The Case of the Wayward Fae by H.L. Stephens

It was like a wooing lover that would not relent its sway over me, until finally, one day the truth dawned on me. So I made sure to write when no one was looking. In fact, I had teachers, faculty, and friends telling me writing wasn’t my thing when they saw me scribbling in my notebooks. I was pretty much all over the map with my career options up until just a few years ago. I was a kid.Īs far as my grasp on my future grown-up career, I couldn’t say with any level of certainty that I knew what I wanted to be in my adult years as I was learning my A-B-C’s and delving into the wonders of easy arithmetic. At that point, I was still dragging around my bangy (blanket), believing the Cookie Monster was a real person, but what the hey. Right after they unplugged from their mother’s nipple and moved onto solid foods, they picked up the pen and began the path to their future career.

I have read enough blogs over the years to know that most writers are CONVINCED they were destined to be a writer ever since they were knee-high to a grasshopper. This rejection letter was yet another paving stone in the road of this journey of mine that has been my entire life in the making. But after I hit the ‘Send’ button, it hit me. I tried that approach for about five minutes as I wrote my Thank You letter to the kind assistant who sent the rejection letter on behalf of the oh-so-busy agent. I know you might be saying “Big whoop….someone else said no to you….move on.” Believe me, I get the sentiment. The only direction Mister Marmee receives from Sir Happy before he disappears is to “follow the faeries.” Could the answers to Mister Marmee’s questions lie in the shadowy Banum’s Wood with an Irish healer named Biddy Early, or is the mystery behind Sir Happy’s plight and the murders he was investigating beyond even her all-seeing eye? Mister Marmee will have to use all of his wits to save his friend and solve the mystery of the wayward fae before Sir Happy becomes the next victim.I just received another rejection for another query letter of my newest book. When Sir Happy is unjustly accused of attacking a well respected man and finds himself a fugitive, it is up to Mister Marmee and a menagerie of animal friends to come to his rescue and clear his name. When evidence of faerie mischief begins to intertwine among the deceased, Sir Happy strikes out on his own to dig up the truth. As the bodies pile up in what the local authorities are calling “unfortunate accidents,” the detective duo begins to suspect there is much more to these mishaps than meets the eye. The Case of the Wayward Fae is book two in the Chronicles of Mister Marmee series.Īt the Hanover country estate, as Mister Marmee and Sir Happy Heart take a much needed respite from the rigors of London life, they discover the wicked never go on holiday.

The Case of the Wayward Fae by H.L. Stephens