title: For Love of Eli: Quilts of Love Series
author:  Loree Lough 
description: With nearly 4,500,000 books in circulation, award-winning author Loree Lough has 99 books on the shelves (mostly faith-based fiction &amp; non-fiction for children &amp; adults that earned dozens of 4- &amp; 5-star reviews &amp; 5 movie options), including reader favorites such as the First Responders series &amp; <em>For Love of Eli </em>(Abingdon Press). With the publication of <em>Guarding Alyssa</em> in February of 2014 (#3 in the A Child to Love series for Harlequin Heartwarming), the total will reach 100.<br /> <br /> Loree's articles have appeared in dozens of international &amp; national newspapers &amp; magazines. In addition to nearly 2,500 feature stories (writing as L.A. Lough), she "ghosted" hundreds more that appeared in trade &amp; technical publications. <br /> <br /> A firm believer in the "what goes around, comes around" theory, Loree developed &amp; taught numerous fiction &amp; nonfiction writing courses for area colleges, writers' organizations, &amp; the prestigious Writer's Digest Writing School. Through these efforts, she has mentored hundreds of students, &amp; the list of those now published has passed 100. She also believes in dedicating a generous portion of her annual income to favorite charities &amp; organizations. See the "Giving Back" page at her web site www.loreelough.com for a complete list.<br /> <br /> Loree &amp; her husband split their time between a humble home in the Baltimore suburbs &amp; a cabin in the Allegheny Mountains, where she takes great pride in her "identify the critter tracks" skills.<br />
zlib_text: > > TAKING A CHANCE
  
  > > > CHARITY ANTHOLOGY
  
  > D. G. CAROTHERS  TOSHI DRAKE  C. W. GRAY  K. L. HIERS  GIANNI HOLMES  KC
  > LUCK  G. R. LYONS  CLAIRE MARTA  ABRIANNA DENAE  AMANDA MEUWISSEN  SHANE K.
  > MORTON  FAITH RYAN  BRETTON SANS  JP SAYLE  LYNN VAN DORN  SHANNON WEST
  > TOBY WISE
  
  > CONTENTS
  
  > >  _Foreword_
  
  > >  _Desert Knight_
  
  > D.G. Carothers
  
  > >  _Leaping into Hope_
  
  > Toshi Drake
  
  > >  _When Clyde Met Hay_
  
  > C.W. Gray
  
  > >  _Playing for Keeps_
  
  > K.L. Hiers
  
  > >  _Alien Attraction_
  
  > Gianni Holmes
  
  > >  _In The Twilight Hours_
  
  > KC Luck
  
  > >  _Evan’s Awakening_
  
  > G.R. Lyons
  
  > >  _Always and Only You_
  
  > Claire Marta and Abrianna Denae
  
  > >  _Silhouette_
  
  > Amanda Meuwissen
  
  > >  _A Dark Half_
  
  > Shane K. Morton
  
  > >  _Fated_
  
  > Faith Ryan
  
  > >  _The Sweetest Ache_
  
  > Bretton Sans
  
  > >  _Love’s Heart Print_
  
  > JP Sayle
  
  > >  _Catch Me If You Can_
  
  > Lynn Van Dorn
  
  > >  _Take a Chance on Me_
  
  > Shannon West
  
  > >  _Taking the Leap_
  
  > Toby Wise
  
  > >  _Acknowledgments_
  
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