A new book, a sale, an audiobook, and “friends” I’ll miss.

I know after the last post I promised more pics of my trip to Southern Utah. Those will come on my normal end of the month, travel post.

Today I want to let you know that my latest book, Full House, book 8 in the Spotted Pony Casino Mystery series, is now available in ebook and print.

When the past knocks on their door, the future they planned begins to unravel.

On the brink of their wedding, Dela Alvaro and Heath Seaver’s plans shatter when a ten-year-old boy appears, claiming to be Heath’s son. The truth is even darker: the boy’s mother—the woman Heath thought died years ago at Pine Ridge—was an FBI informant hidden under a new identity, left to raise his child alone before dying of addiction.

As Heath wrestles with awe for the son he never knew and fury at the FBI’s deception, the past turns deadly. When the agent who lied to him is found murdered in Pendleton, the FBI shows up on Dela’s doorstep, bringing danger straight to their home.

With their future on the line, Dela and Heath must confront a web of secrets before it destroys the family they’re just beginning to build.

Unversal link: https://books2read.com/u/3LzAxJ or Direct from my website: https://www.patyjager.net/product/full-house-ebook/

By purchasing directly from the author, they receive more per book than when you purchase from an ebook vendor. Cutting out the middleman entices authors to keep writing because they can pay their expenses.

I have 2 audiobook sales going on right now.

You can purchase the audio box set of the first three Gabriel Hawke Novels for $4.99 at specific audiobook vendors by using this link: https://indieaudiobookdeals.com/ You will see other Indie author audiobooks for sale there. Or you can download it directly from my website: https://www.patyjager.net/product/gabriel-hawke-novels-box-set-1-3/ This sale only lasts until the 18th.

Join Oregon State Trooper Gabriel Hawke as he performs his duties with the Fish and Wildlife Division while finding a body with a wolf collar, tracking a lost child, and hunting down a poacher in the wilderness of Wallowa County. He not only upholds the law but also protects the land of his ancestors.

Starting today, you can download the audiobook, Poker Face, book 1 in the Spotted Pony Casino Mysteries for $0.99! This is only at Chirp and my website.

A contemporary Native American amateur sleuth murder mystery series

As interim head of security at the Spotted Pony Casino, disabled veteran, Dela Alvaro, needs to find out who killed a casino accountant or lose her job.

Chirp: https://www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/poker-face-by-paty-jager

Direct: https://www.patyjager.net/product/poker-face-audiobook/

And the new audiobook!

Merry Merry Merry Murder is now in audiobook! You can find it for a reduced price on my website.

Where comfort and cheer meet scandalous secrets—A holiday mystery set in a small town.

In the close-knit town of Auburn, Oregon, Andi Clark’s therapy animals bring comfort to the community, especially during the holiday season. When a young girl seeks solace from Athena, Andi’s therapy dog, after witnessing an unsettling scene behind the sleigh, it marks the beginning of a much darker holiday.

As the town gathers for the Tree Lighting Ceremony, a scream shatters the festive atmosphere. Cocoa, Andi’s loyal Border Collie, pulls her toward a chilling sight: a woman standing over the lifeless body of the girl’s mother, strangled with Christmas lights.

Determined to help the grieving girl and her town recover from the shock, Andi, her therapy animals, and her niece, a county deputy, take it upon themselves to investigate. As they uncover secrets and untangle clues, they stay one step ahead of the new sheriff and worry that the killer lurking in their midst could be someone they know.

Direct buy link: https://www.patyjager.net/product/merry-merry-merry-murder-audiobook/

My Friends

As I’ve mentioned, we are moving from our farm in SE Oregon to a house in a small town in NE Oregon. While I’m excited for this new change in my life, I will miss this property more than any place I’ve lived. My hubby always laughs and tells people that when we were looking for property here, this was the only place I got out of the car, and then I took off hiking up the hill.

I have loved this land for the vastness of heights, geology, animals, and birds. But I named rock formations and talk to some of them every day on my walks.

The first is Seal Rock. It looks like a seal to me. And while I don’t talk to it, I have watched over the years as the gap between the “seal” and the cliff has become wider.

Then there is Spirit Rock. I talk to this rock every time I go by. We discuss the weather, the creatures that may be sitting on him, and life. I even put my hands on him and give him a pat now and then. I believe it was ripped out of the cliff when there was a lake in this area. Because, beside it, there is an indentation in the cliff that resembles Spirit Rock’s form.

