Writer and Artist
Patricia Hartmann
Patricia Hartmann is the author of historical romances: (The Ojai—Pink Moment Promises), and Yosemite—One Last Golden Summer. As well as the romantic fiction novels: Secrets of Sandpiper Cove, Lonesome Mountain, and Lost Lake (the sequel to Lonesome Mountain.)
A lover of nature, she is a teacher, writer, and artist, whose signature is to paint the original artwork for each of her novels.
Patricia Hartmann is a well-loved author of historical and contemporary novels. Get one of her books today!!
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Patricia Hartmann
Patricia 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
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.
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
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
Bits of History wrapped in a delightful story – a MUST read!
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