Month: May 2025

My current work-in-progress will follow Petra's story. Here's chapter two (chapter one here) with the usual disclaimer that it is unedited and subject to change.Chapter Two  Jesse pushes into the Alfama Haven, the boutique hotel he has picked especially to rendezvous...

My current work-in-progress will follow Petra's story. Here's chapter one to whet your appetite, with the usual disclaimer that it is unedited and subject to change.Chapter One  The final TNC station has been destroyed. Mission accomplished, which was supposed to...

My next work-in-progress will follow Petra's story. Click/tap for more details.      The first book in a new series scheduled for release Summer of 2025.

An edited, but not yet proofed, excerpt from my WIP (work in progress), A Star of Darkness.  Regalis peeled off his dusty travel clothing, leaving it in a heap on the floor. He glanced at the clock. He had just enough time to bathe and eat before reporting for duty at...

An unedited excerpt from my WIP (work in progress), A Star of Darkness. [Content subject to change.]Prologue She stumbled through the trees toward the river, half blind with tears. She clutched her father’s hunting knife in its sheath, but it would be no good to her....

An unedited excerpt from my WIP (work in progress), A Star of Darkness. [Content subject to change.]Once the gown had been fastened around her, Vesper was sent to a vanity table where a makeup artist would paint her face, her back, and down one arm. Portia favored...

Spring, 1939 My mother, Sylvana, had a gorgeous tailfin. At least, I thought it was beautiful. Of course, I was not yet twelve and had never met another siren, but I could not possibly imagine scales more beautiful than hers: ink-blue. Near her flukes, they’re so dark...

Still subject to further editing. For context: Gina and the triplets have retreated to the bedroom to discuss how to explain Gina’s appearance to Seth. Gina’s point of view. I turn to them after shutting the door tight. “He doesn’t know,” says Eadie in a rush. “He...

Henrietta’s espresso machine and I are in the throes of a competition to see which of us produces the most steam. So far, its neck and neck. Almost twenty-four hours has passed since my sisters chastised me in the kitchen. Why they think the minutes that separate us...

Chapter One Gina I need to get out of New York. I can’t breathe here right now; the whole city stinks of betrayal and fear. It’s amazing how an event in one’s life can transform a beloved skyline into a place of darkness and danger. I need space—the calming effect of...