Bøker av Lori Handeland

What if you could start over--right at the moment where it all went wrong?Twenty-four years ago, Frankie's marriage ended. Now, her ex-husband-Charley Blackwell, a world-famous photojournalist-has walked through the door as if no time has passed. And for him, it hasn't. Illness has stolen his long-term memory.Once upon a time, Frankie and Charley were the perfect couple-utterly, completely, sickeningly in love. They shared a passion for photography, but where Frankie saw the way the world came together, Charley only saw how the world came apart. The cards of fate dealt them a hand that broke their marriage. Yet, Charley is the only man Frankie ever truly loved, and in Charley's mind they are right back in that era of complete marital bliss.But Frankie has moved on to a new life, Charley to a new wife. One he doesn't remember at all. Three people trapped in a collision of love, life, and loss.What do you do when you are forgotten? What do you do if you are the one who is remembered?From the voice of New York Times bestselling author Lori Handeland, this heart-wrenching but ultimately uplifting novel contains the humor, depth of characterization and fast paced plot lines she is known for while showcasing the author's incredible range.

"I saved my daughter. But how do I save myself? I did what I had to d kill my girl? I will end you faster than you can say have mercy. Sure I broke a cardinal pack rule, which will get me executed by my mate. If they find out. If they find me. Saved from capture by Zane, the sexiest of sexy werewolves, my rescue comes with a price. Zane wants a favor, one that could cause an all-out pack war. The last thing I need is to make more enemies, but lives are at stake if I don't make a stand. Not only that, but I have a secret. An impossible secret that is going to turn the entire werewolf world upside down."--

They say a mother will do anything for her child ... I'm living proof. This nightmare began when I got the call every parent dreads. My daughter, Jenna, was missing from her college campus. Of course, my mind went to the worst place. After all, my late husband was a powerful senator. Was this some political payback? I call in a favor and soon I'm partnered with an FBI sex trafficking agent. He tells me local girls have been disappearing for some time now, and he finally has a lead. But what we find at that abandoned warehouse is something out of a horror movie. Werewolves! Two rival packs, their alphas fighting, winner take all--the pack and the trafficked girls. The werewolves must replenish their breeders, recently decimated by a virus that killed only the females. But Jenna's been keeping a secret, which only makes two of us. Though I should be angry, I know the lies I've told play a huge role in why we're here. I'll do anything to make it right. No way is my girl going to become a sacrificial mate for the greater good--even if she is the 'chosen one.' So, I do what any mother would do, I take her place, offering myself to Gideon, the winning alpha, as his mate. Gideon's goal is to live in harmony with the human world, but there are others who exist for the power, for the violence, and they don't plan to let peace prevail. There's a civil werewolf war brewing and I am right in the middle of it.

Once Upon a Time . . . A Spy Was Born Convinced his actions will save countless lives by shortening the war, Union doctor Ethan Walsh agrees to share with his government what he learns while working undercover in Chimborazo Hospital, deep in the heart of Dixie. Confederate nurse Annabeth Phelan lost her entire family, save one brother, to the war. When that brother goes missing due to information gleaned by a spy, she swears to discover the culprit. But spying is a dangerous game. Lives change, lives end once the truth is discovered, and falling in love amid the chaos of conflict doesn't stand the test of time. Separated by tragedy, the two fall down rabbit holes they never could have imagined. Reunited years later, now an outlaw and healer, Ethan and Annabeth must ask themselves . . . Can a love born amid desperation and lies survive?

Once Upon a Time . . . Beauty Became the Bounty Hunter Cathleen Chase was an unassuming farmer's wife until her husband was gunned down in front of her. Desperate for revenge, she offered con artist Alexi Romanov anything if he would school her in the art of the dodge. Alexi didn't realize he'd turned Cathleen Chase into Cat O'Banyon, a ruthless bounty hunter who would stop at nothing to catch the man who murdered her husband, until she was gone. That she took the heart he didn't know he had along with her surprised him even more. Now Cat has a bounty on her head. Hunted by every gunslinger from Abilene to St. Louis to Denver, she won't last long without an ally. With little choice, she turns to Alexi for help. But, again, he has his price. Again, she will pay any cost. To survive, they must trust each other, but in a relationship forged from deception and lust, is trust even possible? And if they can't learn to trust, can they ever learn to love?

A fun-filled fantasy romp through Elizabethan England . . . It has been said that one man could not possibly have created all the works attributed to William Shakespeare. However, what if Shakespeare was not a man? What if Shakespeare was an immortal vampire? What if the Dark Lady of his sonnets was a zombie hunter? What if they met, fell in love, thwarted evil together . . .

