Hello!

After purchasing a new computer last year, I’ve been unable to get logged in here, and to be honest, put off taking all the extra steps needed to make it happen. Now that I’ve done that, I have a list of updates to post.

Without further ado:

 

The Cowboy’s English Lady is now available in print and ebook!

The Old West and Victorian England collide when cowboy Jake breaks up Lady Caroline’s wedding—only, to save her honor, he must marry her himself!

Hitched in a hurry…

To a stranger!

When rancher Jake Simpson hears of his philandering cousin’s upcoming marriage to Lady Caroline Evans, he can’t let it happen: the good-for-nothing groom’s bound to someone else! But storming to London and stopping the wedding leaves Lady Caroline in need of a husband…

Honor bound to save her reputation, Jake offers himself—and a ticket to accompany him back to Texas, where gossip can’t hurt her. It’s supposed to be an arrangement of strict convenience, but Jake didn’t count on finding Caroline’s sweetness quite so charming. Soon he finds himself wondering whether this rugged cowboy can win his refined English wife’s heart…

This book is receiving wonderful reviews and will always hold a special memory for me because my granddaughter Hayley and I were traveling to see a concert for her birthday, and she was helping me brainstorm the opening scene of Jake interrupting Caroline’s wedding. We were having such a wonderful time, laughing and talking, that I was amiss in keeping an eye on the speedometer, until there were red lights in our review mirror! The wonderful highway patrol man encouraged us to slow down and have a wonderful weekend together. Which we did! We had a very memorable time while staying at a historical bed and breakfast and attending the concert.

This book is also unique in the fact that Harlequin/Mills and Boon chose to provide it with two titles. In the North American market, it is titled The Cowboy’s English Lady, and in the United Kingdom and International markets, the title is The Lady’s Stand-In Groom.

Winning His Manhattan Heiress was released in February. 

Favorite to win…
The heiress’s heart!

Committed bachelor Lord Wesley Wadsworth came to America for one reason: to introduce his Thoroughbred horses to New York racing circles. He’s not looking for a partnership, business or otherwise…until he encounters Manhattan heiress Miss Julia Eastman. Her stables are perfectly suited to house Wesley’s team, and even better, she shares his steadfast aversion to courtship. But when a convenient marriage is all that can keep Julia’s dreams of becoming the nation’s first female racehorse owner alive, can Wesley really stand by and watch her wed another?

This is book two in the Redford Dukedom duet, and the Library Journal said, “"Robinson (Captivated by His Convenient Duchess) completes her 'Redford Dukedom' duet with this touching Gilded Age romance, a compelling, closed-door, transatlantic love story."

 

Currently, there are a couple of special pricing deals happening:

Diary of a War Bride is now enrolled in KindleUnlimited and priced free for anyone enrolled in KindleUnlimited!

“One word sums this book up for me; Magnificent! . . . this is right up there with the best war romances I have read . . . Just stunning!” —Chicks, Rogues and Scandals

July 1942

Dear diary, despite the war raging around me, I find I can’t stop thinking about the American officer, Sergeant Dale Johnson. I’ve never known anyone as brave, kind and handsome! But I promised myself I wouldn’t care this much about a man again, especially when he could be transferred at any time. Yet that only makes me want to relish our time together. Now fighting my heart feels like the biggest battle . . .

“An excellent WWII romance that is both sweet and well-researched. This book was a delight to read.” —Romantic Parvenu

 

The ebook version of Becoming a Randal, the young adult story that I wrote with my granddaughters, is on sale for $2.99 through September.

When fourteen-year-old Samantha West and her younger brother, Tommy, are placed in a foster home, Sam feels as if she’s been thrown into a Hallmark movie, full of perfect looking people—actors. The only person not acting, is Spencer Randal, her sixteen-year-old foster brother who hates her. By way of a broken leg, getting hauled home by the cops, and a haunted house, Sam and Spencer each learn what it truly means to be a Randal—Do your best, don’t give up, set goals and work towards them, be a good person, and make things right whenever you can. However, just when Sam’s life has become as perfect as a Hallmark movie, she and Tommy are returned to their mother, where nothing has changed. As the cycle of living on the streets returns, Sam decides it’s time to make things right.

