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Lauren Westwood

Goodreads Author

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in The United States

Website

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Romance, Chick Lit, Mystery

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February 2016

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Lauren Westwood is my pen name for writing women's fiction. Thanks for taking the time to look me up and I hope you enjoy my books, which are a blend of romance, mystery, and romantic suspense.

Here are a couple of things that I'd like you to know about the real me, not the social media me:
I try very hard to write books that people will like and want to read, and I take a lot of pride in my work. It can take up to 1000 hours to write a book from beginning to end. I am unfortunately not able to make a living as an author, so I have a day job working as a lawyer. I also have three children.

Your honest ratings on goodreads are very important to me, and I try to take comments on board - both good and bad. I know that there are a lot of books o ...more

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Average rating: 4.16 · 6,432 ratings · 419 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	My Secret Sister 4.17 avg rating — 2,053 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moonlight on the Thames 4.17 avg rating — 1,031 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Mother's Silence 4.03 avg rating — 1,007 ratings — published 2019 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding Home 4.07 avg rating — 981 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding Dreams 4.29 avg rating — 467 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding Secrets 4.25 avg rating — 341 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Daughter She Lost 4.06 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House of Love and Dreams 4.44 avg rating — 130 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House of Second Chances: Previously published as Finding Home - a brilliant feel-good romance 4.54 avg rating — 112 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House of Hidden Secrets: Previously published as Finding Secrets - an uplifting romance where love conquers all 4.38 avg rating — 90 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Moonlight on the Thames Author Interview

This is my interview with the lovely Katherine of Katherine's Book Universe blog. It was originally published here: https://katherinesbookuniverse.wordpr...

Where did the idea for the plot come from? I didn’t originally set out to write a Christmas novel, but when I finished the edits on my previous novel, Finding Dreams, it happened to be Christmastime when I was thinking of new ideas. I was very Read more of this blog post »

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The Husband's Secret

by Liane Moriarty (Goodreads Author)

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Lauren Westwood said: " I have a new author crush developing, I think. Obviously there is a lot of hype surrounding Liane Moriarty, and I was a bit sceptical. But I just thought that the weaving of the story was quite masterful. It wasn't really like reading (well, listenin ...more "

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After the Lie

by Kerry Fisher (Goodreads Author)

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Lauren Westwood said: " Spot on observations about the British middle class lifestyle...

I enjoyed the engaging writing style of this book and the great observations about the middle class lifestyle of a mum and her family. While I agree with other reviewers that on some le ...more "

May 01, 2019 02:24AM · see review

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Dragon Teeth

by Michael Crichton

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Lauren Westwood said: " I read this book for research purposes, and it was different than I expected it to be. It was more historical and displayed the author's love for this topic. The fictional part was actually more interesting than the historical part, as the main chara ...more "

Sep 03, 2018 03:15AM · see review

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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

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“(...) nearly all the great things that exist owe their existence to a defiant despite: it is despite grief and anguish, despite poverty, loneliness, bodily weakness, vice and passion and a thousand inhibitions, that they have come into being at all.”
― Thomas Mann, Death in Venice

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“This yearning for new and distant scenes, this craving for freedom, release, forgetfulness -- they were he admitted to himself, an impulse towards flight, flight from the spot which was the daily theatre of a rigid, cold, and passionate service.”
― Thomas Mann, Death in Venice

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