Discover new books on Goodreads

See if your friends have read any of Lorraine Carey's books

501 ratings | 305 reviews | avg rating:4.92

#5 most followed
#1 best reviewers
#3 top reviewers

Lorraine Carey’s Followers (114)

Lorraine’s Bookshelves

to-read (81)
currently-reading (0)
read (501)
did-not-finish (0)
karma-101 (0)
the-celestine-vision (0)

Lorraine’s Friends (699)

Lexi Blake

4 books | 2,145 friends

G. Gaynor

383 books | 951 friends

A.J. Sefton

838 books | 1,882 friends

Angel Lederhause

6,265 books | 1,136 friends

Anna Judd

165 books | 113 friends

Meg Dendler

686 books | 1,153 friends

Kathryn Lane

165 books | 345 friends

David Applegate

174 books | 3,226 friends

More friends…

Lorraine Carey

Goodreads Author

Born

in The United States

Website

http://www.lorrainecarey.com

Twitter

StorySpirit

Genre

Paranormal, Thriller, Chick Lit

Member Since

June 2011

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/lorrainecarey

edit data

Lorraine Carey is a retired children's reading specialist, teacher and an International Award-Winning Author. She has taught in many states in the US and provided reading services for students at a private school on Grand Cayman, where she lived with her husband for nine years. She was a city gal, living in Orange County, California until fate whisked her away to the Caribbean where life was very different from the one she was accustomed to. Trading in her fashionable heels for flip-flops was quite a change, but led to a lifestyle that allowed for a writing career to begin.

As of July 2018 she has moved back to the US and residing in the picturesque city of St. Petersburg, Florida.

Her love for paranormal stories and urban legends began at a Lorraine Carey is a retired children's reading specialist, teacher and an International Award-Winning Author. She has taught in many states in the US and provided reading services for students at a private school on Grand Cayman, where she lived with her husband for nine years. She was a city gal, living in Orange County, California until fate whisked her away to the Caribbean where life was very different from the one she was accustomed to. Trading in her fashionable heels for flip-flops was quite a change, but led to a lifestyle that allowed for a writing career to begin.

As of July 2018 she has moved back to the US and residing in the picturesque city of St. Petersburg, Florida.

Her love for paranormal stories and urban legends began at a young age, when staying up all night to watch spooky movies or reading a scary book started a lifelong passion.

Lorraine is no stranger to the paranormal, as she has encountered many unexplainable events during her lifetime. Many of those events have been woven into her fiction tales.

Published novels include: Losing Ground, a short memoir, followed by Mysteries of the Red Coyote Inn, Out of the Ashes, Jonathan's Locket, The Last Vestal Virgin and Beloved Sacrifice. These novels are paranormal with a mix of historical fiction, woven with urban legends and suitable for young adults to adults. A Rock Star Reader by Kindergarten is a self-help guide for parents on creating a successful reader and lifelong lover of literacy. The Good Teacher and On Borrowed Time are her latest works in the Women of the Willow Wood Series. This Award Winning series is based on legends of an underground secret society of women who use ancient magic.

Supernatural thriller, Jonathan’s Locket was a 2014 winner in the Readers’ Favorite contest, earning a Silver Award and a finalist in the Wind Dancer Film Contest. This Young Adult novel featured some of the island legends out of Grand Cayman surrounding the shipwreck of The Ten Sails.

Other works include Camp Cougar, which is the author’s first attempt in the erotica field. She has teamed up with a co-author to create this hybrid, humorous erotica.
Leona’s Legacy, a sequel to Camp Cougar has recently been released in January of 2018.

When not writing you can find Lorraine reading, beach hopping, snorkeling, or boating with her husband on their boat, the Angelica.
...more

18 posts
Lorraine Carey's Blog

Just Got Featured!

