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Lori Wilde

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Born January 1, 1958 (68 years old)
Also known as: Laurie Blalock Moeller Vanzura, Laura Anthony
90 books
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583 readers

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Lori Wilde is a pen name of Laurie Blalock Vanzura, who was born in Texas, USA. She started writing at age eight. She credits her father, Fred Blalock, as the guiding force behind her career. She can't remember a time when she didn't want to write. She even went to nursing school so she could have a schedule flexible enough to allow her to write on the side. She nursed for 20 years, working in a variety of settings from the newborn nursery to the recovery room, to dialysis. But she never lost her desire to write. She sold her first book in 1994 as Laura Anthony, but later discovered she had a flair for comedy and branched out under the pseudonym Lori Wilde. She has achieved a lifelong dream and now pursues writing fiction full-time. First married with Anthony Moeller, now she is married with Bill Vanzura, her own real-life hero. She continued living in her native Texas, with a red heeler/Australian shepherd dog, Cinnamon, and four ducks, Quacker, Big Guy, Affleck, and Sheepidy. She is an adventuresome, she traveled Europe as a teenager, hiked volcanoes in Hawaii, trod on glaciers in Alaska, shot white-water rapids, water-skied, snow-skied, raced all-terrain vehicles, bodysurfed in the Gulf of Mexico, and photographed grizzly bears in Yellowstone. She's taken flying lessons, rode in a hot-air balloon, completed two marathons, and performed with a professional jazz band. You can visit her web site: www.loriwilde.com or write to her at loriwilde@yahoo.com

Books

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The Cowboy and the Princess

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Watch over a princess for the summer? Keep Her Royal Highness out of trouble? Not happening. But when the princess's brother asks reclusive rancher Owen Michaels for help with defiant Princess Delfyne, Owen can't say no.He should say no. Delfyne is regal. Gorgeous. Kind. And dangerous to this tormented cowboy's heart. Owen will have to fight his hardest to keep love awaybecause, despite their strong attraction, Delfyne is betrothed to another man!

The Christmas Backup Plan

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A regimented ex-Army man drives an irresistible wedding planner from Cupid to Twilight in the next Twilight, Texas, novel from New York Times bestselling author Lori Wilde. You are cordially invited to a Twilight, Texas, Christmas Wedding! The town is decorated, the cookies are made, and the stage is set . . . for love. Wedding planner Aria Alzate has one goal: to give her best friend a perfect day. But after a bump on the head, she's under doctor's orders not to travel on her own. So she's stuck on the road to Twilight with upright, uptight Remington Lockhart in the driver's seat. True, Remy is one long, tall, Texas male, but the ex-military man never saw a rule he didn't like -- making this one long road trip . . . Remy has left the military, but the military lifestyle has not left him. The uncertainty this ex-paratrooper encountered during his tour of duty has convinced him that plans -- combined with backup plans -- will keep life under control. Aria is undeniably tempting, but her fly-by-the-seat of her pants attitude is never going to work. Then a sudden snowstorm strikes, and these opposites come together in a night of unexpected passion. And suddenly the magic of a Twilight, Texas, Christmas takes hold, proving that sometimes the best plan is to have no plan at all.

Once Smitten, Twice Shy

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Legend claims this antigue Irish wedding veil can grant your heart's deepest desire. But be careful what you wish for... Wedding videographer Tish Gallagher is at the end of her rope. Her business is about to go bust. She's just spent her last buck on nonreturnable (but oh so fabulous) shoes. And her most sustainable relationship is with a pint of Haagen Dazs. So she makes a wish on the lucky wedding veil to get out of debt...and sees the man she never stopped loving, her ex-husband, secret service agent Shane Tremont. Sure, their chemistry was off-the-charts sizzling hot, but their clashes were legendary, and no amount of longing will change that. When her dream job of recording the first daughter's wedding appears out of the blue, Tish knows it's her only shot to get out of the red. Just one teensy glitch: Shane is the groom. From the moment they see each other, she knows nothing's changed--the same old black magic is still between them, as irresistible and potent as ever. But he's promised to another and Tish has been burned before. Will she always be...ONCE SMITTEN, TWICE SHY?

The Sweethearts' Knitting Club

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"Throw a penny in the fountain of the Twilight town square, and you'll be married to your first love..." For ten years, pretty Flynn MacGregor has been turning down the same solid, upright man's marriage proposal. Her friends at the Sweethearts' Knitting Club tell her they're a match made in heaven, but Flynn knows there's only one dangerous reason why she keeps saying no: high school sweetheart Jesse Calloway. She was just sixteen when Jesse was forced out of town under a cloud of suspicion . . . but he's never left her heart. Now Jesse is back, and every time she turns the corner he's there--gazing at her with his smoldering eyes and tempting her with his kisses. Jesse has never played by the rules, and he's made it clear that he's not going to now. And Flynn, who's always done just what her family, friends, and fellow knitters have told her to do, must finally break free and claim the love that binds Jesse to her heart.

