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​Whether you prefer inspirational romances graced with the spirit of  faith, paranormal romances filled with a touch of magic, historicals or contemporaries, books written by Penelope Marzec are packed with adventure as well. Her books are published by Prism Book Group, an imprint of pelicanbookgroup.com. She has reissued some of her backlist titles from other publishers. Two of her inspirational romances were winners in EPIC's eBook Awards contests, Sea Of Hope and Heaven's Blue. The Cowboy's Miracle was an EPIC eBook Award Finalist as well as a third place winner in the Ancient City Romance Writers' Heart of Excellence Readers' Choice Award. Her paranormal romance, Irons in the Fire,was nominated for Best Small Press Paranormal in the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards. Patriot's Courage was awarded First Place in the Inspirational Category of the National Excellence in Story Telling contest.

She is a member of the New Jersey Romance Writers, and the Liberty States Fiction Writers.  You can find the books at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other book distributors in both paper and digital editions. Download a free sample today!

Newly Reissued!
Young Adult Paranormal Historical


OUTSIDE BLESSINGS​
Available June 7, 2025 at Online Distributors
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     ​In the winter of 1896, Neema, 16, works as a seamstress. She is a halfling. Her mother was a selkie. Her sister Lila fell in love with a human but was jilted on her wedding day. When Lila is found dead in the rocks of the town's jetty, officials assume her death to be a suicide. Lila is buried outside the town limits since suicides are not allowed in the hallowed ground of the cemetery. The would-be groom is missing.
     Neema does not believe her sister would commit suicide. She crawls on the rock jetty searching for clues to prove someone harmed her sister. There she meets Emmett, 17, a new surfman in the lifesaving service. He is drawn to Neema, but she's odd. Yet, when they kiss, their feelings for each other intensify.
The lifesaving dog finds a sealskin along the edge of the shore and fights with a seal for the skin. Emmett kills the seal.
     Neema learns of selkies seeking revenge upon Emmett. How can she warn him of the danger?
     Neema discovers a hidden room in the cottage of her employers. Are they harboring a criminal unknowingly?
     When a nor'easter hits, Neema knows it presents an opportunity for the selkies to enact their retribution against Emmett. As a ship founders offshore, Emmett must go out with the other surfmen to save those on board the ship. Neema shifts into a seal and saves him, but can she save herself from the selkies' revenge?
The book is currently available for pre-order at several distributors:
     Amazon     Kobo
     Barnes&Noble
     Smashwords

     Apple
     Vivlio
     Fable
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New Historical Release!
Love's Gift
​Available on March 8, 2025 at Online Distributors
OR Buy it now at
​Pelican
for only $3!

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In 1903, Amaranth Beach is burdened by her ethnicity due to the Chinese Exclusion Acts. Abandoned on a beach as a newborn and raised in an orphanage, she is a skilled secretary, but the threat of deportation looms constantly and all employers turn her away... until Mrs. Tildon of Sea Haven, New Jersey, hires her. 

Soon after Amaranth' s arrival, she discovers that the Tildon family secrets run deep— a reprobate father, a long-lost brother, an obnoxious maid who is never fired for her behavior, and William the son who worries too much about what people will think. 

When a series of alarming events occur, it' s up to Amaranth and William to unravel the secrets that threaten to destroy the Tildon family. 

Can Amaranth heal the family' s divisions with her faith? Or will a greater danger threaten them all.

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Five Stars!   "...a poignant romantic suspense with faith-based characters in a small town." Reviewed by Nancy.
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​THE KEEPER'S SECRET

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Shucker' s Point, New Jersey never had a murder until now. Jack St. Marie, a well-known research scientist is missing, and Trooper Bryce Johnson believes the worst of Jack' s wife, Evie. 

In high school, Bryce loved Evie--enough to want to marry her, but that was before he witnessed her phone in a bogus bomb scare. And only two months before Jack disappeared, Bryce saw Evie aiming a gun at her husband. Can Bryce believe in Evie's innocence when her husband' s body is found in a fishing dredge twenty miles out at sea? Could the most beautiful woman in Shucker' s Point be capable of such a heinous crime? He doesn't want to believe it.

Bryce refuses to let his heart guide the investigation...until someone shoots at Evie. Then he must protect her. But can he protect his heart?

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