Author Archives: Lori
For Lori, being an avid reader was inevitable as the daughter of two English Lit majors. It also didn’t hurt that her Grandmother was a children’s librarian so there were always plenty of books in the house. When she is not reading, she can be found performing in and choreographing musicals for local theater groups. She works full-time for the Federal government and juggles that, being a wife and mother, the theater and still finds time to read on a daily basis. She is rarely without a book in her purse and her husband loves to tell people about the time she pulled out a book and read at an NHL game.
Lori
July 4, 2015
Paranormal, Reviews, Young Adult
When Reece and her two best friends are in a serious car accident, Reece feels herself die. She does not stay dead. Miraculously, she survives and she wishes she had not. Nothing is the same without her two best friends. She hears things and has horrible nightmares. And no one believes her when she talks about the black panther that caused the accident. After all,
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Lori
July 4, 2015
Reviews, Romance, Young Adult
Arcadia, or Cadie as her friends call her, is 18 years old and she is sick of her life. Living in a small town, nothing ever happens. After losing her mother to cancer, Cadie has become mother to her little brother Daniel. She loves Daniel but she wants to be a normal teenager. So when she meets two very cute guys at a a party at a party who are on a road trip, she jumps at the opportunity to go along with them. She is instantly attracted to the older guy, Noah, and the feeling is mutual.
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Lori
May 29, 2015
Fantasy, Kids, Reviews
Welcome to the Isle of the Lost: the place where all of the fairy-tale villains have been banished. On an isolated island far away from the kingdom of Auradon, the inhabitants are forced to live inside a dome which blocks all magic. Malificent rules the island and is determined that one day she will have her revenge.
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Lori
April 22, 2015
Paranormal, Reviews, Young Adult
Brittany noticed that her best friend Emily had changed when she came back from spending the summer at her family’s farm. She was sad and quiet and she never ate. When Brittany discovered Emily’s body in her old fort, she could not believe that the cold, lifeless body lying there was her best friend. The strangest thing was that, despite a metal spike running through her body, there was no blood. Even stranger is that Emily begins appearing to Brittany and talking to her as if she never died. Brittany
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Lori
April 4, 2015
Kids, Paranormal, Reviews
Kendall Moorhead is having terrifying visions of her own death. Her boyfriend, Jason, thinks she needs to slow down with her ghost hunting, but Kendall knows that her gift was meant to help people. When the Mayor starts complaining about aches and pains, Kendall somehow senses that the Mayor’s problems are tied to an unhappy spirit. Kendall’s spirit guide, Emily, warns Kendall that she should
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Lori
April 3, 2015
Paranormal, Reviews, Young Adult
Laurel Sewell is struggling to figure out where she really belongs. She has no memory of Avalon, the faerie realm, but she is told that this is where she came from. Returning for the summer to study faerie magic, Laurel is amazed that everyone knows her but she cannot remember anyone. She struggles to catch up with classmates who excel at all the things she should know how to do. Avalon is
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Lori
April 3, 2015
Paranormal, Reviews, Young Adult
Laurel is back in school for her senior year. Now that she has chosen to be with her human boyfriend, David, Laurel is confident that this year will go smoothly. She is getting more skilled at mixing and, though she misses her Faerie guardian, Tamani, things are a lot less complicated without him around. So when Tamani shows up at Laurel’s school posing as an exchange student from Scotland, Laurel’s whole world goes into a tailspin.
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Lori
April 3, 2015
Kids, Paranormal, Reviews
Grace and Connor Tempest are still reeling from the discovery that not only are they dhampirs, (half-vampire/half-human), but also their father is Sidorio, self-proclaimed king of the Vampirates. When both are invited to spend time with their father, their reply to the invitation is an emphatic no. But when their superiors hear of this, they realize that this is the perfect opportunity to infiltrate the Vampirates and find out exactly what they are planning.
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Lori
April 3, 2015
Paranormal, Reviews, Young Adult
Aura has finally accepted the fact that her boyfriend Logan is not coming back. After his shading out, she had hoped to find a way to return him to ghost form and convince him to peacefully pass on, but months have gone by and she needs to move on with her life. She can’t deny her feelings for Zachary anymore and she has decided to explore those feelings and start dating him. Of course, shortly after her decision, who should reappear in ghost form but Logan.
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Lori
April 3, 2015
Fantasy, Kids, Reviews
In the final book of the Rowan of the Wood series, the Freak Squad is desperately trying to make sense of Cullen’s inheritance, a text written in an ancient language. They know it provides the secret for not only separating Rowan and Cullen, but also defeating Fiana once and for all.
