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: # THE LOVE INTEREST
  
  ##  Kayley Loring
  
  
  # Contents
  
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  1. [ EMMETT ](text00006.html#chapter-1)
  
  2. [ JACK IRONS ](text00007.html#chapter-2)
  
  3. [ EMMETT ](text00008.html#chapter-3)
  
  4. [ WILLIAM DEXTER ](text00009.html#chapter-4)
  
  5. [ FIONA ](text00010.html#chapter-5)
  
  6. [ EMMETT ](text00011.html#chapter-6)
  
  7. [ FIONA ](text00012.html#chapter-7)
  
  8. [ EMMETT ](text00013.html#chapter-8)
  
  9. [ FIONA ](text00014.html#chapter-9)
  
  10. [ JACK IRONS ](text00015.html#chapter-10)
  
  11. [ EMMETT ](text00016.html#chapter-11)
  
  12. [ WILLIAM DEXTER ](text00017.html#chapter-12)
  
  13. [ FIONA ](text00018.html#chapter-13)
  
  14. [ WILLIAM DEXTER ](text00019.html#chapter-14)
  
  15. [ FIONA ](text00020.html#chapter-15)
  
  16. [ EMMETT ](text00021.html#chapter-16)
  
  17. [ JACK IRONS ](text00022.html#chapter-17)
  
  18. [ FIONA ](text00023.html#chapter-18)
  
  19. [ EMMETT ](text00024.html#chapter-19)
  
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