September 11, 2001                

 
 
 

Books

LORD RYBURN'S APPRENTICE   (January, 2006)

Romantic Times Book Club--Four stars

Abandoned by her mother at a boarding school for young ladies, Georgiana Marland enjoys some good fortune when a distant relative takes her in as a ward--with plans to present her to high society during the forthcoming season. Unaccustomed to the rituals and soirees of the ton, however, Georgiana finds herself in need of instruction--and infatuated with her tutor...

Lord Ryburn reluctantly agrees to school his great-aunt's new ward on how to comport herself in the manner expected of an elegant young lady. But as Georgiana's lessons progress, Ryburn finds himself intrigued by the radiant intelligence and beauty that shine beneath her awkward exterior--and overcome by feelings he never expected to have.... 

WHEN HORSES FLY...(October 2005)

Romantic Times Book Club--Four stars “Bishop builds the story nicely as Alex's heart of ice begins to melt and Cora learns what the pangs of love mean. With an unruly cast, tension throughout and some surprising twists, this novel is a perfect fit for Regency lovers.”

Since her father's death, Cora MacLaren has lived with various sickly relatives, exchanging her resourcefulness and excellent nursing skills for bed and board. Her latest situation, however, presents unusual complications. Her cousin Lord Wintercroft seems to have filled his decrepit stone castle with relations for the express purpose of needling them.

It soon becomes clear that his pincushion of choice is Cora, whom he intends to wed before disinheriting all others, including his son, handsome but fierce Alexander Neadow. A houseful off bad blood may be too serious an ailment for even Cora to cure, especially when she herself starts to develop an aching heart for alexander. But this angel of mercy isn't about to succumb to a fate worse than death without offering up a healthy dose of love...

DECEIVING MISS DEARBORN ... (May 2004)

Romantic Times Book Club--Four stars Romance Reviews Today: "DECEIVING MISS DEARBORN begins on a dramatic note and never loses its momentum...Laurie Bishop sketches her characters with a deft hand and includes side plots that add extra color to the central design. DECEIVING MISS DEARBORN is her second book following last year's THE BEST LAID PLANS. A comparison of the two shows she is a versatile writer who can do suspense and humor with equal ease. I enthusiastically recommend them both."
--Jane Bowers

Miss Dearborn has the worst luck with men, from her gambling father who lost all and died to the fiance who abandoned her. She has enough to do keeping her family home, where she now takes in boarders, let alone trusting another man and falling in love with him. But she does fall in love...only the gentleman cannot remember who he is. Could he possibly be the man who will stay forever...or will his returning memory destroy her dream?   

A Romantic Times Book Club top pick!

"...Bishop provides readers with a sly set of lovers who are a perfect match for one another and proceeds to pop everyone into a whirl of glorious matchmaking fever.  THE BEST LAID PLANS is a riotous romp, with clever conversations that had this reader chuckling all the way to the end."
-- Teresa  Roebuck

THE BEST LAID PLANS, winner of RWA's 2002 Golden Heart for best Regency manuscript,  was released in November 2003 as a Signet Regency.  It is a story about a determined American Heiress and an equally determined English Baron, both of whom are certain of the same thing . . . that they are absolutely wrong for each other!

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