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Trish Laubacker
Sweet romance, that sometimes has a little spice. I like it cozy, but hey, stuff gets hot occasionally.
Cozy RomanceParanormal RomanceGothic RomanceGothic light horrorLight situational horror
2,978published words across 1 Lantern story
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About the author
I love the world of cozy romance. Give me feel-good stories that make the heart happy. A Hallmark Channel style - with an occasional spicy scene thrown in. That's not to say I write nothing else, though. As shown by my first serial offering, I do have a darker side. You'll find that in my first serial offering here. Thanks for reading!
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Stories by Trish Laubacker
Romance mystery
Haunted Hearts
Charleston keeps its secrets behind gas lamps and old brick, and Angelica Romano has spent three years telling tourists just enough of them to be believed. She knows the difference between a good story and the truth — until a Friday night tour brings her face to face with something the archives never prepared her for.
Jake Carter isn't supposed to believe in any of it. Six years of debunking hauntings taught him that every cold spot has an explanation, every voice a source. But his equipment doesn't lie, and neither does the look on Angelica's face when the courtyard goes silent.
Drawn together by a mystery two centuries in the making, they follow a trail of letters, secrets, and a love story that never got to finish — through gaslit streets, hidden archives, and a past that keeps reaching for the present. The closer they get to the truth of what happened in that building, the closer they get to each other.
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Lake George: Snowed In
Snowed In with the Ex
When a winter storm traps Mary and Tim together in their shared cabin, old wounds resurface—and so does everything they thought they'd lost.
Mary just wanted a peaceful holiday week at the mountain cabin to clear her head after a brutal work deadline. The last person she expected to find there? Her ex-husband Tim, who "forgot" to check the custody schedule for their jointly-owned retreat.
Now they're snowed in together. For a week. Maybe more.
What starts as an awkward disaster becomes something neither of them anticipated.
In a story filled with relatable dialogue, emotional healing, and the beautiful complexity of starting over, Mary and Tim must decide: Is their love worth fighting for, or are some things better left in the past?
Perfect for fans of emotional contemporary romance, second-chance love stories, and couples brave enough to rebuild what was broken. Relatable dialogue, character driven style and an immersive setting bring this story to life.
A slow-burn reconciliation romance about personal growth, family bonds, and learning that sometimes the greatest love story is learning to love the same person—better.
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Autumn Lights
When marketing executive Nathan Harris returns to small-town Vermont for his grandmother's funeral, he plans to settle her estate and leave. Instead, he finds himself saving the town's Harvest Festival alongside Lisa Sanders—the bookstore owner he overlooked in high school who now might be everything he never knew he needed.
As autumn paints Maplewood in shades of gold and red, Nathan must choose between his empty Chicago life and a second chance at home. But with a developer threatening the festival and his heart on the line, Nathan discovers that sometimes the best things in life are worth coming home for.
A sweet romance about finding where you belong and second chances who you belong with.
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More Than Money (Book 1 in the More than Billionaires series)
More Than Money He's a billionaire CEO who's used to getting what he wants. She's a waitress who won't be bought. When their worlds collide, sparks fly—and so do the walls around their hearts.
Their worlds couldn't be more different. His money and public life threaten to consume her hard-won independence. Media scrutiny, job loss, and the weight of expectations push them to the breaking point. Can Christie learn that accepting love isn't a weakness? Can Cameron prove he wants her heart, not control of her life?
From enemies-to-lovers to forced proximity in a luxury mountain cabin, from a dramatic board meeting declaration to building a life together, Christie and Cameron must fight for a love that defies expectations.
Perfect for fans of steamy billionaire romance with heart, strong heroines who don't need saving, and love stories that feel real—messy, complicated, and absolutely worth fighting for.
A closed-door spicy romance featuring: passionate chemistry, emotional depth.
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More Than Buisness (Book 2 in the More Than Billionaires series)
More Than Business
Gordon Marshall has spent years perfecting the art of being fine. As CFO of Marshall Tech, he's steady, controlled, and untouchable, and if the people who love him most can't quite reach him, that's simply the cost of keeping everything together after a loss that broke him at the foundation.
Aurora Brenner doesn't do corporate commissions. She doesn't compromise her work; she doesn't take meetings she doesn't believe in, and she certainly doesn't need a CFO in a perfect suit telling her what belongs in a lobby.
One meeting. That's all either of them agreed to.
Except Gordon looked at her portfolio and saw something he recognized. And Aurora walked into that lobby and could already feel what it needed. Somewhere between the business and the honesty and the slow, careful way two people can build something real together the lines they'd both drawn stopped making sense.
More Than Business is a slow-burn contemporary romance about a man who's been standing in his own in-between for too long, an artist who knows the difference between something that lands and something that just costs money, and what happens when two people who are very good at going it alone decide to pay attention to each other instead.
Emotional, character driven story about finding second chances in life.
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