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<3 NEW RELEASE! <3 Book 5 in the 'Bewitched by Chocolate' Mysteries is here!
BONBONS AND BROOMSTICKS
Amazon: http://www.hyhanna.com/bonbons-broomsticks-amazon
Amazon UK: http://hyhanna.com/bonbons-broomsticks-amazonuk/
(** The Print edition is not quite ready yet but should be out in a few days. I'll post again when the paperback is available.)
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"Caitlyn Le Fey is settling into life as a novice witch in an English village chocolate shop - although she's finding the hardest magic to master is making caramel sauce without burning it! When two men are murdered, and a mythical black hound is seen haunting the countryside, the village gossips are sure dark witchcraft is to blame. Caitlyn decides to do a little magical sleuthing of her own. Luckily, she has her very own shape-shifter to help her (even if he does come in the shape of a toothless old vampire) not to mention her naughty kitten Nibs, and her sassy American cousin!
But her investigation soon leads to unexpected revelations about the mysterious runestone necklace she's worn since a baby. Can Caitlyn find the killer and unlock the secrets of her past? And will she ever convince the dashing Lord James Fitzroy to accept who she really is?" ... See MoreSee Less

2 days ago

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When will it be out in book form?

I read it last night and loved it! So glad Caitlin is finally getting answers about her origins. (I'm adopted myself and this part really grabs me.) I love both this, and the Oxford Tea Shoppe series. 💜

Love the new covers. I am starting it today.

wow this looks good I will order book I prefer rather than nook looks like I will have to order more than one book as this is new series to me, so excited to see this

I can’t wait for it to come out in book 📚 form 😍🤓🙂

I finished it this morning! I loved it!

I'm saving this for a quiet evening when I need something "cozy" and fun. But I won't be waiting long :)

I enjoyed it very much.

I’m half way reading this book. It’s fantastic. I love the whole series 💖

Finished reading it today loved it. Can't wait for the next one

Will it be on audible?

Yes!!!! Can't wait to have time to read this!

Yea! Thank you. My week-end read!

Awesome book. Half through it.

Yay!!❤

Love the cover!

Ready it now😀😀

Just bought it!!

Somebody tell my rose that it's mid-winter in Australia... ;-) She's starting another flush!
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2 days ago

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It's this weird weather - I've got snowdrops and jonquils blooming and other bulbs are popping up.

Very pretty, my grandma used to say that a rose that grows in winter is a magical rose

Gorgeous! Has winter been warmer than usual this year?

Your garden is looking amazing !! Xx

Your garden turned out beautiful

I was wondering about your yard. Even lovely in winter,

My roses are also confused.

Gorgeous!! I wonder if they would do well out here in Southern California...

Beautiful rose. I don’t know how mild your winters are, but here in southern Arizona it’s not unusual to be cutting roses at Christmas.

My pants are confused as well.

Obviously in a perfect spot 😍

Beautiful 😍

Just beautiful!❤️💐

Stunning!

Gorgeous

Beautiful roses

Beautiful 🌸

Beautiful!

Beautiful

Beautiful roses!

Beautiful!!❤

OMG so adorable! I have a soft spot for fruit bats - as readers of my Bewitched by Chocolate series can probably tell! 🤣 Do you think Viktor looked like this when he was a baby... 634 years ago? ;-)
(baby Australian fruit bat)

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I love Viktor. Reading about him going through the woods bumping into trees was very funny.

I follow a few bat rescuer channels on YouTube, while many videos end sadly to educate what bats are going through baby season is a ton of baby videos watching them grow up toward release.

I really didn’t know you could get that close to one, let alone bathe it. I bet Vicktor was every bit as cute as that.

Now that is a new one.... but I do love Viktor!!!

awwww a baby Viktor!

Awww! I love bats! ❤️

Cutie!!! Look at those adorable eyes! LOVE ♥️

Mike Garvey - enjoy!

He's so adorable!

❤YES!!❤

So cute!!

So cute ❤️

Very sweet

Adorable

Adoranle

Lauren McGinley

Michelle McGinley

COMING SOON! :-) Book 5 in my BEWITCHED BY CHOCOLATE Mysteries! Make sure you've joined my Readers' Club Newsletter so that you're notified when it's released: http://www.hyhanna.com/newsletter
(** Thank you to all those who helped with American alternatives for "prissy old cow"! This is the book that features the character who's speaking. And yes, I've decided to go with "stuck-up old bag" ;-) )
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Yay! Love this cover -- the kitten is soooo cute ;-)

Can't wait , love the new covers

I’m loving the front cover 😍 and can’t wait for the release, very excited 😊

Can’t wait!!

