Eternal Demon (Mark of the Vampire #5) by Laura Wright

When Erion’s son is kidnapped by the evil vampire Cruen, Erion vows to stop at nothing to find his hideaway—including intercepting the traveling party of Cruen’s beautiful bride-to-be. But instead of a vulnerable caravan, Erion is met by a feral band of female demons that includes Hellen, the bride—a creature of dark magic and darker passion. 


Though the safety of his son is foremost, Erion can’t deny his unexpected connection to Hellen—inflaming a manic desire as primal as it is irresistible. As their bond intensifies, they move toward an inevitable and terrifying battle. With time running out, Erion realizes he must not only find and rescue his son but protect Hellen from Cruen and the underworld forces waiting to destroy her for her betrayal.

Hi all! Back after just having finished the above book! I actually quite enjoyed this book- Erion is a complete bad-ass alpha male, that is for sure! He's smokin' hot in this book too! His character is just well, male and beastly! Which kinda fits him pretty well! This the fifth book in the Mark of The Vampire series by Laura Wright and to be honest, since I hadn't really listened to her recently, it took me a bit to get into it because I was confused as fuck and couldn't remember half the shit I knew I should remember about the series. Lots of puzzle pieces clicked and slid into place by... oh, the end of the book hahahah! Either way it was enjoyable! I really enjoyed the other books in this series too, as I recall. It's a great, fast paced, involved series, that is for sure. The characters are all mentioned in previous books past (and if I had a right and proper memory, I would have enjoyed that fact more so! LOL!) and if I recall, Tavia Gilbert reads the other books too. She's so creepily dramatic in parts that I get a little weirded out by her reading at times! She just clearly puts a lot into her reading! Either way, the more I let this book soak in, the more I really am looking forward to the next in this series and hope that it's not so far and few in between as this was from it's previous book. So yeah... good continuance of the series, if you haven't grabbed this series yet, consider doing so, but start at book 1! :)

An easy:

Not sure what is next, I have tons of books waiting to be devoured! We'll see!

Twice Tempted (Night Price #2) by Jeaniene Frost

{YES, I've listened to this book on audio and YES this post contains spoilers, as I am reviewing a book!! LOL! may contain questionable language, discretion is advised! Excerpt below from Good Reads.}

 

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Twice Tempted (Night Prince #2)

by Jeaniene Frost (Goodreads Author)

4.33 of 5 stars 4.33  ·   rating details  ·  3,584 ratings  ·  688 reviews

Dating the Prince of Darkness has its challenges...
Leila's psychic abilities have been failing her, and now she isn't sure what the future holds. If that weren't enough, her lover, Vlad, has been acting distant. Though Leila is a mere mortal, she's also a modern woman who refuses to accept the cold shoulder treatment forever–especially from the darkly handsome vampire who still won't admit that he loves her.
Like choosing between eternal love and a loveless eternity...
Soon circumstances send Leila back to the carnival circuit, where tragedy strikes. And when she finds herself in the crosshairs of a killer who may be closer than she realizes, Leila must decide who to trust– the fiery vampire who arouses her passions like no other or the tortured knight who longs to be more than a friend? With danger stalking her every step of the way, all it takes is one wrong move to damn her for eternity.

Howdy y'all! *snort* I'm back with another review! Yeah, THAT fast. This book was extremely quick. Literally less than a day, I think? The running time on the audiobook says 8 hours 6 minutes, so yeah, it was a seriously quick listen. It's the second book in this silly little Night Prince spin off from Frost's Night Huntress series w/ Cat and Bones in it (which are SERIOUSLY fun books and ones I would highly recommend!) and I enjoyed the first book in this series, although if I remember correctly, I was kind of disappointed  so why did I grab this one?! I dunno! I was hoping this series would be cheeky and clever and full of hotness and fun like the Night Huntress series. It sort of it... but sort of isn't. *shrug* I really like Vlad's character, but this series is more about Leila (his mate) than it is about Vlad, which is a bummer, but it's okay. There was a lot less "action" than in her other books, so that is strange too. This book was just OK. There was nothing in it that wow'd me or amazed me, or made me feel or think too hard. It was a quick and easy, so-so little listen. I guess the two- Vlad and Leila worked through their issues in the book so that was a good thing. It was just quite quick that I felt like I blinked and it was over! It basically was! LOL! an 8 hour listen?! Just kooky! 

