Finalist! 2025 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Women's NonfictionHalf Penny is a deeply intimate memoir that unearths the buried truths of a fractured childhood shaped by secrecy, loss, and the longing for connection. In the wake of her father's death, Lori is pulled into a reckoning: not only with the volatile man he was, but with the lies he took to his grave.What begins as a daughter's attempt to lay her father to rest becomes a harrowing exc...

"Lake's Gun Shy is the story of two somewhat reluctant women who finally learn to believe in themselves and each other enough to commit to love. Covering just over a year in their lives, the novel reads like a season's worth of episodes from a television show that you wish was on TV."Midwest Book ReviewWhile on patrol, Minnesota police officer Dez Reilly saves two women from a brutal attack. One of them, Jaylynn Savage, is immediately attracted to the tacitu...

"Ricochet In Time is a compelling read from cover to cover as it showcases an impressive struggle to find a personal place in the world and an enduring justice for a friend." ~Midwest Book Review*****Being hated is an ugly, but very real experience, even in the land of “Minnesota Nice” where no one wants to believe discrimination exists. But, what if you were hated for just being who you are? What if you were hated, not for what how you looked or w...

This fun cozy mystery features a “colorful display of Christmas suspense and intrigue” perfect for lovers of true crime and mysteries. Jessica Barker blogs about true crime for an online magazine. But blogging for others is far from her dream job. Then, Jess witnesses what appears to be her next-door neighbor in distress and Jess is the only one who seems to care. When the cops dismiss her as a bothersome true crime reporter with an overactive imagination, Jess must delve into the life of ...

The developing brains of our children need to “feel” safe.Children who carry chronic behavioral challenges are often met with reactive and punitive practices that can potentially reactivate the developing stress response systems.This book deeply addresses the need for co-regulatory and relational touch point practices, shifting student-focused behavior management protocols to adult regulated brain and body states which are brain aligned, preventive, and rel...

A romance from Lori L. Lake, winner of the Ann Bannon AwardKennie McClain is a security guard who, unbeknownst to her tenants, owns the Allen Arms where she works. She's still recovering from the loss of her partner three years earlier and has moved from upstate New York to Portland to escape bad memories. In her off hours, she rehabs apartments and nurses a broken heart.Lily Gordon, a nationally-acclaimed painter, lives in the Allen Arms penthouse. She's b...

A domestic life thriller about an attractive young couple and their lives behind closed doors - a tale of abuse, keeping up appearances, and secrets . . .Andi seems to be on top of the world - with a charming husband and a beautiful home. But one night on their way home after a charity event, Chad lashes out at his wife - and, for the first time, she strikes back. Chad's body is dashed on the rocks below, while Andi is left in the driving rain, staring down into the inky darkness o...

Leona “Leo” Reese is a police patrol sergeant with over a decade of law enforcement experience. After she fails her bi-yearly shooting qualification due to a vision problem, Leo is temporarily assigned to the state’s civilian investigation division. She’s shell-shocked by her vision impairment and frustrated to be off the streets where she feels she’s most needed.On her first day at the new job, Leo is assigned a case where a retired woman at an independent living facility has died...

“Lori L. Lake's EIGHT DATES is a complete hoot! From despair to hope, loss to love, and all unexpected points between, Lake will keep you snickering from page one.”~Jessie Chandler, author of The Shay O’Hanlon Caper Series=-=-=-=-=-=Skylar Cassidy has been on her own for less than a year after a disastrous breakup. She’s found that meeting women is difficult – kind of daunting, actually. She feels like she’s been run through the mill, and she doesn’t want to go through...

"[A] consummate work of literary fiction...[the] novel entertains, enlightens, and affects the reader long after the last page is read. -- Midwest Book Review*****Winner of the Ann Bannon Award and a "Goldie" from the Golden Crown Literary Society for Best Dramatic Novel.Mischka Gallo and her Roma family travel through Poland and Germany. She learned early to ignore the insults of those who call her people “Gypsies...

“Lake...cared for and nurtured [her characters], making this not so much a collection of stories as an anthology of characters.”~Lambda Book ReportIn these 14 short stories, Lori L. Lake captures how change and loss influence the course of lives: a mother and daughter have an age-old fight; a frightened woman attempts to deal with an abusive lover; a father tries to understand his lesbian daughter’s retreat from him; an athlete who misses her chance—or does she?

"This collection of five stories by Lori L. Lake is about familiar people living familiar lives, with one important difference: in Lake’s hands, they are anything but ordinary and sometimes downright magical. She is a keen observer of the telling detail, be it a bit of clothing, a perfectly named character, a sound, or the expression on a human face, and she can find the words to inspirit them with life. She’s a superb seat-of-the-pants linguist and she puts all of her skills to work in th...