“A must read for all generations!” –Amazon reviewer.

 

Next up, released in March of 2026, will be Daring to Dream of the Duke, book 1 in the Brides for Sworn Bachelor’s duet. Book 2, still untitled, will be released in 2026, and following that will be a story that contains a Caribbean Princess. While on vacation in the Caribbean last March, I was inspired to write a story set/or about the Caribbean Sea. While in a bookstore, searching for research books, in Puerto Morelos, my 40 year-old-son managed to get himself kicked out of the bookstore. You’ve heard of a bull in a china shop—our family has a Cody in a bookstore! It was quite an adventure, and something our family will laugh about for years to come!

Right now, I’m brainstorming the first two books in the new contract I just signed. They will be another Victorian/Gilded Age duet of books.

Life on the home front continues to be busy with our oldest granddaughter graduating high school this year, and our youngest granddaughter graduating kindergarten. Another granddaughter received her driver's license, and the fourth one is looking forward to receiving her permit later this year, and our grandson is busy with both hockey and soccer. Our summer will continue to be busy with trips up north and me trying to find new ways to keep the deer from eating my flowers!

Thanks for stopping by and embrace each day, for each one contains a memory!

New Releases!

 

I have several to tell you about!

An Unlikely Match for the Governess will be released on November 28^th. My husband told me that I must have enjoyed writing this book, because every time he saw me working on it, I was smiling. He was right. Creating Luke and Aislinn’s story was very fun.

The American West meets Victorian England in this transatlantic romance

The most unlikely match might be the best fit!

After the young twins she cares for are orphaned, their governess, Aislinn, will do anything to stay with them. So when their maverick uncle—aristocrat turned rancher—Luke returns to England determined to gain guardianship, she proposes a convenient marriage! As an unexpected connection develops between them, Aislinn begins to long for a real future with Luke. But his home is in Montana… Could it be hers, too? 

 

A Gilded Age Christmas was released in October! This is an anthology of Christmas time stories that includes The Railroad Barron’s Mistletoe Bride. An Amazon reviewer had this to say about the story: Lauri Robinson's historical romances never fail to hit the spot and The Railroad Baron's Mistletoe Bride is a terrific example of her storytelling prowess. Enchanting, emotional and captivating, this wonderful tale of second chances, healing from the past and love lost and found is a first-rate historical novella readers will not be able to resist. 

Two festive romances set in the glamorous Gilded Age

Two short romances celebrate a Gilded Age Christmas!

In Amanda McCabe’s A Convenient Winter Wedding: marrying Connor O’Neill is about survival for penniless heiress May Van Der Berg. The distant self-made millionaire is far from the passionate husband she’d once dreamed of…except for that scorching kiss! In Lauri Robinson’s The Railroad Baron's Mistletoe Bride: after years of estrangement, romance blooms when Kurt invites store clerk Harper and their shared niece to spend Christmas at his mansion. But are they just a family for the holidays?

 

Next up will be A Dance with her Forbidden Officer releasing in February. For this book, I stepped back into WW2, when the war began for America at Pearl Harbor. Having visited the museum during my visit to Hawaii was very helpful, but putting characters into the events of that day was also heart-wrenching. The costs of war should never be forgotten. Giving Wendy and K.T. a happy-ever-after ending was paramount.

A forbidden romance set during WWII

He danced her off her feet, now she can’t stop falling

Nurse Wendy Smith promised her mother she’d see the world, starting with beautiful Hawaii. Her promise to herself—to never depend on a man—is harder to keep when navy officer K.T. McAllister jitterbugs into her life. Then Pearl Harbor is attacked and, as Wendy nurses an injured K.T., she learns he too has promises to people back home. Yet as K.T. grows stronger, so do her feelings, and her longing for the forbidden… 

I’m also so excited that in February A Dance with her Forbidden Officer AND Diary of a War Bride will both be released in audio! The two will be available individually, but also as an audio duet!