anyway, I gave this one just:

...and to my chagrin, I just started this one (which is highly anticipated and probably the only YA you'll ever see me listening to! *wink*)

Inferno (Chronicles of Nick, #4)

Kenyon, Sherrilyn

4.46

Eternal Kiss of Night by Jeaniene Frost

{YES, I've listened to this book on audio and YES this post contains spoilers, as I am reviewing a book!! LOL! may contain questionable language, discretion is advised! Excerpt below from Good Reads.}

Eternal Kiss of Darkness (Night Huntress World #2)

by Jeaniene Frost (Goodreads Author)

 4.19  ·  rating details  ·  12,226 ratings  ·  975 reviews

An immortal war has been brewing in the darkness . . . And now one woman has stumbled into the shadows. 

Chicago private investigator Kira Graceling should have just kept on walking. But her sense of duty refused to let her ignore the moans of pain coming from inside a warehouse just before dawn. Suddenly she finds herself in a world she's only imagined in her worst nightmares.

At the center is Mencheres, a breathtaking Master vampire who thought he'd seen it all. Then Kira appears, this fearless, beautiful . . . human who braved death to rescue him. Though he burns for her, keeping Kira in his world means risking her life. Yet sending her away is unthinkable.

But with danger closing in, Mencheres must choose either the woman he craves, or embracing the darkest magic to defeat an enemy bent on his eternal destruction.

Hello!! Whew! Been a while huh? Generally I update this good ol' book blog of mine more frequently, but like I mentioned in my previous post, my parents came into town from Washington State for a week visit and it was so much fun, I barely gave a listen to my book while they were here! They left several days ago, and I'm now just getting into a comfy groove of listening to my book throughout the day while my girls are in school. I've FINALLY finished this book- Eternal Kiss of Night the second book in Frost's Night Huntress World series. Felt like this book was rather long and drawn out, but I think it's because I was preoccupied most of the time with family and just overall busy with other things. So, aside from this book feeling a little long winded, it was kinda cool, but then kinda a little dull as well. I had high hopes for Mencheres... I don't know why, just did. With him being as old as he is, I'd think he would just kinda react and act a little differently. I am not sure what it is that makes me think this, and maybe it was Tavia Gilbert's way that she read his "voice", it just kind of made me think he were an ol' stick in the mud or something. I did really like Kira though! Well, I liked them both, but with everything I was doing at the time while listening to this book, I really don't think I can give a very fair review. I will just leave it with "good book". How's that? LOL! Yeah, not good enough! :P The two's chemistry was really nice though, I liked it. But it lacked a lot of 'meat on the bones' content for me. I dunno! I'm failing at this review miserably! hahah! I'm going to start the third book very shortly and can't wait! It's Vlad's book, and even though he made a short appearance in this book, it wasn't enough! I can't wait to hear his story! :) See you all soon!

I gave this book: ★★★★ = Liked it! 

First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost

{YES, I've listened to this book on audio and YES this post contains spoilers, as I am reviewing a book!! LOL! may contain questionable language, discretion is advised! Excerpt below from Good Reads.}

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First Drop of Crimson (Night Huntress World #1)

by Jeaniene Frost (Goodreads Author)

 4.15  ·  rating details  ·  16,336 ratings  ·  1,171 reviews

The night is not safe for mortals. Denise MacGregor knows all too well what lurks in the shadows - her best friend is half-vampire Cat Crawfield - and she has already lost more than the average human could bear. But her family's dark past is wrapped in secrets and shrouded in darkness - and a demon shapeshifter has marked Denise as prey. Now her survival depends on an immortal who craves a taste of her.

He is Spade, a powerful, mysterious vampire who has walked the earth for centuries and is now duty-bound to protect this endangered, alluring human - even if it means destroying his own kind. Denise may arouse his deepest hungers, but Spade knows he must fight his urge to have her as they face the demon nightmare together...

Because once the first drop of crimson falls, they will both be lost.

