All the projects below are in various forms of querying, editing, beta-reading, or writing. Since they’re works in progress, they are not available to general readers. But if you’re another writer interested in swapping critiques or just a bookworm who likes beta reading, feel free to use the “Contact Me” link below. I can send you the latest draft of whichever novel speaks to you.
The Dark Consort
In a near-future America where women gain privilege by mothering secretly magical children, Annice must raise a half-demon child who feeds on human sin and suffering. If she agrees, Annice will enter an elite class reserved for half-demons and their human mothers. She’ll become the mortal consort of a captivating and kind demon prince who can take the shape of anyone she desires. And she’ll break the curse that caused her mental disorder before it completely unravels her mind, then passes onto her beloved niece. But the more Annice learns about half-demons, the more she fears the child she’ll unleash on the mortal world. From prostitution to drugs, half-demons promote everything her puritanical faith believes is sinful.
The Graveyard of the Gods
From being a bastard in a near future puritanical America, to caring for her severely depressed mother, life has never been easy for Talia Black. So when an impulsive, brief encounter with an older man leaves her pregnant, she only expects more misery. Instead, she is relieved and excited when charming Alexander Pellerton proposes to her. Talia thinks she’s finally gotten her fairy tale ending. But Alexander is more wolf than Prince Charming, and escaping his reach will be more difficult than Talia can imagine.
The Changeling
Althea didn’t want to make a deal with a demon, she had to. She accidentally killed a very powerful man in self-defense. So she could escape punishment, the demon crafted a new body and identity to help her hide. She’s finally regained some of what she lost when she became someone else— a community full of people who care about her and a decent job so she no longer lives paycheck to paycheck. But all of that is threatened when Chelsea Whitaker goes missing while pregnant with demon-blooded royalty. Only Althea’s powers can find the kidnapper. If Althea doesn’t help, Chelsea and her child will be murdered, triggering a war that will send shockwaves through both the mortal and demon realms. But if she helps, it won’t be long before people discover her true identity.
The Lady of the Sea
Eli Hurley’s mother disappeared into the ocean when he was seven years old. Two weeks later, a primordial god of death began possessing his body every night. Now, twenty years later, Eli meets a mute woman on the beach who’s the spitting image of a mermaid in one of his mother’s paintings. Lorelei claims she’s not a mermaid. But she doesn’t know how the world works. She doesn’t even know how to wear shoes. Eli’s sure that if he can get the mermaid to trust him, he’ll finally get the answers he’s sought for the past twenty years. Where his mother disappeared to. Why Death pilots him every night. But as Eli learns more about the mermaid’s powers, he begins questioning whether she’s really a sweet mermaid or a siren luring him into a trap.