Tori Carrington is the pen name by the husband–wife writing team of the late Tony Karayianni and Lori Schlachter Karayianni. They have written over 28

romance novel A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and usually has an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Pre ...

s since 1998.

Biography

Tony Karayianni was born in

Smila, Greece Smila ( el, Σμίλα) is a village in the municipality of Olympia, Elis, Greece. It is situated in the plains north of the river Alfeios, 1 km north of Strefi, 3 km west of Pelopio, 7 km northwest of Olympia and 10 km eas ...

and he grew up in

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. He immigrated to the United States in late 1976. He passed suddenly April 16, 2016. Lori Schlachter was born in

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, United States. She studied at Catholic Central and graduated with a degree in computer science from Macomber-Whitney. For years, she worked in the computer industry. They began writing in June 1984. Their first novel was published in 1998 as Tori Carrington ("Tori" is formed from "Tony" and "Lori"). Karayianni and Schlachter married in 1987. They had two sons, Tony, Jr. and Tim.

Bibliography

Single novels

*''Constant Craving'' (1998) *''Just Eight Months Old...'' (2000) *''You Sexy Thing!'' (2001) *''Skin Deep'' (2002) *''Private Investigations'' (2002) *''Dangerous...'' (2007)

Magnificent McCoy Men series

#''License to Thrill'' (1999) #''The P.I. Who Loved Her'' (2000) #''For Her Eyes Only'' (2000) #''You Only Love Once'' (2001) #''Never Say Never Again'' (2001) #''From McCoy, With Love'' (2005) #''A Real McCoy'' (2005) *''Seducing McCoy: You Only Love Once / Never Say Never Again'' (omnibus) (2006)

Old Orchard series

#''The Woman for Dusty Conrad'' (2001) #''What a Woman Wants'' (2002) #''Where You Least Expect It'' (2004)

Legal Briefs series

#''A Stranger's Touch'' (2002) #''Fire and Ice'' (2002) #''Going Too Far'' (2003)

Kiss and Tell series

#''Night Fever'' (2003) #''Flavor of the Month'' (2003) #''Just Between Us...'' (2003)

Sleeping with Secrets series

#''Forbidden'' (2004) #''Indecent'' (2004) #''Wicked'' (2004)

Dangerous Liaisons series

#''Possession'' (2005) #''Obsession'' (2006) #''Submission'' (2006)

Sofie Metropolis series

#''Sofie Metropolis'' (2005) #''Dirty Laundry'' (2006) #''Foul Play'' (2007) #''Working Stiff'' (2008) #''Love Bites '' #''Queens Ransom ''

Trueblood Texas series

*''Every Move You Make'' (2002)

Bad Girls Club series

*''Red-hot and Reckless'' (2003) *''Taken'' (2007)

Code Red series

*''Total Exposure'' (2004)

Omnibus in collaboration

*More Than Words: Volume 3 (2003) (with

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Catherine Mann Catherine Mann is an American author of romance fiction. She has published numerous books with Berkley, Sourcebooks, and Harlequin Desire. In 2003 Mann won the "Best Contemporary" RITA Award for ''Taking Cover''. She has also won a Romantic ...

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and

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) (''Homecoming Season / Find the Way / Here Comes the Heroes / Touched by Love / Stitch in Time'') *''Private Scandals'' (2004) (with Judy Christenberry and Joanna Wayne) (''Shadows of the Past / Family Unveiled / Sleeping with Secrets'') *''Where You Least Expect It / Isn't it Rich?'' (2004) (with

Sherryl Woods Sherryl Woods (born July 23, 1944 in Arlington, Virginia, United States) is an American writer of over 110 romance and mystery novels since 1982. She also signed her novels as "Alexandra Kirk" and "Suzanne Sherrill". She splits her time between ...

) *''Marry Me... Maybe?: License to Thrill / I Thee Wed'' (2004) (with

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) *''That's Amore!'' (2005) (with

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and Leslie Kelly) (''Meet the Parents / I Do, Don't I? / There Goes the Groom'') *''Wedding Fever'' (2006) (with

and Leslie Kelly)

External links

Tori Carrington's Official WebsiteTori Carrington at AudibleTori Carrington at AmazonTori Carrington at Barnes and NobleTori Carrington's Official Facebook PageTori Carrington's Official Instagram PageTori Carrington's Official X Twitter PageTori Carrington at Mills & BoonTori Carrington at Akashic Books
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