Books that sweep you off your feet, and tie you to the chair.
Writing has long since been a passion of mine, helping me to explore the world around me as I build worlds of my own. I take pride in creating characters that feel more like old friends, or even rivals, than two dimensional words on a page. I write stories that make people feel something.
With the support of my husband and my family, despite the interference of pets climbing between my hands and the keys, I pour my heart and soul into my books.
Fading into unconsciousness, Christian watches psychotic thugs drag his sister-in-law and nephew away to suffer in the city they just escaped. Left for dead near his brother’s corpse, he has but one hope for survival, rely on the pretty stranger who stumbled across him. Not exactly smart after the apocalypse.
Encumbered by the lingering effects of her own violent past, Chloe struggles against her need for independence. Trusting a stranger found lying in the snow is risky, to say the least. Yet, she patches him up.
As they strive to rebuild their hearts, the harsh world they’ve been thrust into promises to tear them apart. Because Christian’s rescue attempt can’t wait. Every second in Chloe’s idyllic hometown means another second of pain for Christian’s family, leaving Chloe with a choice. Risk her life to help Christian save his family? Or condemn them all to a slow death?
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Having lived beneath the rule of a vicious dictator all her life, Kiluna is no stranger to hardship. And yet, she holds hope. Her grandmother’s tales of peaceful times, together with whisperings of a magical gem, buoyed her spirits even in the most dire times. Everyone has a breaking point, though, and Kiluna is no different. After the brutal murder of her grandmother, she can stand it no longer. She sets off, determined to free her people, even if it means venturing through mysterious forests inhabited by outlaws, soon finding that one in particular may be a danger to her heart. But she must go, for only one thing is powerful enough to save her people… The Gem of Meruna.
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A new dragon has risen. Impossible, but true.
When the marks of the Soul Bearer burn themselves into Aurisye’s flesh, none can deny what she is. Illegitimate daughter of the hero who died nearly thirty years ago after killing the last dragon. The only person who can truly kill the dragon that terrorizes them, now. But Soul Bearers have always been human, and Aurisye is…not. Part Orc, oppression is her oldest friend.
Yet, her companion is chosen wisely. Now, Rafnor, a tolerant soldier sent by the Human monarchs, must teach her all things combat. But time is limited, and her sarcastic defenses try even his patience.
Amidst political strife with the Elves and all-out war with the Orcs, they must come together to prevent the merciless destruction of all three realms…Even as the Elven royals plot to tear them apart to secure an Elven heir to the Soul Bearer blood.
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Brutalized, traumatized, and cast out, Annabelle has nothing for comfort save the darkness festering in her own soul. Nourishing the terrible seed of hatred planted by her attacker, she sets out to cauterize the wound. In the old American west, she ventures from one dirty, dusty town to another, doling out her own brand of justice, armed with nothing but a weaponized parasol. Unfettered by notions of black and white morality, the piper is coming. It’s time to pay up.
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Current WIPs:
Title TBA
Dark High Fantasy Romance
A deposed prince teams up with a druid high priestess to landscape their enemies to death.
The Regonia Chronicles
Sci-fi epic told in two books and a novella. Two alien species, complete with a unique language. New worlds to house them, plus…the end of Earth and humanity’s new beginning in space.
And…the characters go through some serious shit.
Prequel: Started
Book One: Done
Book Two: Started
Standalone in Regonia universe (The Gem of Meruna): Prepping for rerelease
Coming soon:
World for the Broken
Dark Post-Apocalyptic Romance
A tongue-in-cheek roller coaster exploring the dark side of human nature and the resilience of those willing to forge ahead.
Official Blurb:
Fading into unconsciousness, Christian watches psychotic thugs drag his sister-in-law and nephew away to suffer in the city they just escaped. Left for dead near his brother’s corpse, he has but one hope for survival, rely on the pretty stranger who stumbled across him. Not exactly smart after the apocalypse.
Encumbered by the lingering effects of her own violent past, Chloe struggles against her need for independence. Trusting a stranger found lying in the snow is risky, to say the least. Yet, she patches him up.
As they strive to rebuild their hearts, the harsh world they’ve been thrust into promises to tear them apart. Because Christian’s rescue attempt can’t wait. Every second in Chloe’s idyllic hometown means another second of pain for Christian’s family, leaving Chloe with a choice. Risk her life to help Christian save his family? Or condemn them all to a slow death?
As far as this one is concerned, dark may not do it justice.
Salt and Silver (New title to be announced later)
A demi-demon with a conscience, a forward thinking, swoon-worthy werewolf, and an impulsive mortal journey through Evayla, looking for love, acceptance, and closure. And, of course, since I’m writing it, they have to endure…a lot.
Where Darkness Leads
Adult Dark Fantasy
This novel incorporates beings of myth, fantastical Gods and lore, and magical abilities, all the while staring straight into the eyes of dire circumstance, daring it to do its worst.
Vivification (Victorian romance short story)
Born of Heathen Gods (Victorian mystery/thriller short story)
Short Story Submitted to Anthologies:
Olly Olly Oxen Free (Horror)
Other Ideas:
Second to None
Dark Thriller/Romance
Shared Sight
Paranormal Thriller
All this, plus tons of unnamed ideas that are still…brewing. As you can see, there are a lot of irons in many fires. Genres and themes are flying all over the place. The common thread?
Emotion.
I want my work to make people feel something. As such…I don’t guarantee happy endings. Sometimes, a sad ending is true to the characters and the story itself, and if that’s what the book calls for, that’s what I write.
Prepare yourselves.
Hi guys! Genre snobs are (unfortunately) common. I don’t mean people who prefer a specific genre, btw. I mean the people who think every genre outside of their own preferred genre is garbage. They have a tendency to put other writers and readers down, saying that they read nothing but fluff, because let’s face it, …
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Hi, guys! I dedicated a big part of last week to metadata, copyright registration, and ISBNs. I got a lot of writing done, as well, but I told you all on social media that I was breaking my characters’ hearts, so I’m not going to give a word count. So let’s just say…all the words …
Hi, guys! Today, it’s all about character autonomy. We’ve all heard about writers whose characters talk to them, or decide not to talk to them. I must admit, I technically include myself in this group. My characters become fully fledged people in my mind. Their personalities develop in ways I don’t expect as the story …
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