysterious strangers, quirky romance, small town intrigue, more than one murder, and hidden treasure, you’ll love The Penhallow Train Incident. Set in Maine, it nonetheless manages to import Middle Eastern archaeologists, who set the hero and heroine on a search not just for the murderer, but for the tomb of the Queen of Sheba.

Mrs. Spinney’s Secret

What do you do when Hollywood wants to make a movie in your tiny Maine village? Cassidy Beauvoir, chairman of the board of overseers of Amity Landing, is ready to throw the bums out until she meets Jasper MacEwan, the director of American Waterloo: the Rout of the Penobscot Expedition. Their budding romance is threatened by a series of deadly incidents. Are they directed at the movie crew? Or is the target local Mainers?

Annual Critters Readers Poll out--and Great News!

 WINNER!

The 2021 annual Critters Workshop Readers Poll is out, and I am honored:

M. S. Spencer (that’s me) is #3 in Authors

And Mrs. Spinney’s Secret is #3 in Mystery!

Congratulations to my fabulous publisher The Wild Rose Press, on being voted #1 publisher.

And to my fantastic editor Eilidh MacKenzie in Editors

And my lovely artist Tina Lynn Stout for her cover for Mrs. Spinney’s Secret (#5)

Here are the links:

https://critters.org/predpoll/

https://www.critters.org/predpoll/final_tally_novelmys.ht

https://www.critters.org/predpoll/final_tally_author.ht

 

Mrs. Spinney's Secret featured at NN Light's Best Books '21

 

Come join me at N. N. Light’s Best Bookish Event of 2021, where Mrs. Spinney’s Secret is featured. Enjoy a delightful excerpt about bad lobsters, and enter to win an Amazon gift card.

Here’s the link:

https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/post/mrs-spinney-s-secret-bb21

Mrs. Spinney's Secret at NN Light's Trick or Treat Bonanza Today

Lights! Camera! Action! Hollywood comes to Amity Landing, trailing corpses.

 

Mrs. Spinney’s Secret is featured on N N Light’s Trick or Treat Bonanza today!

https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/post/mrs-spinney-s-secret-tot

Read all about it and enter to win a $75 Amazon gift card. See you there!

See you there!

Do Drop In to NN LIght's Trick or Treat Tomorrow!

I’m part of NN Light’s Trick or Treat Book Bonanza October 26 AND 28!

All Month Long: N. N. Light’s Book Heaven is hosting the third annual Trick or Treat Book Bonanza. Great books—great prizes. This year we are offering a $75 Amazon gift card.

It all takes place here: https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/trick-or-treat-book-bonanza

Save these dates: October 26 and October 28. You’ll get a teaser and a bit more about my mystery/romances.

On October 26: Mrs. Spinney’s Secret

 On October 28 Orion’s Foot: Myth, Mystery, and Romance in the Amazon.

I’m part of NN Light’s Trick or Treat Book Bonanza!

 ALL MONTH LONG!

 

N. N. Light’s Book Heaven is hosting the third annual Trick or Treat Book Bonanza. Great books—great prizes. This year we are offering a $75 Amazon gift card.

It all takes place here: https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/trick-or-treat-book-bonanza

Save these dates: October 26 and October 28. You’ll get a teaser and a bit more about my mystery/romances:

Mrs. Spinney’s Secret 

and Orion’s Foot: Myth, Mystery, and Romance in the Amazon

Mrs. Spinney's Secret at Long & Short Birthday Bash Today

Drop into the Long & Short Reviews Anniversary Blogfest today, Thursday, August 26, for a taste of my Maine mystery/romance Mrs. Spinney’s Secret.(It goes live at 7:00 am.)

 

Mrs. Spinney’s Secret: Lights! Camera! Action! Hollywood comes to Amity Landing, trailing corpses.

 

http://www.longandshortreviews.com/guest-blogs/lasr-anniversary-scavenger-hunt-mrs-spinneys-secret-by-m-s-spencer/

 

LASR is giving away lots of Amazon gift cards, including TWO $100 cards! All you have to do is read my blurb, answer a question on the Rafflecopter, and win! Easy peasy and great fun.

Meet Jasper’s Father from Mrs. Spinney’s Secret at NN Light’s

 

Father’s Day is upon us! Come by N. N. Light’s Book Heaven TODAY for a preview of special books featuring all kinds of fathers, including my Maine mystery Mrs. Spinney’s Secret. The hero, Jasper MacEwan, is an aspiring movie director, and his father Philip has given him his first major motion picture.

You can read two excerpts that show Philip in two lights—as the Hollywood tycoon, and an unexpectedly softer side as a father.