Hello again readers! I currently have my parents visiting from out of town (Washington State) and so I've not been able to listen to my audiobooks as often as I might like, but I did manage to finish the first book in Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress World series- First Drop of Crimson. You don't know how good it was to get back into Frost's little Night Huntress "World"! Granted, this wasn't about Cat and Bones, which is okay, they made brief appearances and I got to hear Bone's quirky, crazy British accent that Tavia Gilbert NAILS! LOL! This book was about some of the other minor series in the Night Huntress; Bone's best friend Spade and Cat's best friend Denise. I have to say, I really love Spade after this book. He's kinda a douche in the other books, but this one really focused in on the why's and how's of his mind and his emotions and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Denise's story was pretty cool too! This story line coincided with, I think book 4 or 5 in the regular Night Huntress series, which they hinted at, and it was really nice to see what was going on WHILE Cat and Bones were off doing their own things, it's like a different point of view along the same timeline- which is so fun!! I have since started the second book in the Night Huntress World series but I've been really preoccupied with doing custom blogs for client's and my folks visiting from out of town as well as my kiddo's first week of school, so when things settle down a bit more, I will be updating more frequently and simply can not wait until the book after this one I'm on right now, which is Vlad's story! I thought about skipping ahead to it, but will be patient and wait! I'm just so excited for it!!! I know I will love it because I love the lore of Vlad aka Dracula (lol! he hates being called that in the books!) and love his personality and really loved the relationship between Cat and Vlad, so it will be awesome, I think! Anyway, I am cutting this short, so sorry! This was a really good start to a whole "world" series and I know I will love the rest of the books as I loved this one! :)

I think I'm going to give this book ★★★★.5 stars!

Eternal Beast by Laura Wright

{YES, I've listened to this book on audio and YES this post contains spoilers, as I am reviewing a book!! LOL! may contain questionable language, discretion is advised! Excerpt below from Good Reads.}

Eternal Beast (Mark of the Vampire #4)

by Laura Wright (Goodreads Author)

 4.53  ·   rating details  ·  154 ratings  ·  55 reviews

A Taste of Blood

Ever since his abduction by the Eternal Order of Vampires, Gray Donohue has finally found his true calling: vengeance. He will stop at nothing to bring his fellow Impure vampires the freedom they deserve. Now if he could just release his primal need for the beautiful vampire who saved his life—and rules his thoughts and desires…

After nearly killing the senator she was assigned to protect, Dillon is now in mortal danger. The jaguar within her has been unleashed, and she can no longer control it. Sex is the only thing that can tame her shift. And Gray is the only man who can make her surrender to a passion strong enough to overpower her inner beast. But she doesn’t want to surrender—she wants her life back. Because she is determined never to belong to anyone, especially not Gray—the male whom destiny claims is her mate…

Welcome back visitors! I just finished the 4th and so far, last book in the Mark of the Vampire series. I really enjoyed this book and am sad to see that I'm all caught up on her series! I am hoping that she writes more for this series as there are many, many more characters that I'm dying to learn more about! I think that if anyone wants a good, solid series with a great amount of series based lore that is particular to these books only and these characters, I would definitely go out and get these books. They are a generally quick read as well, even though I gave them a listen on audio, they all went fairly quickly (except for book 3 which I think was the longest of them all so far) and are so great! I am quickly warming up to the characters and everyone's quirks and temperament. We were introduced to Dillon and Gray in the first book actually, and had heard of them throughout the series here and there, they both had their personalities forming from the very beginning and it was nice to see them have their own book. It was interesting as well, the "beast" twist, that Wright gave the vampire world she's created. You were given a sense of Dillon being this bad ass all the way from book 1, and this book took you through WHY she says what she says and does what she does. Gray's personality was pretty crystal clear from book 2 on and in this book we were all able to really get a good picture of his Why's and why not's. All and all- great book, great series!

I give this book about a ★★★★.5 LOL! and I'm not 100% sure what I will be starting next, but I've loaded up this book onto my mp3 player, so we'll see! I'm really missing the Night Huntress series!!! *sigh*

First Drop of Crimson (Night Huntress World, #1)

Frost, Jeaniene

Eternal Captive by Laura Wright

{YES, I've listened to this book on audio and YES this post contains spoilers, as I am reviewing a book!! LOL! may contain questionable language, discretion is advised! Excerpt below from Good Reads.}

Eternal Captive (Mark of the Vampire #3)

by Laura Wright (Goodreads Author)

 4.39  ·   rating details  ·  602 ratings  ·  114 reviews

He'll become a predator to protect his prey.

