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==Biography==
 
==Biography==
 
'''Laura Abbot''''s very arrival on the planet is a romantic plot device. Her parents, married five years, had been unable to have children. Her dad was working two jobs and under a great deal of stress. A wise doctor suggested that they needed a prolonged vacation away from home where they would feel free to — er — do the deed. Often. Day or night. However, this was during the Depression and romantic getaways were hard to come by. To the rescue came a West Virginia cousin who owned a primitive cabin in the mountain wilds, which he put at their disposal. So they went. And voilà! Laura Abbot arrived nine months later in Kansas City, Kansas.
 
'''Laura Abbot''''s very arrival on the planet is a romantic plot device. Her parents, married five years, had been unable to have children. Her dad was working two jobs and under a great deal of stress. A wise doctor suggested that they needed a prolonged vacation away from home where they would feel free to — er — do the deed. Often. Day or night. However, this was during the Depression and romantic getaways were hard to come by. To the rescue came a West Virginia cousin who owned a primitive cabin in the mountain wilds, which he put at their disposal. So they went. And voilà! Laura Abbot arrived nine months later in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Laura was blessed with an idyllic childhood. Make-believe was a favorite pastime; Laura was especially good as either a racehorse or a G.I. In those days, kids were free to roam the neighborhood, and they did — using vacant lots and open spaces as enchanted lands. Perhaps because her grandmother and another elderly friend lived in their household, expectations for Laura were pretty high. She was supposed to be a lady, a scholar, and an example to her two younger brothers. A born tomboy, the first was hard to achieve, but she did an adequate job in the other two categories.
 
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Then in eighth grade, Laura discovered boys. At the time she felt reasonably certain that her mother was about the most old-fashioned, intrusive female she'd ever encountered. Looking back now from the vantage point of being the mother of daughters, she realizes her mother saved her from herself.
 
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Laura found college liberating, and still keeps in touch with several of the women who became her friends in those years. By attending summer schools and loading up on the hours she took each semester, she graduated in three years and went "out into the world," a pretty big deal after attending the same grade school and high school all her life! Laura taught eighth- and ninth-grade English, and from the very first day, knew she'd found the thing she was supposed to be doing. She loved the school environment, the kids, and how the work fulfilled her. From that point on, Laura taught off and on for over 25 years.
 
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After that first year of teaching, Laura married, and she and her husband subsequently had three children. Ten years into the marriage, they were divorced, but Laura is happy to say they've been able to remain amicable through the years. Single, with three children under 10! Talk about scary. Fortunately, Laura's prayers were answered, and she fell in love with her current husband, who never once has been anything but accepting of Laura and her three kids. His daughter and orphaned nephew brought their total to five children.
 
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Like most parents, they've had their ups and downs with them, but strong faith, consistent discipline, and a ton of love and forgiveness have made their family bonds very strong. And what joy it is now to have 13 grandchildren! Now Laura and her husband don't have to worry about school conferences, curfews, or questionable friends. All they have to do is love.
 
  
 
Laura's writing career, which began later than most, has been absolute icing on the cake! What fun it is to follow a long-held, somewhat secret desire — to write publishable fiction. Remember the scene in Little Women of Jo scribbling away in the attic? She was Laura's role model. And to think it's all come true. Sounds like a storybook ending, right? It is!
 
Laura's writing career, which began later than most, has been absolute icing on the cake! What fun it is to follow a long-held, somewhat secret desire — to write publishable fiction. Remember the scene in Little Women of Jo scribbling away in the attic? She was Laura's role model. And to think it's all come true. Sounds like a storybook ending, right? It is!
  
 
She sold her first romance novel to [[Harlequin|Harlequin Enterprises]] in 1995. Harlequin has since published over a dozen of her novels, mainly in the SuperRomance category. Her novel, [[My Name Is Nell]] was nominated for a [[Romantic Times Magazine]] award for Best Harlequin SuperRomance in 2003. Abbot's novels are known for their "full-bodied", realistic characters, although some reviewers have complained about her thin plots.
 
She sold her first romance novel to [[Harlequin|Harlequin Enterprises]] in 1995. Harlequin has since published over a dozen of her novels, mainly in the SuperRomance category. Her novel, [[My Name Is Nell]] was nominated for a [[Romantic Times Magazine]] award for Best Harlequin SuperRomance in 2003. Abbot's novels are known for their "full-bodied", realistic characters, although some reviewers have complained about her thin plots.
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She has published 13 novels for the [[Superromance]] line.
  
