Download or read book Luchetti Series Prequel Duet written by Lori Handeland and published by Lori Handeland. This book was released on 2017-01-18 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A duet of classic contemporary love stories. Humor with heart! Prequels to the bestselling Luchettis series! LEAVE IT TO MAX Max Frasier is a remarkable eight-year-old boy whose imagination and clumsy feet get him in trouble. Max doesn't mean to forget he's grounded when he wanders off to follow the wind or a whim, he just forgets. Max is fascinated with things that go bump in the night and in Savannah, Georgia there are a lot of them. Livy doesn't have a clue how to cultivate the magic that lies within her child. By trying to keep him safe from broken bones, she crushes his flights of imagination. In trying to make him like other little boys, she fights against what makes him special. When Max meets Garrett Stark, famous horror author, he finds a kindred spirit. What he doesn't know is that he's found his father. Livy was the first person to offer Garrett love, and uncertain how to love back, believing himself unworthy, he had run. But from the first moment Garret sees Max, he knows there's something special about the child. Garrett had thought he'd returned to Savannah to pursue the muse that inspired his previous books. Now he knows he's come back for Livy. Can the three of them get past the lies between them to create the family and the home they've always wanted? A SHERIFF IN TENNESSEE A TOP PICK of the month from Romantic Times Pleasant Ridge has been chosen as the backdrop of a new TV series and everyone is thrilled--except Sheriff Gabe Klein. He's been given the task of teaching supermodel Isabelle Ash how to act like a small-town sheriff. Isabelle is overjoyed to star in her own series. It's her chance to show what she can do as an actress and put an end to modeling underwear in below zero temperatures. Gabe, who's been told he resembles his hound dog, Clint, knows better than to fall for a beautiful woman. But there is so much more to Isabelle than her face, that body. Will the two be able to deal with their issues of self-worth and society's image of what is beautiful so they can find happiness together? men women relationship humor, family life fiction, small town rural fiction, funny contemporary romance, romantic comedy, contemporary romance, romance anthology

Download or read book Leave It To Max written by Lori Handeland and published by Lori Handeland. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic love stories . . . humor with heart! Prequel to the bestselling Luchettis Series Max Frasier is a remarkable eight-year-old boy whose imagination and clumsy feet get him into trouble. Max doesn't mean to follow the wind or a whim, he just does. Max is fascinated with things that go bump in the night. In Savannah there are a lot of them. When Max meets Garrett Stark, famous horror author, he finds a kindred spirit. Livy Frasier was the first person to offer Garrett love and, uncertain how to love her back, he ran. But from the first moment Garret sees Max, he knows there's something special about the child. Garrett thought he'd returned to Savannah to pursue the muse that inspired his previous books. Now he knows he's come back for Livy . . . and his son. romantic comedy, romance with children, classic romance fiction, men women relationship humor, family life fiction, secret baby romance books, funny contemporary romance

Download or read book In the Beginning written by Lori Handeland and published by Lori Handeland. This book was released on 2014-10-31 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times Bestselling author Lori Handeland, comes a prequel short story for her urban fantasy world, The Phoenix Chronicles Liz Phoenix does her best not to let anyone on the Milwaukee Police Force know that she's psychic. But her partner, Max Murphy, suspects. She's had one too many spot-on hunches. ​​​​​​​When they're sent to the scene of a murder, Liz's latest psychic flash leads to disaster. In the Beginning reveals how Liz came to be an ex-cop and started on the road to becoming the Leader of the Light. women's fantasy fiction, horror comedy, paranormal and urban fantasy books, fantasy anthology and short stories, psychic suspense