Marked By Blood

Lucian Roman knows he must stay away from Bronwyn Kettler for sanity's sake. Since feeding her his blood, he can think of nothing else but possessing her—fighting an uncontrollable desire to kill her, if he has to, and the vampire she has sworn to wed.

Bronwyn, a brilliant vampire genealogist, can never escape her connection to Lucian. He sustained her when she was starving. He still rules her dreams. And when the nights get dark enough, she still craves him. Though is essence courses through her body, she has found a true mate in someone else.

But when a dangerous enemy threatens Bronwyn, only Lucian—bound to her forever by blood—can save her life. Even if it means sacrificing his own.

Hi again!! Last night I finished the 3rd book in the Mark of the Vampire Series by Laura Wright and I have to say, the other 2 books were leading up to this one amazing book! I completely LOVED this book! I loved EVERYTHING about it, the torturous emotions, the chains, even didn't mind her using my favorite "C" word because she actually mixed it up with the equally lovely "P" (remember, rhymes with 'hussy!') word, LMBO! So, with that being said, I loved these two characters- Lucian and Bronwyn, and I knew deep down (read my second review of this series) that I was going to completely love this book- and I was right, I DID love it! I loved that after a fashion and being in his homeland, Luca's brogue started to peek through and reallllly loved another minor characters british accent... made me seriously miss Bones from the Night Huntress series by Jeaniene Frost- which Tavia Gilbert also narrates. ;) Anyways, this book seemed to be a bit longer than the other two in the series and it felt slightly disjointed at the end... I'm not sure why I felt that way, but I did. By the end I was tearing up something fierce though, so that might have been why! It felt like a really long journey that slightly seemed a little longer than necessary, like things were almost drawn out TOO much (if that's possible!)... but all in all I seriously give this book ★★★★★ = Loved it! 

I had loaded up the 4th book in the series and gave it a short little 15 minute listen last night, and I'm interested in seeing where it's going to go... the characters are really ones I'm emotionally invested in, but I am sure I will enjoy it! :)

Eternal Kiss by Laura Wright

{YES, I've listened to this book on audio and YES this post contains spoilers, as I am reviewing a book!! LOL! may contain questionable language, discretion is advised! Excerpt below from Good Reads.}

Eternal Kiss (Mark of the Vampire #2)

by Laura Wright (Goodreads Author)

 4.29  ·   rating details  ·  914 ratings  ·  130 reviews

Sacrifice will be their downfall. And their resurrection.

Family is blood.

His father unknown, his mother dead, Nicholas Roman was raised by the vampire Breed with one wish: to live as a normal vampire. But once he's transformed against his will into a gifted immortal, Nicholas now has one goal: to stop the Eternal Order of vampires from controlling his life and from transforming more males from his bloodline for their vicious reign. Then comes a beautiful stranger with a startling secret.

Vampire Kate Everborne claims she's sheltering Nicholas' long-lost son. If this is true, then who is the mother? And how endangered are they if, indeed, Nicholas does possess the bloodline so coveted by the Order? These are questions that with every seductive whisper, every silken touch, draw Nicholas and Kate intimately closer and nearer still to the truth. But aroused too are Nicholas' fears that this tantalizing woman has even more secrets—both dangerous and provocative—she has yet to share.

