Bøger af Lauren Marie

Cassie Holmes has made a big change. She left sunny, warm Arizona and moved to Seattle to join three friends in a new endeavor. Her first case involves the disappearance of a fourteen year old girl, Cami Reynolds. Her mother is desperate to find the young girl and, even though she doesn't have much money, hires Cassie for the job. The new private detective finds a dark underworld lurks under the Via-duct that runs along the Seattle Waterfront. In the process of her search, she meets Jack Donovan, a undercover detective connected to a Seattle drug task force. He's six-foot-four and tries to be an imposing presence in her life. He appears to her as a homeless man, but she knows he's a cop and as the two compare notes, discover their cases criss-cross paths.

Kris Bennett-Lake's world, after a year, isn't what she'd have thought it would be. She's married, with a three month old baby and magical powers wanted by evil demons, a ghost and an Oracle. Garda, the puppet master, has watched Kris for the right time to take her abilities and turn her to the dark side. He has a plan for her and brings his son, Guillermo, into the mix. Kris is thrown into a maelstrom, from being chained in a dungeon for eight years to making an illegal poison, White Dagger and after a vision that matches her with Guillermo is desperate to keep her husband, Roman, and son, Otter, safe. Will she accept her power and take her place in fighting evil or will she turn her back on the magick's and take another offer sending her to a different realm and another life? Will she be strong enough to save her family and the world where she exists?

Michael Grifka, just discharged from his military service after two tours, wants to go to his parents house in Montana, but he's taking the long way home. He needs to learn how to deal with civilian life again and figure out how he's going to deal with his dad who never wanted him to join the service. He hasn't seen his folks for twelve years. On his way through Kansas, he's ambushed by four men, who beat him up and dump him in a corn field. He's found by a young boy and his friends who think he's going to turn into a zombie. When Michael wakes up, he finds himself in the home of a woman who runs the farm. Shae MacDiarmid has two sons and Michael learns she is a strong. After her husband passed away five years earlier, she kept the farm. Her son's are eleven and fourteen and the most important thing in the world to her is their well being. She keeps the farm going to keep a roof over their heads. The family grabs Michael's heart and he doesn't want to leave, but knows he needs to get things settled at his home in Montana.

"I will call you Rochelle and you will love me..." Kris Bennett hears those words and discovers she's entered a world she never believed existed. After drinking a half glass of wine tainted with cyanide and spells her life is opened to the magick's and evil that she denied. Hiding her magical abilities from herself for many years, she finds she has much to learn. Roman, one of the lake guards, has served longer than required. More than one hundred years ago he lost the woman he loved and stays with the Lake Guards longer than necessary. He's told by the Oracle that Kris is an innocent who must be protected for the demon's coming for her. When he first touches Kris, an electrical charge wakes him up and he's he finds an attraction for the woman that means his life will change forever. Three demons, Abednego, Shadrach and Meshach, come after her, but unknown to them, they're directed by a stronger, higher level demon called Garda. He's a puppet master. With the help of three Lake Guardians and a witch, Kris takes her first steps into building her powers and facing the evil. Will Kris and Roman be able to merge together to fight the evil?

Anna Sheets has been running from her ex-husband for two years. She's been up and down the west and mid-western states, but finally finds a town, Willow Creek, Montana and job she likes and doesn't want to give it up. The people are nice and for the first time she feels safe. Sam Crawford, P.I., was hired by Anna's husband a year and half ago. He's found her in several different locations, but has lost her each time.Until he caught up with her in Truckee, Nevada, were they had an explosive one night stand that left them both breathless and re-evaluating the circumstances. Now, he's found her again and, instead of her running away, he wants her to run to him. He wants to help learn how to trust and feel safe again.

Read the exciting first series in the Canon City series by best-selling author, Lauren Marie. As kids, Lark Metcalfe and Charlie Stone saved each other and Canon City, Colorado from bullies, dark knights and alien invaders. Then one terrible night, Charlie accidentally killed his abusive father and Lark watched the police take her best friend away knowing she couldn't save him. Now, thirteen years later, Charlie has come home. He's driven a big rig around the country for all these years and is tired of being alone. Lark owns an on-line business and is engaged to be married on New Year's Eve, but she's haunted by a secret and very angry that Charlie just left her behind. Lark and Charlie have a lot of hurts to forgive. Will they be able to accept their past and rekindle the friendship and love that bound them so many years ago? Can they forgive each other and themselves for the dark secrets that are in their hearts and turn a childhood spark into a mature flame?

