The Daddy Quest
by Lori Handeland

Thirteen-year-old Rayne Houston is on a quest. After discovering that her father is alive, she angrily packs her bag and goes off to find him, with only a six-year-old orphan named Tim at her side.

Nicole Houston is frantic when she discovers Rayne gone. Fourteen years ago she'd thought lying would be best for everyone because the choices Aaron Luchetti had made meant it was impossible for them to be together. Now it's time to face the past and tell the truth. And once that's done—and they find Rayne—maybe, just maybe, they can become the family they all so desperately need.

Lori Handeland's Bio

Lori Handeland has written over forty novels, novellas and short stories in several genres—historical, contemporary, series and paranormal romance, as well as urban fantasy—for such publishers as: Dorchester, Kensington, Harlequin, St. Martin’s Press, Harper-Collins and Simon and Schuster.

She is a New York Times, USA Today, Waldenbooks and Bookscan Bestselling Author and the recipient of many industry awards, including two RITA Awards from Romance Writers of America for Best Paranormal and Best Long Contemporary Romance, a Romantic Times Award for Best Harlequin Superromance, the Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence, the Write Touch Readers Award, the National Readers Choice Award and the Prism Award.

Published world wide and known for her popular and highly acclaimed Nightcreature paranormal series, Lori will begin the long awaited new Urban Fantasy series — The Phoenix Chronicles, with the November 2008 release of ANY GIVEN DOOMSDAY. The series continues in 2009 with the May release of DOOMSDAY CAN WAIT, followed by APOCALYPSE HAPPENS later that year.

Lori lives in Wisconsin with two sons, a husband and a yellow lab named Elwood. She can be reached through her web site www.lorihandeland.com.