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Lori Handeland (born 1961) is an American author of romance novels. She has twice won the Romance Writers of America RITA Award. Biography Handeland has wanted to be a writer since she was 10 years old. As an adult, she wrote her first book in a two-year span. It was chosen for publication. Handeland has written over 30 novels. For St. Martin's Press, Handeland writes single-title paranormal suspense romance novels, some of which are written in first person narrative. She has also had several contemporary romance novels published in the Harlequin Superromance category line. Handeland is a two-time winner of the Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA Award, in 2005 for Best Paranormal Romance for Blue Moon and in 2007 for Best Long Contemporary Romance for The Mommy Quest. She has also been nominated seven times for Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards, winning in 2005 for A Soldier's Quest. Handeland is married and has two sons. Bibliography Stand-Alone Novels Second Chance (1994) Charlie and the Angel (1995) Shadow Lover (1995) D.J.'s Angel (1995) Full Moon Dreams (1996) By Any Other Name (1998) Dreams of an Eagle (1998) When You Wish (2000) An Outlaw for Christmas (2001) Red Moon Rising (2015), a novella previously published in the anthology Stroke of Midnight Series Precious Gems Historical Romance line Lori Handeland is but one of multiple authors that wrote mostly non-related romance stories for this now defunct line of books 35 Just After Midnight (1999) 67 Loving a Legend (2000) Harlequin Superromance line Lori Handeland is but one of many authors that write or have written mostly non-related romance stories for this line of books 922 Mother of the Year (2000) 969 Doctor, Doctor (2001) 1004 Leave It to Max (2001) 1063 A Sheriff in Tennessee (2002) 1099 The Farmer's Wife (2002) Luchetti Brothers series Part of the Harlequin Superromance line, but with connected characters 1151 The Daddy Quest (2003) 1193 The Brother Quest (2004) 1226 The Husband Quest (2004) 1293 A Soldier's Quest (2005) 1334 The Mommy Quest (2006) Rock Creek Six series Books 2, 4, and 6 of this series were written by Linda Devlin 1 Reese (2001) 3 Rico (2001) 5 Nate (2002) Night Creature series 1 Blue Moon (2004) 2 Hunter's Moon (2005) 3 Dark Moon (2005) 4 Crescent Moon (2006) 5 Midnight Moon (2006) 6 Rising Moon (2007) 7 Hidden Moon (2007) 8 Thunder Moon (2008) 9 Marked by the Moon (2010) 10 Moon Cursed (2011) 11 Crave the Moon (2011) The Phoenix Chronicles 1 Any Given Doomsday (2008) 2 Doomsday Can Wait (2009) 3 Apocalypse Happens (2009) 4 Chaos Bites (2010) Shakespeare Undead Shakespeare Undead (2010) Zombie Island (2012) Sisters of the Craft In The Air Tonight (June 2015) Heat of the Moment (June 2015) Smoke on the Water (August 2015) Collections Trick or Treat (1997) (with Lark Eden, Stobie Piel and Lynda Trent) The Farmer's Wife / Dreamless (2002) Then He Kissed Her (2003) (with Kate Donovan and Julie Moffett) Stroke of Midnight (2004) (with Amanda Ashley, L A Banks and Sherrilyn Kenyon) Wrong Man / Daddy Quest (2004) (with Laura Abbot) Family of Her Own / Brother Quest (2004) (with Brenda Novak) Husband Quest / Operation - Texas (2004) (with Roxanne Rustand) Dates from Hell (2006) (with Kelley Armstrong, Kim Harrison and Lynsay Sands) My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding (2006) (with L A Banks, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, P N Elrod, Esther Friesner, Charlaine Harris, Sherrilyn Kenyon and Susan Krinard) Moon Fever (2007) (with Caridad Piñeiro, Maggie Shayne and Susan Sizemore) No Rest for the Witches (2007) (with MaryJanice Davidson, Cheyenne McCray and Christine Warren) Hex Sympols (TBA) References External links Official website. Discover the Lori Handeland popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Lori Handeland books.

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  • Suddenly That Summer synopsis, comments

    Suddenly That Summer

    Lori Handeland

    Set during the same tumultuous era as THE WOMEN.1967: They called it the Summer of Love . . .For smalltown Wisconsin siblings Billy and Jay Johnson, it's a summer of change, confus...

  • Doomsday Can Wait synopsis, comments

    Doomsday Can Wait

    Lori Handeland

    Werewolves? Vampires? Demons? Oh, my!Liz Phoenix here. Just a psychic excop who managed to thwart Doomsday.  But the army of demons intent on bringing about the Apocalypse ain...

  • Smoke on the Water synopsis, comments

    Smoke on the Water

    Lori Handeland

    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 c...

  • Nightcreature Collection synopsis, comments

    Nightcreature Collection

    Lori Handeland

    After dark, everything changes . . .Step into the world of the Nightcreaure Novels.  You may never step back out.(This collection contains Books 13)Blue MoonWhen darkness fall...