I really can't wait!!!!!!!!!So exciting.

Can't wait

This is up already on Amazon's Kindle shop....https://smile.amazon.com/Bonbons-Broomsticks-BEWITCHED-CHOCOLATE-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B07DVCFX92/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1529523320&sr=8-1&keywords=bonbons+and+broomsticks

Gorgeous cover! I'm so excited to read this one!

Very excited

I am so, so, so excited about the new book. Cover makeover? I loved the chocolate bar covers, but these are cool, too.

LOVE these books- waiting for this one! The new cover art is very nice too... ! <3 ,3

Looking forward to this so much, chocolate and cats with a bit of magic thrown in how could you go wrong xxx 😘

So glad this is finished. I need a chocolate, kitty, witch fix! Such an adorable kitty on the front!

I love the cover, and I love these books ❤️😍

Well, that WAS soon. it's on Amazon and it just downloaded to my Kindle.

Looking forward to the next installment!

love the cover looks like something I will want to read

Looking forward to it, I love your new covers!

I love this series... and the new covers are perfect! Heading to Amazon now!!

I did not know about this series!!!!! I'm going to be hunting for them now!!!

Love the cover cute kitty😘

Can't be soon enough!!!!!

Great cover and great series. ❤️

Looking forward 💕

Ooooooh, gorgeous cover ❤😍🐱

American readers - need your help, please! :-) I have a young American character who calls an annoying woman a "prissy old cow" - but my editor says that doesn't sound American. What would an American say? I know "cow" is very British - but do you still use "prissy"? Could I use "prissy old bag"? (ETA: the woman in question is very uptight & sanctimonious - that's why I thought of using "prissy". Just "old XX" on its own isn't really enough.)
I need something derogatory but bearing in mind this is a Cozy Mystery so I can't use swear words or other strong language! (I always struggle to find something that wouldn't offend readers but also sounds realistic and not too silly & "twee")
** For fans of my Bewitched by Chocplate mysteries, this is Pomona speaking. And yes, the manuscript is currently with my editor. Whew! I've finally finished writing it and it will be released soon! :-) ... See MoreSee Less

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Maybe “stuck-up old bag” would work?

Just my personal opinion - and yes, I do cuss upon occasion - I'd go with something a little classier than the average American would use. Frankly I'm sick of women calling each other the "B" word like it's a good thing, never mind when they mean it in a derogatory manner. I like both prissy old cow and prissy old bag. I've heard "old bag" and "old cow" both, I think it depends on which part of the country you're in. Prissy is a bit outdated. Maybe "uppity" is as well and it would be the same as prissy. Pompous? I mean, when you want to say something like this it really is subjective. What I might say to a person you described would be different from the next person, and so on. When I was a kid my stepmother read nothing but older Harlequin romance novels. These were from the 60's and 70's and most were written by British authors. Since my elementary school library only let me check out two books every other week I was desperate for something to read so I read them as well. I used words my contemporaries did not because they were words the British authors used frequently. I spelled words the British way, rather than the American way. And frankly today I love nothing more than a Shakespearean insult. So I think the wording really is more about the individual rather than the popular vernacular.

I must watch too many British shows...I like "prissy old cow".

Prissy is an old fashioned word here. I can't see someone like Pomona using it honestly. Just "old bag" would work, though that isn't even something that a lot of youngish/trendy people would say.

Calling someone a cow is definitely not just a British thing. 😉 My suggestions for an alternative to prissy are: uptight, self righteous, pompous or stuffy. But using prissy would still be fine, I think - it just might depend on the age of the character and their background.

As an American, I hove no problem with “prissy old cow.” I love reading British cozy’s and, to me, it’s just expected that we will get some words/terms unique to British English. As for cussing, I appreciate very much, that you don’t have it in your books. I avoid books with much swearing. Those kinds of books are a dime a dozen. It is so refreshing to read an author like you. Someone suggested “stuck up.” Sounds good to me, or conceited? Or haughty?

'stupid old cow' or maybe 'uppity cow' I'll do a Facebook poll of my friends. Maybe that will open up more possibilities. :)

Dried up old prune if she’s a “prissy” judgemental type.

Prissy and old cow are definitely a bit British. Maybe snotty, stuck up, conceited old hag? Something along those lines?