Then there is the “Woman in the Cave.” It is a pile of rocks under a rock and when looking at it, there seems to be a woman leaning over a rock or table working. I talk to her every time I go by as well. There are days when it’s gloomy and overcast when you can barely see the “woman” and others when the sun shines so bright it looks like she is smiling.

And the other rock I speak to each time I go by is “Head Rock.” It is a rock that sits alone on top of the cliff and looks like a head looking north. I had a signing with a Paiute man several years after we’d moved here. He had written a book all about the “head rocks.” They were put in places to show directions for Indigenous people.

These “friends” and the animals we’ve watched are what make moving a little harder than usual.

Hurricane Utah

Hubby and I as well as Nia and Mikey, our dogs, are in Hurricane, Utah for the week. It was Hubby’s idea to see if we liked the area during the winter to get away from cold and snow in Oregon. So far, in Oregon we haven’t had hardly any snow but the temperatures have been cold. We learned from people who live here you don’t say it hurricane, you say her-kin.

We were looking for an Airbnb around St. George where one of his friends lives. After looking for a dog friendly place and one that didn’t cost too much we settled on a house in what we thought was the outskirts of Hurricane. When we used the pinpoint you get when you first pick a house it looked like the house was on the edge of town near a cliff. We found out it was on the corner of a street at an interstection to a major highway and a well used street. The first night the traffic kept me from sleeping very well. Luckily, the traffic died down the next few nights.

OHV Sand Hollow

Our first day here, we drove around checking the area out. We saw signs to Sand Hollow State Park. But when we arrived and saw how much it cost to get in, we turned around and went up to an OHV area where there were about 20 Jeeps lined up and they people were having a meeting. We visited with a man there with an ATV and he said he’d been coming to those sand dunes since he was 12. He looked to be in his seventies. We walked out about the the dunes a little ways and then loaded back up into the car. We drove to St. George, bought some groceries, and returned to put the groceries away, then went out driving around looking for more places to explore.

Our second day we drove to Zion Park. First we drove up through the tunnel which was interesting. We couldn’t figure out why we saw what looked like a tunnel entrance in the side of a cliff with nothing leading up to it. After going through the tunnel, we realized it was a “window” in the tunnel to “light” the tunnel. After going through the tunnel we saw a small herd of Mountain goats. half a dozen people were parked or standing by the road taking photos of them.

Window to the tunnel.

It is the off-season so we didn’t have to take a shuttle and could drive our own vehicle up the Zion Canyon. The views were breathtaking but we were disappointed that all buy one trail didn’t allow dogs. Which meant we couldn’t get out and explore with the dogs.

Stream and cliff at Temple of Sinawava.
cliff in Zion Canyon

We saw deer on the drive as well as wild turkeys and of course the mountain goats.

The next day we spent the morning looking for Three Falls in the Hurricane area. We found the trailhead and had a short nice hike up Gould’s Wash, but we never did find the falls. When we followed the trail we discovered leveled tiers in the side of the hill where they had built an asphalt road and were putting in houses. So either we didn’t find the right trail or they covered the trail that led to the falls.

Entering the wash.

What looked like caves in the wash.
Walking through the wash.

End of the wash

That is one thing I don’t like down here. You see hundreds of houses that look a like in clusters all over in the valleys. They are building on farm ground. How are they going to feed all of these people moving in if they cover up the good farm ground with houses?

After that hike we came back to the house and walked to a historical museum down the street but even though the sign said open the doors were locked. so we wandered down to the Bonrue Bakery and had lunch then around the block and back to the house. We sat in the sun in the backyard watching the dogs until it was time to head to St. George to hang out with Hubby’s friend and his wife. They took us up Snow Canyon, then to check out Kayante, a community of houses that are four feet below ground level and keep the natural landscape. It was interesting but the houses felt claustrophobic to me. After that we had dinner in their community restaurant. The food was delicious.

Snow Canyon outside of St. George, Utah.

Today we are headed up to se Bryce Canyons. I’ll have photos of that in the next travel installment. So far this has been a fun mini vacation and we will definitely be back next winter.

Walking Keeps Me Active

I can’t believe how mild the winter has been so far. It almost makes me wish we hadn’t made plans to spend a week in Hurricane, Utah the end of the month. It was our idea to try out getting out of the winter weather when hubby finally, actually retires from farming.

