A Time for Giving

Pinecones & Promises

A Kindred Christmas

                                         

 Normally, I don't like to skip right to Christmas after Halloween, but when writing seasonal books it's necessary.  My two Christmas novellas are sweet,  feel-good  love stories, just right for getting you in the holiday mood or as gifts to put under the tree.  These pretty book covers look great in a gift basket too; just add a pine scented candle, a small box of  Chai tea, or a bottle of wine.  You can even add a pair of spa footies or some stretchy winter gloves.  I also like to throw in a few cinnamon scented pinecones. Mmmm!  They put me right in the mood for the best season of the year. Use your imagination.  Anything goes.  Happy holidays.  Jane O'Brien

Review of Yesterday's Hopes

I love sharing reviews with you of my books. It's always so thrilling to read or hear what other people think of them. Here is one for Yesterday's Hopes, which is doing just as well as Yesterday's Tears. And if you're anxiously awaiting for the next book in this series, please be patient, I need to go slowly so I can get it just right. I'm hoping to get it published by early 2020. Thank you for reading my books. I appreciate it more than you know. 

Yesterday's Hopes

5.0 out of 5 starsAnother Great Read!

September 15, 2019

Format: Kindle Edition

Wow!! A delicious and delightful story, full of searing romance, intriguing relationships, history and mystery!!
Sisters Franny and Dora find themselves happy to be reunited and living in their Gram’s cottage...150 years before their birth!! Living in this time period forced them to make adjustments as they strived to learn and remember to dress, talk, and live in their historical past. Will they slip; be discovered? What would the citizens, especially the men in their lives, think of them then??
This second novel in the time slip series is a page turner! I found myself, on occasion, grinning from ear to ear, admiring the characters ambition, questioning their decisions, cheering their relationships, and jealous of their boldness!
I honestly just loved this book! I’m only sad that now I have to wait for the next book; there HAS to be a next book, because now I have to know what comes next for Frannie and Dora and their men!!
I was given an advanced copy of this book by the author. This is my sincere and honest opinion.

Five Stars for Yesterday's Tears

The thrills just keep coming. Readers' Favorite, a national reviewing company, did a review of Yesterday's Tears and gave me a five star rating. I can now use the coveted Silver Award sticker on one more of my books. (This is my fifth. Does it get any better?) Please note that I do not pay for my reviews and never have. I waited four months for my book to work it's way up to the top of their long list of books to read. Here's the link to the review:  Yesterday's Tears or read it right here.

BOOK REVIEW

Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite

The Clark family had lived on the farm for over a hundred years. The treasures that had accumulated over the years added to its ambiance. Especially the treasured hope chest full of quilts lovingly created over the years by the Clark women. Franny loved visiting as a child and she still loved it as an adult. But this time, there were so many memories, cherished thoughts of her grandparents. Her grandfather had passed years ago, but her grandmother had only recently passed. Franny had come early to start sorting through her grandmother’s treasures. It was a difficult job, a sad job. As she fondly unpacked the chest and studied each quilt, one unfinished quilt caught her eye, particularly a water stain. When she allowed her own tears to drop on the quilt, Franny found herself swept back in time to the Clark homestead in 1875. While her much-loved sister, Dora, and her parents try to find a reason for Franny’s disappearance, Franny settles into life in the past, unexpectedly falling in love. She fits in well, her grandparents having taught her how to survive without modern conveniences. But will she, can she stay?

Jane O’Brien’s time travel novel, Yesterday’s Tears: A Slip in Time, is a heartwarming story about love, community, family, heirlooms and so much more. The characters are believable and the stumbles Franny frequently makes while trying to fit into the 1870s will have the reader chuckling. Figures of speech from 2019 have no place in 1875. The plot moves along with care, allowing the reader to follow Franny’s adventures in 1875 while, at the same time, following her sister Dora’s attempts to find her in 2019. The descriptive narrative enables the reader to feel the place and the events as they happen. The dialogue helps move the story along. I loved this story from start to finish. In fact, I was startled when I reached the end, craving more. Can’t wait for book 2!

