Visitation/Winston Brothers

Starting out in 1996, Lori L. Foster would go onto have a hugely successful writing career over the course of her life, producing large quantities of books, many focused on romance as a genre, as she would come to be a bestselling author in the intervening years, with many of her books reaching a worldwide audience, selling both nationally as well as internationally. This can be seen through her sales, as she would reach bestselling status, reaching the top of USA Today, along with Publisher’s Weekly, as well as becoming a New York Times bestselling author. Over time she would reach readers of all backgrounds, as her work would speak on a universal level, with her characters resonating with readers too, largely due to her ability in creating fully formed three-dimensional personalities that come alive off of the page, as they manage to speak to the reader on an almost intimate level. A highly prolific author within the literary community too, she manages to make herself heard, always willing to impart knowledge on her craft, giving an insight into how she writes. This passion is something that is also present within her work, as there’s plenty of character to each and every novel of hers, as she writes from a very real place that’s close to home. Drawing the reader in, she allows them to lose themselves within her words, as they essentially immerse themselves in her rich and immersive narratives. Combining both escapism and authenticity in equal measure, her stories are both engaging and compelling, factors which go some way towards explaining how it is that she has come to have just a fraction of the success that she currently has today. It is also her franchises and series that have come to make up much of her backlog of novels too, as there are a large number of them for readers to immerse themselves within. A series that she has become particularly well known for is that of her ‘Visitation/Winston Brothers’ series, an overall franchise that combines to series chronologically, with the ‘Winston Brothers’ series, followed by the ‘Visitation, North Carolina’ series as well. Set in North Carolina, these stories largely focus themselves on the romantic lives of the many residents there, specifically those of the Winston Brothers. Charting these stories over a long period of time, the stories themselves are largely stand-alone, allowing them to play off of each other essentially. With elements feeding into each subsequent novel, it also managed to provide a sense of familiarity to any long-term reader, whilst also not potentially alienating any new readers to the series.