"A contract of true love to celebrate."-The Tempest (Act IV, scene i) However, the course of true love never did run smooth . . . When William Shakespeare, vampire, and his Dark Lady, the zombie hunter Kate Dymond, are stranded on a mystical isle with a fairy, a werewolf and a sorcerer, strange things are afoot even before the zombies arrive. Will and Kate have bigger problems than the undead. Though their love is true and forever, Will's forever and Kate's are not the same. What will happen when she begins to age and he stays forever young? But first to the problems at hand: Can the two lovers band together to fight the zombie infestation? Will they be able to thwart the mad plans of a man who plans to release his zombie army on the shores of England and overthrow their beloved Queen Bess? En garde!

Preventing the Apocalypse, one demon at a time . . . Elizabeth Phoenix, Liz to my friends, just an ex-cop whose psychic abilities got her partner killed. Next thing I know, I'm fighting a supernatural battle against the Nephilim, monsters of Biblical proportion, intent on bringing about doomsday. If only I didn't have to work with the one, the only man I've ever loved, half-vampire Jimmy Sanducci. That relationship did not end well and I haven't forgotten, or forgiven, him yet. With new powers I'm unable to control, I'm forced to beg help from Sawyer, a powerful Navajo shapeshifter, a man who is sex in every form. As we spiral toward Armageddon, I'm caught between two worlds and two men. Will I succeed in saving us all, or will the world as we know it end?

Werewolves? Vampires? Demons? Oh, my! Liz Phoenix here. Just a psychic ex-cop who managed to thwart Doomsday. But the army of demons intent on bringing about the Apocalypse ain't done yet. Neither am I. I may have lost three quarters of my troops in the last battle, but with the backing of a half-vampire, a fairy and a Navajo skin-walker, three of the most powerful beings on earth, I'm in good shape. Or so I thought until the Naye'i showed up. They call her The Woman of Smoke and she's one scary demon. The Naye'i wants me dead. But lately, who doesn't?

As the moon goes dark, secrets come to light . . . The bronze nameplate on my desk reads Dr. Elise Hanover-Virologist. I've made it my mission to cure lycanthropy. My life depends on it. I am a werewolf too. I've been holed up in a secret Montana compound for . . . what year is it? Let's just say it's been a while. But when the compound blows sky high and the biggest, baddest, craziest werewolf of all escapes, I'm thrown together with FBI agent, Nic Franklin. Unfortunately, he's the man whose heart I broke once upon a time, and he hasn't forgotten, or forgiven, me yet. My boss, Edward Mandenauer, is just waiting for a reason to put a silver bullet in my brain and the way things are going, downhill at epic speed, he may have found the perfect excuse. The worst part? I love Nic again, or maybe I love him still, and a weakness like that is certain to get both of us killed.

A storm beneath the Thunder Moon is both rare and powerful. My Cherokee great-grandmother believed that on this night magic happens. She neglected to mention that magic can kill. After a freak thunderstorm, the elderly residents of Lake Bluff, Georgia begin to die. All eyes turn to the sheriff, to me, Grace McDaniel to find out why. Ian Walker, a Cherokee doctor who blends native and traditional medicine, arrives with the Thunder Moon. Ian hides both powerful medicine and a painful past. Despite my mistrust of strangers, of secrecy, of magic I want to trust him. As the creature preying on the town's residents gains strength and begins to kill not just the old but the young and healthy as well, Ian and I join together in a race to find the Cherokee legend become fact, the Raven Mocker. Can we stop this supernatural monster before it kills again?

It's not the end of the world--yet. But it's coming. Liz Phoenix has more to deal with than her dead lover visiting her in her dreams, now she has his shape-shifting baby. As she attempts to make sense of the chaos that is her life, while cheating death at every turn, Liz must call on the help of ex-lover Jimmy Sanducci, who may be the only one she can trust. Fleeing from those who want the baby dead, Liz must find the Book of Samyaza, which might contain the secret to raising the Navajo shaman, Sawyer, from the dead. To defeat the demons bent on bringing down Armageddon, she's going to need all the help she can get.

