Leona "Leo" Reese is a 33-year-old police patrol sergeant with over ten years of law enforcement experience. After she fails her bi-yearly shooting qualification due to a vision problem, Leo is temporarily assigned to the investigations division of the state's Department of Human Services. She's shell-shocked by her vision impairment and frustrated to be reassigned to another department, even temporarily. On her first day on the new job, she's saddled with a case where a woman at an independent living facility has been murdered by an apparent burglar. But all is not as it seems, and it will take all of Leo's smarts to outwit a dangerous criminal. Will she uncover the murderer before other people are robbed and killed?

Buyer's Remorse

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Lake, Lori L.

Mystery

Quest by RCE

Greed? Hatred? Retaliation? Or a Cover-up? Winter has set in, but young Eddie Bolton will never see another snowfall in Duluth, Minnesota. Someone has killed him in what should have been a secure juvenile detox ward at the Benton Dowling Center. Police Officer Leona "Leo" Reese is working temporarily as a state investigator of fraud and licensing infractions, but has been out of commission due to surgery. On her first week back on the job, she is faced with the aftermath of the 17-year-old's death. Working with the local police, Leo discovers precious little evidence and far too few people with motives for the killing. As she uncovers long-buried secrets, someone else is murdered, and Leo realizes that she, too, is in danger. In the midst of her own emotional turmoil, is Leo strong enough and smart enough to confront and catch a clever and ruthless murderer?

A Very Public Eye

Skylar Cassidy has been on her own for less than a year after a disastrous breakup. She’s found that meeting women is difficult – kind of daunting, actually. She feels like she’s been run through the mill, and she doesn’t want to go through it again. But when her best pal and business partner Mitchell signs her up at the GirlsGaylore.com dating website and characterizes her as a happy-go-lucky, amorous, risk-taking single, all hell breaks loose. Suddenly women are coming out of the woodwork and Sky hardly knows what to make of it. EIGHT DATES is a comical story of a woman’s search for Ms. Right—and how she finds quite a few Ms. Wrongs along the way. “Lori L. Lake's EIGHT DATES is a complete hoot! From despair to hope, loss to love, and all unexpected points between, Lake will keep you snickering from page one.” ~Jessie Chandler, author of The Shay O’Hanlon Caper Series

Eight Dates: A Romance

Romance

Contemporary

Launch Point Press

Dani Corbett has only been with her new girlfriend, Meg, for a short while, but after a vicious hate crime, Dani is physically wounded and emotionally scarred. Since the injury prevents her from fleeing on her motorcycle-which is Dani's normal response to a crisis-she is at a loss to deal with her grief and rage. But as one door closes for Dani, another opens when she is befriended by Grace Beaumont, a physical therapist at the hospital where Dani is treated. With Grace's support and the help of her aunts, Estelline and Ruth, Dani must get through a terrible ordeal. But can she learn to love again? Ricochet In Time is the story of one lonely woman's fight for justice-and her struggle to resolve the troubles of her past and find a place in a world where she belongs.

Ricochet in Time: A Runaway Romance

Romantic Suspense

"Lake's Gun Shy is the story of two somewhat reluctant women who finally learn to believe in themselves and each other enough to commit to love. Covering just over a year in their lives, the novel reads like a season's worth of episodes from a television show that you wish was on TV." Midwest Book Review While on patrol, Minnesota police officer Dez Reilly saves two women from a brutal attack. One of them, Jaylynn Savage, is immediately attracted to the taciturn cop--so much so that she joins the St. Paul Police Academy. As fate would have it, Dez is eventually assigned as Jaylynn's Field Training Officer. Having been burned in the past by getting romantically involved with another cop, Dez has a steadfast rule she has abided by for nine years: Cops are off limits. But as Jaylynn and Dez get to know one another, a strong friendship forms. Will Dez break her cardinal rule and take a chance on love with Jaylynn, or will she remain forever gun shy? "Lori Lake's novels Gun Shy and Under the Gun are part mystery, part romance, and totally captivating... Jaylynn and Dez are both sympathetic, complex, and dynamic characters that are realistically flawed at the same time; consequently, they capture your interest quickly and maintain it throughout the story. The evolving relationship between the two cops and the challenges they face both separately and as a couple come across uncontrived and convincing." After Ellen.com

Gun Shy: Book One in The Gun Series

Lori L Lake Enterprises

Buyer's Remorse: Book One in The Public Eye Mystery Series

A Very Public Eye: Book Two in The Public Eye Mystery Series

Like Lovers Do

Literature & Fiction

These tales of murder, mayhem, and suspense by some of today's finest crime writers will keep you up way past your bedtime! The lesbians on the loose in this collection are an entertaining mix of protagonists: cops, amateur sleuths, a PI, a judge, a bounty hunter, and one very insightful dog. There's even an intrepid high schooler and a mystery writer. Despite greed and grief, rage and revenge, secrets and lies, many of the stories feature humor from a variety of characters trying to find their way in a difficult world--cops who've seen too much, revenge seekers, and women who want justice for themselves and others. You won't regret going on the lam with these terrific writers: Elizabeth Sims, Carsen Taite, SY Thompson, Andi Marquette, Linda M. Vogt, VK Powell, Kate McLachlan, Lori L. Lake, Lynn Ames, Sandra de Helen, Jen Wright, Sue Hardesty, Jessie Chandler, J.M. Redmann, and Katherine V. Forrest

Lesbians on the Loose: Crime Writers on the Lam

Through all but recent recorded history, queer people were omitted from historical records much as women and people of color have been. So many people unheard, so many stories lost… 
In this exciting collection you will find unforgettable and brilliant stories that place lesbian and gay characters back into American history. Fourteen talented authors have represented events in the historical timeline from the 1600’s Salem Witch Trials to 1970’s hijacker DB Cooper because they had a need to create something that was not there. Many tales are entertaining, heartwarming, and positive, but a few are dark and tragic. 
The editors hope that these stories remind readers, especially today’s youth, that we deserve to have our place in the narrative of humankind. 
***Authors in the Collection***Christopher Hawthorne MossE.J. KindredEthan StoneJane CuthbertsonJess FaradayJon MichaelsenJudy M. KerrKate McLachlanLee LynchLori L. LakeNann DunnePatty SchrammSue HardestyVictor J. Banis

Time's Rainbow: Writing Ourselves Back into American History (Time's Rainbow Series)

Short Stories & Anthologies

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