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Laura Renken

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Laura Renken


Genre
Romance, Historical Fiction


Also writes historical romance as Melody Thomas

Multipublished author Laura Renken is a romance industry RIO Dorothy Parker Reviewer's Choice Award finalist, Golden Heart finalist, Maggie finalist, and a winner of the prestigious Holt Medallion for her novels. She is a wordsmith, a creator of dreams, and a passionate believer in happy endings. A product of thirteen schools and twenty-two moves stretching across the United States and Europe, she is a self-proclaimed gypsy, whose passion for writing developed at an early age while living overseas where she acquired an appreciation for historical intrigue.

She graduated with a degree in criminal justice from the University of Oklahoma. Laura lives near Chicago where she writes full time. ...more

Combine Editions

Average rating: 4.05 · 127 ratings · 11 reviews · 4 distinct works
My Lord Pirate (Winds of Fu...
4.10 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2001
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Heart of the Condor
3.88 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions
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Night Shadow
4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions
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Wicked Lies
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions
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Series by Laura Renken

My Lord Pirate Night Shadow Heart of the Condor
(3 books)
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4.06 avg rating — 109 ratings

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