Lori Wilde

Laurie Blalock Vanzura is American bestselling author of modern romance novels. She first published her novels under the pseudonym Laura Anthony but now uses Lori Wilde as the publishing name. She was born and raised in Texas, United States.

The best place to start is the Surprise Brides series, the earliest of Lori Wilde's multi-book series: it opens with Look Alike Bride (1997) and runs to 3 books across 1997, ending with The Secret Groom (1997). Lori Wilde's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Lori Wilde has 346 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1995 and 2026. 329 of them belong to 41 named series — the largest being the Twilight, Texas series with 16 books — and 17 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Lori Wilde's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Surprise Brides (1997, 3 books), Loving the Boss (1998–1999, 6 books) and Bachelors of Bear Creek (2002, 2 books), plus 35 more.

This guide splits Lori Wilde's 346 books into 41 named series and 17 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Twilight, Texas (16 books, 2009–2023); Encounters (13 books, 2009–2011); Texas Rascals (12 books, 2018–2019); Hotel Marchand (12 books, 2006–2007); Kringle, Texas (9 books, 2019–2025), plus 36 further series.