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Laura Braley

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As the daughter of a retired sailor from the United States Navy, Laura Braley has lived all over the United States, but currently calls Virginia Beach home.

Laura describes her motivation to write, "I have to write. It's like breathing to me. All of these characters are bouncing around in my head, dying to tell me their stories. I just give them a voice."

A mother of four and grandmother of three, when Laura isn't working her full time job, she's either reading or dabbling with her writing. ...more

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Guest Post: Lisa Bilbrey

Due to some outside factors, we've added today as a stop on Lisa Bilbrey's Journey to a New Life blog tour. Luckily, being the consummate professional that she is, Lisa sent me everything I needed to be able to help out.

Today she joins me to give her views on writing sex scenes into a book.

Before I start this post, let me state for the record that I don’t have a problem with sex being writte Read more of this blog post »

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	Life is More Than Candy Hearts by Lisa Bilbrey (Goodreads Author), Laura Braley (Goodreads Author), Michele Richard (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2012 — 2 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
	Smoky Rooms 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012	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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	Life Is More Than Candy Hearts by Michele Richard (Goodreads Author), Laura Braley (Goodreads Author), Estelle Mars (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	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
	Life is More Than Candy Hearts (Volume 1) [Paperback] [2012] (Author) Lisa Bilbrey, Laura Braley, Michele Richard by Michele Richard (Goodreads Author), Lisa Bilbrey (Goodreads Author), Laura Braley (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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The Lyon's Share (The Lyon's Den Connected World)

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Laura’s Quotes

“I figured you should have something both beautiful and functional, like you."
He said it so quickly that it almost didn't register. I whipped my head around to look at him. "Max," I breathed, touching my heart with exaggerated awe, "you think I'm functional?"
A dancing smile glinted in his eyes. "I think," he said, "that you are breathtakingly functional.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds

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“Nonna said you could catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. I figured a cannoli would help me catch a prince of Hell just fine.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Wicked

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