What’s Not Said: A Novel

In What’s Not Said, Kassie O’Callaghan, a middle-aged woman on a mission to divorce her emotionally abusive husband and start a new life with a younger man she met while on a solo vacation in Venice, learns her husband has chronic kidney disease. Her meticulous plans collapse until she pokes around his pajama drawer and discovers his illness is the least of his deceits. Then again, Kassie is no angel. The separate lives they lead collide head-on into a tangled web of sex, lies, and DNA. As ... [Read More...]

Little Tea

Southern Culture…Old Friendships…Family Tragedy One phone call from Renny to come home and “see about” the capricious Ava and Celia Wakefield decides to overlook her distressful past in the name of friendship. For three reflective days at Renny’s lake house in Heber Springs, Arkansas, the three childhood friends reunite and examine life, love, marriage, and the ties that bind, even though Celia’s personal story has yet to be healed. When the past arrives at the lake house door in th... [Read More...]

When Goodbye Begins: life takes over

When Goodbye Begins: life takes over – is a collection of five stories where memories and grief play an extremely important part. The stories are inspired by true events: the love story of a bipolar in this pandemic; estranged wife accepting the reality and coming to terms with husband’s lost world and identity; an ‘out of love’ woman fighting for her sanity and respect; violence survivor trying to find her bearings and love. Stories portray the fragility of the human mind, dignity,... [Read More...]

Free: Pigeon Grove

Pigeon Grove appears to be a sleepy southern locale in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. But there is a unique and underlying charm to this small town that has other plans for those looking to slip into the silence of a solitary life. Follow alongside the journeys of lifelong residents and visitors alike, as their compelling struggles mix with emotional depth and meaning to create a reader experience that feels like coming home. Free to 4.99 on Kindle.   Learn More ... [Read More...]

Sisters of the Vine

Eight Hundred Grapes meets A League of Their Own. The story of one woman’s determination to keep the land she loves, and the sisterhood formed around her. Yes, there’s wine! Faced with impossible decisions, Liz is desperate. She has a vineyard ready to harvest and no idea how to accomplish the task. Does she have the moxie to flourish or fallow? $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

The Hundredth Time Around

If walls could talk the Anderson cottage on Long Sands Beach would have stories to tell. Cassidy Quinn is an attorney living in Boston who comes close to making the biggest mistake of her life. Picking up the pieces and retreating back to a town that holds her heart, Cassidy reunites with a summer fling and uncovers a connection exists between them they could never even imagine. In the midst of discovering the secrets and heartbreak that lay deep within her own family’s legacy, Cassidy will l... [Read More...]

Sydney’s Promise

As a child, Sydney Regan promised her elderly neighbour that, one day, she would find her destiny. However, one question always remained. How will she know when she has found it? Growing up impoverished with an alcoholic mother burdened by declining mental health made Sydney believe her upbringing defined her. Other adversities caused her to assume that she was irrelevant to the world around her. However, the gift of a small, ornamental dog always gave her hope while an imaginary box, buried de... [Read More...]

Free: Adjustment Year

The war is over, but the healing has just begun. 1919. The promise of better days slips away as the optimism everyone experienced on Armistice Day fades. Hettie Taylor returns home to Canada married to Alfred, a man she barely knows, and without having had an opportunity in the nursing service to properly mourn her first husband, Geoffrey. As she adjusts to civilian life, Hettie is overcome by emotions she has difficulty controlling and must learn to come to terms with Geoffrey’s death. Compl... [Read More...]

When Goodbye Begins: Life Takes Over

Inspired by true events: the love story of a bipolar in this pandemic; estranged wife accepting the reality and coming to terms with husband’s Alzheimer’s; an ‘out of love’ woman fighting for her sanity and respect; violence survivor trying to find her true identity and love. The themes are contemporary and the women characters fight for their identity, juxtaposing memories with reality. These five stories celebrate the fragility of the human mind and the resilience of spirit. “Powerf... [Read More...]