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Laura Durham

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May 01, 1971

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Mystery, Chick Lit, Fiction

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I'm a writer and reformed wedding planner who loves quiet mornings, great books, paddle boarding, and blackberry cobbler.

I write humorous cozy mysteries about a wedding planner because I like books that make me laugh and because, after planning weddings for twenty years, I have a long list of people to kill.

To try my first novel for free, go to http://www.freebook.lauradurham.com
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Hi Laura! I'm so glad Annabeth and the gang are back! I've been waiting since 2011 for the ending of the yacht wedding! I remember you would post a chapter on your DC business blog. One quick question is the order of the books. I see To Love and to Perish isn't part of the oeuvre in the newer booklist. It was I think my favorite of the original 3. Is it going to be reordered into the new timeline? Thanks!
Laura Durham Hi Kelly!
You have been waiting a while! To Love and To Perish was #3 in the original series, but my original NY publisher is still holding onto the ri…moreHi Kelly!
You have been waiting a while! To Love and To Perish was #3 in the original series, but my original NY publisher is still holding onto the rights. Since I can't update the book like I did with the first two or give it a new cover (or control the pricing), I've had to "write around it." I'm hoping to get the rights back so I can refresh it and add it back into the sequence, but for now It floating in never-never land. Fingers crossed I get it back soon. :-) I hope this helps! Thanks so much for reading!
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Hello Laura. Does the sexy Detective Reese return in any of your novel series after Better Off Wed?
Laura Durham He does! He appears in most of them and he's very prominent in the latest books!…moreHe does! He appears in most of them and he's very prominent in the latest books!(less)
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“lanning a wedding can be murder. Planning weddings for a living is nothing short of suicide. “Is there a patron saint for wedding consultants? Because I think after this wedding, I just might”
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“I’d never seen such impeccably coiffed chest hair. He must have used mousse.”
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“lanning a wedding can be murder. Planning weddings for a living is nothing short of suicide. “Is there a patron saint for wedding consultants? Because I think after this wedding, I just might”
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“I’d never seen such impeccably coiffed chest hair. He must have used mousse.”
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