Time Travel Romance Book 2

Here it is! my newest book in A Slip in Time, now available at Amazon in both paperback and Kindle.  It's been a long wait for those of you who read book one immediately.  I left you hanging, but you won't be disappointed, I promise.  Read Yesterday's Hopes to find out what happened to Franny and Luke.  Will Dora and Fran be reunited, and if so, will they stay or go back home to 2019?  These are some of the questions that will be answered for you.  There are new characters and new love interests.  I promise you a fun and passionate trip to 1875. Have fun and please leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads.  Thank you, Jane O'Brien

Fall Book Signing Dates

     On this dark and blustery day, I can't help but face the fact that fall is really coming. I missed so much summer with my surgery that it hardly seems fair that we are to go through these dark days again. I was looking over my fall schedule for book signings, and I thought I should pass on the ones I have signed up for so far. If you like to follow me to purchase signed copies, please make a note of these dates on your calendar. I'll try to remind you as we get closer. Thank you to all of my loyal local followers. I really appreciate you.

September 21, 10:00-12:00 Tamarack District Library in Lakeview.

October 26 11;30 to ? Russ' in North Muskegon at 1499 E River Rd. for the annual Jolman School Reunion

November 9 11:00-3:00 Lakeside Fraternal Order of Eagles Craft Show at 2355 W. Sherman, Muskegon

November 30 11:00-3:00 Lakeside Vikings Lodge Craft Show at 3132 Lakeshore Dr., Muskegon

Hope to see you at one of these locations.

Holton Community Days

This post is for all of my local followers. If you haven't had a chance to buy a new Jane O'Brien book lately, you can find me at the Holton Community Days in front of the library on Saturday from 9-12. They are hosting an Author Meet and Greet. I plan to take a few of each title along and of course, plenty of Yesterday's Tears which is set in Holton and Dalton Townships. Hope you can make it!

Another Christmas Novella

Good News!  I'm feeling in the Christmas spirit.  You have responded well to the low price for my second Christmas novella, A Kindred Christmas, so I'm adding the same deal on Pinecones and Promises.  It's now only $.99 for one week only.  It goes back to the original price of $2.99 next Sunday at midnight.  This is for the Kindle version only.  Get your holiday fix for Christmas in July.

Pinecones and Promises

A Kindred Christmas

Merry Christmas in July

It's Christmas in July this week only! Read my second Christmas novella for only $.99 on Kindle! Always free on Kindle Unlimited. Five star reviews! Kim is struggling in her 35 year marriage. Can she learn to forgive? Only a miracle can get her through it.

A Kindred Christmas

Pinecones & Promises

Christmas in July

Ho Ho Ho!  It's Christmas in July.  I have two books for you and they're only $2.99 for Amazon Kindle!

     Yes, just as the weather finally turns warm here in Michigan, my home state, I am bringing to your attention my two Christmas novellas.  Hallmark does it, so why not?

     Last winter I offered you my first Christmas book  A sweet winter romance.  A young man named Nate had a rough start in life without much of a family, so when he begins to work for the owners of a Christmas tree farm, he sees for the first time what a family is really all about, and how Christmas is celebrated in their household, so unlike what he was used to.  And best of all is when he falls in love with their daughter, Molly.  But they are young and life has a way of changing things.   Will they stay together?  Only Christmas miracles will work things out the way they were meant to be.

Click here to find this book on Amazon:   Pinecones and Promises


My newest Christmas novella has not been formally released yet, so you can be among the first to read it.  This story tackles the problem many women face when they suddenly realize they are getting older and their marriage is going stale.  Is he cheating or isn't he?  Should she stay or should she give herself a chance before it's too late?  They were so in love once; she still is.  Is he?  A weekend at a bed and breakfast helps three friends to figure things out and a true Christmas miracle sums up the story.

To be truly inspired read:  A Kindred Christmas  Enjoy, and Merry Christmas in July!

Five Star Review for Yesterday's Tears!

     I want to think all of you for the wonderful comments and praise that I have been receiving both here and at my Facebook page.  It seems that Yesterday's Tears is quite a success.  My Amazon sales are fantastic.  I know I left you in a cliff hanger, but I promise book two is coming soon.  I am already almost half way there. 
     I am finding this subject matter of time travel romance exhilarating to write about, and the ideas are flowing faster than I can write them down.  I am very pleased with the ratings and reviews, but I would really appreciate it if you have not done so, to please leave your comment or just a star rating at either Goodreads, or Amazon.  It helps so much to boost me up the chart.  Yesterday's Tears was in the top 100 for two days and that's after less than 30 days after publication.  Amazing.  Now I need to keep it up there, and for that I need you.
     I appreciate you all so much.  Thanks again for loving my new book.

Here's a clue to something that's in my story. 

Once you read about my post Civil War story, you'll understand the reason for this quilt block.