  • In the Midnight Hour synopsis, comments

    In the Midnight Hour

    Lori Handeland

    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, sav...

  • The Husband Quest synopsis, comments

    The Husband Quest

    Lori Handeland

    What's love got to do with it?When Jilly Hart becomes a widow for the fourth time and discovers all she has left in the world is a nineteenthcentury inn, she heads to South Fork, A...

  • Mommy for Rent synopsis, comments

    Mommy for Rent

    Lori Handeland

    A classic romantic novellaHumor with Heart!Kelly Rosholt has just opened a satellite office for her brain child, Rent a Mommy, in Wisconsin.  Once upon a time, all Kelly wante...

  • Just After Midnight synopsis, comments

    Just After Midnight

    Lori Handeland

    In the Yukon, nearly everything occurs just after midnight.  Even love.When her father is killed in an avalanche, Megan Daily finds herself the owner of The Celebration, a gli...

  • Charlie and the Angel synopsis, comments

    Charlie and the Angel

    Lori Handeland

    She was promised to God, until she met him.Charlie Coltrain has been an outlaw since the end of the Civil War. For the past year he has been working an honest job as a trail hand. ...

  • Moon Cursed synopsis, comments

    Moon Cursed

    Lori Handeland

    Legends never die . . .When her cable television show, Hoax Hunters, is canceled, Kristin Daniels is determined to turn things around.  Wouldn't debunking the biggest myt...

  • Dreams of an Eagle synopsis, comments

    Dreams of an Eagle

    Lori Handeland

    Winner of the PRISM Award for Dark ParanormalGenny McGuire lost everything in the War Between the States. Since then she has been haunted by the dream of a white eagle, which bring...

  • Marked by the Moon synopsis, comments

    Marked by the Moon

    Lori Handeland

    In the RITA® nominated Marked by the Moon, Alaska has never been so dangerous.Alexandra Trevalyn was once a member of an elite force of werewolf hunters, but these days she's going...

  • The Brother Quest synopsis, comments

    The Brother Quest

    Lori Handeland

    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 ...

  • Out of Her League synopsis, comments

    Out of Her League

    Lori Handeland

    How can a friendly little bet cause so much trouble?A classic contemporary romance. Humor with Heart!After the death of her husband, Evie Vaughn realizes her dream of becoming a hi...

  • The Daddy Quest synopsis, comments

    The Daddy Quest

    Lori Handeland

    Leaving Las Vegas . . .Upon discovering the father she's been told was dead is, in fact, alive, thirteenyearold Rayne Houston runs away, taking along her new friend, the Timinator....

  • Full Moon Dreams synopsis, comments

    Full Moon Dreams

    Lori Handeland

    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...

  • When Morning Comes synopsis, comments

    When Morning Comes

    Lori Handeland

    In a battle of wits and wills between a Yankee Major and a Southern belle, who will win the war?The Civil War is over for Union Major Seth Torrance, yet he continues to fight it ev...

  • Rico synopsis, comments

    Rico

    Lori Handeland

    If you liked the Magnificent Seven, you'll love the Rock Creek Six!Six elite Confederate soldiers band together after the War Between the States, hiring out their guns to protect l...

  • Crescent Moon synopsis, comments

    Crescent Moon

    Lori Handeland

    Will he kiss me, or will he kill me?Cryptozoology, the study of and search for legendary creatures, is my life's work. I've chased things no one has ever heard of. For over a ...

  • Just Once synopsis, comments

    Just Once

    Lori Handeland

    What if you could start over––right at the moment where it all went wrong?Twentyfour years ago, Frankie's marriage ended. Now, her exhusbandCharley Blackwell, a worldfamous photojo...

  • Rising Moon synopsis, comments

    Rising Moon

    Lori Handeland

    Everything was all right until that photograph showed up in my mailbox. No, that isn't true. Nothing has been all right since my sister vanished into thin air.The sign outside...

  • Thunder Moon synopsis, comments

    Thunder Moon

    Lori Handeland

    A storm beneath the Thunder Moon is both rare and powerful. My Cherokee greatgrandmother believed that on this night magic happens. She neglected to mention that magic can kill.Aft...

  • The Lone Warrior synopsis, comments

    The Lone Warrior

    Lori Handeland

    Once Upon a Time . . .Love Healed More Than a Broken HeartAfter years spent in a Union prison, Luke Phelan goes West to fight the Indians. He soon realizes he can't stomach the sla...

  • Crave the Moon synopsis, comments

    Crave the Moon

    Lori Handeland

    In the first century, he lived for vengeanceDuring the second, he hungered for bloodBy the third, he yearned for destructionBut eventually . . .All he craved was the moonGina O'Nei...

  • In the Air Tonight synopsis, comments

    In the Air Tonight

    Lori Handeland

    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 ...

