Laurie Gilmore author photo, standing with hand on hip in a yellow cardigan, white tee and grey pants. With a blurred scenic park background behind her.

About

Laurie Gilmore is a No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller and a USA Today bestseller who writes steamy small-town romance. Her Dream Harbor series is filled with quirky townsfolk, cozy settings, and swoon-worthy romance. The first book in the series, The Pumpkin Spice Café, was featured on Good Morning America and was named the TikTok Shop Book of the Year 2024.

She loves finding books with the perfect balance of sweetness and spice and strives for that in her own writing.

Laurie also writes romantic fantasy as Melissa McTernan.