We sold our farm in SE Oregon and bought a house in NE Oregon. There are usually harsher winters in the NE than the SE. We thought we’d take a short trip this year to see if we would like spending time in southern Utah to hike the areas there and in Northern Arizona to stay fit. If someone knows of the best trails to walk/hike in the Hurricane area, I’m all ears.

But so far, the weather isn’t making us want to go anywhere. We’ve only been below freezing a few days at a time. There’s been rain, but not much snow. Maybe by the end of the month when we are ready to go, we’ll be ready to get out of here.

No snow in December at all and warm.

Along with getting away from the weather, we have been back and forth between NE and SE Oregon, hauling our things to the new place and slowly getting moved in. I still have a room, two walls, and three closets to paint. I won’t do any more painting than that until we get the remodel finished, which won’t happen until next Fall, most likely.

View from our new home.

But I have lots of stuff to put away, especially books! I ordered way too many this past year, thinking two of the events I attended would sell more than they did. So I have totes and boxes of books that will go on my new rolling bookcases when we get them finished. When they are finished, I’ll have photos of my new office on one of the posts.

Nia loves chasing the squirrels in our yard, the park, and the golf course.

I’m excited to have a huge window to set plants in front of. I might be able to keep some alive now that they will get some indirect lighting instead of shade.

I think the biggest thing I like about the move are the walking trails Nia and I can walk on every day, as well as the golf course nearby, and I’m going to take a yoga class. I feel like this move will keep me moving and fitter now that I no longer have to go down and feed horses and cattle every morning and break water for them in the cold winters.

I’ll have fun posting for you when we are in Hurricane, so stay tuned for that one. I’ll also be making a trip back to Deadwood, South Dakota in June. I’m attending the Wild Deadwood Reads event. I attended the first one in 2017 and then the second one. After that I didn’t make it back. This summer, since I’ll be in NE Oregon while hubby is still in SE Oregon helping the people who purchased our farm and staying on to show the person taking on his manager job for the farm next door, I will have a lot of free time on my hands and decided I wanted to do the Wild Deadwood Reads again. A friend is going with me, and we are going to have a blast! Here’s the info if you’re going to be in Deadwood July 13th for the PBR Rodeo.

It is a multi-author, multi-genre Book Fair in the The Lodge at Deadwood. It starts off at 8 am with breakfast with the authors. At 9:30 the ballroom opens and the authors are there visiting and selling books until 3 pm. Check it all out here: https://wilddeadwoodreads.com/

This is starting to look like a great year!

2026 Goals

By putting this out into the universe, it makes me work harder to get it accomplished.

My goal is to write:

2 Gabriel Hawke books – Captured Hummingbird,  Nagging Mosquito

1 Spotted Pony book – Luck of the Draw

1 Cuddle Farm book – Very Very Deadly

Publish

2 Spotted Pony Casino books

2 Gabriel Hawke books

1 Cuddle Farm Mystery book

Other:

Keep pushing my direct sales in audiobook, ebook, and print. You can find them all on my website and sometimes for less money. https://www.patyjager.net

Get moved and settled in. We need to be out of our place in Princeton by April 1st. So in the first quarter of the year, I’ll be going back and forth between the old house and the new, moving in and getting settled while writing the next book.

At this time, I have fewer book events set up for the year, and I hope to do some traveling with my hubby and a friend.

Those are my 2026 goals.

Coming the end of the month is Full House book 8 in the Spotted Pony Casino Mysteries.

Tagline: When the past knocks on their door, the future they planned begins to unravel.

On the brink of their wedding, Dela Alvaro and Heath Seaver’s plans shatter when a ten-year-old boy appears, claiming to be Heath’s son. The truth is even darker: the boy’s mother—the woman Heath thought died years ago at Pine Ridge—was an FBI informant hidden under a new identity, left to raise his child alone before dying of addiction.

As Heath wrestles with awe for the son he never knew and fury at the FBI’s deception, the past turns deadly. When the agent who lied to him is found murdered in Pendleton, the FBI shows up on Dela’s doorstep, bringing danger straight to their home.

With their future on the line, Dela and Heath must confront a web of secrets before it destroys the family they’re just beginning to build.