Download or read book Smoke on the Water written by Lori Handeland and published by Lori Handeland. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love, like magic, can leave you breathless . . . The powers that be dubbed me Willow Black after the black willow tree where I was abandoned. Into foster care I went and in foster care I stayed. No one wants to keep a fey girl who thinks she can see the future in the water—and bring the rain. A stint in the Northern Wisconsin Mental Health Facility brings me face-to-face with the man who’s haunted my visions for a very long time. Sebastian Frasier is not only the facility’s new administrator but my new psychiatrist. Others have tried to convince me that I’m delusional. Been there, done that. Still have visions. Others have given up on me, but not Sebastian. Sebastian lost his sister to madness and it haunts him. His sadness calls to me almost as much as the memories of a love that hasn’t yet happened. Sebastian does his best to logically explain away a few demonstrations of the impossible. But when someone tries to kill me, we have no choice but to run. After that, fighting our intense, mutual attraction, the destiny that beats around us every time that we touch, is impossible. A centuries-old witch hunter intent on killing not only me but the two sisters I didn’t know I had, along with every other witch on earth, has been resurrected. I’m an elemental water witch and once my burgeoning power is combined with that of my sisters—an air witch and a fire witch—we just might be powerful enough to stop what’s coming. An epic battle against certain evil.

Download or read book The Daddy Quest written by Lori Handeland and published by Lori Handeland. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leaving Las Vegas . . . Upon discovering the father she’s been told was dead is, in fact, alive, thirteen-year-old Rayne Houston runs away, taking along her new friend, the Timinator. They hop a bus to Illinois and so begins their daddy quest. Nicole Houston is frantic when she discovers Rayne is missing. Her lies have come back to haunt her, but when she told them she believed she was doing the right thing for everyone. She never wanted her daughter to know she was the product of a single night between a stripper and a man bound for the priesthood. Sure, Nicole had believed it was love, but Aaron loved only God. Tortured by his failings, Aaron Luchetti never became a priest. He never got over his time in Las Vegas; he never got over Nicole. From the moment she steps back into his life, Aaron awakens. Everything about Nicole enthralls him. Everything about his daughter enchants him. He wants them to be a family. But is it too late? men women relationship humor, family life fiction, small town rural fiction, secret baby romance books, siblings fiction, funny contemporary romance, romance with children

Download or read book The Brother Quest written by Lori Handeland and published by Lori Handeland. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If anything ever happens to me, go to 445 Briar Lane, Wind Lake, Minnesota . . . Foreign correspondent Colin Luchetti receives this cryptic note from his missing brother, Bobby, an Army Special Forces officer. The address leads to Chasing Rainbows Day Care Center owned by Bobby's pen pal, Marlie Anderson but she knows nothing about his brother's disappearance. With all avenues closed, Colin decides to stick around and maybe find a clue that will lead to Bobby. Marlie believes everything she needs is in Wind Lake—until Colin Luchetti comes along. She doesn't think someone who lives a James Bond life would ever be interested in a shy, bespectacled, slightly overweight preschool teacher. But Marlie is the calm in everyone's storm, and Colin could really use some of that right now. For his family's sake Colin knows he should focus on the mystery of Bobby's disappearance. But can he do it without falling for his brother's girl? men women relationship humor, family life fiction, small town rural fiction, siblings fiction, funny contemporary romance, romance with children, comedy

Download or read book In the Air Tonight written by Lori Handeland and published by Lori Handeland. This book was released on 2022-01-12 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love always casts a spell . . . My name is Raye. Miss Larsen to my students. And I see ghosts. Like the freaky little kid in the movie said: They’re everywhere. In choosing my occupation, I tried to get as far away from the dead as possible. I figured I’d be safe in a kindergarten classroom. Boy, was I wrong. The first murder in decades brings New Orleans homicide detective Bobby Doucet to town. Our attraction is instantaneous. Bobby is on the trail of a serial killer and our victim fits the profile of the others, as does the next one. And the next. Life becomes dangerous, chaotic, damn near unbelievable. Covens, witch hunters, magic, a lone black wolf where she doesn’t belong and suddenly my life is in danger. Events in his past have caused Bobby to harbor an intense hatred of all things supernatural; he believes anyone who pretends to have psychic abilities is a liar, a charlatan and a thief. Which makes it kinda hard to tell him . . . the murder victims have been talking to me.

