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Laura Drake


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Laura Drake has always been a storyteller. She began on her front porch, telling ghost stories to the neighborhood kids. They ran screaming, but kept coming back for more. If she wasn't telling a story, she had her nose in one, bumping into students in the halls on her way to classes.

Her settings are Western, but Laura grew up in the suburbs outside Detroit. A tomboy, she's always loved the outdoors and adventure. In 1980 she and her sister packed everything they owned into their Pintos and moved to California, sight unseen.

There Laura met her husband, a motorcycling, bleed-maroon Texas Aggie, and her love affair with the West began. She rode a hundred thousand miles on the back of her husband's motorcycle, propping a book on his back and reading on the boring stretches. But you can't read all day and after awhile, her brain would empty of the day-to-day thoughts and cast about for something new to think about.

Then one day, riding into the small town of Kernville, California, a dog ran in front of the bike. After a gut clenching scare, it trotted back the way it came and they rode on. But she started thinking. What if someone came along and hit the dog? And what if a girl riding a motorcycle came along . . .

The idea grew into Laura's first novel, Her Road Home.
 

Genres: Romance, General Fiction
 
Series
Sweet on a Cowboy
   1. The Sweet Spot (2013)
   2. Nothing Sweeter (2014)
   3. Sweet on You (2014)
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Widow's Grove
   1. Her Road Home (2013)
   2. The Reasons to Stay (2014)
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Novels
   Twice in a Blue Moon (2015)
   Days Made of Glass (2015)
   Against the Odds (2016)
   The Road to Me (2022)
   Amazing Gracie (2023)
   For Roger (2023)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Cowboy Karma (2017)
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Laura Drake recommends
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A Bad Day for Sunshine (2020)
(Sunshine Vicram, book 1)
Darynda Jones
"A new town, new characters to become friends with, same snort-in-public humor . . . you're going to love this story!"
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Unstrung (2017)
Laura Spinella
"An absolutely riveting read. I highly recommend it."

Awards
Rita Awards Best First Novel winner (2014) : The Sweet Spot


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