Alison Oburia





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After living in New England for the first twelve years of my life, my family moved to Florida and never looked back. I spent many years in Orlando and then moved to Tampa, where am now with my wonderful husband of twenty years and two teen boys.

I began writing Passion Fish after having a very vivid dream (basically the Passion Fish bar game chapters). When I couldn't figure out where the story should go from there, I 'hooked up' (sorry, fish pun) with Jessica McQuinn, plot queen extraordinaire, and together we created the novel.

My second novel, Between the Lies, is a story that mixes international intrigue with plot twists and romance and is based on some real events of people I know who have had life-threatening "encounters" with the Mafia...more


I finally got around to creating a FaceBook page. Yay! Thank heavens the technology required is simple enough for people like me to figure out.
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Published on April 11, 2010 20:21 • 121 views
Average rating: 3.67 · 524 ratings · 50 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors
Passion Fish
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 447 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
Between the Lies
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
A Valentine Anthology
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions

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I'd heard great things about local (central west Florida) author Dennis Lehane, so I decided to check out the first of his detective series (I like finding a series so if I like an author, I know I can get more). I LOVED this book. Written in first p...more
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I finished this book over a month ago and still find myself picturing scenes from it, wishing I could meet the characters to find out how they're doing since I finished the last page.

Fran Orenstein has created a tale of love and loss, with just a tou...more
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Alison Oburia and 1 other person liked Ivyd's review of Between the Lies:
Between the Lies by Alison Oburia
" 3.5 stars
Cari comes home from the University one day to find a very handsome stranger asleep in front of her neighbor’s door. Life becomes a lot more interesting when Cari discovers the handsome Tristan has a PhD in the very field she’s a struggli... " Read more of this review »
Between the Lies by Alison Oburia
" 3.5 stars. This was a good romantic suspense novel but with the weaving of the plot it deserved more attention than I could give it today. There were a lot of characters and the story was told from a lot of POV's. I can understand why the author c... " Read more of this review »
Alison Oburia voted for Gabriel's Rapture in Best Romance in the Opening Round of the 2012 Goodreads Choice Awards.
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"Thanks for adding my book to your To Read list. I hope you enjoy it! : )"
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