Hello again! Here I am reviewing the second book in the Mark of the Vampire series by Laura Wright, read by the lovely Tavia Gilbert! This second book gave me a little more a taste of what I was kind of wanting in regards to my review on book one (Eternal Hunger). It was a decent book and issuing more and more about the characters that I'm really liking. The wonderful Laura Wright still over uses that wonderful "C" word that we all  know and kind of cringe at... and at the very beginning of the book she had mentioned the "P" word... you know, rhymes with HUSSY (lmbo!!!)... and I though "oh my god, she did it! she nixed the "C" word from her books!!!! yay!" but no... I had just gotten a wee bit lucky that one time with the "P" word! No, in all honestly, it doesn't bother me really that much, it's just that there's so many other words that authors can use for our wonderful feminine parts, the "C" word just make it sound dirty and crude. Anyway... I enjoyed this book a lot, it revealed a lot of different things and has that perfect amount of tension and action/adventure in it. I'm really loving getting to know all of the different characters and brothers and whatnot and even though I kinda called the ending (situation with Luca & Bronwyn- who the next book is about YAYAYAYAY!!!) pretty early on (actually, last book!), I'm really enjoying it! I love this series and hope I'm not setting myself up for failure because I'm REALLY excited to start book 3! I loved the torment and the self loathing that the main character Nicolas has and love the spunky attitude that Kate has as well, though the way that Tavia read the voice of Kate, I sort of wanted to shove knives into my ear drums after a while! *shudder* No offense or anything, but Kate's voice is excruciating LOL! Ahhh! so, this review is kinda all over the place, sorry! But I definitely am loving this series!



I gave Eternal Kiss this many stars:  ★★★★ = Liked it! 

And I will be starting the 3rd book in this series tonight! :)

Eternal Hunger by Laura Wright

{YES, I've listened to this book on audio and YES this post contains spoilers, as I am reviewing a book!! LOL! may contain questionable language, discretion is advised! Excerpt below from Good Reads.}

Eternal Hunger (Mark of the Vampire #1)

by Laura Wright (Goodreads Author)

 3.97  ·   rating details  ·  1,411 ratings  ·  223 reviews

Read Laura Wright's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. 

A dark and sexy debut paranormal romance

In the dark, fear and desire are one... 

Alexander Roman wants nothing to do with those of his vampire breed. Fate places him at the door of Dr. Sara Donohue, who is dedicated to removing patients' traumatic memories. But as their world's collide, Sara and Alexander are bound by something even stronger as one becomes hunter and the other, prey. And Sara's only chance of survival is to surrender to the final-and most unimaginable-desire of her life.

Hello again! Back so soon, you ask? Well, today I finished on audio, the first book in the Mark of The Vampire series- Eternal Hunger by Laura Wright... oddly enough, it's read by the lovely Tavia Gilbert, who read the last series I just finished as well! Co-ink-ee-dink??? IDK! I am not purposely seeking out books read by her, even though her voice has been a constant for a couple months now- in the back of my mind! LOL! Either way... I'm here to review this interesting first book in a series that falls into that similar category that I was just whining I haven't gotten enough of in the Night Huntress books- that one true mate, that love of their life, the whole "I was born/made for just one person" etc etc. You know the books... just the the others in this similar genre- Midnight Breed by Adrian, Black Dagger Brotherhood by Ward... etc etc! I know the last time I mentioned that a series was "along the same vein/genre" as those mentioned directly above, I got a little scolding from an actual author (*meeeeep*) and I had to take a moment to kind of re-think my words and try and think about what I was really trying to convey... and I think I conveyed it alright... I wasn't mentioning that either book or series was better than the other, or whichever series or books came first were BETTER... just that there are certain genre's out there that are more similarly put onto paper (or directly into my ear, as I listen to audiobooks lol!)... I'm not sure if the author who started explaining that her books came out first, so she was more original understood that I didn't mean anything negative by saying that so and so book was along the same vein as so and so book... it's just that they are all kind of similar. When you take a subject like "one true mate" and express it in plot, with other characters and whatnot, well... the main topic is pretty obvious and 'in your face'. So, when I say "along the same vein" or "in the same genre" as so and so book, please don't think that I'm being negative- quite the opposite actually! I'm giving extreme kudos to anyone who can write a book that is in the same genre but still hold it's own as some of my favorite authors (Ward, Hamilton, Adrian etc)... so with that being said, this was ONE OF THOSE BOOKS! LOL! And that is completely okay. It was what I needed after the grueling Night Huntress series with very little errrrr... yanno, S. E. X in it. It's funny because I'm a part of an amazing group of ladies on Facebook, a book group, and everyone laughs because apparently I'm the resident sex freak and I need all of my books to have sex scene after sex scene for me to be interested in it! Don't get me wrong, I do need a little MEAT on the BONES of my books, but, there can be a perfectly good PLOT w/o the abundance of sexual relations, LOL! I just like paranormal ROMANCE. I guess. Paranormal PORN? Is there such a thing? Well this book kind of had it. Oh, yeah... I'm reviewing a book! Sorry, two glasses of wine this evening... got side tracked! This was a good START of a series. Unfortunately, or fortunately (???), it really left me wanting MORE. More everything. More action, more of their 'battle' scenes, more details, more sex (but less of that freaking "C" word... oh my, someone hand Ms. Wright a thesaurus and give her other words for our glorious honey pot please... cunt just does not flow well from the lips of any reader! Over and over, and over again! Gah!), more details on the characters! So like I said, this was a fantastic START of a series that I really hope we get more into. I'm going to be starting the second book in the series (thought I'm kind of sad that I read it's about the second oldest brother- Nicholas, rather than Lucian... I can't wait to read Luca's book, meow!) right after I'm finished with this extremely long winded, slightly inebriated review and I'm actually really looking forward to it! Even though I picked up the Night Huntress World books today (I'm DYING to listen to Vlad's book, omg!) I am going to put them on the back burner until I get through the other 3 books in this series, I really have hope and faith that this series is going to turn into something really great. It seems like she is going to go deeper into their "lore" and their "world" and I can't wait to go on that journey, to be honest. It's kinda got a little grip on me, and I'm hoping that I don't have too high of expectations for this series! It sort of feels similar to when I first started the Lords of the Underworld series by Showalter... after that first book I was like Mehhhhh, IDK! But then I gave the second and third etc books a try and that is seriously one of my all time favorite series EVA. LOL! So... here I go! Learning more and more about this interesting world that Wright is unfolding and setting up for her readers/listeners! Hope it turns out to be decent! I noticed that the other books in the series star ratings on Good Reads get higher than this first book!


