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L. A. Banks

Personal Information

Born December 11, 1959
Died August 2, 2011 (51 years old)
Philadelphia, United States
Also known as: Leslie Ann Peterson Esdaile Banks, Leslie Esdaile
50 books
3.9 (61)
326 readers

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Leslie Ann Peterson was born on 11 December 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania Wharton undergraduate program with a Master's in Fine Arts from Temple University. Under different pennames, she wrote over 40 novels, 20 novellas y some non-fiction books in a wide range of genres and. She mysteriously shape-shifts between the genres of romance, women's fiction, crime/suspense thrillers, and paranormal lore. She wrote as Leslie Esdaile, Leslie E. Banks, Leslie Banks, Leslie Esdaile Banks and L. A. Banks. In 2008, she was the recipient of the Essence Magazine Storyteller of the Year Award, as well as the Best 50 Women in Business Award for the State of Pennsylvania. In 2009, she was the recipient of the Romantic Times Booklover's Career Choice Award for Paranormal Fiction, and in 2010 was named Living Legend by the Black Alumni Society of University of Pennsylvania. This full-time writer passed away in 2 August 2011.

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Sundance

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When ever-adventurous Robin Grayson hatches a plot to spend the summer cooking at the former homestead of her great-grandparents, the new owner - widower Craig Cameron - greets her unenthusiastically. Yet, for the sake of his two sons, he agrees to let the beautiful redhead stay on a trial basis.

Blind trust

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Laura Caldwell is ready to put a dangerous chapter in her life behind her, but her enemies have different plans…After bringing down Philadelphia’s most prominent families, Laura’s ready to enjoy the fruits of her victory—millions in the bank, a sumptuous villa in the Cayman Islands, and a steamy new romance with detective James Carter. But when Laura’s cousin’s car explodes and her uncle is implicated as the prime suspect in a high-profile murder, Laura knows her past is coming back with a vengeance. Philly’s corrupt families want their money and power returned—and they want to destroy Laura in the process. It’s the biggest battle of Laura’s life—because it’s the first time she has so much to lose…

Never Cry Werewolf

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The last fight between the werewolf clans spilled onto the streets of New Orleans—and now the whole city’s on red alert. Martial law has gone into effect. Mediums, ghost hunters, and other supernatural pundits have taken over the media, swarming the Big Easy to expose the hard truth about lycanthropes. And to make matters worse, a beastly killer is clawing up humans… Secret government operative Sasha Trudeau doesn’t like what she’s seeing—a series of brutal and bloody slayings that appear to be wolf-like attacks. It might be the work of a copy cat killer—vampire or Unseelie or some other enemy of the Seelie clan. But while Sasha races to find suspects and motives, the panic level is rising—and the city’s human population is clamoring for an all-out wolf hunt…

Creepin’

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Welcome to a world of werewolves, vampires, demons and mere mortals, where, in the name of revenge, five women are about to live out their wildest fantasies—even if it means crossing over to that other side…Five of today's most provocative authors invite you into a realm beyond the limits of your sensual imagination, where anything can happen—and does. In these stories of bloodlust and vengeance, of scorching desire and otherworldly fantasies come true, you'll encounter five women who thought they had it all, until a betrayal takes them on a feverish journey to the dark edge of vengeance. Fueled by lust and deception, these women are going to let their voracious appetites guide them as they take justice into their own hands.…

Hotter Than Hell

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In Hell’s Belles and The Road To Hell, Jackie Kessler brought readers into an unforgettable Underworld populated by alluring demons and sexy devils. Now Daunuan, the most irresistible incubus of all, is facing one Hell of a challenge… So whose soul do you have to damn to get a promotion around here? Daunuan was never the ambitious type. There’s so much to love about his job just the way it is—mind-blowing sexual prowess, the power to seduce any human, excellent dental plan. But now Pan, the King of Lust, has offered to make Daun his right-hand incubus—a position other demons would give their left horn for. All he has to do is entice a soul destined for heaven into a damnable act of lust. Should take, oh, seven minutes, tops. Then he meets his target, Virginia Reed. She’s cute. Funny. Smart. Unfathomably resistant to his charms. He can’t understand it. But Daun has centuries of seduction to his credit. He’s the best there is. Sooner or later he’ll transform this polar icecap of a female into a pool of molten desire, and every instinct tells him she’ll be worth the effort. Meanwhile, he has to deal with a plague of rogue demons Hell-bent on taking him down, sent by an unknown enemy with a serious grudge. And one other problem: the dawning realization that he’s falling in love—that unholiest of four-letter words—with the woman he’s about to doom for all eternity… Praise for Jackie Kessler “Funny, sexy, and utterly original! Kessler will seduce you.” —Gena Showalter, New York Times bestselling author “A demonic thrill ride with heart and soul. Kessler is one of a kind!” —Jaci Burton, author of Hunting the Demon

My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding

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Werewolves, vampires, and Elvis populate this collection of all new and original supernatural wedding stories from such award-winning authors as Sherrilyn Kenyon, Charlaine Harris, L.A. Banks, and Jim Butcher.

The ancestors

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The evils of the past haunt the present in a trio of stories from African-American writers.

Love Lessons

4.7 (3)
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A Guardian/Ward Romance Oliver Fleming, the young Earl of Pentagon, was initially opposed to taking on a 12 year old girl, Anne, as his ward. When he reluctantly becomes responsible for her, he is so unorthodox a guardian that by the time she is sixteen she has lived a socially isolated life, but has been encouraged by him to become an incomparable horsewoman and enthusiastic botanist. Anne is also shocked to discover that she is in love with her guardian. When she shares this revelation with him, Oliver’s reaction is to send her away in the hope that she will find someone more suitable ....