Enter the Rafflecopter to win an Amazon gift card!  Meanwhile, check Mrs. Spinney’s Secret out here:

https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/post/mrs-spinney-s-secret-cfbe

Father's Day Event at N. N. Light's & Mrs. Spinney's Secret

 

Father’s Day is upon us! Come by N. N. Light’s Book Heaven June 15-20 for a preview of special books featuring all kinds of fathers. On June 20 (Father’s Day!) she will feature my Maine mystery Mrs. Spinney’s Secret. You’ll meet our her Jasper’s father, a Hollywood tycoon with a softer side. Enter the Rafflecopter to win an Amazon gift card!  Meanwhile, check out all the lovely books from today to Sunday.

https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/celebrate-fathers-bookish-event

New Graphic for Mrs. Spinney's Secret

 How do you like this one?

Fun Fact #3 About Mrs. Spinney's Secret

I'm participating in the Winter Games Reader Challenge, featuring my new mystery romance Mrs. Spinney's Secret. Part of the book takes place in Castine, Maine.

Castine—where the Penobscot Expedition—met its fate, is a town on the Blue Hill peninsula in Maine. It is the oldest continuously occupied town in New England. Founded in 1613 as a trading post, the Baron de St-Castin developed it in 1667.

It is a beautiful, classic Maine village with Greek Revival and Federal houses. It is home to the Maine Maritime Academy. The town has a checkered history. Controlled at various times by Abenaki Indian tribes, French, Dutch, English, and Americans, it was a bone of contention during the American Revolution, when the British sought to annex it as a haven for Tories and a bulwark against marauding privateers.

Fun Fact about Mrs. Spinney's Secret

I'm participating in the 2021 Winter Games Reader Challenge. If you love to read this group is a fun way to get meet more than 50 authors and challenge yourself to read more and faster. Games and giveaways daily, Author Q & As, free books, and more. And you might win up to $250!  I'm offering Mrs. Spinney's Secret for free read to review.

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Here's a fun fact about Mrs. Spinney's Secret you want like:

In Mrs. Spinney’s Secret, a Hollywood studio is making a movie based on the Penobscot Expedition of 1779, the worst defeat in American naval history. In 1779, at the height of the American Revolution, a contingent of British forces were dispatched to Castine. Their mission was to take possession of the peninsula and build a fort to protect loyalists and to prevent marauding by privateers along the coast. At the time, Maine was still part of Massachusetts, and the boys in Boston took offense at the blatant theft of their territory. So they organized a flotilla to sail up the coast and remove said Brits.

Their leaders—including the revered Paul Revere—were dumb as tree stumps and couldn’t decide how to attack the city—a city that sticks out like a sore thumb on the Blue Hill peninsula. The Redcoats were prepared to surrender, but the Americans dithered offshore for almost three weeks, which was just enough time for English reinforcements to arrive and surround the hapless armada.

Mrs. Spinney's Secret On Sale $1.99 through March 14

Treasure left behind after the worst naval rout in the American Revolution—where is it hidden? Did the cabin boy find it? What will his descendant do to get it back? Will he go as far as murder?

Hey buckaroos! Mrs. Spinney's Secret is now on sale at Amazon for $1.99. Get your copy now!

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If you love to read, this group is for you. Winter Games is a great way to meet and get to know 56 authors, read tons of books, and challenge yourself to read more and faster. The event includes games and giveaways daily, fun raves twice a week with Author Q & As, free books, and loads of fun. Oh, and you can win big cash prizes! The main event runs Feb 14th-March 14th but the fun has already started.

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Winter Games Reader Challenge Kicks Off Today!

 Join us on Facebook tonight at 7 pm EST for our opening ceremonies!

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JOIN THE WINTER GAMES READER CHALLENGE

If you love to read, this group is for you. Winter Games is a great way to meet and get to know 56 authors, read tons of books, and challenge yourself to read more and faster. The event includes games and giveaways daily, fun raves twice a week with Author Q & As, free books, and loads of fun. Oh, and you can win big cash prizes! The main event runs Feb 14th-March 14th but the fun has already started.

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I'm offering Mrs. Spinney's Secret for review.

Amity Landing is being invaded by Hollywood and Cassidy Beauvoir, chairman of the board of overseers, doesn’t like it. That is, until she meets Jasper MacEwan, the director of American Waterloo: the Rout of the Penobscot Expedition. Their budding romance is interrupted by a series of deadly incidents, sending them on a quest for long-lost English gold. Who will be the next victim? Can they find the treasure before the murderer does?

Mrs. Spinney's at Finding the Write Words Today

 

Look for a teaser for my new Maine cozy mystery Mrs. Spinney’s Secret at Darlene Fredette’s Find the Write Words today:

 

http://findingthewritewords.blogspot.com/2021/02/book-spotlight-ms-spencer.html