My published novels . . .

Below are my pride and joys...my published novels! Painted Windows, Dashboard Lights, and Ruby Ring are Book1, Book 2 and Book 3 in The Gunpowder Series, a story about the unforgettable character, Ruby, and her journey searching for identity and belonging. In my fourth book, The Woodsman, Kellianne adapts to trading New York City for life in rural Ryan, Kentucky and learning the lumber trade! My fifth book, Fernlee, introduces you to the unforgettable Fernlee Hester, despite the circumstances life throws at her, manages to find the 'good' in everyone and in everything!

Projects

Painted Windows
Book One of the Gunpowder Series

Trapped in a homeless, nomadic life, teenage Ruby lands in yet another random town—Gunpowder, Kentucky. To the real world, Ruby does not exist. Undocumented, no last name, and recording her approximate age with slash marks on her forearm, Ruby survives only with what fits in her trusty backpack. She shelters in abandoned dwellings and outbuildings, and forages for edible weeds and wild plants. Yet, Ruby wants more than just to survive. She seeks a normal life and an identity. Her story captures the pursuit of one’s identity, the many struggles to find answers, and the value of second chances. Ruby finds those in Gunpowder. This novel depicts aspects of the human condition: being on the outside of a window looking in, separate, in the shadows, versus existing on the inside, enjoying the benefits of inclusion and belonging.

Available NOW on Amazon.com--eBook or Paperback!!

Free on Kindle Unlimited!!

Dashboard Lights
Book Two of the Gunpowder Series

Having recently left her homeless, nomadic life behind, Ruby adjusts to her new life as a “real” person in the unique town of Gunpowder, Kentucky. Although she now has a legal identity, the mystery of who she really is remains. Who is her mother? Who are her biological people? As Ruby continues to seek answers, happily awaiting her marriage to her beloved Derek, a dark secret from her past threatens to upend her new life and the future she is working so fervently to build. Ruby is used to navigating life with absolutely no idea what lies on the road ahead. But this is a different road.

Available NOW on Amazon.com--eBook or Paperback!!

Free on Kindle Unlimited!!

Ruby Ring
Book Three of the Gunpowder Series

Trading her simple homeless life—where no one knew she existed—for a normal life, Ruby discovers her identity as a central figure in Gunpowder, Kentucky and in its future. Key to continuing the bloodline and name of the founding ancestors, Ruby immerses herself in her new life with husband, Derek, and baby boy, Claudius. She comes to realize she leads the rising generation charged with continuing the heritage and unique nature of the Kentucky town. With a world pandemic descending upon Gunpowder, will a DNA match answer the questions that already plague her? Will she learn the significance of the Ruby Ring? Will it lead to new questions?

And what is “normal”?

The Woodsman

A tragic accident in New York City sends Kellianne to live with her father, sawmill owner William Lee, in Ryan, Kentucky. A loner by nature, Kellianne happily adapts to life in the rural Kentucky community. One day on a walk in the woods to her favorite childhood tree, she has a chance and almost deadly encounter with the oddly-turned Woodsman who lives a hermit's existence in the woods. Curiosity leads Kellianne back to the woods, and she befriends the strange man and his mule, expressing interest in learning the way forests were logged in the old days. However, her father is not pleased with the developing friendship. Will Kellianne catch wind of the secrets that her father and step-mother are desperate to keep from her?

The Woodsman is available on Amazon.com and is FREE to Kindle Unlimited subscribers!

Fernlee

Fernlee is considered ‘odd’ by her high school peers. And she is. It shows in the way she dresses, in the way she talks, in the way she thinks—in her whole demeanor. Raised by her great Mamaw according to the old ways and the word of God, the teenage girl uniquely strives to find the ‘good’ in everyone and in everything. But when Fernlee’s safe, sheltered world is turned upside down, thrusting her into the home of strangers, her core beliefs are put to test. As Fernlee learns the rules of her new environment and confronts a future she never knew existed, can she continue to apply the principles of her ‘old’ life? Will her faith hold steady as she finds it increasingly difficult to find the ‘good’? What does Fernlee’s future hold?

My novels in progress . . .

The following are the novels I currently have in works. These are all at varying stages of development! Please keep checking in for updates! Exciting things will be developing over the next weeks and months!!