Category: Womens Fiction

By the Light of Embers

Louisiana, 1954: Twenty-two-year-old Lucia Lafleur is bound for medical school until her fiancé issues an ultimatum—marriage or a career. Crushed, she takes the summer to decide. Yet when she meets Nicholas, a dark-skinned poet who soothes her aching soul, forbidden love blossoms. Now, pursuing her lifelong dream may mean relinquishing her heart—and escaping the South before her secret is discovered. ... [Read More...]

Life Upcycled

Single mom, Carrie Bennet has beaten the odds by leaving an abusive marriage, rising up out of poverty and finishing her undergrad psychology degree. When Carrie’s busy life intersects with two very different women who are barely surviving, she begins to see how she can draw on her personal experiences, her education, and her business to make a difference in their lives. Life Upcycled is a story about finding where you belong, learning to trust yourself, and taking risks for a better future. ... [Read More...]

Free: Summer in the Moon Garden

A tender, uplifting women’s fiction novel about friendship, second chances, and the quiet courage to begin again. When Kat’s twenty-year marriage ends and her twin sons leave for a summer in Alaska, she returns to her small hometown of Criss Creek, Illinois, where her best friend Jess is hiding a crumbling marriage and a life-changing secret. Together they create a summer bucket list to reclaim joy, freedom, and the parts of themselves they thought were lost—until Kat’s first love, Dann... [Read More...]

The Defiant Duchess

When King Richard III must contend with his unruly sister Margaret, he can only groan for she is clever, opinionated, and willful. She has always preferred explanations and reasoning to merely obeying commands. But Margaret, now the Duchess of Burgundy, has an important quest. She has recently found that her acts of charity and good intentions have not received the recognition they deserve, and she is determined to reshape her legacy. If along the way, she can experience some genuine romance—... [Read More...]

Through the Open Door

Boston 1880. Through the Open Door meets the characters of Kitchen Canary seven years after the sudden death of Charles Brennan. His killer recounts the acts of violation and abuse leading to the murder and describes the final moments of Mr. Brennan’s life. When the doors of freedom opened, each of the victims followed their own path. Through the Open Door is a novel about immigrants and freed slaves who become a family bonded by their common sacrifices, and their first generation children wh... [Read More...]

Live from the Road

Fun. Raucous. Haunting. Sad. Best friends Meg and Sally seek a change in the mundane routine of their lives. “Is this all there is?” Sally asks Meg after visiting a dying friend in the hospital. That’s when Meg suggests they take a journey to discover the answer. Joined by their daughters, they set off on a journey of salvation enhanced by the glories of the Mother Road. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]