A Game of Hearts (Hearts in Hazard 3‪)‬

Welcome to A Game of Hearts, where red-blooded commoners find the doors of the blue-blooded haut ton difficult to open.

Two Hearts, Shadowed by their Pasts

Self-made financier Rafe Lockhart needs a titled wife. His beloved daughter Connie dreams of a society debut. A quick marriage to Lady Margaret Symonds, widow of an earl, seems the answer to his problem. Her beauty and wit sweeten his plan.

After twelve years in an emotionally abusive marriage, Maggie Symonds  hesitates to enter another marriage, especially to a man whose wealth is the sole reason that society accepts him. Yet financial difficulties and her own budding attraction to Rafe drive her to accept his proposal.

Neither expects passion to fire up their marriage. Yet even as they discover each other, two blows deal wounds to their blossoming love.

Two Hearts, Crossed by Circumstance

Falling in love with his employer's daughter Connie is not Roger Denby's biggest mistake. No, the first mistake was giving her a taste of passion. When he hesitates, she pursues a blue-blooded gentleman who will eventually inherit a title. Can he trust that Richard Malbury will give her everything she wants?

Connie Lockhart knew the walls between her and Roger Denby. She was as far out of his reach as marriage into nobility was out of hers. When Roger rejects her, she turns her attentions to Richard Malbury, all to make Roger jealous. And revenge on the snobbish society darlings seems especially sweet. Besides, marriage to a titled nobleman is preferable to a fruitless love of Roger.

Deal in the Unexpected

Mix in a courtesan and two rakes, all out for mischief … and murder, bloody and foul.

When Rafe is suspected of murdering a valuable employee, this Game of Hearts turns more dangerous than Rafe & Maggie and Roger & Connie ever anticipated.

A sweet Regency romance, A Game of Hearts offers a complete story that turns more toward mystery than the first two books of suspense, A Game of Secrets and A Game of Hearts. Although characters may cross into other novels, each book is a stand-alone.

Writer M.A. Lee says, "The Game books are my first self-published books. I've learned a lot about formatting manuscripts since I published these novels in 2015. The newly formatted versions coincide with the paperback publication of the novels in the Hearts in Hazard series. Enjoy the stories, whether you prefer e-books or paperback."

Contact M.A. Lee at her shared website Writers Ink Books.