Laura Hesse

Audio books for a holiday read

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We used to spend every holiday stuck in traffic at the B.C. Ferries terminal or stuck in their parking log. I think we spent more time there than with family. Now we stay home for Thanksgiving and enjoy life on the island. We enjoy walks on the beach and time to relax and read or listen to audio books.

If you’re looking for an audio book, then check out my audio books for children, middle grade, and adult listeners: In Canada on Audible or in the USA on Audible. They are also available on Amazon world wide.

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to all.

Woot! Woot!

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Well the weather outside is frightful, but writing again is delightful so let it rain, let it rain, let it rain… or snow depending on where you live. lol

So, I am quite excited that I have started to flesh out the story line even more for a special edition in The Silver Spurs Series. It won’t be out until Christmas (2024) but it is really coming together. As I have written before, I suffered a serious brain injury which has sidelined me for a few years, but I am working at overcoming it through various techniques – mostly art therapy. The focus on this novel will be the kids, all grown up now, during a crazy Christmas escapade. I have changed the name to Runaway Christmas from Who Killed Santa. It will be a gut-busting funny sleigh ride of a read. Of course, it wouldn’t be a cozy without a murder or two. You’ll just have to wait and see.

Heartfelt thank-you to readers

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On my Amazon author’s panel, I can read reviews that readers leave. There haven’t been any new ones for months and all of a sudden 15 new reviews popped up for the Gumboot & Gumshoe and Silver Spurs Series. They really touched my heart. Guess I better stop being retired and write the two books I had planned, one more in each series. I am doing a bit better after a brain injury left me with the ‘wobblies’ as my gran would call it. Will give it my best. Thank you to all for being so patient. It has been a rough journey.

Snow, snow, snow, snow

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Well, it is February 22nd and it is snowing here on Vancouver Island. I have been catching up on my reading list with a lap blanket and a cup of tea. Love my tea. I have recently been reading quite a few paranormal cozy books. Have also been reading some Joy Fielding, Dean Koontz, and Tricia O’Malley.

If you are a Kindle Unlimited member and are getting snowed in like I am today, give one of my books a boo. I have middle grade and teen horse stories for ages 8 – 14 as well as my adult funny cozy mystery series. Here is the link to my Amazon Central .com.

Stay warm. Read lots. Hot cocoa with Baileys is a pretty good substitute for tea too. lol

2023 update

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Much of 2023 is going to be focusing on recording the audio books for the last two books in The Gumboot & Gumshoe Series, mainly Gertrude & The Sorcerer’s Gold and Chasing Santa, as well as the last two books in The Silver Spurs Series, Bandits, Broads & Dirty Dawgs and Who Killed Cade. The final book in the latter series is still a work in progress as I wasn’t happy with the original story line and am reworking it. I am also thinking of changing the title.

I plan on illustrating The Unicorn Daze Series. I have had several requests from readers. These novels are currently written in an easy to read play format and I will probably revise that formatting. This may take me into 2024 as that is a lot of paintings and I don’t work that fast anymore given I have finally learned to stop and smell the roses, or in my case, sand and salt water. lol

So, it is going to be a busy year. I hope your 2023 is successful and filled with laughter, friends and joy.

As 2022 ends

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I look forward to 2023. There will always be new stories to tell and paintings to be crafted. I can’t wait to see where my inner muse takes me and my hope is that my stories and my artwork will inspire someone else to write and to create.

Wishing everyone a joyous new year filled with love and laughter.

Hugs all around.

Laura

Update on a 4th book to The Silver Spurs Series

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I had a bit of writer’s block and took some time off to decide where this ‘special edition’ to the Silver Spurs Series would go. I have the outline done and am now working on a 4th book which will take place ten years in the future from the trilogy finale, Who Killed Cade. Right now, fans, it is a slow go because of other commitments to it may not be ready until January 2023 even though it is a Christmas story. Sorry about that. 🙂

Laura

Mark it on your calendar for October 24th

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On October 24th, The Silver Spurs Home for Aging Cowgirls will be FREE on Amazon worldwide. READ NOW AT: Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.UK, Amazon.AU.

A dead guy, a Saint Bernard and an old lady walk into an outhouse – okay two out of three do!

The Montana family just wanted to save their ranch!

When the Montana family take in four saucy senior ladies and their horses, life gets complicated indeed. Turns out three of the four women aren’t cowgirls and all of their horses are stallions. Throw in a cheating husband and a jealous mistress, the word ‘baggage’ takes on a whole new meaning. Oh, and then there is the wanted felon on the loose in the hills and two men vying for the hand of a pretty widow.

If you think senior living means the party is over, then you haven’t spent a night at the Silver Spurs Home for Aging Cowgirls where romance is in the air and flirting with another woman’s man can be murder. Do you know what your grandmother is up to?

WOOT! WOOT! The audio book is here!

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JUST RELEASED in Audio Book – The Gumboot & Gumshoe Series – The Complete Trilogy

Sgt Betty Bruce wants to retire, now if only her pot-belled pig, Gertrude, would stop finding bodies… or parts of them. As Betty delves deeper into three bizarre deaths plus a severed foot & body found on the beach, she discovers the answers may lay within the pages of one of the victims murder mystery books.

Now available in e-book, print & audio book. Includes: Gumboots, Gumshoes & Murder, The Dastardly Mr. Deeds & Murder Most Fowl. BUY NOW on Amazon:   Amazon.com,  Amazon.ca, Amazon.uk, Amazon.australia

Also available in audio book on Audible – LISTEN NOW:  Audible.ca Audible.com  Audible.fr  Audible.de  Audible.uk

JUNE IS CHILDREN’S BOOK MONTH

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Enjoy the start of the summer holidays with a series of Hallmark style adventures for children and middle grade readers with some FREE and $0.99 e-book promotions for horse and unicorn lovers.

June 4 – 8th: GUS – a short children’s bedtime story is FREE on Amazon worldwide. Find out more here at Amazon.com or Amazon.ca and Amazon.uk

June 3 – 10: One Frosty Christmas – a heartwarming hanky waving Hallmark style family classic is only $0.99 on Amazon.com and Amazon.uk

June 11 -18: The Great Pumpkin Ride – a rollicking fun ghostly adventure is only $0.99 on Amazon.com and Amazon.uk

June 11 – 18: The Complete Unicorn Daze Series: Books 1 – 6 – a six pack of short children’s bedtime stories is only $0.99 on Amazon.com and Amazon.UK

June 19 – 26: A Filly Called Easter – an action packed adventure for horse lovers of all ages is only $0.99 on Amazon.com and Amazon.uk

Peace and wellness to all.