Margaret Izard is an award-winning author of historical fantasy and paranormal romance novels. Her latest awards are 2024 Reader’s Favorite Honorable Mention for Stone of Love and 2024 Spring BookFest Silver Award for the same title. She spent her early years through college to adulthood dedicated to dance, theater, and performing. Over the years, she developed a love for great storytelling in different mediums. She does not waste a good story, be it movement, the spoken, or the written word. She discovered historical romance novels in middle school, which combined her desire for romance, drama, and fantasy. She writes exciting plot lines, steamy love scenes and always falls for a strong male with a soft heart. She lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and adult triplets.
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Where did you grow up?
I was born in Lake Charles, LA, but raised in Houston, Texas.
When did you begin writing?
I started in my 30s, stopped, then picked it back up again in my 50s after
tutoring my triplets through college.
Do you write during the day, at night, or whenever you can sneak a few moments?
I’m
a 9-5 girl.
What is this book about?
Stone of Doubt, book 5. Evie’s story. (Colin and Bree’s daughter) A human with Fae powers finds herself fulfilling an old magic stone prophecy as her lost dream boy, now a man, must rescue her from the cruel grip of an evil monster and save the realms.
She’s a human with Fae powers—and two men who want her. One dark and devilish, the other her long-lost love. Which path will Evie choose?
Evie MacDougall, you met in book 3, Stone of Hope. She’s Breille and Colin MacDougall’s daughter with Fae powers who accidentally opened the Eye of Ra portal, which sucked her, her brother Ewan and their uncle, Dominic DeVolt, into Egypt of the 1930s. In that story, she meets her mysterious Fae boy, whom she falls hard for. When we met with her again, she had graduated college and had not seen her Fae crush since. She meets the handsome, dark man, Manix, and they start a relationship, only to have her Fae crush, Aodhán, return, begging him to take her to his Fae realm.
Aodhán, saved Evie and her family at the end of Stone of Hope, book 3 Stones of Iona, only to be punished for showing his true love forbidden Fae spells. Now freed from his captivity, he’s free to visit Evie, his love. But she’s torn between two men, one dark and dangerous, and him, a prophesied future King of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Aodhán will do all in his power to fight for their love, even risk his own destiny.
Manix Skene Evie admired from afar since he transferred to her college three months prior. He’s a drama major who prefers goth like her and carries a darkness about him that all the girls find irresistible. When Manix invites her to his estate for a masked ball, she becomes curious about the dark and handsome man every college student dreams of dating. Some say he held a temper as if another lived inside him, but for Evie, he was everything a girl desired, or was he?
What inspired you to write it?
This is the fifth book in the series, and it shifts into
the next generation of MacDougalls, who must search for missing magic Fae
stones. Evie searches for the Stone of Doubt, so the book delves into
individuals grappling with internal conflicts and external challenges, making
their journeys deeply human.
What readers have said about this next release: The narrative keeps you guessing. Just when readers think they’ve figured it all out, unexpected turns will invite them to re-examine their assumptions—mirroring the book’s central theme of questioning certainty. Stone of Doubt isn’t just a story; it’s an exploration of how doubt and certainty shape our lives. As readers navigate the intertwined threads of romance, suspense, and self-discovery, they’ll find themselves reflecting on their own experiences and beliefs.
Was the road to publication smooth sailing or a bumpy ride?
For my first release, Stone of Love, book 1 Stones of Iona, I searched for an agent or publisher. I spent over two and a half years querying while trying to improve my writing before finding a home with The Wild Rose Press.
If you knew then what you know now, is there anything you would have done
differently?
Hired
a better freelance editor and had more patience.
Where can readers purchase a copy of your book?
Most
all retailers for ebook and print books.
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What is one piece of advice you would like to share with aspiring authors
everywhere?
Read. Some of my best ideas came from inspiration from reading history or another story. It fires the creative spark and generates my mind to develop “what if?” and then answer it.
Write. Even if it stinks, write. Get it on the page. You can always edit it after. You should edit and edit and edit. Writing is a practiced technique. Storytelling is a practiced art. They go hand in hand, but to learn, one must practice.
Don’t do this alone.
While writing is solitary, crafting and creating great stories isn’t. Take a
class, find a writing group, or join a critique group. Get feedback on what you
write to make it better.
What is up next for you?
Is there anything you would like to add?
Next in the series:
Highlander’s Holly and Ivy, a Christmas companion book coming November 2025. Features Alex MacDougall, Mary and Roderick from Thistle in the Mistletoe son. A forbidden love between a Highlander and an English lady intertwines with magic, betrayal, and the fate of a nation as they fight to unite their worlds and reclaim Scotland’s legacy.
Stone of Faith, book 6 Ewan’s Story. (Evie’s twin brother) A
cursed pirate captain and an enslaved siren defy a power-hungry madman—and fate
itself—to claim a love that spans centuries as they save the human and Fae
realms.
Stone of Destiny, book 7. Katerine MacArthur, Evie’s BFF
love story. A woman torn between fate
and forbidden love must defy a Fae prophecy and battle dark forces to reclaim
her future—and the heart of the Fae warrior she can’t forget.
Evergreen Evermore, a Christmas companion book coming in 2026.
This
series leads into another connected series, Dragons of Tantallon, a
dragon-shapeshifter series revolving around the magic Iona Stones.
Read an Excerpt:
She breathed as Aodhán wrapped his arms around her, pulling her against his muscular chest. “Welcome to Broemere Castle, my home.”
She turned as he held her in his arms. “Yer home? Ye mean the Fae realm?”
Aodhán brushed his fingers over her cheek. “Aye.” He gazed at her momentarily with a grin spread over his face. “Come, I wish to show ye around the castle before we meet the others.”
He pulled her hand, and she tugged back, stopping him. “The ball, it still calls ye?”
He nodded as he turned, and she tugged again. “Ye mentioned punishment. What for?”
He took her hand and kissed the back. “For showing ye spells I wasn’t allowed to.”
Evie stood staring at him as the edges of his eyes crinkled. She looked down, her mind rolling over memories as the past connected with the present, then his statement.
She gasped. “The Fae, they punished ye for helping me.” Her eyes connected with his. “Yer punishment was because of me. Ye didn’t leave me. They kept ye away.”
Aodhán stepped to her, his hand on her cheek. “Aye, that’s true.” He bent and brushed a kiss. Tingles like before shot to her toes, electrifying her body.
Aodhán’s
whisper brushed her ear. “And I’d do it all over again.”
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