Download or read book Heat of the Moment written by Lori Handeland and published by Lori Handeland. This book was released on 2022-02-21 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love is timeless . . . The folks in my hometown of Three Harbors call me Doc Becca aka Rebecca Carstairs. As long as I can remember I have heard the thoughts of animals, but I learned to keep those “conversations” to myself. Crazy is as crazy does, and a veterinarian who thinks she can talk to animals doesn’t last long in small town Wisconsin. A string of missing pets are found mutilated in the abandoned “witch’s house,” which also happens to be the childhood home of the only man I’ve ever loved. Owen McAllister broke my heart when he joined the Marines and left me behind. Now he’s back following an accident that left both Owen and his K-9 counterpart in bomb detection injured. Being over him was easy when he wasn’t everywhere I turned. However, the missing animals are only the beginning. Pentagrams, cults, witches—real ones—show up with disturbing speed. And what about the wolf with the oddly human, florescent green eyes that has been a companion since childhood? When a stranger arrives calling me sister, questions about my past resurface, but before they can be answered, someone tries to kill me. After that, there’s no keeping Owen away. But who wouldn’t want a Marine and his military working dog as bodyguards when it seems like the whole world has gone mad?

Download or read book The Husband Quest written by Lori Handeland and published by Lori Handeland. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jilly Hart has been called many things. Gold digger. Trophy Wife. Serial bride. She's led a difficult life, so she doesn't believe in love or magic, only assets. She doesn't ever plan to be poor or hungry again.However, when finds herself a widow for the fourth time, she discovers all she has left is a nineteenth-century inn in South Fork, Arkansas. She heads there with plans to sell the place and start her quest for husband number five. Unfortunately the place is not only a wreck, but haunted. Evan Luchetti's brothers often tease him about being "just a gigolo." He's always been the brother all the women are crazy about. But all he wants is a family. When his latest relationship falters after he proposes, he decides to change his life--in Arkansas. He accepts a job restoring an old inn.When the two meet, sparks fly. But Evan wants forever and Jilly has three rules she lives by:Never, ever marry for love.Poor men are for play; rich men are for keeps.Old men are like fine wine. Once tasted, they don't last very long. They strike a partnership to restore the inn and sell it so that Evan can be paid the money he's owed and Jilly can move forward with her quest. But the longer they spend in each other's company, the more things change.Can Evan convince Jilly that love is magic and will make her so much richer than any life money can buy?

Download or read book Suddenly That Summer written by Lori Handeland and published by Lori Handeland. This book was released on 2023-05-05 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set during the same tumultuous era as THE WOMEN. 1967: They called it the Summer of Love . . . For small-town Wisconsin siblings Billy and Jay Johnson, it’s a summer of change, confusion, and self-discovery. Billy enlists in the army and is soon on his way to Vietnam. The letters and sketches he sends home tell the story of the crack-shot soldier he has become. ‘Slayer’ is a sniper the Vietcong both fear and loathe, an enemy they will never stop hunting. But the more violence Billy sees, the more he kills, the farther he drifts from who he thought he was––or at least who he thought he wanted to be. He draws strength from the friends he makes on his journey and the camaraderie he finds. Billy begins to wonder if he is there for the mission or the men or if, maybe, his mission has become these men. Jay expects to enjoy the summer with her three lifelong friends, but the Four Musketeers have grown up and grown apart leaving Jay adrift and alone. Then she meets Paul, the dazzling new boy from California, whose anti-war views make her question if things are as cut and dried as she’s been taught. Shouldn’t she be on the same side of this war as her brother, who believes just as strongly in the right of the conflict as the protestors believe in the wrong of it? Torn, Jay struggles to make sense of her lifelong beliefs versus the turning cultural tide when surprising support comes from the friends she thought she’d lost. From the voice of New York Times bestselling author Lori Handeland, a heartfelt, coming-of-age story that brings back the feelings of innocence, fireworks and fireflies, warm summer sun on your skin––and the moment you realized everything was about to change.

