Me as Grandma Bear

Date: November 4, 2023

Author: Bobbi Holmes

I’m back from the short visit with my daughter and grandkids. Her hubby was off on a hunting trip, so I only saw him the first day I was there. While the trip was brief, I enjoyed myself. I even joined the grandkids for some trick or treating around their neighborhood. I borrowed my son-in-law’s costume. So instead of the Three Bears being a papa, mama, and baby bear, we were grandma, mama, and baby bear.

My new book, The Ghost and the Twins, came out last Monday. During the first few days, it earned a Top New Release banner at Amazon in ghosts, and a bestseller banner over at Barnes & Noble. It currently has 274 ratings at Amazon, with a 4.8-star average, and 121 ratings on Goodreads, with a 4.9-star average.

The audiobook for The Ghost and the Wedding Crasher came out on Halloween, and The Ghost and the Twins audiobook is coming in January.

Since returning home, I’ve been working on my social media and marketing. The first thing I’m focusing on—my newsletter. I try to send out a newsletter every two weeks. But I’ve been a little flaky the last few months. Yet I promise to get back to every two weeks—and in each newsletter I have a raffle.

If you want to sign up for my newsletter, click here!

New Haunting Danielle releases!

Date: October 30, 2023

Author: Bobbi Holmes

Categories: Bobbi Ann Johnson Holmes

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First things first—The Ghost and the Twins (Book 33 in the Haunting Danielle series) eBook went live today! It is also available in large print and regular print format. Click here for purchase options. Its audiobook will be released on Jan 16, 2024, by Tantor Media.

Tomorrow, on Halloween 2023, The Ghost and the Wedding Crasher audiobook (released by Tantor Media) goes live!

The last six months have been rather hectic. It began with moving Mom into a memory care facility, me having knee replacement surgery, adjusting to Mom’s move, physical therapy for my new knee, and writing and releasing The Ghost and the Twins.

The next Haunting Danielle book, The Ghost and the Poltergeist is slated for release April 30, 2024. It is available for pre-order at Amazon, Apple, and Barnes and Noble.

In the upcoming months, I am hoping to get reinvolved on social media, as I pretty much checked out these last few months.

As I type this, I am on a brief getaway, visiting my daughter’s family—which includes my two grandchildren.

Wishing you all a safe and fun Halloween!

What you may not know about the cover designer of the Haunting Danielle series…

Date: July 1, 2023

Author: Bobbi Holmes

Categories: Bobbi Ann Johnson Holmes

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Some of you may be familiar with the professional cover designer, Elizabeth Mackey, of Elizabeth Mackey Cover design. If you are an author, maybe you’ve used her or have heard of her. If you are a reader, I suspect you have read at least one of the authors she’s designed covers for. You can check her website and see if you notice a familiar cover or author.

Elizabeth was a fine artist before she went into cover design. She graduated with honors from the Art Institute of California, San Diego, earning a Bachelors of Science Degree in Graphic Design. and has been in this business for over fifteen years. She not only designs the covers for all my books, she created the artwork for Marlow House, along with many of the silhouettes that show up in the various covers in the Haunting Danielle series.

Oh, did I mention, Elizabeth is my daughter?

Authors who work with Elizabeth know her husband is in the Coast Guard, and this means they move every four years or so. They are currently in the middle of a transfer. They left their home in Kodiak, Alaska, and are heading to California, where her husband will be stationed next.

Lucky for me, while traveling down from Alaska, Elizabeth’s family stopped by our Holmestead in Oregon and stayed for two nights. Her family includes a husband, daughter, son, cat, and dog.

While the visit was short, it was incredibly sweet, and we had an amazing time. Yesterday morning I went with my daughter and grandkids to visit Mom at the care home. Originally, we had considered bringing Mom home for the day, but decided against it, since Mom has just settled in and we were afraid to disrupt her routine since she seems so content now. I believe our decision was the right one.

We stayed for just under two hours, and my son surprised me by popping in to see Mom while we were there. I decided to share two photos we took during the visit. One shows four generation of women in our family. The second shows Mom with her two eldest grandkids, my son and daughter (Elizabeth).

I think Mom’s smile says it all.