M. Louisa Locke's Monthly Newsletter

February 2023

Dear Reader,

I am delighted to announce that I completed the first draft of Tides of Acerba this week. I have been working on this steadily for seven months, and as of right now, the total word count is over 143,000 words! What this means is that I will probably spend the next month doing a pretty thorough edit, with I hope a fair amount of cutting, before I send out to my first round of beta readers. If all goes well, this should mean the book will be published sometime in late April, but I will definitely keep you posted. Today, however, I will include cover and description to whet your appetite! I am also including the information on the discounted audiobook edition of books 1-3 in the series and the usual mention of free first in series ebooks.

Not wishing to disappoint the historical mystery lovers in this group, I have joined with a group of authors to introduce a different historical mystery to our readers each month. See below for the information on this month’s entry, Shea MacLeod’s Lady Rample Steps Out.

Finally, this month’s raffle for free Spotify codes is for Victorian San Francisco Stories: Volume 1.

M. Louisa Locke

Tides of Acerba: Caelestis Series Book 4 (Coming Spring 2023)

Book Description:

Two moons, too many demands, too little time. In this action-adventure, science fiction novel, Mei Lin Yu, the future Promise Keeper, thrust into a position of power and responsibility she never wanted, struggles to determine who she can trust. Is it Jaxon, a man with his own responsibilities and trust issues, Dr. Eleanor, a scientist in the ruthless pursuit of knowledge, her Grandaunt Anne, the most powerful woman in Caelestis, or Daniella Quinn, a young widow with a surprising secret?

As Mei Lin faces one crisis after another, she will finally discover that the person she needs to learn to trust, is herself.

Audiobook Discounts

Between Mountain and Sea: $1.99 on Chirp, AppleBooks, B & N, Spotify
Under Two Moons: $4.99 on Chirp, AppleBooks, B & N, Spotify
Through Ddaera’s Touch: $6.99 on Chirp, AppleBooks, B & N, Spotify

Historical Mystery for the Month

When Lady Rample steps out, murder steps in. Lady Rample finds herself at odds after the death of her husband until her best friend drags her to a hot new jazz club in the heart of London. Before long, she finds herself embroiled in the murder of one of the club’s owners Bored with her aristocratic life and irked that the police have arrested the wrong suspect, Lady R decides to turn lady detective. With her eccentric Aunt Butty in tow, Lady R scours London for clues. If she’s lucky she’ll find the killer before the killer finds her. From the USA Today bestselling author of the Viola Roberts Cozy Mysteries comes the first book in the Lady Rample Mysteries set in jazz-era London.

 Your complimentary copy is available to download on BookFunnel.

Ebook Discounts:

Maids of Misfortune: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery (Book 1)
This is a reminder that this first book in the series is permanently free and you can get it on Kindle, and all other Retailers.

Between Mountain and Sea: Caelestis Series (Book 1)
This is a reminder that this first book in the series is permanently free and you can get it on Kindle, and all other Retailers.

AudioBook Spotify Raffle:

This month’s 15 winners of the Spotify Raffle will get a free code to download a copy of the audiobook edition of Victorian San Francisco Stories: Volume 1. All you have to do is reply to this email and tell me you wish to participate in the Raffle by February 28.

For more information about either my mystery or science fiction series, check out my website. For daily information on my journey as an indie author trying to age gracefully, check out my newsletter, An Aging Author’s Daily Diversions.