A Dance with her Forbidden Officer and A Diary of a War Bride are both available in audio book format. They can be purchased individuallyand in a duet that will also be released on March 26th as an ebook. The narratorsdid a fabulous job on both of these stories. I thank them and applaud theirtalent. 

 

A Dance with her Forbidden Officer and A Diary of a War Bride

Harlequin Historical bringsyou two heart-racing World War II stories in one collection. Experience theepic love stories of two officers and the women they fall for, where everystolen moment together counts! 

Dance With Her Forbidden Officer 
 
Nurse Wendy Smith promised her mother she’d see the world, starting withbeautiful Hawaii. Her promise to herself – to never depend on a man – is harderto keep when Navy Officer K.T. McAllister jitterbugs into her life. Then PearlHarbor is attacked and, as Wendy nurses injured K.T., she learns he too haspromises to people back home. Yet as K.T. grows stronger, so do her feelings,and her longing for the forbidden… 
  

Diary of a War Bride 
 
July 1942 
Dear Diary, despite the war raging around me I find Ican’t stop thinking about the American officer, Sergeant Dale Johnson. I’venever known anyone as brave, kind and handsome! But I promised myself Iwouldn’t care this much about a man again, and especially when he could betransferred at any time. Yet that only makes me want to relish our timetogether. Now, fighting my heart feels like the biggest battle… 

 

I want to give a quick shout out toa great new book site. Shepard.com 

This is a fun and comprehensiveplace to get book recommendations. Check it out when you have a chance. I’ve posteda list of books that I think make great book club reads.   

 

Coming soon:

A Courtship to Fool Manhattan will be released on May 21st.

A sweet and satisfying fake relationship story set in theGilded Age 

A pretend courtship… 

To prevent a marriage! 

At his sister’s society wedding, Lincoln Dryer finds himself paired up withheiress Victoria Biggs. Tired of being matchmade, Lincoln is surprised to learnVictoria feels the same. So they agree to pretend to be a couple! Though heenjoys Victoria’s refreshing company, Lincoln’s seen the heartache love cancause… Yet while their charade fools Manhattan, how long can Lincoln foolhimself into believing he can let Victoria go when the wedding party’sover? 

 

Captivated by his Convenient Duchesses (The Redford Dukedom)will be released on August 20th.

From Victorian England to Gilded AgeAmerica, two brothers are rising to the challenge of The Redford Dukedom. Enjoy the first installment of this captivating new duet.

The duke must marry…

But not for love!

In an accident that killed her parents, Lady Anita was left with a permanentleg injury, and at the mercy of her loathsome uncle. Bartering her to the Dukeof Redford is a new low, so when the duke suggests a convenientmarriage, she seizes the chance to escape.

Myles is determined his new wife won’t distract him from his ducal duties, butthe woman who arrives at his estate is not the meek bride he expects! Societymay have overlooked her, but now his spirited, determined duchess is all Mylescan see!  

 

The second book in this duet is about the younger brotherWesley Wadsworth who travels to the United States to promote the Redford thoroughbredrace horses, and encounters Julia Eastman, a race horse owner herself.  This manuscript is currently going through theediting process.

I've just recently began working on another Victorian/Western story.

On the home front note..I’m happy to say that the five chickens who moved in withus, coop and all, when our son was selling his house last fall (and hasn’t yetbuilt a place for them at his new house) made it though the winter just fine.Besides a light and heated water tank, they’ve had heating pads in their nestingboxes to keep the eggs from freezing. I’d never had chickens before, and haveenjoyed these hens very much. On nice days, I let them out to roam the yard,and all I have to do is call Ruby (the leader of the pack) and they all comerunning when it’s time to go back into their pen/coop.

Animals of all kinds sure do touch our hearts.    

Cheers! 

Lauri