Books
Tend to the Light
Historical romance set in post-war St. Augustine, Florida
Status: Complete manuscript seeking representation
She refused a stranger’s proposal, unaware he holds the key to a secret that could change everything—and to a love she never expected.
After turning down a scarred stranger’s shocking proposal at her brother’s memorial service, Maddie Brown tries to rebuild her life in a world still recovering from war. She finds purpose helping her new friend Rose restore a worn St. Augustine inn, but peace proves fragile when the stranger returns carrying answers about Maddie’s brother’s death and a connection she can’t ignore.
As Long as This Grotto Stands
Historical romance set in Depression-era Key West, Florida
Status: Complete manuscript seeking representation
As the deadliest hurricane in American history barrels toward the Florida Keys, Thea Thompson arrives in Key West hoping for a fresh start and a story worth telling. Instead, she finds work at a cigar factory and an unexpected connection with Maceo Rivera, the owner’s son. What begins in conflict deepens into something far more dangerous as class, family expectation, and the coming storm threaten to tear them apart.
Once a Mermaid, Always a Mermaid
Historical fiction set in 1964 Florida during the Civil Rights Movement
Status: In Progress
In 1964 Florida, eighteen-year-old Joanna Williams leaves Silver Springs for Weeki Wachee, where she hopes life as a mermaid will offer freedom, wonder, and a future of her own making. But beneath the glamour of the attraction, she finds rivalry, pressure, and the growing pull of a state reckoning with segregation and change. As Joanna is drawn into the Civil Rights Movement, she must decide what kind of life she wants to build, and what she is willing to risk to protect it.