The Montgomery Arrangement Cover Reveal

 

I’m proud to announce my next novel, book three in the Unexpected Mergers trilogy, The Montgomery Arrangement!

 

This marks the end of my very first series and I am equal parts relieved and sad. I’m glad to be done with this huge undertaking, but I will miss the characters and the world. I’ve spent the last three years with them and it’s hard to say goodbye, but I’m so excited to share this last story with all of you. And I might not be completely done with them – there could be short stories to go along with the books in the very near future!

Here's what this story is about:

 

               Paige Montgomery had never given the future much thought until the opportunity of a lifetime fell into her lap. Confronted with a life-changing path, she decides that a vacation to the Florida Keys with her best friends, the Alexanders, will clear her head. However, Bryce Alexander has other ideas.

Bryce proposes an arrangement, something casual and mutually beneficial to help them both relax while they’re away from it all. There are only two conditions - no one can know and absolutely no emotions can be involved. Though he’s seven years younger, Paige thinks there could be merit in his suggestion.

But Paige can't escape the reality of where her life is headed or her long-time friend, Levi, who has his sights set on her. But, what do they really mean to each other? And does Bryce mean more? While Bryce tries his hardest to escape the spotlight and new reputation, Paige has to wrestle with the idea that she could just be a distraction to him. With a years-long friendship on the line, will they take a chance on love?

 

Thank you to all the readers who have been keeping up with the story so far. I truly hope this ending does everyone justice and can’t wait to share more with you in the coming months.

 

The Montgomery Arrangement

Pre-Order: December 13, 2022

Release: January 24, 2023

The Donne Deal Cover Reveal

Right on the heels of The Depths of Time release, I’m here with more exciting news! The second book in the Unexpected Mergers series is here!

If you’ve kept up with me on my author and Amazon page, you would have already seen this (I’m a little behind). But, for those of you who are new to the party, I’m proud to announce The Donne Deal, book two in Unexpected Mergers!

The Donne Deal

Preorder October 12, General Release November 23

Home is where the heart is…

Kindall Armstead was content with her life in the heart of Manhattan. She had a successful career and a welcome lack of romance to muddle things up. So, when Texas cowboy Clint Donne walks into her life, it’s more than her client’s wedding that he crashes. Before she knows it, her one-time fling has turned into something far more dangerous, and Kindall now finds herself skipping a tropical vacation in favor of a heated Texas ranch in need of serious help.

With family drama, deep secrets and a suspicious local creating trouble for her, Kindall barely has time to plan the Donne's’ annual family festival, much less think about the complicated, messy feelings she has for a smooth cowboy with a crooked grin.

With much more at stake than just her heart, can this city girl go back to her roots—or will she shake the dust from her designer shoes and turn her back on the only place that is starting to feel like home?

I’m very excited for this release! It was by far the hardest book I’ve ever had to write, as contemporary and western romance is out of my comfort zone, but I think I made something amazing (if I do say so myself!). I hope you stick around to learn more, as I have some cool stuff planned for this one!

I know I said that last time, but between the new day job and moving into my forever home, life has really gotten away from me! But, thank you to everyone who’s stuck around through it all. I’m so lucky to have you all supporting me.

Love always,

Lori

The Depths of Time Cover Reveal

And now the moment we’ve been waiting for…

The team over at Pride Publishing really outdid themselves with this one! 

It’s surreal seeing this cover, knowing that this book is about to be released to the world. I never dreamed that I would be here, sharing something so important and special to me. I know I harped on about it in a previous post, but for those who weren’t there, I’ll say it again. Titanic is a subject near and dear to my heart. I’ve been obsessed with the ship and the tragedy for as long as I can remember (and the movie is my all-time favorite, the best ever made!) and have always wanted to tell a version of the story that was completely my own.

I did my best to get this one right and include characters you wouldn’t expect (and some you would).

Here’s the blurb:

Obsessed with Titanic from a young age, Lucas Thompson has spent his life studying the shipwreck and turning his passion into a career in marine archeology. But, on the one hundred year anniversary of the voyage, he’s drawn to the ship’s resting place by a strange sonar ripple that hurtles him back in time. Luke wakes in the year 1912 as a passenger on the grandest ship in the world.

It’s there that he meets Quinton Hawthorne, the man who sacrificed himself to save passengers during the sinking, including Luke’s great-grandmother. He also comes face-to-face with Lucinda Hughes, the very woman who raised him on her stories of the ship. With his inside knowledge of the impending disaster, Luke feels a responsibility to save everyone and develops a plan to save the doomed ship.

Things quickly fall apart as Luke begins to fall for Quinton, knowing that it can only end in heartbreak. Though he’s determined to save Quinton, he’s also faced with a dilemma – should he save the ship or allow destiny to play out on its own?

 

I couldn’t be prouder to have this book out there for you all to read and I hope you all fall in love with Quinton and Luke the way that I have! I’m going to be doing a lot of fun promo for this book, some live events and such, that I hope to see you attend, so keep an eye out for those dates. Thank you all for reading!

The Depths of Time will be available for preorder on July 27th and general release will be September 7th.