Lori's Classic Love Stories

A classic contemporary romance. Humor with Heart!

After the death of her husband, Evie Vaughn realizes her dream of becoming a high school teacher. She and her three sons move to Oak Grove, Iowa and become part of the community. Evie would like nothing better than to be able to send her boys to college, but to do so she needs to land the coveted position of high school baseball coach. She's qualified. She's almost got the job in her grasp.

Then former pro football player Joe “the Iceman” Scalotta comes to town. He's just received custody of his teenage daughter following her mother's recent death and accepted a job at the community college

When Joe is offered Evie's coveted coaching position based on his notoriety alone, sparks fly and Evie proposes a test. Whoever's team wins the Big League Baseball championship over the summer wins the job. Though Joe doesn't want her job, he does want to keep an eye on the lovely Mrs. Vaughn. Especially since his daughter will be pitching on Evie’s team.

After Joe discovers himself hornswoggled into coaching Evie's twin terror sons in T-ball and his daughter falls in love with her catcher, Evie's oldest son, the two of them wind up spending more time together than apart. And not just because of the children.

What is it they're really competing for?  A job? Or the new life they've always wanted?

(Originally published as Mother of the Year)

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No kids, no pets, no everlasting love.

Growing up an Army brat Elijah Drycinski swore that one day he would find a place to call home. When he moved to Pine River, Wisconsin, Eli knew he had found it. 

While talking to a squirrel, Eli meets Gwen Bartelt. Though kids teased him for his love of animals, calling him Dr. Doolittle, Gwen understood and the shy Eli fell in love with her. However Gwen always saw Eli as her best friend. When she leaves town for medical school, she breaks Eli's heart.

Eli becomes a veterinarian, Gwen an ER physician. They don't see each other for years, but Eli never forgets the girl he loved.

When Gwen's dad, the town doctor, falls off a roof and breaks his leg, Gwen returns home. Circumstances have hardened her and she now has three fast rules for her life: No kids, no pets, no everlasting love.

Will Eli be able to teach her the joy in breaking the rules?

(Originally published as Doctor, Doctor)

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A classic contemporary love story. Humor with heart! 

Massage therapist, Grace Lighthorse, is very close to receiving funding for her pet project--supplying sick children with security blankets. The only catch is that she work with the brilliant scientist, Dr. Daniel Chadwick. Unfortunately, Daniel doesn't believe in anything so fanciful as alternative medicine. Or love.

Daniel has chosen to live his life alone in the northern woods of Wisconsin. The only thing he's ever been any good at is medical research, and he isn't giving up his grant to a free-spirited flower child. 

But working with Grace, meeting her eccentric aunts, loosening up a bit, sharing a kiss in the moonlight makes Dan wonder: If he’s wrong about Grace, what else has he been wrong about?

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Kelly Rosholt has just opened a satellite office for her brain child, Rent a Mommy, in Wisconsin.  Once upon a time, all Kelly wanted was to be a mother.  When her dreams were dashed, she started a business doing everything a mommy does—for a price.

Scott Delgado has recently moved to Wisconsin with his daughter Dani. A former pro baseball player, Scott is now the coach of the minor league Kiwanee Warhawks. His job involves a lot of travel and he needs help.

Dani is tired of moving from town to town.  What she really wants is to stay put this time and make some friends.  But how can she when everyone else is part of a family and she doesn’t even have a mother?  Hiring one from Rent a Mommy seems like the perfect solution.

By the time the truth comes out, Kelly and Dani have bonded and the attraction between Kelly and Scott is impossible to deny. Will they be able to move past all obstacles and create a home, a life and a family together? 

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