What do you do when you need a mommy too? Winner of the RITA(R) Award for Long Contemporary Romance! Once upon a time, Tim Luchetti went searching for a daddy and found one in Dean Luchetti. Now it's time for Tim's Mommy Quest and he has the perfect woman picked out: his principal, Stella O'Connell. Unfortunately, Dean and Stella have history . . . a lot of it. Stella left Gainsville, Illinois right after high school, never planning to come back. But an attack at her Los Angeles school has put her on mandatory leave. When the Gainsville Elementary principal is injured, Stella slides into her chair. Why does her problem child have to be Dean's son? In a plot to get Dean and Stella together, Tim misbehaves. He sets his father up on all sorts of terrible dates. The Mommy Quest is in full swing. However, when history rears its ugly head, can Dean and Stella overcome it and find happiness together? Most importantly, can they keep from hurting Tim, who has been hurt enough?

Winner of the RITA(R) Award for Best Paranormal Romance!When darkness falls, another world comes alive . . .The summer I discovered the world was not black-and-white but a host of annoying shades of gray was the summer a lot more changed than my vision.Call me Jessie, or better yet, Officer McQuade. On the night the truth began, our usually shy wolf population near my hometown of Miniwa, Wisconsin attacked. At the scene of the first crime, I found a wolf totem, which lead me to Professor Will Cadotte, an expert in Native American mythology, particularly of his tribe the Ojibwe.From day one, he annoyed me. Tall, dark and gorgeous, he's also funny, smart and nearly as sarcastic as I am. I felt things when I looked at him. I wanted to keep feeling them longer than was healthy for a woman like me. I know what I am. Better off alone.Nevertheless, we began to work together in an attempt to determine what was rotten in Miniwa. We were getting nowhere until the arrival of Edward Mandenauer, a self-proclaimed werewolf hunter.Sure, I laughed and then one of our dead bodies walked out of the morgue. After that . . . things got really strange.Now a rare Blue Moon approaches, making me wonder: Who can I trust when the moon is full?

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 moon Gina O'Neil will do anything to keep from losing the family ranch, except allow archeologist, Mateo Mecate, to dig there. Some secrets need to stay buried. Matt believes an ancient Aztec tomb lies beneath Nahua Springs Ranch. As finding it will restore his standing in the archeological community, he travels to Colorado to make his case in person. Gina plans to say no to the moldy, ancient academic, but Matt isn't ancient, and he convinces Gina to agree. Then they awaken something unspeakably evil―a centuries old werewolf with vengeance on its mind. A sorcerer of incredible power. Who will survive the battle to come?

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 myth of them all be just the thing to get her TV show back on the air? With that in mind, Kris sets off for Scotland to take on Nessie. On the shores of Loch Ness she meets mysterious and sexy Liam Grant, a caretaker of the loch. Their attraction is instantaneous. Then women start dying and it's looking like Nessie, benign for so long, might be changing her ways. As Kris, with the help of Liam, investigates both the killer and the monster, ancient mysteries come to light. It isn't long before the professional skeptic begins to suspect that this time the hoax is actually the truth. But as the killer sets his sights on Kris, she wonders: Will she take that secret to the grave?

What happens when G.I. Joe meets Jane of the Jungle? Winner of the Romantic Times Award for Best Harlequin Superromance! Upon discovering the woman he loves has married his brother, Bobby Luchetti, a U.S. Special Forces officer, accepts a mission deep into the heart of Mexico to rescue a kidnapped American. Dr. Jane Harker practices medicine in places no one else will go. When the super soldier shows up to rescue her, she points out that she doesn't need rescuing. She hasn't been kidnapped. Then someone tries to kill her. Now on the run, dragging along Lucky, Jane's one-eyed rescue mutt, they attempt to stay one step ahead of whoever has it in for Jane as they fight their growing attraction. But does this relationship stand a chance? Because getting through this alive is only the beginning . . .

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, Claire Kennedy had to answer. I'd dreamed of working in a newsroom, like my mother, for far too long. My father's sudden death brings me back. Definitely older, I thought I was a lot wiser. So how did I ended up finishing out my father's term as mayor? A band of Gypsies arrives to entertain at our Full Moon Festival, driving wagons as old and colorful as their ancestors, filled with animals both exotic and dangerous. They appear to have walked out of a bygone century. Their leader, Malachi Cartwright is not only attractive but secretive and mysterious.>Then all hell breaks loose. Wolf howls are heard in mountains that have been wolf-free for a century. A tourist is mauled, then disappears. Magical runes marked with Nazi symbols are found at the scenes of further attacks. As an eclipse approaches, enemies are everywhere. Is Malachi one of them?

Originally published: New York: Harlequin, 2004.

"Bobby Luchetti has been missing for quite some time when Colin receives a short message that makes no sense. Off he goes to Wind Lake, Minnesota to get to the bottom of things. He finds no answers when he arrives, but he does find a surprise."--Publisher's description.