Looking Ahead

A week ago, I was panicking that I was behind on getting out Christmas cards, getting presents purchased, and feeling like Christmas was coming too fast.

Fast forward to this week- my cards are mailed, all but three presents are purchased and sent, and other than not having an oven to start baking, I’m feeling pretty good about where I’m at in terms of being ready for Christmas.

I’m headed to Eugene tomorrow to sell books at an Authors and Artists event that is in conjunction with a large Holiday Market at the Lane County Fairgrounds. The event is Saturday from 10 – 5. I only have 4ft of space on a table so I had to be creative with the books I am taking and how to set up.

I’m thinking about downsizing when I do events where I’m not using my book trailer. It is a lot of work hauling so many (65) print books into and out of buildings, not to mention the boxing up and putting in the vehicle. I have half a dozen western romance books that are rarely purchased. I’m thinking they will start staying home when I’m having to pack so many books into a venue.

Fireplace in our new house.

Also, looking ahead, I’m hoping to stay focused on writing my usual four books in 2026, even though we are moving to another town by the end of March. The first quarter will be a struggle, but I need to get the next Gabriel Hawke book written then. I don’t know the title yet, and I’m still trying to determine how much of an event that is happening that draws Hawke into the middle of a missing woman and child will be in the book, or be the prologue, and then the book jumps forward in time. In other words, I’m still stewing and brewing the book as I listen to Merry Merry Merry Murder being narrated by Ann M. Thompson, and I prepare for Christmas.

If you missed out on the specials I told you about last month, they are still going on until the end of the month.

I have Christmas specials going on for the month of December. You can download an ebook or audiobook bundle of Double Duplicity, Murder of Ravens, and Poker Face for FREE! Here are the bookfunnel links to get all three:

Mystery audiobook bundle https://books.bookfunnel.com/Holidayaudiobundle​

Mystery ebook bundle https://books.bookfunnel.com/holidayebookbundle​

I also have FREE first in series ebooks for these, only at my author website:

Mayan Moon holiday sale – https://www.patyjager.net/product-category/isabella-mumphrey-adventure-ebook/​

Spirit of the Mountain sale – https://www.patyjager.net/product-category/native-american-spirit-trilogy-ebook/​

Marshal in Petticoats – https://www.patyjager.net/product-category/halsey-brothers-series-ebook/​

I’m giving/gifting these books to readers with the hope you find using my website easy and will purchase books in the future from my website as it takes out the middle man. And usually my books are available in ebook and audiobook here before they are available at other vendors.

Do you have your tree up? Do you have outside lights? And are your cards all sent? Let me know if you are moving along with your holiday celebrations.

A Little of This and a Little of That.

This was supposed to be a travel post but since I missed the deadline and I’m not on my PC but instead my laptop, I don’t have access to my photos, so you will get a bit of this and that.

My hubby and I are moving to a small town in NE Oregon two hours from the area where I grew up. It’s good to see the mountains again after all our years living in the SE Oregon high desert. We aren’t moved in permanently yet, but will be by the end of March when the buyer of our farm takes over.

We purchased an older home that is in extremely good condition but we are doing some remodeling to make it fit us better. The last few days we built a wall to split a large area into my office and a mud room. I’m happy with how the progress is going and getting my office area looking like me and my writing voice.

I’m working on the 8th book in the Spotted Pony Casino Mystery series and had a nice phone call with a retired FBI agent last week to help me make a couple of scenes in my book more realistic. This books has a bit more FBI involvement than others because of who the murder victim is. But it is making for a good story.

In December I have many of my first in series ebooks and audiobooks for FREE as a gift from me to readers and listeners. You can either keep an eye out on my Facebook page Author Paty Jager or check on my website as that is the only place you can go to get them FREE.

Here is the list so you can find them easier:

The first book in each of the mystery series is in an audiobook bundle and an ebook bundle through Bookfunnel: Double Duplicity, Murder of Ravens, and Poker Face.

Secrets of a Mayan Moon is free in ebook from my website: https://www.patyjager.net/product-category/isabella-mumphrey-adventure-ebook/

Marshal in Petticoats is free in ebook from my website: https://www.patyjager.net/product-category/halsey-brothers-series-ebook/

Spirit of the Mountain is free in ebook from my website: https://www.patyjager.net/product-category/native-american-spirit-trilogy-ebook/

If you want to join my Newsletter, I’m also doing a 12 Days of Christmas event with other mystery authors where we each give away a book from another author in an email for twelve days. You can join the 12 days event here: https://successful-speaker-2057.kit.com/dddfb95104

That’s about it for the This and That that is happening in December!

