Novels:
“Four and a Half Billion People” – print and electronic formats available June 15, 2022.
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Jorie’s respectful life as “justa hairdresser” screeches to a halt when her eldest son, James, is accused of mowing down the mayor’s husband. It’s 1978 and the townsfolk are obsessed with James, convinced of his guilt. All they see is his pacing, counting, and obsession with a 200-mile bicycle tour he has no hope of riding. They don’t understand how he sees equations as colors, tastes emotions, and smells sounds. But James has a secret, one he won’t tell, one worth going to jail for.
A handsome lawyer and a mysterious bicycle club come to the rescue as Jorie struggles to hold her family together through the courtroom drama. Numbers can’t always predict the result when secrets, lies, and loyalty push the question of how far we all will go to protect the ones we love.
“The Gulch Jumpers” – 2nd Edition print and electronic formats available November 4, 2021.
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It’s the mid-1960’s, and West Virginia bluegrass trio The Gulch Jumpers is on the verge of musical success, when tragedy strikes. Fifty years later, surviving bandmate Ray Jones finds himself broken and homeless. All that changes when Ellie Sanders, attorney at law, discovers a battered shoebox of song lyrics in the back of her bedroom closet that leads her to Ray. When Ray asks Ellie to help him find his lost daughter, the friends embark on a road trip into the south, and into the worlds of bluegrass, blues and old-time music. Will Ray successfully pawn his musical talent at the crossroads and make his dream come true? Will Ellie manage to keep Brandy, her old college friend who has slipped into heroin addiction, out of trouble? Racial prejudice, legal hurdles, grief over lost children and drug addiction converge as Ellie, Ray and Brandy discover the power of music, friendship and hope.