Download or read book Just Once written by Lori Handeland and published by Lori Handeland. This book was released on 2023-03-15 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if you could start over––right at the moment where it all went wrong? Twenty-four years ago, Frankie’s marriage ended. Now, her ex-husband—Charley Blackwell, a world-famous photojournalist—has walked through the door as if no time has passed. And for him, it hasn’t. Illness has stolen his long-term memory. Once upon a time, Frankie and Charley were the perfect couple—utterly, completely, sickeningly in love. They shared a passion for photography, but where Frankie saw the way the world came together, Charley only saw how the world came apart. The cards of fate dealt them a hand that broke their marriage. Yet, Charley is the only man Frankie ever truly loved, and in Charley’s mind they are right back in that era of complete marital bliss. But Frankie has moved on to a new life, Charley to a new wife. One he doesn’t remember at all. Three people trapped in a collision of love, life, and loss. What do you do when you are forgotten? What do you do if you are the one who is remembered? From the voice of New York Times bestselling author Lori Handeland, this heart-wrenching but ultimately uplifting novel contains the humor, depth of characterization and fast paced plot lines she is known for while showcasing the author’s incredible range.

Download or read book In the Midnight Hour written by Lori Handeland and published by Lori Handeland. This book was released on 2023-08-31 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just when I thought it was safe to go home… I’ve been running too long. I’d gotten sloppy. Sloppy gets you captured. But it turns out, the very one I thought I had to hide from, saved me. I just want to live peacefully. But happy family, er, pack reunions don’t seem to be in my future. When my secret is used against me, I’m forced to run again. This time, help comes from the most unexpected source, the greatest werewolf hunter of all time, Edward Mandenauer. To get what we both want—the end of the sadistic, yet sexy, werewolf Zane—Edward and I join forces. But Zane isn’t working alone. Nor is he who or what he says he is. He’s much, much more… All I want is the life I believed I’d lost, but at this rate, I’ll end up captured, imprisoned, enslaved . . . or dead. From the voice of New York Times bestselling author Lori Handeland, the final installment in the Midnight Madnesstrilogy takes you deep into her Nightcreature world, complete with the humor, depth of characterization and fast-paced plot lines the author is known for while showcasing her incredible range.

Download or read book Nothing Good Happens After Midnight written by Lori Handeland and published by Lori Handeland. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They say a mother will do anything for her child . . . I’m living proof This nightmare began when I got the call every parent dreads. My daughter, Jenna, was missing from her college campus. Of course, my mind went to the worst place. After all, my late husband was a powerful senator. Was this some political payback? I call in a favor and soon I’m partnered with an FBI sex trafficking agent. He tells me local girls have been disappearing for some time now, and he finally has a lead. But what we find at that abandoned warehouse is something out of a horror movie. Werewolves! Two rival packs, their alphas fighting, winner take all––the pack and the trafficked girls. The werewolves must replenish their breeders, recently decimated by a virus that killed only the females. But Jenna’s been keeping a secret, which only makes two of us. Though I should be angry, I know the lies I’ve told play a huge role in why we’re here. I’ll do anything to make it right. No way is my girl going to become a sacrificial mate for the greater good––even if she is the ‘chosen one.’ So, I do what any mother would do, I take her place, offering myself to Gideon, the winning alpha, as his mate. Gideon’s goal is to live in harmony with the human world, but there are others who exist for the power, for the violence, and they don’t plan to let peace prevail. There’s a civil werewolf war brewing and I am right in the middle of it. From the voice of New York Times bestselling author Lori Handeland, a new volume in her Nightcreature world, complete with the humor, depth of characterization and fast-paced plot lines she is known for while showcasing the author’s incredible range.