  • Midnight Moon synopsis, comments

    Midnight Moon

    Lori Handeland

    Death is not the end . . . I hope.A corrupt, lying, dangerous husband landed me in witness protection. They gave me a new identity and insisted I change my life. I am now Priestess...

  • An Outlaw for Christmas synopsis, comments

    An Outlaw for Christmas

    Lori Handeland

    Can love survive the revelations of an outlaw past?Aboard an orphan train bound for Kansas, a little redheaded girl meets a streettough fifteenyearold boy.  Only with Noah doe...

  • In the Beginning synopsis, comments

    In the Beginning

    Lori Handeland

    From New York Times Bestselling author Lori Handeland, comes a prequel short story for her urban fantasy world, The Phoenix ChroniclesLiz Phoenix does her best not to let anyone on...

  • Shakespeare Undead synopsis, comments

    Shakespeare Undead

    Lori Handeland

    A funfilled fantasy romp through Elizabethan England . . .It has been said that one man could not possibly have created all the works attributed to William Shakespeare.  Howev...

  • Beauty and the Bounty Hunter synopsis, comments

    Beauty and the Bounty Hunter

    Lori Handeland

    Once Upon a Time . . .Beauty Became the Bounty HunterCathleen Chase was an unassuming farmer's wife until her husband was gunned down in front of her. Desperate for revenge, she of...

  • Nothing Good Happens After Midnight synopsis, comments

    Nothing Good Happens After Midnight

    Lori Handeland

    They say a mother will do anything for her child . . . I'm living proofThis nightmare began when I got the call every parent dreads. My daughter, Jenna, was missing from her colleg...

  • Chaos Bites synopsis, comments

    Chaos Bites

    Lori Handeland

    It's not the end of the world . . . yet. I'm Liz Phoenix, just a psychic excop thrust into a job I never wanted. Savior of the World.  It's bad enough the Apocalypse is b...

  • Apocalypse Happens synopsis, comments

    Apocalypse Happens

    Lori Handeland

    In a world gone mad, who can be trusted?As the leader of the forces of light, it's me, Liz Phoenix, who is front and center in the effort to save mankind from destruction. Sometime...

  • Nate synopsis, comments

    Nate

    Lori Handeland

    If you liked the Magnificent Seven, you'll love the Rock Creek Six!Six elite Confederate soldiers band together after the War Between the States, hiring out their guns to protect l...

  • The Mommy Quest synopsis, comments

    The Mommy Quest

    Lori Handeland

    What do you do when you need a mommy too?Winner of the RITA® Award for Long Contemporary Romance!Once upon a time, Tim Luchetti went searching for a daddy and found one in Dean Luc...

  • Hidden Moon synopsis, comments

    Hidden Moon

    Lori Handeland

    Forbidden love? Simply irresistible . . .Lake Bluff, Georgia, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, was once my home.  But when the bright lights of Atlanta beckoned, Clai...

  • Shadow of the Moon synopsis, comments

    Shadow of the Moon

    Lori Handeland

    A Nightcreature short story featuring Jessie McQuade and Will Cadotte from the RITA Award winning BLUE MOONWhen Will and I are sent to a small Wisconsin town to investigate a ...

  • Heat of the Moment synopsis, comments

    Heat of the Moment

    Lori Handeland

    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 learn...

  • Blue Moon synopsis, comments

    Blue Moon

    Lori Handeland

    Winner of the RITA® Award for Best Paranormal Romance!When darkness falls, another world comes alive . . .The summer I discovered the world was not blackandwhite but a host of anno...

  • Dark Moon synopsis, comments

    Dark Moon

    Lori Handeland

    As the moon goes dark, secrets come to light . . .The bronze nameplate on my desk reads Dr. Elise HanoverVirologist. I've made it my mission to cure lycanthropy. My life depen...

  • An Outlaw in Wonderland synopsis, comments

    An Outlaw in Wonderland

    Lori Handeland

    Once Upon a Time . . .A Spy Was BornConvinced his actions will save countless lives by shortening the war, Union doctor Ethan Walsh agrees to share with his government what he lear...

  • Blame It On Midnight synopsis, comments

    Blame It On Midnight

    Lori Handeland

    I saved my daughter. But how do I save myself?I did what I had to. Try and kill my girl? I will end you faster than you can say have mercy. Sure I broke a cardinal pack rule, which...

  • Reese synopsis, comments

    Reese

    Lori Handeland

    If you liked the Magnificent Seven, you'll love the Rock Creek Six!Six elite Confederate soldiers band together after the War Between the States, hiring out their guns to protect l...

  • Any Given Doomsday synopsis, comments

    Any Given Doomsday

    Lori Handeland

    Preventing the Apocalypse, one demon at a time . . .Elizabeth Phoenix, Liz to my friends, just an excop whose psychic abilities got her partner killed. Next thing I know, I'm fight...

  • Dances With Demons synopsis, comments

    Dances With Demons

    Lori Handeland

    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 t...