Then, coming in May, will be A Courtship to Fool Manhattan. In this book, I returned to the fascinating Gilded Age and a high-society wedding. I don't have any cover art yet, but the Harlequin art team is sure to do an amazing job with this one too!

A sweet and satisfying fake relationship story set in the Gilded Age 

A pretend courtship… 

To prevent a marriage! 

At his sister’s society wedding, Lincoln Dryer finds himself paired up with heiress Victoria Biggs. Tired of being matchmade, Lincoln is surprised to learn Victoria feels the same. So they agree to pretend to be a couple! Though he enjoys Victoria’s refreshing company, Lincoln’s seen the heartache love can cause… Yet while their charade fools Manhattan, how long can Lincoln fool himself into believing he can let Victoria go when the wedding party’s over?

 

And yet another story, Captivated by his Convenient Duchess will be released in August. I just sent this book off to my editor last week, so don’t have the official blurb, but it’s set in Victorian England where a marriage of convenience becomes a love match.  This will be the first book in the duet “The Redford Dukedom’ about two brothers raising English Thoroughbred horses and the women who steal their hearts.

I will now start writing the second brother’s story. Its set in Manhattan where he’d travel to from England to expand the success of Redford race horses and meets a woman with a horse who could very well beat his prized horse at the Belmont Stakes race.  

Life has also been very busy on the home front. A new roof, siding, windows, and doors took up a lot of time, and work, but it’s all done now. As is a new roof on the sauna. We also lost a couple of trees in a storm, but the work of cleaning them up means the woodshed is full of wood to provide cozy winter fires in the wood stove. And I’m happy to say that I’ve gotten a good start on Christmas shopping. Life truly is good and full of blessings. I include each of you reading this in my blessings. Thank you so much for your continued support! 

Keep smiling! You’re worth it!

 

A Package in Today's Mail

Ultimately, I hope that people will enjoy each and every story that I write. It is why I write them. 

Well, today, I received the ultimate fan letter.

I have no idea who this person is. The package arrived by air mail, and had a customs declaration via Great Britain. 

Inside there were two hard cover books. One is Love Letters of the Great War. The other one is a blank diary/journal. There was also a beautiful gold envelope, a brown rubber egg, and a gold pin of a B-17 airplane. 

Diary of a Romance Fan was written on the front of the envelope.

To say I was intrigued by all that is an understatement, as is to say I was sincerely touched when I opened the envelope and began to read.

11^th of November, 2018

Dear Diary,

I simply must write to you about the most marvelous and perfect love story I have ever read! It’s called Diary of a War Bride by Lauri Robinson…

The letter continues for three pages, where the writer says, “I have read so many romance stories, but Diary of a War Bride is a sparkling galaxy all on its own. Let me explain why.”  The letter continues about how much she enjoyed the characters, Dale and Kathryn, and their story, and why, and what her favorite ‘lovely special moments’ where, which all led to her falling head over heals in love with the book. She states she can still see Dale and Kathryn, years later, older, grayer, still holding hands, still teasing each other, and still madly in love.

The final page of the letter says:

Today is Armistice Day, dear Diary, and is a particularly significant one as it is the centenary of the end of the first World War. I have my edition of First World War Poetry beside me, and watched Vera Brittian’s Testament of Youth. But I also have an assortment of what seems like odd items but aren’t once I explain.

An anthology of love letters from soldiers of WW1 to their sweethearts.

A brand-new diary to be filled with new adventures and journeys.

Dale and Katheryn’s story was set in World War 2, where we saw the American B-17, so this little plane is for remembrance.

And finally, Dale and Kathryn were awfully clumsy around eggs. Really careless. So here’s one that won’t break, even if Kathryn gets really cross and squeezes them into Dale’s hands again. But he won’t mind. It’s what brought them together.

Yours truly,

Louise.

I was standing in the kitchen, a bit teary-eyed having just finished reading the letter when my husband walked in. 

Frowning, he asked, “What’s wrong? What’s that?” 

I held up the letter and stated it was the most beautiful letter I’ve ever read.

It was.

Nothing in my writing career will every top the very special package I received today. And nothing will ever motivate me to keep writing like that little gold B-17 pin and that rubber egg.