 
==Pseudonyms==
 
==Pseudonyms==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
===Single Novels===
 
===Single Novels===
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*''[[Mating For Life]]'' - March 1995
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* ''[[Class Act]]'' - September 1998 ([[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|Harlequin Superromance 803]])
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*''[[This Christmas]]'' - November 1996
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* ''[[A Country Practice]]'' - February 2001 ([[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|Harlequin Superromance 970]])
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*''[[Where There's Smoke... - Laura Abbott|Where There's Smoke...]]'' - June 1997
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* ''[[Homecoming - Laura Abbot|Homecoming]]'' - September 2000 ([[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|Harlequin Superromance 937]])
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*''[[Class Act]]'' - August 1998
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* ''[[Mating For Life]]'' - April 1995 ([[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|Harlequin Superromance 639]])
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*''[[The Wedding Vow]]'' - December 1998
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* ''[[My Name Is Nell]]'' - October 2003 ([[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|Harlequin Superromance 1162]])
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*''[[Trial Courtship]]'' - May 1999
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* ''[[Second Honeymoon - Laura Abbot|Second Honeymoon]]'' - September 2005 ([[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|Harlequin Superromance 1300]])
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*''[[Homecoming - Laura Abbot|Homecoming]]'' - September 2000
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* ''[[A Summer Place|Summer Place, A]]'' - December 2002 ([[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|Harlequin Superromance 1101]])
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*''[[A Country Practice]]'' - February 2001
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* ''[[This Christmas]]'' - December 1996 ([[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|Harlequin Superromance 721]])
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*''[[You're My Baby]]'' - April 2002
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* ''[[Trial Courtship]]'' - June 1999 ([[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|Harlequin Superromance 843]])
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*''[[A Summer Place]]'' - December 2002
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* ''[[The Wedding Vow]]'' - January 1999 ([[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|Harlequin Superromance 818]])
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*''[[My Name Is Nell]]'' - October 2003
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* ''[[The Wrong Man|Wrong Man, The]]'' - March 2004 ([[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|Harlequin Superromance 1191]])
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*''[[The Wrong Man - Laura Abbot|The Wrong Man]]''- March 2004
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* ''[[Where There's Smoke...]]'' - July 1997 ([[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|Harlequin Superromance 747]])
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*''[[Second Honeymoon - Laura Abbot|Second Honeymoon]]'' - September 2005
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* ''[[You're My Baby]]'' - May 2002 ([[Harlequin Superromance By The Numbers|Harlequin Superromance 1059]])
  
 
===Omnibus In Collaboration===
 
===Omnibus In Collaboration===

Latest revision as of 21:00, 17 February 2013

Biography

Laura Abbot's very arrival on the planet is a romantic plot device. Her parents, married five years, had been unable to have children. Her dad was working two jobs and under a great deal of stress. A wise doctor suggested that they needed a prolonged vacation away from home where they would feel free to — er — do the deed. Often. Day or night. However, this was during the Depression and romantic getaways were hard to come by. To the rescue came a West Virginia cousin who owned a primitive cabin in the mountain wilds, which he put at their disposal. So they went. And voilà! Laura Abbot arrived nine months later in Kansas City, Kansas.

Laura's writing career, which began later than most, has been absolute icing on the cake! What fun it is to follow a long-held, somewhat secret desire — to write publishable fiction. Remember the scene in Little Women of Jo scribbling away in the attic? She was Laura's role model. And to think it's all come true. Sounds like a storybook ending, right? It is!

She sold her first romance novel to Harlequin Enterprises in 1995. Harlequin has since published over a dozen of her novels, mainly in the SuperRomance category. Her novel, My Name Is Nell was nominated for a Romantic Times Magazine award for Best Harlequin SuperRomance in 2003. Abbot's novels are known for their "full-bodied", realistic characters, although some reviewers have complained about her thin plots.

She has published 13 novels for the Superromance line.

Pseudonyms

  • Laura Abbot - Real name used to sign contemporany novels (1995-Present).

Bibliography

Single Novels

Omnibus In Collaboration

External Links

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