PUBLICATIONS

Novels:

Sometimes Quickly (P.D. Publishing, 2008)

Twenty years ago, Peg Ryan was a drunken, womanizing New York attorney who made a terrible mistake. Now 17 years sober, Peg thought she had put the past behind her. But as she is settling in a new position in Chicago, her past comes back to haunt her just as she falls in love with Allison, a real estate broker.  Sometimes Quickly is a fast-paced tale about smart, capable women who don't always know the right thing to do, especially when making the wrong decision can cost them everything.

"A great, fun read.  I thoroughly enjoyed it."
Lucy Jane Bledsoe, author of Biting the Apple and This Wild Silence.

Veritas (Bold Strokes Books, November, 2009)

When the hallowed halls of academia become the stage for murder, newly appointed Dean Beth Ellis's search for the truth leads her to unexpected discoveries about her own heart.

For Beth Ellis, Grafton College and its faculty and students are her true home and family. All families have squabbles, and the president of the college rubs Beth, and just about everyone else, the wrong way. The new English professor on campus isn't much more popular, and Beth has her hands full trying to keep the peace as various factions on campus quarrel.  Still, she didn't expect a tenure battle to end in murder.

Weary of violence and senseless tragedy, Sally Sullivan left the Chicago homicide division and returned to her hometown where, as Chief of Police, she expected her greatest challenges to be dealing with car accidents and drunk drivers.  Suddenly faced with a murder investigation with more motives than evidence and an inexperienced staff, Sally finds small-town policing isn't as simple as she thought.  Neither are her growing feelings for Beth Ellis.

As Sally and Beth's very different worlds collide, their common desire to solve the murder is complicated by their unexpected attraction.  A second murder on campus places the survival of the college itself, their tenuous relationship, and their lives in jeopardy.

Early reviews of Veritas:

Anne Laughlin presents us with a finely nuanced, compelling portrait of Beth Ellis, who has always held life at arm's length. With skill and wry humor, she shows us the realities of a life half lived and what happens when Beth's certainties are blown away by the violence of murder, and the intoxicating thrill of passionate love."
 - Claire McNab, author of the Carol Ashton and Kylie Kendall mysteries.

Veritas is a high-adrenaline read that left me breathless, waiting for the climax. Anne Laughlin plots like a demon and creates memorable characters But Veritas is more than a satisfying entertainment, as Laughlin paints a dead-perfect picture of corruption and lethal intrigue on a college campus. The novel's emotional force builds as the lives of strong female characters intersect: a beautiful dean with a secret, a determined cop, a mechanic with a gift for no-strings sex. Gripping, fast-paced, smart, and erotically charged - Veritas is a winner.
- Joan Larkin, award-winning poet and editor.

Runaway (Bold Strokes Books, March, 2011)

With her life as a private investigator in Chicago firmly established, Jan Roberts can often forget where she came from—a backwoods survivalist camp run by her paranoid, dictatorial father. After risking her life at sixteen to escape the camp, she finds it hard to understand the runaway teenager she's been hired to find. With each step on the trail to find her, Jan realizes the girl is running to the same part of Idaho she fled, a digital age version of her father's way of life.Complicating her mission is the new owner of the security firm she works for, a former British agent who has her own secrets to hide. When the sparks fly between them, Jan finds Catherine wanting to share not only her bed, but also her quest to find the missing teen. The journey to the deep woods of Idaho is a voyage to the heart of darkness for Jan, where the reality of her past can no longer be contained, nor her feelings for Catherine denied.

Stories:

In the Heart of Egypt, Best Lesbian Romance (Cleis Press, 2006)

April in Paris, Erotic Interludes 4: Extreme Passions (Bold Stroke Books, 2006)

Gigola, Erotic Interludes 5: Road Games (Bold Stroke Books, 2007)

The Tennis Player, Best Lesbian Love Stories: Summer Flings (Alyson Books, 2007)

On Retreat Read These Lips.

On Retreat, Best Lesbian Love Stories 2009 (Alyson Books, 2008)

Thursday Nights in Soho, Ultimate Lesbian Erotica 2009 (Alyson Books, 2009)

Thirty Days Has September appears in the web site Kissed by Venus and in Off the Rocks, Vol. 14 (New Town Writers of Chicago, 2010)

Lucky Thirteen, Women of the Mean Streets: Lesbian Noir (Bold Strokes Books, 2011)

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