Books by Lois Cloarec Hart

Aus einer Bierlaune heraus nimmt Jac die ungewöhnliche Wette ihrer besten Freundin an: Sie soll deren Kollegin Lauren verführen und damit beweisen, dass sie wirklich jede Frau ins Bett kriegt. Dafür hat Jac genau einen Monat Zeit. Siegessicher startet sie ihre Mission, obwohl Lauren heterosexuell und verlobt ist.Doch Jac vergisst, dass aus Lügen selten etwas Gutes hervorgeht. Wird sie die Konsequenzen ihres falschen Spiels tragen müssen, wenn Lauren ihr auf die Schliche kommt? Oder wird Lauren das Blatt wenden?Born and raised in British Columbia, Canada, Lois grew up as an avid reader but didn’t begin writing until much later in life after a career in the Canadian Armed Forces. She’s the author of four novels, "Coming Home," "Broken Faith," "Kicker’s Journey," and "Walking the Labyrinth," two novellas, "Yak" and "Beyond and Begone," and a collection of short stories, "Assorted Flavours." She has also contributed short stories to several anthologies including "Spread the Love," "When the Clock Strikes Thirteen," "The Milk of Human Kindness: Lesbian Authors Write about Mothers and Daughters," and "Romance For Life." Her novel "Kicker’s Journey" won the 2010 Independent Publisher Book Award bronze medal, 2010 Golden Crown Literary Awards, 2010 Rainbow Romance Writer’s Award for Excellence, and 2009 Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice Award for historical fiction. "Kicker’s Journey" and "Broken Faith" (revised second editions) were published in print and e-formats in fall 2013 and "Coming Home" (revised third edition) will be re-issued in spring 2014.

Seven lesbian paranormal short stories.Midnight Messages (Lois Cloarec Hart)Luce Sheppard can't ignore it any longer. She has to make a decision and time grows short. But refusing to make a decision is a decision, and she retires to bed, prepared to accept the results of her non-decision. That night an unexpected midnight visitor lands on her doorstep. Keira Keller, a distraught teenager, has lost her way home after a disastrous party. Luce steps in to help and in doing so receives answers to questions she didn't know she'd asked.Batteries Not Included (L.T. Smith)Alex Stevens is a workaholic and a loner. Nothing and nobody can get past the cool exterior and solitary walls she has painstakingly created.Until one night in October. One night that makes her step back and reassess what it means to be alive.Lost and Found (Emma Weimann)Laura Sullivan flees to her grandparents' old cottage to escape the haunting memories of finding her brother in bed with her girlfriend. But even in rural Ireland, tranquility is easier to find than peace--especially when she meets an otherworldly being that leaves her a reminder she didn't count on.Chrysalis (Joan Arling)Tara is a nice little girl. Her friends, on the other hand, are... peculiar... A breeze of a story. Or the other way 'round.Sisters of the Moon (Diane Marina)The week before Halloween, Nicole joins her friends on a local ghost tour. In addition to visiting spooky sights and haunted grounds, she meets an enticing woman who makes her spine tingle. Who is the mysterious stranger? And how will the encounter end?Wolf Moon (Erzabet Bishop)Seeking diversion from her job as a bookstore manager, Lindsay goes to a Halloween party at a convention center-and finds much more than she bargained for.Werewolf Detective Taggert responds to a bomb threat at the convention center. An explosive situation, especially when raw chemistry hits them full force.Can Lindsay open her heart and accept the fierce love of a red-hot shifter, or will they go their separate ways?Love Bites (R.G. Emanuelle)New Orleans. Vampires. Jodi goes to the former and finds the latter. She feels a mysterious pull that leads her to The Big Easy and to freedom, passion, and the startling revelation of what having too many daiquiris can make her do.

A triangle with a twist, Coming Home is the story of three good people caught up in an impossible situation. Rob, a charismatic ex-fighter pilot severely disabled with MS, has been steadfastly cared for by his wife, Jan, for many years. Quite by accident one day, Terry, a young writer/postal carrier, enters their lives and turns it upside down. Injecting joy and turbulence into their quiet existence, Terry draws Rob and Jan into her lively circle of family and friends until the growing attachment between the two women begins to strain the bonds of love and loyalty, to Rob and each other.

In 1899, two women from very different backgrounds are about to embark on a journey together - one that will take them from the Old World to the New, from the 19th century into the 20th, and from the comfort and familiarity of England to the rigours of Western Canada, where challenges await at every turn. The journey begins simply for Kicker Stuart when she leaves her home village to take employment as hostler and farrier at Grindleshire Academy for Young Ladies. But when Kicker falls in love with a teacher, Madelyn Bristow, it radically alters the course of her tranquil life. Together, the lovers flee the brutality of Madelyn's father and the prejudices of upper crust England in search of freedom to live, and love, as they choose. A journey as much of the heart and soul as of the body, it will find the lovers struggling against the expectations of gender, the oppression of class, and even, at times, each other. What they find at the end of their journey is not a new Eden, but a land of hope and opportunity that offers them the chance to live out their most cherished dream - a life together.

Emotional wounds aren't always apparent, and those that haunt Marika and Rhiannon are deep and lasting. On the surface, Marika appears to be a wealthy, successful lawyer, while Rhiannon is a reclusive, maladjusted loner. But Marika, in her own way, is as damaged as the younger Rhiannon. When circumstances throw them together one summer, they begin to reach out, each finding unexpected strengths in the other. However, even as inner demons are gradually vanquished and old hurts begin to heal, evil in human form reappears. The cruelly enigmatic Cass has used and controlled Marika in the past, and she aims to do so again. Can Marika find it within herself to break free? Can she save her young friend from Cass' malevolent web? With the support of remarkable friends, the pair fights to break free-of their crippling pasts and the woman who will own them, or kill them.

Is there life after loss? Lee Glenn, co-owner of a private security company, didn't think so. Crushed by grief after the death of her wife, she uncharacteristically retreats from life. But love doesn't give up easily. After her friends and family stage a dramatic intervention, Lee rejoins the world of the living, resolved to regain some sense of normalcy but only half-believing that it's possible. Her old friend and business partner convinces her to take on what appears on the surface to be a minor personal protection detail. The assignment takes her far from home, from the darkness of her loss to the dawning of a life reborn. Along the way, Lee encounters people unlike any she's ever met before: Wrong-Way Wally, a small-town oracle shunned by the locals for his off-putting speech and mannerisms; and Wally's best friend, Gaëlle, a woman who not only translates the oracle's uncanny predictions, but who also appears to have a deep personal connection to life beyond life. Lee is shocked to find herself fascinated by Gaëlle, despite dismissing the woman's exotic beliefs as "hooey." But opening yourself to love also means opening yourself to the possibility of pain. Will Lee have the courage to follow that path, a path that once led to the greatest agony she'd ever experienced? Or will she run back to the cold comfort of a safer solitary life?