Author M.M. Shelley

Venice in the Moonlight by Elizabeth McKenna Take a vacation from the London ton and visit Venice in the Moonlight! A Story of Vengeance, Forgiveness, and Love  After her husband’s untimely demise, Marietta Gatti is banished from the family’s villa by her spiteful mother-in-law. She returns to her hometown of Venice and her only kin—a father she hasn’t spoken to since her forced marriage. Her hope of making amends is crushed when she learns she is too late, for he recently has died under suspicious circumstances. Grief-stricken, Marietta retraces her father’s last night only to discover someone may have wanted him dead—and she may be next. When the prime suspect turns out to be the father of the man she is falling in love with, Marietta risks her future happiness and her life to avenge the death of a man she once hated. Elizabeth McKenna’s latest novel takes you back to eighteenth century Carnival, where lovers meet discreetly, and masks make everyone equal. Can you tell ...

These Books are Made for Walking My books recently tagged along on a hiking adventure. They were excited to go and leave home the first time without me. You see, the Grand Canyon is the backdrop for my time-traveling character. It’s all they could talk about for weeks on end. They were going to see the canyon up close and personal. Actually they didn't really have to do the walking; they hitchhiked along in my niece’s backpack. She was kind enough to take them when she and her father hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. As a favor to me, she took pictures of them along the trail. I’d love to hike it myself, but I don’t think I’d ever make it back out alive or with two good knees. It’s all uphill, I’m told. On the trip she had to carry a backpack filled with 25 to 35 pounds of supplies which turned out to be more like 50. Two more pounds would be added because of the books, but she took them willingly. Being a talented, creative girl I had no doubt she had big pla...