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New Release!

He swore off complications. She ran straight toward them.

Jane Adkins (a.k.a Jane Wreck) has a talent for disasters, including an infamous puking incident that ended her jockey career before it even began. So when her engagement implodes, Jane does the only sensible thing: flees to Colorado, with no plan, no prospects, and a playlist heavy on The Chicks. She’s searching for wide open spaces. What she finds is Resilience Ranch, a sanctuary for retired horses tucked into the San Juan Mountains, and its infuriating, magnetic owner, Chet Edwards.

Chet has traded Silicon Valley for solitude, and he’d like to keep it that way. He’s made that perfectly clear. Jane is trying very hard to listen.

She’s failing.

As stolen moments and rides at sunset blur the lines between them, Jane senses that Chet isn’t just brooding for the hell of it–he’s hiding something. Something that could shatter the fragile, reckless hope she’s only just begun to feel.

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And please check out my novella, which is also set in Sugar Pine, Colorado.

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I Bet You Think About Me

A Sweet, Contemporary Novella inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion

“Ali Hazlewood meets Jane Austen in this super-sweet rom com.”

 

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Welcome to Laurellit.com! I write contemporary romance and women’s fiction. My books and short stories are influenced by a smorgasbord of awesomeness — like classic literature (especially the Brontë’s), 90s rom coms, true crime, and Taylor Swift. 

 
 

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About Me

I’m a high school English teacher and novelist. I love boots, chocolate cake, cooking spicy food, running, and BOOKS! I live in Minneapolis with my husband Rich, son Eli, daughter Pauline, our kittens, and guinea pigs. This blog is about life, love, and all things literary.

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