Once the film of Gabby's book is made, will she make it to the red carpet? Gabby Banks is a writer, whose post apocalyptic book - Ice Blue Eyes in the Desert Sun - is being made into a film. She's invited down to Arizona to observe the filming and meets British actor, Robert Shepard, who is playing one of her hero's. He read the book and fell for her picture on the cover, but Gabby has a ton of secret baggage from her last relationship that could make anything with Robert impossible. Will they make it to the red carpet for the film's opening night together or will Gabby continue to run away from Robert?

Kate Beck once was a nationally recognized figure skater. Eight years ago, on the brink of being one of the top three skaters in the United States, her dreams came crashing down at the hands of her coach and her mother. She walked away and has hidden from her mother ever since. Moving from place to place, she gets off a bus in Canon City, finds a job and settles in for the winter. She's been lonely and dreams that one day she'll meet a man, have a family and be able to stay in one place. It's been eight years of running. She hopes her mother has given up the search for her. Jay Hager grew up in Canon City. He once was an ice hockey player who got picked up by the NHL and played briefly for a junior team. At nineteen years of age, he blew his knee out and his career was at an end. He returned to Canon and bought a dilapidated skating rink. His business has done very well. He notices a beautiful strawberry blonde sits every weekend in the bleachers at the rink and she watches the skating classes and his pee-wee hockey team practice. He would like to get to know her, but finds a mystery around her. Will Kate stay long enough to find love or let her past fears overwhelm all the good emotions she feels for Jay? Will her mother find her and tear her new world apart?

In 1976, the Whear children come together to pack up the estate of their parent's after their Mother passes away. They find hidden on a shelf in their Mother's closet her journals that she started writing in 1920. They never knew how their parents met and what they discover opens their eyes to a world they never knew existed.Come back to 1920. Catherine Pieper is a country woman, married to her first husband, a gambler and drunk, who abuses her and treats her ill. They live on her father's estate Layne Hall. The place she was born and grew up. Through an event that she feels is preposterous, she is thrown into a situation that if she doesn't participate could lose her home. In a school for woman, Catherine meets James Whear. He teaches her many things and treats her with kindness. James is working off a debt owed to the schools director, Jacob Mansfield. His father, also a gambler, died leaving the family estate, Whear Hall, in the clutches of Jacob. She is his last client and after she's finished, his family home will return to him.As their feelings for one another grow deeper, the time comes for her to return to her abusive husband. Will they be able to find their way back to one another? Learn what the secrets hold.

A magical time-travel romance from debut author, Lauren Marie. A man, from 2008, falls 48 floors from a building in Seattle and wakes up in 1815 England. A woman, in 1815 England, watches a bright star fall from the sky. She travels to the future, but can't stay due to her lack of immunity to the 21st century diseases. Michael Drury and Emma Wallace have fallen in love but are torn between two worlds. He has family in the 21st century. She wants to stay with him, but continues to grow very ill, very fast. Spanning almost 200 years, will their love be able to exist in the same time?

Attention all horse lovers! Lauren Marie pens another adventure featuring her beloved Starhorses. We've all heard about Rudolph, the reindeer with the red nose that helped Santa deliver toys and presents. Did you know before Rudolph there was a Star Horse named Starlight Dancer, who also helped save Christmas. As Christmas Eve is drawing near, The whole North Pole is filled with cheer.The elves make presents and ready the sleigh, Getting all set for the great big day.But trouble is lurking around the bend, A new bad guy and his feathery friend.The Anti-Claus is on the prowl, Making mischief with his evil pet owl.Can Starlight Dancer help Santa's sleigh?Or is it too late to save Christmas Day? Starlight Dancer joins the ranks of Starfire and Luna of the Starhorses who save the day. Illustrated by paintings by Jenna Leigh, Lauren Marie's verses pulls the reader into an exciting adventure for all ages in this powerfully poetic and beautifully illustrated book. All these horses are real horses raised by Lauren Marie on her ranch in Northern California. Don't forget to check out Lauren Marie's and Jenna Leigh's other Starhorse books, Emma and Starfire and The First Seahorse.