Patricia A. Hartmann

Patricia A. Hartmann is the author of historical romances: The Ojai—Pink Moment Promises and Yosemite—One Last Golden Summer. And the seaside mystery romance: Secrets of Sandpiper Cove. Her most recent novels are the Buttermilk Falls Series which include: Lonesome Mountain, Lost Lake, and The Old Mill.
A lover of nature, she is a teacher, writer, and artist, whose signature touch is to paint the original artwork for each of her book covers. She delights in leading the reader into the sights, sounds and smells of the natural world as her characters experience the power and beauty of the Lord’s creation.

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Patricia A. Hartmann

Patricia A. Hartmann lives with her husband in Ojai, California in a 150-year-old farmhouse on a nine-acre ranch where they grow pixie tangerines, shoo deer away from the roses, and feed a wild rabbit named Honey-Bunny.

They have a his/mine/and ours family of eight children, fifteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

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Secrets of Sandpiper Cove BUY NOW

The salt air bristled with lightning as Rachel stepped nervously out onto the precarious widow’s walk of the old lighthouse. Suspended between earth and sky, she scanned the angry, wind-whipped sea for any sign of the man whose marriage proposal she’d just refused.

Rachel battles to make a future for herself and her young daughter, Angela, by turning her Grand-Papa’s old Victorian into a bed and breakfast. But disturbing revelations shake her confidence.

Against the backdrop of a vast and eternal sea, shadowed by the worst kind of betrayal, can Rachel triumph over her fear that love breaks all its promises?

Yosemite—One Last Golden Summer BUY NOW

Colby was born and raised in Yosemite. Desperate for healing, he returns to the “granite womb” as a park ranger. The summer is both a homecoming and a last chance to reconnect with his estranged son, Jake.
Skylar’s husband has gone missing in the park’s backcountry. Facing an uncertain future, she tries to put the past behind her as she spearheads a project to restore the crumbling Wawona Hotel fountain.

Yosemite, dominated by iconic Half Dome, holds both danger and promise. Can Colby and Skylar find in each other, the healing grace of this one last golden summer?

Ojai—Pink Moment Promises BUY NOW

The simplicity of Ojai farm girl Meggie Baxter’s life shattered when she must choose between loyalty to her rough-hewn friend, Rusty, and the dashing Charles.

Amid tragedy and loss, Meggie clings to the promise of God’s love. The “pink moment,” the evening sunset casting a rosy hue like a prayer across the Topa Topa Mountains, points her again and again to faith and courage.

Midst the idyllic beauty of the Ojai Valley and the crushing forces of change, will Meggie stay true to her roots? Will the sacrifice …

Lonesome Mountain BUY NOW

When her great-aunt Daffodil dies, Lizzy unexpectedly inherits “Sweet Apple Farm” near the town of Buttermilk Falls in Northern California—the spot where she spent an idyllic summer as a child.

She hires Gabe to repair the farmhouse and bonds with his timid daughter, Chloe, as a stray dog shows up, a runaway illegal faces an uncertain fate, and a mysterious light on the mountain hints at trouble.

In the shadow of Lonesome Mountain, will Lizzy and Gabe finally accept Aunt Daffy’s nearly forgotten invitation to Live Simply, Love Deeply?

Lost Lake is the sequel to Lonesome Mountain

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Great story. Delicious characters. Lovely settings. If you love history, drama or romance you’ll find it here. Actual Ojai historical events woven throughout the fictionalized story of Meggie Baxter’s life, are brought to life. You can visit Ojai today and see many of the things/places written about in the story. Very well written. A very enjoyable experience.