Download or read book Dark Moon written by Lori Handeland and published by Lori Handeland. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the moon goes dark, secrets come to light . . . The bronze nameplate on my desk reads Dr. Elise Hanover-Virologist. I’ve made it my mission to cure lycanthropy. My life depends on it. I am a werewolf too. I’ve been holed up in a secret Montana compound for . . . what year is it? Let’s just say it’s been a while. But when the compound blows sky high and the biggest, baddest, craziest werewolf of all escapes, I’m thrown together with FBI agent, Nic Franklin. Unfortunately, he’s the man whose heart I broke once upon a time, and he hasn’t forgotten, or forgiven, me yet. My boss, Edward Mandenauer, is just waiting for a reason to put a silver bullet in my brain and the way things are going, downhill at epic speed, he may have found the perfect excuse. The worst part? I love Nic again, or maybe I love him still, and a weakness like that is certain to get both of us killed. exciting must read with fast paced action, romantic plot line fantasy with strong heroine, captivating must read romance with murder, fantastic plot line paranormal romance, fast wit romance, unique supernatural plot line, fast paced werewolf plot

Download or read book An Outlaw in Wonderland Vengeance Deception and Redemption in the Old West written by Lori Handeland and published by Lori Handeland. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author Lori Handeland: Vengeance, Deception and Redemption in the Old West Once Upon a Time . . . A Spy Was Born Convinced his actions will save countless lives by shortening the war, Union doctor Ethan Walsh agrees to share with his government what he learns while working undercover in Chimborazo Hospital, deep in the heart of Dixie. Confederate nurse Annabeth Phelan lost her entire family, save one brother, to the war. When that brother goes missing due to information gleaned by a spy, she swears to discover the culprit. But spying is a dangerous game. Lives change, lives end once the truth is discovered, and falling in love amid the chaos of conflict doesn’t stand the test of time. Separated by tragedy, the two fall down rabbit holes they never could have imagined. Reunited years later, now an outlaw and healer, Ethan and Annabeth must ask themselves . . . Can a love born amid desperation and lies survive? Fans of Cynthia Roberts, Isabel Keats and Kirsty McCafrey will love this gritty, steamy, emotional tale of the Old West.

Download or read book Dances With Demons written by Lori Handeland and published by Lori Handeland. This book was released on 2014-04-11 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is anything easy when you're saving the world? Name’s Megan Murphy and just yesterday I was a widowed mom doing her best to keep it together. Then a demon came calling and blew my tavern sky-high. Next thing I know I’m on the run with my klutzy day shift bartender, the exceedingly gorgeous Quinn Fitzpatrick. Thanks to my best friend, Liz Phoenix—Leader of the Light aka the good guys fighting a demon-induced Apocalypse—I’m familiar with the supernatural world. Therefore, it doesn’t surprise me, much, to learn that Quinn isn’t as klutzy as he makes out, nor as human as I believed. He was sent to protect me from anything that slithers. Quinn thinks the safest place for us is one that’s far, far away, a place he once called home. Ireland—land of fairies and leprechauns, trolls, dragons and more. Alone in the Irish countryside with a man like Quinn . . . well, things happen. Awesome things. Things that haven’t happened to a lonely widow in a very long time. But Quinn has secrets. Who doesn’t? Will his secrets save us, or get both of us killed?

Download or read book Full Moon Dreams written by Lori Handeland and published by Lori Handeland. This book was released on 2013-12-22 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What secrets does this 19th century traveling show hold? Emmaline Monroe was born into the magic and mystery of the circus. When fellow performers begin to meet suspicious deaths on the nights of the full moon, Emma knows she should trust no one. However the lovely tiger tamer is unable to curb her growing attraction to a mysterious stranger. Johnny Bradfordini has been plagued by violent dreams. Uncertain of the depth of his own inner darkness, nevertheless he joins the circus to discover the truth of his past. He finds himself drawn into their world, even as he is drawn to Emma. Is Johnny endangering her and everyone she holds dear? Or can the fiery beauty save them both with her love? werewolf romance, werewolf romance books, circus romance, circus historical romance, shapeshifter romance books, historical paranormal romance novels, historical paranormal romance books