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M.J. Porter

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I'm an author of historical fiction (Early English (before 1066)/Viking) and now five 20th-century mysteries..

The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles (featuring a young Icel from The Last King series) is now available from Boldwood Books. As is the complete Brunanburh Series and the first two books in the Dark Age Chronicles, my foray to before Saxon England was Saxon England. Enjoy.

The Ninth Century Series (The Last King), are stories of ninth-century England, but not as it's been written before, (featuring an older Icel and some other familiar faces too).

The Erdington Mysteries now has a third book in the series—The Secret Sauce. (Did you know Erdington would have been in Mercia back in the Saxon period? I know, you can't get me away from the pla
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“I don’t wish to be left behind by the man who made me the woman I am today. No, if I could, I’d follow him on his journey and take pride and pleasure in doing so.”
M.J. Porter, The First Queen: An incredibly gripping historical romance featuring England's first crowned queen

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“I don’t wish to be left behind by the man who made me the woman I am today. No, if I could, I’d follow him on his journey and take pride and pleasure in doing so.”
M.J. Porter, The First Queen: An incredibly gripping historical romance featuring England's first crowned queen

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