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...

Title : Double Call From Desire Series : Dearhart Clan #2 Author : Eri Nelson Genre : Paranormal, Fantasy, Romance Formats Available In : PDF Blurb : From the unorthodox author Eri Nelson comes the second look into the dark primal world of the DHC (Dearhart Clan Series). An adult tale that continues with the moon’s induced passions that surpass humanity’s logic in favor of not meeting a beckoning demise. As Kristen and Owen come to grips with a chosen destiny gifted by the moon, a scout is ushered off in search of a rogue wolf. Thomas chosen by Owen to survey for a troublesome wolf discovers a howly formed desirable temptation that he had never wish to unearth. Not long after Thomas leaves on his scouting mission, Owen himself is persuaded by his highest of confidants to go in search of Kristen’s past. Since she is their hopeful future, Owen is forced to depart only to find that soon after he is gone a misstep by Kristen finds her griped by a revengi...

Here is an excerpt of Bayou Blues A New Orleans Mystery , this is an unedited excerpt as I'll be sending this over to my editor soon. It goes without saying that I'm really happy with this story in book #2! I just wanted to share the first moment Ava meets Julian who is of course more than he seems.  Sixteen year old Ava Lopez had returned to New Orleans , Louisiana only one month ago and already she was afraid that there was something suspiciously supernatural happening in the French Quarter. She just couldn’t be sure of what it was, but something was snatching people off of the streets. Their bodies were discovered days later in the bayou with strange markings on their arms and legs. Every three days someone from the Quarter went missing and Ava was going to be sure she was there the next time an abduction took place in the Quarter. Ava was the guardian of the city, a burden that had been decided for her. The reasons for it were never made clear to Ava. The fate...

This is a great story, how did you develop the idea for  The Tallenmere Series ? For a great many years, I was addicted to a MMORPG (massive multi-player online roleplaying game) franchise called Everquest. By the time I started with Everquest II, I had started writing little stories for the characters I played. One of them happened to be a high elf ranger… After managing to get a novella published with Midnight Showcase (now Melange Books), I decided to shoot high and write Caliphany’s story. I sought help at Critique Circle, where I met some of the best writing mentors and critique partners ever. Over the course of a year, I had written my first novel A Ranger’s Tale , which Melange Books also published. One of the main characters from ART, Jayden, had a really rough time of things and needed his own story by the end, so Serenya’s Song was born. A paladin by the name of Sir Robert who played a significant role in SS then demanded his story be told, hence the writi...

Here it is the cover for Book #2 in my New Orleans series! Bayou Blues! I am really happy about this cover because  I did this one myself! This story will explore Ava's family history and her connection to New Orleans as well as include some New Orleans lore.

It's nearly Valentines Day and to celebrate I thought it would be fun to have a giveaway!  a Rafflecopter giveaway