I gave this first book in the series:  ★★★★ = Liked it!

See you all soon for the review of the second book in this series. Probably won't be too far off as these books appear to be rather short! :X

One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost

{YES, I've listened to this book on audio and YES this post contains spoilers, as I am reviewing a book!! LOL! may contain questionable language, discretion is advised! Excerpt below from Good Reads.}

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One Grave at a Time (Night Huntress #6)

by Jeaniene Frost (Goodreads Author)

 4.20  ·   rating details  ·  10,621 ratings  ·  1,100 reviews

The latest installment in Frost's "New York Times"- and "USA Today"-bestselling Night Huntress series, in which Cat grapples with her temporary ability to communicate with the dead and takes on a phantom murderer. Original.

Welcome back readers! Here I've concluded the Night Huntress Series thus far... just finished book 6 earlier today and wanted to get a review out before I got too into the new series I just started a few hours ago. I don't know if Frost has any intentions on continuing Bone's and Cat's story any further, or leaving it at 6 books, but it felt like a good place for a stand still... a break, so to speak. I vaguely recall reading something about a Night Huntress "World" on her website when reviewing the books before I started them, so that is definitely something for me to look into in the future when I've had a sufficient enough break... I'm ashamed to admit it, but I think I will have Tavia's voice of Bone's echoing in my mind for quite some time! ;) Even though I said that the accent killed me at the first & second review! LOL! He became seriously endearing after 6 books! And oddly enough, the new series I plugged into today is actually narrated by Tavia as well! LOL! It's not often that that sort of things happens. Readers repeat obviously, especially the real strong male narrators, but I didn't know of Tavia before this series (that I recall off hand) and now she's going to be reading a whole new series, it's just kind of funny to me! Feels familiar, but where, oh where is Bones? Bahahah!! Okay. So Bone's and Cat's 6th journey together... it was a good one. It had all the same excitement and adventure in it as the rest of the books in the series had of course and a bit more of the "connection" between the two main characters that we've all grown to love. Bone's and Cat are quite the couple! :) I like them both equally, I think, after having read their story in book form back to back... SIX whole books! Well, when I said "read", of course I meant LISTENED to! ;) Either way, I don't know how long I will be able to go w/o hearing about Bones and Cat or at least their "world", so I might look into the Night Huntress "World" books sooner rather than later! :) Anyone looking for a good adventure, love story, drama, and tons of action with a great writing style, pick up these books!

I gave this 6th book in the series    ★★★★ = Liked it!


And several hours ago, I started this book:

	Eternal Hunger (Mark of the Vampire #1)	Wright, Laura