Projects
I write a variety of adult and young adult content as both short stories and novels. Check out teasers for some of my projects below. Sign up for my newsletter for the latest book release information and more!
Southbound
Novel Coming May 2027!
Romance / Women's Fiction
Burned once by mixing business with pleasure, acclaimed chef Andi Wright swears she'll never make that mistake again. Until a fresh start in Charleston, South Carolina, lands her working alongside Matéo Martin — the one man she's never been able to forget.
When their undeniable chemistry, both inside and outside the kitchen, threatens to ignite the careful boundaries she's built, Andi must choose between the Michelin-starred career she's worked so hard for and the family she never knew she always wanted.
Fans of Annabel Monaghan's It's a Love Story and Carly Fortune's One Golden Summer will be drawn into this slow-burning, second-chance romance set against the charming backdrop of Charleston's vibrant food scene, where the heat of the kitchen turns out to be the least of Andi's problems.
Blind Spot
Published in Hunger Mountain, The VCFA Journal of the Arts,
Masked/UnMasked. Volume, No.21. Spring 2017
Blind Spot is a realistic young adult short story about loss of innocence and realizing the thing you thought you wanted (Gunner, the sexy high school senior who’s a total player, but he likes you) turns out to be not what you wanted, at all. It explores the grey area between consent and regret and finding your voice.
"It’s a muggy June afternoon, you’re counting the hours till summer vacation. You stand behind the school, leaning against the rough stone wall, looking at those gathering mounds of towering clouds. Their dark underbellies look pregnant with rain.
You fan yourself with your hand. It’s hardly worth the effort but your hand is all you’ve got since you asked Becca to take your bag. You switch your weight to the other foot and begin to question if he’s really going to show. Maybe you’re playing the fool right now, waiting here for him. Gunner, one year older, wilder, hangs on the fringes — not part of any particular crowd."
*Please be advised of explicit content and potential (non-violent) triggers.
Second Fire
Adult Novel
Romance
Lane Legere is a designer director at one of the nation’s biggest home décor retailers. Everything changes when the company reorganizes, and her new boss turns out to be Finn Larson – her former best friend and secret unrequited love interest (the guy she cut ties with so she could move on). They haven’t seen each other in ten years, but being forced to work with him turns out better than expected. Way better. Finn’s quickly becoming her favorite person again, except she’s already in a serious relationship with Greyson, and oh yeah, Finn’s her boss. All aspects of Lane’s carefully constructed life come under fire as she tries to summon the courage to chase her dreams in both love and work.
Lorelei
Young adult, magical realism short story based on the folktale of the same name. It was chosen as a Semifinalist in
Screen Craft’s 2019 Short Story Screenwriting contest.
How do you find redemption when you don’t deserve it? This is the question Kai, an emotionally wounded, twenty-year-old, wrestles with as he hikes the Lorelei in Germany. Until he meets Rena, an elusive, goddess-like young woman who enchants him with her song, charms him with her wit, and leads him down to the river bank of the Rhine. Will she end up being his salvation or his demise?
"She turned to face him, her feathery arms reaching for his neck, and she jumped up, wrapping her legs around his waist. Rena was light enough he could've climbed the Lorelei with her in his arms. She laughed out loud and then leaned in to kiss him again. He wasn’t sure how they went from strangers to this in an hour, but it felt he’d known her forever, like he wanted to know her for forever. And maybe this was what he needed. A respite from his respite."
Game Changer
Young Adult Novel
Contemporary Fiction
Callie Flynn has fought hard for her dream of playing Division 1 college soccer. When she sustains her third concussion at the start of the season, and her recovery is painfully slow, it threatens to derail her soccer career (she's not likely to get a stellar financial package if she doesn't have stellar stats this year) along with everything else -- her boyfriend, her friends, the close bond with her dad, even graduating on time. As Callie fights to hold onto her D1 dream, she's forced to redefine who she is, both on and off the field. As it turns out, repairing the broken relationship with her sister offers support in ways Callie never expected... as does Tanner Chabot, the hot, new guy in half her classes.