"prissy old cow" sounds fine to me! In the past week I have referred to someone as 'stupid lazy cow' (which was the nicest thing anyone has said about her in a long time) and referred to someone as being 'prissy' because it was just the only way to succinctly describe this uptight, overly 'proper' woman. Someone suggested trading goat for cow... I associate the term goat with an old man.... as in Grumpy Old Goat.

Grouchy old hag, mean old woman

My daughter is 24 and would never say prissy, it’s an old person’s word. She’d call her an “old bitty”

Self absorbed crone !

I'm American and I don't think there's anything wrong with "prissy old bag". I've heard people described as both many times before. Even "cow" would have worked here, but I like "bag" better. Love your books BTW. ☺

Yep, prissy old bag works just fine! People don’t generally call someone an old cow in the US

Old Crow is always a good one! I love your writing 😊

Not sure why this popped up in my feed. Oh, wait, my aunt commented on it. No, 'prissy' and 'cow' are not something we typically use. Anyone using the word 'prissy' is likely to be guilty of it. Possibly, 'old bat'? Best wishes on whatever you're doing. Cheers!

Prissy brings to mind a precocious, obnoxious young girl. More of an adolescent. Maybe the adjective term you’re looking for is “holier than thou”. For a noun, I prefer “old battle ax” 🤣

Much as prissy old cow works for me...I think of a middle aged or older woman with that ....sanctimonious or snotty work better applied to a younger person

I like "prissy old cow!" As I am of a certain age I am familiar with the word prissy and old cow is understandable in any language ;-) I enjoy terms from the other side of the pond... especially those that expand my snarky vocabulary.

"Stuck up old bag", would be more American. "Prissy" really isn't current. "Old cow" could work because that is regional.

I could see old hag or fat cow used. Witch might be another term. I use doucebag a lot because I am trying not to teach my 6 year old other colorful metaphors.

In the Deep South we might even just say...."bless your heart". Not always meant nicely. Or ask, "have you always been stuck-up, or is this just for me?"

I think prissy old cow is fine - it's an older expression, but it gets the point across just fine - better than stuck up, maybe hoity toity, but not sure that is american

I have used "she's a witch with a capital B" before. I have no problem with prissy or sanctimonious or even holier than thou.

YAY! The 7th book in my Oxford Tearoom Mysteries has just come out in AUDIO! :-) Grab your copy from Audible, iTunes or Amazon!
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3 weeks ago

Another One Bites the Crust

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Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Champagne and ball gowns, fairy lights, and music... Oxford summer balls are one of the highlights of the calendar and tearoom sleuth Gemma Rose is looking forward to taking a break and slipping into something gorgeous for the evening. But when the nigh...

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Anxious...but I'm going to wait for the e-version.

Is this out in paperback?

YAY! You know this makes me so very happy!! Thank you!! <3

Great series.

Just purchased! Can hardly wait to listen!

Can't wait for the next book!!! I dearly love this series!!! I have an autographed book from H.Y. Hanna and I show all my friends.

Great! Can’t wait to order it! 🤛❤️

Yay!🎉🎉🎉🎉

Quick question for my American readers: are you familiar with the term "GP"? (meaning family doctor - "general practitioner") - just wondering if I can use that in the book or whether U.S. readers might be confused...?
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Thanks again, everybody - really appreciate all the comments! As my books are set in the U.K. and I want to be as authentic as possible, I have to use "GP" as that is what English people use. I'm pleased that most Americans would be able to understand that! (I'm afraid, since the story isn't set in America, it doesn't really matter if PCP is a more commonly used term in the U.S. these days - since it wouldn't be used in England at all. I have to confess, I'd never heard of it myself until today! :) ) Oh, and we have a similar system in the UK (and Aus/NZ) where we have to see the GP first in order to get a referral to a specialist. We can't normally just book to see a specialist ourselves.

Wow - thank you , everybody!! That's really helpful :-)

GP is rather an old fashion term for family doctor. I think most people would recognize and remember it. Love your books!

We use the term “GP” as well.

We used GP, but why not write it out, to be on the safe side.

U S readers all know about GP doctors. New book sounds exciting.

Some fun posts about dialects robertspage.com/dialects.html www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/ www.businessinsider.com/22-maps-that-show-the-deepest-linguistic-conflicts-in-america-2013-6#we-a...

Yes, we use that term.

And yes in Canada as well

I hear that term less and less. So many doctors are specialists now. I hear Primary Care Physician (PCP) much more often than GP.

Yes. Although there are few general practitioners left anymore. We now have “primary care physicians” or PCP. I wish we had more GP’s, they did almost everything.

if the character is known to be a doctor, I would think most everyone would know what GP stands for, although younger people may not

When I was growing up "GP" was THE term for your family physician.... but as others have said, the current term is PCP- Primary Car Physician. However, an older person (like me- I'm 68) would recognize "GP" when referring to a doctor. I still have to think about what the heck "PCP" is!