My book, Jonathan’s Locket is the featured book for BOOK SUNDAY! Check out an excerpt from my award-winning Young Adult novel here on the page. It’s only 99 cents! I'm so excited because back in 2014 it won a Silver Award from Readers Favorite and was a finalist in the Wind Dancer Film Contest.
https://asmallgangofauthors.blogspot.... Read more of this blog post »

1 like · Like • 4 comments • flag

Published on January 19, 2025 05:59 • Tags: feature-youngadult

View all 18 posts »

Combine Editions
Lorraine Carey’s books

Average rating: 4.62 · 603 ratings · 241 reviews · 35 distinct works • Similar authors

	Jonathan’s Locket 4.56 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2012 — 6 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
	Mysteries of the Red Coyote Inn (Mysteries of the Red Coyote Inn, #1) 4.80 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Beloved Sacrifice 4.69 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2015 — 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 Good Teacher (Women of Willow Wood #1) 4.52 avg rating — 56 ratings — 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
	Out of the Ashes (Mysteries of the Red Coyote Inn, #2) 4.76 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2014 — 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 Last Vestal Virgin 4.30 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Cinderella's Sister and the Big Bad Wolf by Lorraine Carey (Goodreads Author), Blanco Migy (Illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 29 ratings — 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
	On Borrowed Time: Women of the Willow Wood--Book 2 4.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — 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
	Camp Cougar by Lorraine Carey (Goodreads Author), Rebecca Robbins 4.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — 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
	Losing Ground 4.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2011 — 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

More books by Lorraine Carey…

Series by Lorraine Carey

Mysteries of the Red Coyote Inn (2 books)
by

Lorraine Carey (Goodreads Author)

4.79 avg rating — 143 ratings

Women of the Willow Wood (1 book)
by

Lorraine Carey (Goodreads Author)

4.52 avg rating — 56 ratings

Lorraine’s Recent Updates

Lorraine Carey rated a book it was amazing Vine Street: The Groundskeeper Returns by Michael Sanchez	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
Having read the other books in the Vine Street series, I was thrilled to pick up the latest installment, The Groundskeeper Returns. Reading it felt like revisiting old friends—a loving family, a mysterious friend who seems to appear out of nowhere, a ...more
Oct 07, 2026 07:20AM · 1 like · like · see review
Lorraine Carey is now following Michael Sanchez Author of Natural History Collector: Hunt, Discover, Lear...
Oct 07, 2026 07:20AM · like
Lorraine Carey rated a book it was amazing Vine Street: The Groundskeeper Returns by Michael Sanchez	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
Having read the other books in the Vine Street series, I was thrilled to pick up the latest installment, The Groundskeeper Returns. Reading it felt like revisiting old friends—a loving family, a mysterious friend who seems to appear out of nowhere, a ...more
Oct 07, 2026 07:03AM · 1 like · like · see review
Lorraine Carey rated a book it was amazing Out of Time (Out of Time, #1) by Monique Martin (Goodreads Author)	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
Aug 25, 2026 06:54PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Out of Time by Monique Martin. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Out of Time by Monique Martin <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Lorraine Carey rated a book it was amazing A Grandma Spells L-O-V-E: (A Precious Memory Book of Sweet Thoughts About Grandma by a Grandchild) by Sheri Poe-Pape (Goodreads Author)	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
As a veteran Reading Teacher, I’ve had the pleasure of recommending and reviewing many books for young readers, and A Grandpa Spells Love is one I’m delighted to recommend. This charming picture book checks all the boxes for both entertainment and ed ...more
Aug 18, 2026 04:18AM · like · see review
Lorraine Carey rated a book it was amazing Never Lie by Freida McFadden (Goodreads Author)	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
Aug 07, 2026 07:04PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Never Lie by Freida McFadden. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Never Lie by Freida McFadden <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Lorraine Carey rated a book it was amazing Come Back to Me (Waters of Time #1) by Jody Hedlund (Goodreads Author)	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
Jul 22, 2026 06:37PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Come Back to Me by Jody Hedlund. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Come Back to Me by Jody Hedlund <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Lorraine Carey made a comment on Eva Pasco’s review of Between the Realms " Thank you, Eva. What a lovely review. I enjoyed writing this piece as this was the era that changed my life. If I could go back, I would in a heartbea ...more "
May 22, 2026 12:21PM · see review
Lorraine Carey made a comment on Susan Sage’s review of Between the Realms " Thank you, Susan. I am so happy you enjoyed this. "
May 22, 2026 12:18PM · see review
Lorraine Carey liked Susan Sage's review of Between the Realms: "A gripping and deeply satisfying time travel tale! While Jenn loves revisiting her parents, best friend, and the sights and sounds of her youth in the 1970s, will it be enough for her to want to stay?As much as this is a story about time travel, it’s" Read more of this review »
May 22, 2026 12:18PM · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Between the Realms by Lorraine Carey. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Between the Realms by Lorraine Carey <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">

