Welcome to the 2024 ARIA Author Showcase and Giveaway Event! 

  

  

How to enter – Comment on the daily showcases to enter the daily giveaway. Comments close four days after the initial Showcase post. GRAND PRIZE drawn on Dec 5th (1 -$250, 1 -$100, or a 1 -$50 Amazon gift card. One grand prize pp) – For every showcase you post on, you automatically gain one entry to the grand prize. 30 Authors = 30 entries.    

 

On to the Showcase! 

 

What name do you like to write under? M. Lee Prescott

Where do you call home? Swansea, MA

What genre(s) do you write? Contemporary romance, contemporary western romance, mysteries

What genre(s) were you drawn to when you were younger? Was there a reason that genre(s) appealed to you the most? 

Mysteries, biographies, women's fiction, fantasy (L'Engle, Tolkien, Alexander, et al)

What were some of your favorite books growing up? Why?  

Nancy Drew, Childhood of Famous Americans (read every title in our library)

What are some of your favorite books today?

Maisie Dobbs mysteries, Louise Penny's mysteries, The Elephant Company, Covenant of Water.

What inspired you to become a writer? 

I wanted to write the kinds of books I love to read.

 

Lucy’s Hearth

Heart in pieces post-divorce, Lucy Winthrop visits Saguaro Valley, home of her mother's friends, Ben and Leonora Morgan. While staying at their ranch, Morgan's Run, she meets Ben's younger brother, Richard. Her new neighbor back east, Richard is a self-made billionaire who goes after what he wants, and he wants Lucy. Back home in New England, they begin a white hot love affair. As the heat pumps up, Lucy tries to step back, scared she is in too deep, too fast. Will this gorgeous Morgan man let her go? And, in pulling away, is she giving up a dream of happiness she never thought possible?As Lucy and Richard’s love story unfolds, join another branch of the Morgan family in this first book of Morgan’s Fire!

 

Tell us a little about how “Lucy’s Hearth” came to be. Did it start with an image, a voice, a concept, a dilemma or something else? 

This book is the first in a spin-off series, Morgan's Fire. The original series is set in the southwest-- Morgan's Run-- and some of those characters moved east to New England.

Which scene, character or plotline changed the most from first draft to published book? 

Oh, gee... they all changed. I guess, Lucy, who finally decided to allow herself to love again after a devastating divorce.

Which character was the most challenging to create. Why?  

Lucy, because she changes and grows dramatically over the course of the story.

What do you like best about being a writer? 

Writing is my happy place, so I love sitting down to write with my cup of tea and tiny dish of dark chocolate. I also LOVE hearing from readers who have been touched by my stories.

If you could collaborate with any author past or present, who would it be? What would the title of the book be? (If possible) - Give us a one sentence blurb.  

Beatrix Potter. Love, love, love her characters and settings. Title: Murder on the Dales?

 

You can follow M. Lee Prescott here - 

Website - www.mleeprescott.com 

Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/M-Lee-Prescott/ 

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mleeprescottwriter/  

Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mleeprescottwriter 

 

M. Lee Prescott is giving away a print copy of Lucy's Hearth.

 

To enter, comment below →  Have you ever felt the need to temporarily withdraw from your routine to prioritize your well-being? If you could go anywhere where would you retreat to, and what book would you choose to accompany you?

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