Thank you for following my blog!

Sharing is Caring- Carmen Peone’s Christmas Wishes

Today I’m sharing with you my friend Carmen Peone’s newest release, and if you read all the way to the end, an event I’m participating in.

Christmas Wishes

If you’ve read the other books in the Seven Tine Ranch Romance, this story is about Mandie and finally finding a man who’ll stay put. 
And be the father to Mandie’s daughter, Nona. 

This story came about at the request of a reader who wanted to know more about the ranch cook! “She needs her own story.”

I agreed and wrote Christmas Wishes. 

Being a sucker for December/Christmas brides, I knew this story had to be told. 

One dream wedding. Two uncertain futures. A season of decisions that could change everything….


Mandie Sellars is a single mom and ranch cook with a dream: to become Seven Tine Ranch’s event planner. She grabs her chance when a last-minute Christmas Eve wedding is booked. There’s just one problem . . . she’s planning her own wedding at the same time.

Hudson Piccolo is a dissatisfied small-town lawyer who has finally been offered his dream job—on the other side of the state. But accepting it would mean uprooting Mandie and her daughter just as life seems to be falling into place.

With conflicting dreams, and a wedding countdown ticking, can their love survive the season?

https://carmenpeone.com/books/christmas-wishes/

https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Wishes-Seven-Ranch-Romance-ebook/dp/B0FVTK5F5P

Book Trailer

Read the first chapter:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1blVgyDrSn8KuJha3D2fkjzKFqT-C6qZl/view?usp=sharing

Book Club Kit Link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13rKyDhvt2Hca2IpOHvoTs-PfDGPFUdrW/view?usp=sharing

Carmen Peone is an award-winning author of Young Adult and Inspirational Western Romance. With the love of history and the Western woman’s lifestyle, she weaves healing, hope, and horses into her stories, with a thread of romance. She lives with her husband in Northeast Washington on the Colville Confederated Indian Reservation.

https://carmenpeone.com/

There could be a bundle of holiday gifts coming your way! 

I’m joining eleven other fabulous, award-winning, and best-selling mystery authors for a 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS STORY GIVEAWAY.

Here’s how it will work: 

For eleven days starting December 1st, you’ll receive a link for a completely free holiday story–no newsletter signups necessary. (except for mine, so you have access to the links to the stories) Then, on the 12th day, you’ll get a bundle of extra goodies to celebrate the season!

Sound like fun?

If you want to make sure not to miss any of the stories and bonuses, you need to sign up for my monthly newsletter so I can send you the links to the stories every day for 12 days. If, after that, you no longer wish to be on my list, just unsubscribe at any time. The link to sign up to be on the list for the 12 Days of Christmas and 12 Free Christmas mysteries, click here: 12 Days Giveaway

Always Moving Forward

This is the last week of October. Only two more months left in 2025. This year has whooshed by like a freight train. Fast and hauling all kinds of things.

I have been busy with book events, family events, and life events. All of those things have whisked the days by in a blur. And the rest of the year will be almost as fast and furious!

I have an event in Bruneau, Idaho, November 7th-9th. I’ll be selling my books in a booth with my daughter who will be selling fudge. It’s called Bruneau Cowboy Christmas. I love their tagline: Best shopping and day drinking in the West! Which is what we’re hoping will give us lots of sales. 🙂

My daughter and I taped out the size of the booth on my living room floor and we set up the booth so we will know what we need to do when we get there. I also have all my books in totes, marked “put out”, “under table” and “in vehicle.” I hope to sell so much that I’ll need more books that will be in my vehicle. 😉

After that, we’ll have a lovely family Thanksgiving, and then I have two events back-to-back in December. A 4-H Christmas Bazaar, December 5th & 6th in Baker City, Oregon, and then the 2025 Authors and Artists Fair in Eugene, Oregon, December 15th.

When those two weekends are over, then it’s hanging out with family through the holidays and gearing up to start a new year of writing.

We will also be moving to Baker City in the coming year. We have slowly been taking things to the house we purchased there. So there will always be something to do, whether it is writing, editing, publishing, marketing, or boxing things up.