There goes the bride

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Agatha receives a less than welcome invitation to ex-husband James's wedding to a beautiful, younger woman. But it's one wedding and a funeral when the bride is murdered on her big day.

Rules of the game

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BROOKE GORDON was wary of her new assignment. Directing commercials was a fine art, and she was more than good at it, but working with an athlete...? PARKS JONES was a novice in front of the camera but a master of the game of baseball. At the game of love he was a pro. Brooke was unwilling to get involved with someone she had to work with, so Parks suggested a compromise: On the set, she was the boss, but off it, he decided the rules of the game.

Kiss the Bride

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"Meet the people who make it all happen--the planners, the photographers, the musicians who have helped orchestrate the perfect day for countless couples--as they find their own happy endings in the second Year of Weddings novella collection"--

Lethal Exposure

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Hot bodies don't come any hotter than drop-dead-gorgeous PR whiz Sebastian Black. He's just stepped through the doors of luxurious spa Confidential Rejuvenations to save its shaky public image. But his image is the one that's causing a stir. Suddenly nurse Julie DeMarco is thinking less about becoming a sex therapist and more about sex....Julie has been playing The Good Girl her whole life. What she needs is the opportunity to be The Naughty Girl, and Sebastian is just the tasty stud--er, man to make it happen. After all, this is just about superhot sex. And Naughty Girls never, ever fall in love with their late-night bed buddies...do they?

I'll Be Home for Christmas

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"Comfort and Joy"--For Angie Bradford, this holiday season her miracle under the mistletoe arrived gift wrapped in a tall, handsome package called Josh Eagle ... "The Christmas Stocking"--Focused on the gift of giving, Amy Baran wasn't expecting anything under the Christmas tree this year. Luckily Gus Moss decided to stop resisting her ... "A Bright Red Ribbon"--For two years, Morgan Ames has promised to wait. In a sudden snowstorm, she discovers the joys of keeping her word. "Merry, Merry"--Peter King doesn't have struggling veterinarian Andi Evans's best interests at hears--until he falls in love with her ...

One-Click Buy: June Harlequin Blaze

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One convenient download. One bargain price. Get all June Harlequin Blaze with one click! Break into summer mode with the heat generated by these scorching tales of lust and love. Filled with sinfully sexy men and feisty, no-nonsense women, sizzling attraction and steamy trysts, these six Harlequin Blaze titles are guaranteed to make your pulse race and set your imagination afire. Bundle includes Crossing the Line by Lori Wilde, The Loner by Rhonda Nelson, Nobody Does It Better by Jennifer LaBrecque, Slow Hands> by Leslie Kelly, Sex By the Numbers by Marie Donvan and Below the Belt by Sarah Mayberry.

Rocky Mountain Heat

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Can two broken hearts become one? Attorney Jillian Samuels doesn't believe in true love and never wished for happily ever after. But when a searing betrayal leaves her jobless and heartbroken, a newly inherited cottage in Salvation, Colorado, seems to offer a fresh start. What she finds when she arrives shocks her: the most gorgeous and infuriating man she's ever met is living in her home! Tuck Manning was a gifted architect who left a skyrocketing career to care for his dying wife. But the life he's made for himself in this quiet town is turned upside down when Jillian appears on his doorstep. Tuck won't go without a fight, and the two resolve to live as roommates until they can untangle who owns the cottage. Yet as Tuck and Jillian's days--and nights--heat up, they realize more than property rights are at stake...and that sometimes, salvation comes when you least expect it

The Welcome Home Garden Club

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"Caitlyn Marsh stopped believing in happily-ever-after when high-school sweetheart, Gideon Garza, left for Iraq. Now she raises her small son while her matchmaking gardening club members drive her crazy. Then Caitlyn's world turns upside-down when Gideon swaggers back to Twilight. Gideon had left town in the middle of night with threats ringing in his ears. A lot of things have changed since then. This bad boy-turned-Green Beret bears scars from the war, the timid girl he loved is an independent mother, and the father who refused to recognize his son in life has, in death, left him a vast cattle ranch. He still aches for Caitlyn, and now there's a dark-haired boy who looks exactly like Gideon did at that age. Could the child be his? And can this war-weary soldier overcome the scars of the past to claim the family he so richly deserves?"--P. of cover.