More of Lorraine's books…

Quotes by Lorraine Carey (?)

“We are not alone.
The spirits of those gone before guide our steps,our traditions,our beliefs.
We are not alone.
The care of those around us leads us to healing and wholeness and comfort.
Mohawk/Onondaga Healer”
― Lorraine Carey, Losing Ground

tags: inspirational

4 likes

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Lovers of Paranor...: recommendations please!!!	26	96	Nov 05, 2014 09:27AM
The Challenge Fac...: May 2016 TCF Monthly Challenge	27	97	May 31, 2016 10:58AM

Lorraine’s Quotes

tags: inspirational

4 likes

“Listen with an open heart”
― William O'Brien

tags: healing-insights, humanity, knowledge, magic, mystical, philosophy, spirituality, truth

23 likes

“Many years ago, plunging was discovered when the moon was in two halves- it's all about dreams, you see”
― William O'Brien, Peter: A Darkened Fairytale

tags: dreams, fairytale, fantasy, magic, moon, mystical, witch, wizard

18 likes

“I am here because I have to be here, as here I am supposed to be! All things should be, and usually are, found in their rightful places. Can you imagine how chaotic the world would be if nothing was in its correct place?”
― William O'Brien, Peter: A Darkened Fairytale

tags: alice-in-wonderland, bizarre, creatures, environmentalism, fairytale, magic, surreal

16 likes

“Doubt is unacceptable and should not enter you; it is merely evil trying to divert you and increase the difficulty of your task”
― William O'Brien, Peter: A Darkened Fairytale

tags: crystals, dark, fairytale, inspirational, magic, mystical, poem, witch, wizard

17 likes

More of Lorraine’s quotes…

Lorraine’s Friend Comments

Comments (showing 1-2) post a comment »

date

newest »

message 2: by Lorraine

Jun 09, 2016 04:37PM

Will do.

Sheri wrote: "Welcome Lorraine! Please spread the word also about my Award-winning Book "Cassie's Marvelous Music Lessons" and the upcoming early chapter book. For boy or girl, ages 3-8,

Best,
Sheri

Available..."

reply | flag

message 1: by Sheri

Jun 09, 2016 04:33PM

Welcome Lorraine! Please spread the word also about my Award-winning Book "Cassie's Marvelous Music Lessons" and the upcoming early chapter book. For boy or girl, ages 3-8,

Best,
Sheri

Available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble

www.sheripoe-pape.com

reply | flag

Lorraine Carey’s Followers (114)

Add New
Videos

Lorraine’s Bookshelves

Lorraine’s Friends (699)

Lorraine Carey

Goodreads Author

18 posts
Lorraine Carey's Blog

Just Got Featured!

Combine Editions
Lorraine Carey’s books

Series by Lorraine Carey

Lorraine’s Recent Updates

See a Problem?

Preview — Out of Time by Monique Martin

See a Problem?

Preview — Never Lie by Freida McFadden

See a Problem?

Preview — Come Back to Me by Jody Hedlund

See a Problem?

Preview — Between the Realms by Lorraine Carey

Topics Mentioning This Author

Lorraine’s Quotes

recent posts
Lorraine’s Groups

Lorraine’s Friend Comments