At the moment, I have two Gabriel Hawke novels, one Spotted Pony Casino mystery, and one Cuddle Farm Mystery book scheduled to write and release in 2026. I’ve been thinking about the next three books I’ll be writing and doing some research. I always have a couple of books brewing in my head while I’m writing one.

So stay tuned to this blog to find out what the next book will be and what I might have learned to write it.

Today and tomorrow are the last two days you can get the first book in the Shandra Higheagle Mystery series, Double Duplicity for FREE as an audiobook. You can download it from my website. https://www.patyjager.net/product/double-duplicity-audiobook/

Check out my website while you’re there and see that the prices for the audiobooks on my website are more reasonable than those of other vendors, and once you download the free audiobook, it will make any audiobook you order later the same process you go through at other audiobook vendors. Same with the ebook sales on my website. And if you want a print book with an autograph, you can purchase it from my website. Check it all out here: https://www.patyjager.net/

Last of our 2024 Trip

It’s hard to believe it has been a year since we came back from our epic three week trip to the Netherlands, Spain, England, Scotland and Ireland.

This post is about our last days in Ireland. After this I’ll have to come up with some more fun travels to take so I can keep the travel segment of this blog going.

One of the first villages depicted at the heritage museum.

Day 24 of our trip was a move-on day. We headed to Straffan, Ireland, where your next Airbnb was. Along the way, we stopped at the Irish Heritage Museum. It was an outdoor museum where you moved from one scene to the next. It began with the first people of Ireland and continued until they gained their independence. There was also a falconry on site. Angie and Rietta both held a peregrine falcon. From there, we traveled on, arriving at Straffan late and settling in.

Cliffs of Mohr

The next day, we drove to the Cliffs of Moher. The high cliffs and ragged rocks along the swirling sea were definitely breathtaking. We walked through an entrance in the side of the hill, wondering what could be inside, and discovered a large, underground, indoor museum. The interactive museum was extensive. It was set into the hill so it didn’t detract from the scenery. There were also shops built into the side of the hill.

Entrance to the underground museum

On the way to the cliffs, we’d read signs to Bunratty Castle, and we saw it from the highway. On the way back to Straffan, we stopped there and had an excellent tour of the castle and the old town. There were houses set up as they would have been in medieval times, and some in the Victorian era. One lad in the Victorian era regaled us with tales of his heroics, his family, and life during that time period. He was entertaining.

Bunratty Castle

On Day 26, we walked around Dublin. As we were walking to the Dublin Castle, we passed an alley across the street. I saw young people coming out of it, so I stared down the alley to see where they were coming from. I kept walking and walked into a three-foot-high orange traffic cone on the sidewalk.

At first, I couldn’t figure out what I’d walked into, and then I felt myself falling. I landed on my left hip and shoulder. Both my granddaughter behind me and my daughter in front of me tried to catch me, but it happened too fast. I was so embarrassed, I laughed and had tears. An Irish woman working for a construction company witnessed the incident and remarked that it was unfortunate they hadn’t captured it on video. LOL That’s how I started my tour of Dublin!

Beautiful woodwork and art.
This is stairway is where the Irish Presidents are inaugurated.

The Dublin Castle and Government apartments were interesting. They weren’t giving tours of the medieval part of the Castle, but we were able to see the apartment areas. It has history, art, and heritage. I enjoyed it.

A beautiful hallway that is used for events.
Beautiful architecture and art in this sitting room.

Then we walked around Dublin, had lunch in an Irish Pub, and went to the wax museum. While the museum had a lot of Irish history, the admission price seemed a bit steep for what we saw. After that, we walked some more, crossing the Ha’Penny footbridge.

We ended the day with a stroll through Dublin Castle gardens and a sweet treat.

Beautiful art piece in the garden.

Day 27, we drove to the airport and flew home. Angie and Rietta were happy to head home, but I was game for more traveling. I’m hoping to go back and see a few other countries in the next few years.

Playing cards as we wait for our plane.

October!

Three-quarters of 2025 is over! Where did the time go? I swear, as I get older, the days, weeks, and months go by faster and faster. I never have enough time in a day to do everything that I want to do.

I have been busy packing in events to attend through the rest of the year. I missed out on a few but I’m excited for the ones I have signed up to do.

