Thursday, November 17, 2022

Husband and Wife Writers



We're almost there. If my husband and I sell 5 more of the books we've written, we will have reached a grand total of 4,000 books sold in our writing careers. That's a big deal to us.

Please help us reach our goal this year and consider purchasing one of our books. We write in several genres including cozy mystery, murder mystery, romance, historical romance, and science fiction. Some of our books are available in paperback and would make good Christmas presents. 

Here's our Amazon author page where you can see all of our books:

https://amzn.to/3AqdY6d


Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Fun Story about Raising a Jack Russell Terrier Puppy

 Our First Year Raising a Jack Russell

Terrier (and then some)



Have you ever wanted a Jack Russell Terrier like the ones from the TV shows Wishbone and Frasier or the movies Mask and My Dog Skip? Do you think you can handle such a high-energy dog? 

If you believe that you're up to the task, come along with us as we follow our new Jack Russell puppy through his first year and watch him learn and grow to become part of our world. 

Read about how we tried to prevent him chewing our walls and linoleum floor. Witness our horror after he almost overdosed on baby aspirin, caused a gas leak, and was in danger of being swooped up by a hawk. We hope that you learn from our mistakes and successes in bringing up this adorable, funny, intelligent, and always-entertaining breed of wonderful little dogs.

Available at Amazon:

$1.99 eBook

https://amzn.to/3Kjmub2


$4.35 Paperback

https://amzn.to/3PMFNL8


Also available at Barnes and Noble, Apple, Google Play, Smashwords, and Kobo.

Sunday, June 26, 2022

Nancy Drew Parody

 


This Nancy Drew parody was reviewed in The Sleuth: The Original Nancy Drew Fanzine in the Nov/Dec 2016 issue:


Title: The Ghost in the Plantation: A Nancy Keene Mystery

By: Louise Hathaway


Book Description:


Do you like Nancy Drew? Do you like New Orleans? If so, I hope that you will enjoy this humorous and PG-rated story about a teenage sleuth that especially targets baby boomers who grew up reading and loving the Nancy Drew series.


Nancy Keene, the teenage sleuth in this story, goes on vacation with her father and friends to the French Quarter. What starts out as a sight-seeing trip changes into a murder/mystery when a docent at Oak Alley Plantation is murdered while they are there. Part travelogue, part ghost story, this book mixes voodoo, ghosts, and bayous into a spicy gumbo of a whodunit.

Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple Books and many other online stores.


eBook costs $2.99

Amazon Link for eBook:

https://amzn.to/3ylWreR


Paperback costs $6.38

Amazon Link for Paperback:

https://amzn.to/3A6kjom

Saturday, June 25, 2022

Fighting Demons: A New Orleans Mystery

 



Fighting Demons: A New Orleans Mystery 

In this romantic and suspenseful murder mystery, a serial killer in New Orleans is chased down by New Orleans Homicide Detective Yvonne Dauphin who has just checked herself out of a psychiatric hospital when the story opens. She is determined to prove to her boss and coworkers that she still is up to the job and fights her bipolar demons while trying to find and arrest him. At the same time, she's hoping to get back together with her ex-husband.

Will they get back together? Will she find the killer? And is she strong enough to withstand both the pressures of her job and her love life? Find out in this intriguing mystery.

Five Star Review: "A must-read! I couldn’t put it down and read the eBook in a day. Louise Hathaway writing talent shines through her characters, plot, and ending. The dash of romance was just the right amount of seasoning to enhance the flavor of this story."

Five Star Review: "A double-edged fictional story, with more than one demon at work stealing lives. If you are interested in learning a thing or two about the challenges experienced by anyone with bipolar disorder and how those kinds of challenges can spill over to help others, then this is the story for you! Highly recommended."

Five Star Review: "The characters are well written, likable, and 3 dimensional."

Five Star Review: "Great Detective Story. Highly recommended. Murder, Mystery, Romance, and so much more. I couldn’t put it down."


Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple, Smashwords, Google Play, Kobo, and more online bookstores.

Price:

ebook Link at Amazon for $2.99:


Paperback Link at Amazon for $3.84




Saturday, June 11, 2022

A Historical Civil War Romance Inspired by The Life of My Husband's Grandfather

 

Torn Between Two Lovers:

A Civil War Romance

by 

Louise Hathaway



My historical romance novel entitled “Torn Between Two Lovers: A Civil War Romance” is loosely inspired by the story of my husband’s great-grandfather who fought in the Civil War and barely survived after the steamboat he was on exploded from a boiler accident on board. The accident was the worst maritime accident in US History. Thousands died in the accident. The steamboat was called The Sultana. My husband’s great-grandfather was thrown off the steamboat into the Mississippi River. As luck would have it, he landed on a coil of rope that was floating on the river. After he came home from the war, he became a doctor and had several descendants, including my husband’s grandmother.

In my novel, “Torn Between Two Lovers: A Civil War Romance,” my husband’s grandmother inspired my main female character. I took some artistic liberties with her story in my novel.

My novel is about a young woman who lives near Memphis and has just lost her husband in the war.  When the story opens, she is so distraught that she tries to drown herself in the Mississippi River. She almost succeeds but is stopped in her tracks when she sees a man lying on a coil of rope that is floating in the river.

He is barely conscious, and she takes him home and tries to help him survive and ultimately ends up saving his life.

His condition worsens and she takes him to the hospital. While he’s recovering, he almost dies in the hospital, and she ends up falling in love with his good-looking and wealthy young doctor.

She loves both men equally. Which man will she choose to marry?

Find out in “Torn Between Two Lovers: A Civil War Romance” by Louise Hathaway.

Are you interested in reading it? If so, it’s available as an eBook and also as a paperback on Amazon.

To purchase the eBook for $2.99, here is the link:

https://amzn.to/3HcpzIm

To purchase the Paperback for $4.54, here is the link:

https://amzn.to/3Qbl8ln

For those of you who don’t know, I write under the pen name “Louise Hathaway”.

Thank you, friends and family, for reading this post!

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Civil War Romance Novel

 


Here's a 5 Star Review for "Torn Between Two Lovers: A Civil War Romance"

"This was a wonderfully done historical romance. The characters were what I wanted from this and they felt like they belonged in the time period. I had a lot of fun reading this."

Available on Amazon.com as an ebook and a paperback.

Buy the ebook on Amazon for $2.99.

Purchase Link: https://amzn.to/3H5WQ8a

Buy the paperback version on Amazon for only $4.54.

Purchase Link: https://amzn.to/3HavptD





Wednesday, May 25, 2022

High School Sweethearts on the Coast Starlight


Description:

 This love story, a cross between The Notebook and Last Tango in Halifax, is about an older couple who are reunited after being away from each other since high school. In her late 60s, Madeline has been diagnosed with cancer and told that she has only a few months to live.

She takes a scenic long-distance train trip aboard The Coast Starlight, where she once again sees Jay, her first love, and they pick up right where they left off and have a wonderful time in Seattle, where he proposes and gives her a whole new lease on life. How long does she have left to live? Readers will be pleasantly surprised.

Available at: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple Books, Google Play Books, Smashwords, Kobo Books, and Scribd.

Amazon Links:

eBook $2.99 : https://amzn.to/3RJiaW2

Paperback $5.99: https://amzn.to/3ySeU1Y