Born in Rochester, New York Laura is the eldest of two daughters. She spent her junior year in high school as a Rotary International exchange student in Brazil. During her adult life she has also spent time living in England and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
In 1995 she graduated from Central Washington University with a BS in Marketing. She founded Couples Company in 1999, an online community for people in relationships. During the past decade she has published over 20 books including Storybook Advent Calendar, Laid Off Now What and the Event, Editorial and Promotional Calendar (LEEP) series.
The Eight Levels of Intimacy is a short little book that allows you to pinpoint where and how many relationships crash and burn. If you're trying to figure out what happened and why, or simply want to make your next romantic relationship last, this 30-minute read will get you there fast, and give you the tools needed to make your current or next romance, the relationship of your dreams.
Borrowing from the ideas presented in 1 Corinthians Chapter 13 about the nature of love, this story covers a conversation between a mother and son about what God is, what He means and also what He is not.
The Kingdom principles presented in this story, written in a prosaic form, instill basic ideas that can be used throughout a lifetime.
Adapted from a folktale but set in our time, Finding Christmas is all about getting the consumerism out of the holiday and putting Christ and the real meaning back into Christmas. A favorite with moms and children alike!
Two stories, the poem 'A Strawberry Christmas Tree' is based on a true story from Christmas 2007 and The Perfect Christmas Candy gives a whimsical look at the candy cane and how it symbolizes the very best of Jesus Christ.
Inspired and adapted from a folktale, The Three Trees teaches us the wisdom of letting God determine our destiny and how what can at first appear to be a defeat can quickly become the ultimate achievement when God works through you.
It's about the gifts we receive and how often we don't realize blessings in disguise. An instant classic!
Why don't Christians celebrate Hanukkah? What is Eid? How are Islam, Christianity and Judaism similar... and how are these three faiths different? Join Matthew, Mohammed and Micah, three teens, as they discover each others' faiths and learn to appreciate their similarities and differences. Included in this story are the basics and a few of the common misconceptions about all three faiths.
A charming story about giving and the simple things in life was inspired by a folktale about that orange that seems to appear in Christmas stockings each year.
Sensuality Volume Two is the second book in the best-selling Sensuality Series, The Collection of Bedtime Stories for Adults. It includes 7 stories for heterosexual couples plus a special bonus: The Eight Stages of Intimacy. This is intellectual foreplay, designed to be read aloud and stimulate an evening you'll never forget.
This is the companion Songbook to the Storybook Advent Carols Collections CDs, Volumes One and Two which feature the music of 20 Classic American and 20 Classic British Christmas Carols.
This book includes the full lyrics, history and story behind the songs as well as a pictorial journey through the Holy Land and England in addition to several popular Christian citations.
Advent is the four weeks leading up to Christmas. The Storybook Advent Calendar includes a number of classic Christmas Stories by many of the most beloved writers in addition to 7 original stories written specifically for this book.
Intellectual foreplay in literary form, the Sensuality Series™ is a collection of contemporary heterosexual bedtime stories for adults, guaranteed not to put you to sleep. Each volume contains six short stories and is designed to be read aloud, (Great for long distance relationships...read him/her a story over the phone and watch the sparks fly!).