  • October 6th – Harvest of Books – Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, Baker City, OR – 9 AM – 3 PM
  • Nov. 8th & 9th – Bruneau Cowboy Christmas – Bruneau, ID 10-5 & 10-4
  • Dec. 5th & 6th – 4-H Christmas Bazaar – Baker City, OR – 12- 5 PM & 9 AM -5 PM
  • Dec. 13th – 2025 Authors & Artists Fair – Atrium at Lane Events Center Eugene, OR – 10 AM – 5 PM

The 4-H Christmas Bazaar, I still have to sign up for. They aren’t taking applications until October 6th. But I plan to be at their door to sign up that day. These are all new events that I’ve not attended before. The Bruneau Cowboy Christmas is HUGE! My daughter is sharing the booth with me and selling her fudge, lip balm, and pork gift packs. We are also taking her oldest daughter and my oldest daughter to help with stocking and selling. They say they get 20,000 people to the event.

Then the other big event will be the Authors & Artists Fair. It’s in conjunction with a big Christmas Bazaar at the Lane County Fair. I was invited to this because of being at the State Fair book event. Happy! Happy!

Other good news on the writing front, Wolf Moon has been released, and so far, the reviews are good and people are purchasing the book! In case you are interested:

In the remote, snowbound wilderness of Oregon’s Eagle Cap Mountains, a sled dog race turns deadly.

State Trooper Gabriel Hawke is teaching winter survival to Search and Rescue recruits when he’s called in to find a missing musher. Arriving at the race camp, he discovers the musher isn’t just a name on a list—she’s someone his friend Justine cares about deeply.

As Hawke searches rugged trails and icy backcountry, the case quickly shifts from a rescue to a murder investigation. Then a second body turns up, and it’s clear the killer is hiding among the racers, handlers, or volunteers. The deeper Hawke digs, the more he uncovers buried secrets and dangerous rivalries.

Now, with a killer on the loose and Justine possibly in the crosshairs, Hawke must navigate blizzards, betrayal, and bloodshed—before the race ends in even more tragedy.

Available in ebook and print. My narrator, Larry Gorman, is working on the audiobook.

Ebook from my website for $1 less https://www.patyjager.net/product/wolf-moon-ebook/ or the Universal buy link: https://books2read.com/u/bWO1dD

Print from my website: https://www.patyjager.net/product/wolf-moon/

And releasing on October 10th is my new cozy Cuddle Farm Mystery series, book 1, Merry Merry Merry Murder:

This book is doing a Blog Tour from Oct. 10th – 23rd. You can find out all about the tour here:

Merry Merry Merry Murder (Cuddle Farm Mysteries) by Paty Jager – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – Great Escapes Book Tours

If you would like to be one of the first to get an ebook copy of Merry Merry Merry Murder, you can purchase it now at my website. https://www.patyjager.net/product-category/cuddle-farm-mystery-ebook/

Where comfort and cheer meet scandalous secrets—A holiday mystery set in a small town.

In the close-knit town of Auburn, Oregon, Andi Clark’s therapy animals bring comfort to the community, especially during the holiday season. When a young girl seeks solace from Athena, Andi’s therapy dog, after witnessing an unsettling scene behind the sleigh, it marks the beginning of a much darker holiday.

As the town gathers for the Tree Lighting Ceremony, a scream shatters the festive atmosphere. Cocoa, Andi’s loyal Border Collie, pulls her toward a chilling sight: a woman standing over the lifeless body of the girl’s mother, strangled with Christmas lights.

Determined to help the grieving girl and her town recover from the shock, Andi, her therapy animals, and her niece, a county deputy, take it upon themselves to investigate. As they uncover secrets and untangle clues, they stay one step ahead of the new sheriff and worry that the killer lurking in their midst could be someone they know.

Preorder here: https://books2read.com/u/mZ6qpJ

Two reads to keep you indoors as the weather turns colder. I am currently working on the next Spotted Pony Casino Mystery. Full House is turning out to be harder to write than I thought. When I came up with the plot, I knew it would complicate Dela and Heath’s wedding. What I didn’t realize was that by making Heath the suspect of a murder in a town an hour and a half away, it would make it difficult for Dela, Heath, and Quinn to investigate. Especially since Quinn was pulled from the investigation because of his past with Heath and Dela.

And that, my friends, is what I’m doing these days. Attending book-selling events and writing. Enjoy Fall!