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Lorna Collins

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Lorna Collins co-authored 31 Months in Japan: The Building of a Theme Park, a memoir, published in 2005 with her husband, Larry K. Collins. They are also the authors of two cozy mysteries: Murder...They Wrote, and Murder in Paradise. Their latest collaboration is The Memory Keeper, a historical novel.
She and her husband completed a story idea begun by her brother following his death. Dominic Drive is a coming-of age story set in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Lorna has co-written six romance anthologies: Snowflake Secrets, Seasons of Love, Directions of Love (2011 EPIC eBook Award for Romance Anthology), The Art of Love, ...And a Silver Sixpence in Her Shoe, and An Aspen Grove Christmas
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	Paradise, Passion, Murder: 10 Tales of Mystery from Hawaii by Lorna Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Terry Ambrose (Goodreads Author), JoAnn Bassett (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghost Writer 4.67 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christmas Miracle 4.83 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Aspen Grove Christmas (Aspen Grove Romance Anthologies Book 4) by Lorna Collins (Goodreads Author), Sherry Derr-Wille, Luanna Rugh 4.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Romance in the Time of Social Distancing 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Be Mine 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	...And A Silver Sixpence in Her Shoe (Aspen Grove Romance Anthologies Book 6) by Lorna Collins (Goodreads Author), Sherry Derr-Wille, Luanna Rugh 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Love (Aspen Grove Romance Anthologies Book 5) by Lorna Collins (Goodreads Author), Sherry Derr-Wille, Luanna Rugh 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seasons of Love (Aspen Grove Romance Anthologies Book 2) by Lorna Collins (Goodreads Author), Sherry Derr-Wille, Luanna Rugh 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Directions of Love (Aspen Grove Romance Anthologies Book 3) by Lorna Collins (Goodreads Author), Sherry Derr-Wille, Luanna Rugh it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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USJ 25th Anniversary – Part 10 - Return From Japan

April 2, 2026

The night before, we had sorted and re-packed our suitcasesfor the trip home. We put the dirty clothes in one and the few remaining cleanones in the other. We also tried to even out the weight. We took ten books. Twowere for the raffle at the party. Noriko ordered one. We gave another to one ofour Japanese “kids.” We still had six, so we split them between our twosuitcases.

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It should have been an easy assignment for Eve and her partner, Duncan after her last one, which left her with a broken sternum and other injuries. They were pretending to be a rich couple occupying an expensive home in a gated community in order to ...more
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A wildfire reveals bones, which have been hidden in the canyon for years. Eve Ronin is sent to investigate. A forensic anthropologist uncovers a great deal of evidence, and Eve learns a great deal--about the deceased as well as herself. An engaging i ...more
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It's Christmas Eve, and Store Manager Joy has lost hers. About a third of her staff is out sick, and she has to fill in for the store's personal shopper. Not the ideal job. The family won a contest, so she has to help them. And there are boys--three ...more
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I have a new favorite sleuth: Edison Bixby. He's quirky and strange and funny and brilliant. His story is told by his sidekick and the guy who is supposed to keep Bixby under control. (Not possible.) Lee Goldberg writes brilliantly, and this is a fun ...more
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“Sometimes you just have to take the leap and build your wings on the way down.”
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