GP is a pretty old term - I grew up with it and I'm now 71. PCP (Primary Care Physician) is most frequently used, esp for those with managed care (HMO). It's necessary to have a PCP, who does primary, general care (and can be a doc in family medicine or internal medicine). The PCP has to refer you to a specialist. Seems stupidly redundant and expensive to see one doc so you can see a specialist that you know you need to see! So GP or PCP should be understandable by most people here.

I watch a lot of Brit Mysteries on TV so I definitely know what a GP is. I also think the train of thought in the book might lead readers in USA to figure it out even if they were not familiar with the GP meaning before reading.

I truly enjoy your books set in England. However, I enjoy many British authors, with their interesting spelling and word meanings. I am an old Agatha Christy fan.

In the US, PCP has technically changed to mean Primary Care Provider (as opposed to Physician) as many people now see Nurse Practitioners (NP) and Physician Assistants (PA). NP’s and PA’s fall into the category of Non-Physician Providers (NPP’s).

As an American (Army veteran) GP would mean general principal(s). Don't like doctors! LOL But mainstream America should easily get it! I am just NOT "normal".

We have always used the term "GP" Most of my family members are medical professionals though so I don't know if that makes a difference there

It's not one we use as often as we use to but I think people still remember the term. I've been in healthcare for 30 years and still hear people using it

American toss around the terms Family Practice, Primary Care Doctor, for The doctor that monitors the general health and issues that crop up. Usually if you have a special problem, they then send you on to Specialist like Oncologist, Cardiologists and so on. You can get appointment with a specialist but you have to wait a long time on a waiting list and your insurance often will not cover the cost if you just go on your own. But if your primary care doctor sends you to a specialist he or she can get you an appointment months sooner and insurance nearly always covers at least part of the cost. In a America, you do not want to try to find a specialist on your own. You need someone to get her foot in the door.

I'm 66 and GP was common before I left the USA. BUT I have lived outside the USA longer than inside at this point in my life.

I think that my generation (Boomer) probably uses GP or Family Doctor more but we certainly know and use PCP too.

It depends on the region in America. In the Southwest we refer main to Primary Care Practitioner, PCP, or just plain Dr

I've always called my primary physician my GP.

Did you watch the Royal Wedding? We watched the whole 4 hours!! :-)

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oh, you know I watched it live!! Americans in the house!!! I loved the blending of cultures that I am sure was a bit startling to some in England. I never gave a fig for Harry until now. I LOVE HARRY ( maybe not as much as George Cluney, but almost.) I thought it was the grandest thing. and it didn't dawn on me til toward the end that The Americans have come full circle. That was the castle we revolted against during the revolution. You know our forefathers were emissaries of sorts and until the revolution, went and visited and stayed in that castle. then we ran away from home and got the boot!!! hahaha! Megan and Harry getting married is like when Spain married France or something. I feel like now after all these years, we have united houses and mended the rift. ( except she's just Hollywood, our version of royalty!!) loads of fun and Good Will! Hope we didn't rock the house too much! Change can be traumatic. I have always thought the Queen had a good heart on her. she obviously loves the boys. Age continues to bring her wisdom. she handles this well.

I stayed up and watched the entire thing....from 1am to 6am Pacific time! 👑💕

No way could I be up that early in the morning here on the West Coast of the States. I did catch snatches during reviews. Meghan looked so stunning. I was watching all the expressions on her mom's face, imagining the thoughts that were running through her head. "My little girl, marrying into the Royal Family....."

Of course I watched it the whole four hours live, a box of Kleenex on the table. I wish them both for their future all the best because they deserve it. She is a really nice girl and Harry a good boy. You only have to look into his eyes. I am so happy for him that he has found a "home" since I still see him walking as a little boy behind his mom's casket. The years between that time and now has been very difficult for him as he reported himself in an interview. God bless them!

Didn't miss a moment, then watched the replay that evening on CNN!!

Absolutely. Got up at 3am and watched throughout the day. What a perfect wedding.

Our DVR watched it first

Watched it! I lived it 👍🏻😂👰🏻🤴🏼❤️💙🇺🇸🇬🇧💐💒

BTW, here's were I went over the top and said " I love that man!"

Watched it all too. Love is always worth celebrating ❤❤

No not much. Just a few minutes to see her dress

Thank you for sharing.