My Stories

All works are YA unless otherwise noted. Titles are working titles and all plots subject to change.

ACCURSED
Complete
A supernatural mystery of blackmail, missing siblings and murder. Genevieve LaPointe has grown up knowing that her adopted father rescued her from the mysterious person who killed her parents, and has never wanted to go back to the life she might have had in the Normal world. Why would she, when she’s so good at her job in the Abnormal world-- pulling heists in haunted houses. But when her true identity is used to blackmail her crew, Gen does some research into her past and discovers an older brother she never knew existed.

With her usual focus shattered, Gen has to make a decision: concentrate on keeping the only family she’s ever known from falling apart, or take a chance on the brother she’s never known.

Read a teaser from Accursed.

DARLINGTON
First Draft Complete; In Revision
Darlings and Nights protect the principality of Darlington from Baddies-- monsters that dwell Below, coming out during the rainy season to feed. Marna Durant is both Night and Darling, the product of an illegal marriage that left her an orphan. Always trying to be a good Night, Marna goes after a foreigner who enters the woods, trying to save him from what she thinks is his own idiocy. After learning he intended to defect to Darlington, Marna becomes entwined in political intrigue and personal issues, learning some monsters wear very human faces.

Read a teaser from Darlington.

THE TIES OF BLOOD
In Revision
Arion Rapson struggles against inner demons and dark family secrets in this historical fantasy set in an alternate Regency-era world.

After the death of his beloved elder brother, Arion became the reluctant heir to the most powerful dukedom in the realm. Yet he was sent away to school within weeks of his brother’s death, never taught any of the magical dueling his family is known for. Addicted to potions and sleep-deprived due to night terrors, he’s falling apart when his betrothed, Isis, realizes his dreams are actually memories locked away by a spell-- memories of his brother’s death.

With his memories restored, more secrets emerge when Arion’s father reveals he is the Mordagrin, a near-mythic figure that has terrorized the realm for hundreds of years. Now Arion is caught in a web of family treachery, with only two choices: run and be hunted by an unstoppable magical force or stay and be apprenticed to a murderer.

Read a teaser from The Ties of Blood.

WINGS AND FANGS
Draft Complete; Awaiting Revisions
A paranormal romance about the relationships between sixteen-year-old immortal shapeshifter Deirdre “D” Saunders, the seemingly-human David Tamsin and D’s soulmate, Phillip Ireton-- who she currently hates. When she tries to protect David after he’s chased down by a rogue werewolf, D’s life is made more complicated by mysterious fae beings, high schoolers and a six-year-old psychic.

Read a teaser from Wings and Fangs.

Others Work:
Partial First Draft:
- A contemporary Cinderella story set in a haunted restaurant
- An alternate-world futuristic/historical mystery with bonus!magic (Think a Firefly/Serenity-esque world with magic instead of spaceships, centered around a murder mystery.)

Idea & Initial Drafting Phase
- The angel book (not fallen angels)
- The ring story (might be a short story now)
- A fairy-tale-like adventure story (an old story in need of lots of revision, but worth the work (eventually))