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Welcome To My Website!

I'm Laurie Kingery, an author of inspirational historical romance. Some of you may have known me as Laurie Grant when I wrote historical romance for such publishers as Harlequin Historicals, Leisure, and Warner Popular Library. I'm especially happy if you made your way here through a link on my old website at www.sff.net/people/LaurieGrant.

As my biography indicates, I've written and published sixteen historical romances. I'm an evangelical Christian, however, and the Lord has now opened the door for me to write for Him—that's how I view writing inspirational fiction. To me, one man + one woman + faith =one dynamic story.

I'm also a native Texan, though I now live in "exile" outside that wonderful state. While Heaven is my soul's eventual home, Texas is my heaven-on-earth.  I'm never so happy as when I'm gazing at a field of glorious field of bluebonnets in the spring, breathing in their faint, somewhat peppery scent, or staring in awe at the rolling blue hills in the distance in the Hill Country, watching a roadrunner streak down the side of the road, riding a horse through liveoak groves or over cactus- and mesquite studded hills, dishing into some wonderful Texas "soul food"—steak, blackeyed peas, Tex-Mex dishes, or visiting with my relatives who still live there…

As this website is being constructed, the release of my first book with the new Steeple Hill Love Inspired Historical line, Hill Country Christmas, is still months away—October '08. It's the story of Delia Keller, who is left destitute when her grandfather, the town preacher, dies, and Jude Tucker, a drifter who brings her the startling news that she is now an heiress. Jude's been scarred by the Civil War and he's running from the job the Lord's given him to do, and from love. I hope you'll find the story of how these two fulfill their destiny as enjoyable as it was to write.

Currently I'm working on another western, whose working title is Picture of an Outlaw, about Tess Hennessy, a woman photographer in 1880's Texas who is kidnapped from her home in the Rio Grande valley by Sandoval Parrish, a man of mixed Anglo and Mexican heritage. He's an outlaw allied with the notorious bandit Delgado…or is he?

I love hearing from my readers, because "readers truly are a writer's greatest treasure," as I sometimes inscribe my books at signings. I hope you'll feel free to interact with me on my blog, and I promise to respond as soon as possible. I'm glad you're here! Thanks, Karen McCullough, for designing me such a great website!

Laurie Kingery