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Lori
April 1, 2015
Paranormal, Reviews, Young Adult
Lark and Wren are twin sisters, but only Lark was born alive. Wren was stillborn, but her ghost has been with Lark since the day they were born. At first it was cool. Kids wanted to be friends with Lark and her ghost sister. But as she got older, people began to think she was crazy. One night, it got to be too much for her to bear and Lark tried to take her own life so that she could finally really be with her sister. Wren found a way to get help and Mace, a very attractive neighbor, saved Lark’s life.
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Lori
March 30, 2015
Paranormal, Reviews, Young Adult
Lisa Brooks lost her father in a tragic car accident that left her with a head injury. Her recovery is slow and she suffers from hallucinations, seeing not only her father but her dog who has not been seen since the night of accident. When Lisa’s therapist recommends her for a babysitting job, she jumps at the opportunity. Her mother is out of work because of injuries she sustained in the accident and Lisa
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Lori
March 24, 2015
Reviews, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult
Lila Merriweather has been on her own since her mother was brutally murdered. Working for her mother’s friend, Mo, as a thief gives her everything that she needs to survive. Life in Cloudburst Falls has its challenges, though. Avoiding the monsters that lurk in the alleys is not even the greatest danger. Far more dangerous are the families, and getting caught up in their war is what Lila wants to avoid at all costs, as that is exactly what got her mother killed.
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Lori
March 8, 2015
Reviews, Young Adult
Dara and Nick are as close as two sisters can be. Only thirteen months apart in age, they are not only sisters but best friends. John Parker, known as simply Parker to his friends, is their best friend, too. The trio is inseparable until the night that Parker kisses Dara. Nick is suddenly the third wheel and can only sit and watch helplessly as Parker and Dara are together, then break up and get back together again repeatedly.
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Lori
March 5, 2015
Paranormal, Reviews, Young Adult
Nat is one of the marked-people whose eyes are a different color, who bear some kind of mark on their body and possess some kind of power. Not accepted in society, the marked are either executed or shipped off to government facilities where they are studied and used.
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Lori
March 5, 2015
Paranormal, Reviews, Young Adult
Months have passed since Nat and Wes said their goodbyes. Nat is busy defending the Blue from government attacks, and Wes has resorted to racing cars while waiting for news about his sister. When Nat receives a telepathic distress call from her Sylph friend, Liannan, she sets off to find and save her.
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Lori
January 16, 2015
Paranormal, Reviews, Young Adult
Brandon is struggling to deal with the aftermath of a car accident that left his girlfriend dead. Though he had broken up with her minutes before the crash and did not even like her all that much, he never wished her dead. Worst of all is the way his parents are acting, as though they wish he had been the one to die. Before the accident, they tolerated him. Now, it seems just the sight of him sickens them. There is no one Brandon can talk to except for the beautiful statue of the girl that stands in the cemetery. Inexplicably drawn to her, this is the only place that Brandon finds comfort.
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Lori
January 16, 2015
Paranormal, Reviews, Young Adult
Hope Carmichael is finally going to get a chance to be a normal teenager. After surviving a horrific childhood abduction that changed her father into a hyper-vigilant, obsessively overprotective nightmare and resulted in the demise of her parents’ marriage, Hope has requested that she be allowed to move away from her father and back in with her mother. Suddenly, for the first time in her life, she has freedom. No one at her new high school knows about her past or the creepy mark that appeared on the back of her neck after her abduction-a mark that looks like a tattoo but has proven impossible to remove.
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Lori
December 9, 2014
Paranormal, Reviews, Young Adult
After working a disturbing and emotional missing person’s case that destroys her marriage, psychic Mira Tejedor is relieved to be asked to help with a boy who has stopped talking. Anthony Faircloth has not spoken in over a month, and doctors can find nothing wrong with him but his condition is worsening. Anthony’s mother decides that maybe Mira can help where doctors have failed. On her first meeting with Anthony, Mira finds herself actually inside Anthony’s mind, something that has never happened to her before.
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Lori
October 27, 2014
Reviews, Romance
Carly Daniels is desperate for money. Her mother, a gambling addict, has drained her bank account of the scholarship money she desperately needs to finish her college education. Desperate for quick cash, she agrees to go to work for the infamous Miss Black who runs a high-priced call girl ring. A chance encounter in Miss Black’s office with the famous rock star Adam Kincaid leads to a well-timed rescue when Carly’s first “date” takes a dangerous turn.
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