“Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else.” Gloria Steinem             Hello! Thanks for stopping by my book site. If you're headed for the beach, I'm glad you stopped by here first! I have finally finished having all of my books reformatted for Kindle. Of course, they are still available in paperback and eBook. I'm doing my best to keep up with technology, but am flabbergasted almost daily by new information. Yikes! The world is moving fast! Also, I'm constantly improving my site. I have recently added Paypal as a payment option, and I'm in the process of adding large type wherever possible. The larger fonts will be most noticable on my chapter samples. I think you'll like the difference--I sure do! Other news about my books can be found on my book blog on this site. If you have questions, please email me: janellemhooper@comcast.net.   I'm working on improving my site, please email me or leave a suggestion at the bottom of this page. Many thanks! Remember my summer mantra: Never pass up a good beach! One more: If it's the middle of summer and the bottom of your canoe is dry, you're doing something wrong... Janelle

	New!     "Be good and you will be lonesome." Mark Twain Cover art: Kindle@RareArts.com, book design by Walt@FiveRainbows.com Mary thinks the last person she wants to see on her Hawaiian vacation is her ex-brother-in-law,  a Montana Park Ranger... Recession fighter! Limited time only! eBook* sent by email: $3.00 USD PayPal only A copy of Bears in the Hibiscus will be emailed in two formats: eBook (with audio feature*) and Microsoft Word. Pick the one you prefer. I will also include the link to download a free version of Adobe Acrobat. Please send me your email so I can send you your eBook. To make the book more affordable, I am only offering eBook sales by email.  Kindle sales will remain the same. There is a link below that will connect you to Amazon.com.   Questions? Problems? janellemhooper@comcast.net   Now on Kindle...delivered wirelessly: $6.37 USD Sorry, at this time, this book is not available in paperback. Order from Amazon Kindle Try a free sample on your Kindle! Click on "Send sample now" button at right.   What's an *eBook? An eBook is formatted on Adobe software, and is read on the computer (or laptop) screen like a regular document. The software is more readable than a Word document, has a list of the chapters on the left, and offers a voice feature. It can be printed out like a regular document. This book (Bears in the Hibiscus), is the same book offered on Kindle for a lot more. What's a Kindle? A Kindle is one of many handheld reading devices. On a Kindle, a book can be delivered wirelessly in seconds (Some of the other devices have to have books downloaded through a computer.). They have a lot of extra features that I'll be discussing on my blog soon.  See a Kindle here: Bears in the Hibiscus Janelle Meraz Hooper     Mary Bergstrom, a single mom, has left her twenty-five year marriage and entered the work force for the first time.   Luckily, she has found a job she loves and two good friends, both of whom are also starting their lives over. Despite challenges, they haven’t lost their positive, humorous outlook. Mary has a plan to make a success of her new life that includes fiscal stability and excludes men. Not that she has anything against them, she just thinks she can’t afford them. Unlike Mary, her friend, Roxanne, is launching a detailed plan to find Captain Marvelous with a yacht. Ray, another friend, bounces from coffee baristas to business moguls looking for love that’s lasting and real.   Mary’s plans aren’t that grand. All she wants is a Hawaiian vacation so she can relax. Too late, she discovers her ex-brother-in-law, Mark, a park ranger from Montana, will be there at the same time for a conference on state parks. He leaves a note for her at the hotel desk warning her to watch out for bears. He hasn’t seen any, but he thinks there might be Bears in the Hibiscus.   Mark’s interest in her brings complications she isn’t ready for: romance; wealthy, demanding in-laws that she didn’t like the first time she’d married into the family; a jealous and vindictive ex-husband; and a greedy and  crazed ex-sister-in-law who dumps her two daughters to follow a con man into a scheme to get-rich-quick raising emus.Then, when that fails, she takes off with a rich Arab in a silk keffiyah.   Mary can’t deny she may have found true love in Mark, but is it worth it if it means being a part of that family again?   Read sample chapters on the Bears in the Hibiscus page.   Kindle cover, Rare Arts *Audio! The Kindle and eBook version both have audio options. Amazon is correct when they describe their feature as experimental. Both artificial voices are rough, and mispronounce words, but it's there, if you need it. On the eBook Read Out Loud, under view, click activate voice. Then click on it again and choose "read this page only" or "Read to end of document". On Kindle, just choose "Start Text-to-Speech" on the menu. Just, please, don't think this is my voice, LOL!

	Fiction/romance/suspense, iUniverse $15.95, USD Adobe eBook $6.00 USD Paperback, autographed copies. Please send any special autograph instructions when you order. Sent by US mail. $20.00 (includes tax, S&H) Quick links: iUniverse.com, $15.95 Amazon.com, $15.95 Amazon Kindle link, $7.96 Barnes & Noble, $15.95   Or order at your favorite Internet or walk-in bookstore! Distributed by Ingram, Lightning Source, and others... There's more than one kind of Naked Lady...   Custer and His Naked Ladies by Janelle Meraz Hooper          When her husband unexpectedly dumps her, Glory boards an Oklahoma-bound plane at the Sea-Tac Airport. On her way to the ticket counter, she takes the framed photo of her husband out of her gym bag and dumps it into the nearest trash bin—frame and all. She has wasted too many years on a man who doesn’t want her, and her biological clock is beginning to pound like a powwow drum.      Part Hispanic, part Anglo, and raised on the reservation, Glory hopes that by going back to her roots she’ll discover who she is, but her home is in turmoil. Her greedy stepmother has returned, a group of dysfunctional mobsters wants her mother’s land on the Indian reservation to build a casino, her pastor cousin is kidnapped in Mexico while on a mission, and Glory’s beloved turtles are in an environmental crisis. When the mob tries to kill her, Glory counts herself as being an endangered species!      Her biggest problem of all may be Soap, a sexy Comanche lawyer who wants to do something about that powwow drum pounding in her head…    Sprinkled with Spanish phrases, Comanche words, romance, and suspense, Custer and His Naked Ladies is a wild ride full of Southwest flavor.A fun read!    Although this book stands alone, it is the third book in a Turtle Trilogy, and the characters in the first two books reappear for one last time in Custer and His Naked Ladies. I'm going to miss them!   Janelle      Comparisons Readers who liked these books will like Custer and His Naked Ladies:   The Mermaid Chair, Sue Monk Kidd   A Redbird Christmas, Fannie Flagg   Little Alters Everywhere, Rebecca Wells     A few Indian words from Custer: Maruawe, hello Wanapuhiwi, paper money Wakarèe, turtle Meztizo, part Indian, part Mexican Ohape, yellow watermelon Eka kuura, baby buffalo Tsomo korohko, bead necklace Tehauno, Texan   Get your Comanche Dictionary from the Comanche Nation link on the Favorite links page.

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