Saturday, December 10, 2-4 PM: Book Signing and Meet-and-Greet with South Eugene High Scool Teacher/Authors Anna Grace and Pete (Pedro) Hoffmeister
Anna’s latest book, with an early release date especially for this signing, is A Rancher Worth Remembering: A Clean and Uplifting Romance (Love, Oregon #1), a three part series published by Harlequin Romance. Anna Grace justifies her espresso addiction by writing fun, modern romance novels in the early morning hours. Once the sun's up you can find her teaching high school history at South, or outside with her adventure-loving husband. Anna is a mediocre rock climber, mom of two fun kids, and snack enthusiast. Winner of the National Excellence in Romantic Fiction, Book Buyer's Best, and Beverly Awards, Anna lives rurally in Oregon, and travels to big cities whenever she gets the chance. https://www.facebook.com/Anna-Grace-Author-1925471274428734/
Pedro’s (Pete’s) latest book, also hot off the press, is American Afterlife. From the Publisher’s Weekly Review: Publishers Weekly (10/03/2022):
A powerful earthquake in Eugene, Ore., has left Cielo, the teenage narrator of this impressive thriller from Hoffmeister (Too Shattered for Mending as Peter Brown Hoffmeister), scrounging for food and supplies in demolished and abandoned homes, steeling herself against the sight and smells of the ubiquitous human remains. The initial absence of any relief efforts and of any adults she can trust makes even a minor injury life-threatening. Cielo is also bent on finding her missing Mexican immigrant mother, who has allied herself with a cult, the Collection of Redeemed Souls. Her mother was drawn to the group's halcyon promises that its followers would be raptured before the world's tribulations into a new Earth, whose streets would be paved with gold. Cielo must search for nutrition, water, shelter, and her mother while dodging members of the Collection, who are searching through the devastation for people they can compel to join them. Hoffmeister doesn't pull any punches as he gives new life to the familiar premise of a lone protagonist struggling to survive in an apocalyptic landscape, and expertly uses first-person present narration to convey a sense of immediacy. This is a masterful, intelligent page-turner from a talent to watch. https://www.pedrohoffmeister.com
