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Laurel Osterkamp

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Laurel Osterkamp is the award-winning author of roughly a dozen novels, such as Favorite Daughters and the #1 Amazon bestseller, Beautiful Little Furies. She is obsessed with writing and doesn't know how to stop. In addition to her novels, she has short fiction published in literary journals all over the web, writes a monthly column for Writer's Fun Zone, and runs her website, laurellit.com, with book reviews, lesson plans, and writing advice.

When she's not writing (which is rare) she's often teaching adult ESL or middle school enrichment classes, going running while listening to audiobooks, or educating her daughter about the OG teen soap opera, Beverly Hills 90210. She lives in Minneapolis with a family who loves to argue, and their cats, ...more

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	Beautiful Little Furies 4.02 avg rating — 317 ratings — published 2023 — 3 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 Holdout 3.89 avg rating — 297 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Next Breath 4.21 avg rating — 222 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
	Favorite Daughters 4.10 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Following My Toes 3.38 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 2006	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
	Campaign Promises: A Lucy Bricker Novella 3.12 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 2011 — 3 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
	Looking For Ward 2.93 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 2008 — 3 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
	November Surprise 3.29 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2013	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 Side Project 4.13 avg rating — 126 ratings — 3 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
	Starring in the Movie of My Life 3.63 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2011 — 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

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Hearts on the Rocks (Whimsical Hearts)

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Laurel Osterkamp said: " Hearts on the Rocks is a unique love story that also manages to work in some favorite romance tropes, like forced proximity and fake dating. Neither Cagney nor Brad believes it's a love match when they're set up on a blind date. Instead, it's just a ...more "

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Bye, Baby, by Carola Lovering, begins in a frenzied, panicked burst. Billie West stands in a New York apartment that is not her own, hearing her best friend Cassie's screams coming from the apartment above. Cassie's baby daughter is missing and under ...more
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In "Cruel Lessons," a small town experiences tragedy when four teens die during a school trip. School administrator Ken Parks and Officer Bart Callahan investigate, uncovering new clues and suspects as tension rises. Author Randy Overbeck layers mult ...more
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Decades after a traumatic car accident where she lost both her twin and her mother, Lizzie is still coming to grips with the fallout. This story is about self-discovery, family ties, and learning to be strong. It tackles many serious topics with sens ...more
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Josie’s life is going along just fine; she loves her career and her kids. Then, all at once, everything starts to fall apart when her ex wants custody and her business is in jeopardy. Josie panics, and wakes up in her teenage bedroom from thirty year ...more
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The Mystery at Loves Manor immediately calls to mind the atmospheric, gothic romances written by the Brontes – the type with a troubled, isolated heroine who must solve not just her own problems but also those of everyone around her. Emma is a privat ...more
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“If most of the time I felt like Jane Eyre, with “features so irregular and so marked… poor, obscure, plain, and little,” now I felt like the moon to her sun, borrowing her light so I could illuminate on my own.”
― Laurel Osterkamp, Just Like the Brontë Sisters

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“We all know how it turned out. But what a lot of people don’t know, or perhaps they’ve forgotten, is there was a third party candidate: John Bayard Anderson.”
― Laurel Osterkamp, Campaign Promises: A Lucy Bricker Novella

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