About Me
Hi, I’m Lorin.
When people ask what I do, I usually say, “I write kissing books.” That’s the short answer. The longer one is that I write clean romance about kindness, endurance, and happily ever afters, the kind of stories that leave you smiling when you close the book. Romance to warm your heart.
I was born in Colorado and have been moving around the country ever since. So far I’ve lived in eight states and several imaginary worlds, and I’m not sure which ones have had better neighbors.
I wrote my first chapter story in third grade. It was a mash-up of Little House on the Prairie and an overactive imagination. By eleven, I was recording stories on cassette tapes and dreaming of a computer that would type whatever I said, because I already knew I couldn’t spell. Here’s the plot twist: computers can finally do that, and I prefer to type. Voice-to-text seems convinced I was born in outer space.
Since majoring in English before spell-check felt risky, I studied in art and graduated with a degree in design. I spent over three decades as a graphic designer, which is why I still design all my own covers. Later I went back to school and earned a master’s degree in publishing from Western Colorado University. Now I use it to help other authors find their way through the industry.
My debut novel, Waking Lucy, came out in 2017. Since then I’ve published [34] books across the American Homespun, Heirs & Heroes, Bradford Brides, Artists & Billionaires, Hastings Security, Hastings Legacy, Spellbound in Hawthorne, and Misadventures in Love series. Three of them, Waking Lucy, Mending Fences, and Not the Bodyguard’s Baby, earned Recommended Read awards from the League of Utah Writers.
For nearly a decade, I had a writing partner. Snoopy sat on my lap for every book from Waking Lucy until the summer of 2026, and he was insanely jealous of my laptop the entire time. The office is quieter without him, but I like to think a little of him is in every story.
These days, I live with my husband. Our adult children patiently endure my memes. When I’m not writing, you’ll find me at historical sites and museums (I call it research), digging through old newspapers, building Legos, painting furniture, or disappearing into a library for hours. I have a lifelong love affair with libraries, and I don’t plan to break it off.
Let’s stay in touch. Join my newsletter for new releases, sneak peeks, and the occasional meme my children have already rolled their eyes at. Or come hang out with fellow readers in my Facebook group, Lorin’s Readers.
Lorin Grace