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





Saturday, December 4, 2021

Nancy Drew for Christmas


Thank you "The Sleuth: The Original Nancy Drew Fanzine" for featuring and reviewing my Nancy Keene Mysteries in a 6 page spread in the November/ December 2016 issue. 

Written as homages to the Nancy Drew books, these five humorous and PG-rated cozy mysteries star teenage sleuth, Nancy Keene, and especially target women baby boomers who grew up reading and loving the series. Gently poking fun at Nancy’s obscure knowledge, perfectionism, and need for control, these books take place in some of my favorite travel destinations.

Here are the titles in the Nancy Keene Mysteries:

The Buried Treasure on Route 66

The Ghost in the Plantation

The Stolen Mask

The Stolen Masterpiece

The Missing Bachelor Farmer


They are available online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple, Google Play, Smashwords, and Kobo.

Some of them are also available as paperbacks at Amazon. 

Here are the buy links at your favorite online retailers: 

Amazon: https://amzn.to/343kcWE

Barnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/2PjoPGI

Smashwords: https://bit.ly/2LCXnmy

Google Play: https://bit.ly/2RynyP8

Kobo: https://bit.ly/2RwhN4g


Saturday, November 27, 2021

Small Business Saturday

 



It’s “Small Business Saturday”—a big day for all kinds of indie business people, including those of us who write and sell their books. Sandy and I don’t have a brick-and-mortar bookstore, but our 33 books are available online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple, Google Play, Smashwords, and Kobo.

We write in several genres including murder mysteries, cozy mysteries, time travel stories, historical fiction, train stories, romance, and more.

Here’s our Amazon page where you can see the titles and descriptions of our books. After reading any book, posting a 1-5 Star Rating for it or a short review (of a few sentences) at the online store where you purchased it is greatly appreciated.

 https://amzn.to/3nUltwo

 


Sunday, November 7, 2021

Our Trip Aboard Amtrak's Coast Starlight

 

My husband and I just came back from a wonderful trip aboard the Coast Starlight, traveling from LA up to Seattle and back.

 Highlights: viewing the unspoiled California coastlines from our sleeper car bedroom, admiring the fall leaves in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, and being lucky enough to see the snow-capped top of Mount Shasta peeking through the clouds as the train rolled on and we ate a delicious lunch in the diner car. 

 It was our second trip on the Coast Starlight; we traveled to Salinas two years ago and when I came home, I wrote this bittersweet love story about two ex-lovers who unexpectantly meet again aboard the Coast Starlight.  


Love Gets a Second Chance 

Here's where you can purchase it for $2.99. 

Amazon:

https://amzn.to/3CIiBIk

Barnes and Noble: 

https://bit.ly/37EUcVK

Apple: 

https://apple.co/3fVje7N

Smashwords: 

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1098394

Kobo: 

https://bit.ly/3fUUtIU

Google Play:

https://bit.ly/3wsaUDI


Sunday, October 17, 2021

Amtrak's Coast Starlight

 



I'm so excited about traveling aboard the scenic Coast Starlight a week from tomorrow. This Amtrak route on America's west coast has been described as one of the most beautiful train rides in America.

I'll be traveling from Los Angeles to Seattle and look forward to seeing unspoiled views of the California coastline, fall foliage in the forests of Northern California and Oregon, and the splendor of Mount Shasta and Mount Rainer in Washington. 

This is my second trip on the Coast Starlight and I booked a bedroom in one of the sleeper cars. All meals are included in the price. My room has a sofa that converts into a double-size bed, its own private bathroom and shower, a locked door from the inside, and two comfortable seats on each side of a small table that are right next to a large window where I can watch as the countryside roll by.  

In this time of COVID, the privacy of my own room where I don't have to worry about social distancing or wear a mask, as I would if I were traveling business or coach, is especially appreciated.

I write murder mysteries with my husband (under the pen name Louise Hathaway) and one of my cozy mysteries takes place on the Coast Starlight. I began writing this when I last traveled on the train ride.

Here's what it's about:

In this intriguing cozy mystery, two sisters, one a homicide detective, the other an erotic romance writer, travel aboard Amtrak's scenic Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to Seattle when a famous movie star on the train is murdered. Then, to make matters worse, a forest fire in Oregon stops the train dead in its tracks with the killer still onboard. With a cast of characters who seem to have a motive for murder, will two detectives be able to figure out the killer's ingenious plot in time before someone else ends up dead?


Only $1.99 at the following online bookstores: 


Amazon: https://amzn.to/33NmnzD

Barnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/32RJMR7

Apple: https://apple.co/3kDNe85

Smashwords: https://bit.ly/3ckxp35

Kobo: https://bit.ly/3kCJnIj

Google: https://bit.ly/33QCw7o

Also Available in paperback for $5.99 at Amazon: https://amzn.to/2YXJyJk






Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Love Gets a Second Chance

 


Are you a fan of the movie "The Notebook" or the TV series "Last Tango in Halifax"? If so, I hope you'll enjoy this romance that was inspired by both of them.

In this love story, a couple in their late 60s 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.

Here's where you can purchase it for $2.99. 

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3CIiBIk

Barnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/37EUcVK

Apple: https://apple.co/3fVje7N

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1098394

Kobo: https://bit.ly/3fUUtIU