Contemporary Fiction

FICTION

Law School Heretic series

Book 0.5: Isabel (Available now on Kindle and Nook and at Kobo)

Troubled Washington, DC student Isabel is in law school to kick butt and take names, not to make friends and certainly not for romantic entanglements. So what happens when friendship turns into something more?

In this prequel to the Law School Heretic Series, discover how Isabel met all the usual suspects who keep her on her toes, and who keep her life complicated.

 

Book 1: Miscalculated Risks (Available now on Kindle and Nook and at Kobo)

What would you do if you met someone who defied all of your stereotypes?

“The author has a great voice for storytelling.” -Judge, 25th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards

Outspoken and abrasive, law student Isabel enjoys arguing with just about everyone, including her friends. It’s 2010, and her strained relationship with her mother, less-than-stellar job prospects and frustrations with the conformist political culture of Washington, DC have left her resentful and unfulfilled. Only her sisters and a few good friends are able to keep her semi-grounded. When she meets a new fellow student who dares to challenge her, she is intrigued but skeptical. While Isabel is risk-averse where her feelings are concerned, she is also becoming increasingly curious. She’s afraid to get close, because being vulnerable always lead to being hurt, doesn’t it?

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Book 2: Acceptable Misconduct (available now on Kindle and Nook and at Kobo)

All’s fair in love and law school. Or is it? 

Antagonistic Washington DC law student Isabel must face her unsettled past and navigate the final weeks of the semester while figuring out fellow student Tarek’s feelings for her before he slips away. Isabel’s rational mind and her emotions are at odds, but will she have the guts to see where this leads in spite of an uncertain future?

Book 3: (Title to be determined)

Standalone books:

Thunderstruck (available now on Kindle and Nook and at Kobo)

They’re opposing candidates in a contentious election who have a scandalous past. 

Years ago, Monica and Brian had an intense affair, which ended in heartbreak.

Years later, Monica ends up facing Brian in a congressional campaign on the outskirts of Washington, DC. Old sentiments resurface, threatening to derail Monica’s political plans. And when everything becomes public, Monica turns into a woman with nothing to lose. She’s determined to win the election at any cost, despite whatever she may be feeling for her opponent. As Brian deals with his feelings for the only woman who ever really understood him, he is forced to make a decision about revealing information that could help him, but destroy her. As oversized egos and the desire to win an election threaten the bond slowly forming between these two political opponents, they end up discovering that they may have more in common than they originally thought.

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Midnight Lasagna (available now on Kindle and Nook and at Kobo)

• What does lasagna taste like after midnight?
• What happens when mimes attack?
• What does it feel like to NOT keep up with the Joneses?
• Can a brother and sister find common ground through video games?

Find out in Midnight Lasagna and Other Stories, a humorous and heartwarming collection of family-centered, holiday-themed short stories and poems.

Lone Wolf (release date to be determined)

A reclusive historian-turned-successful-author must leave rural Scotland for the Middle East and draw on her difficult-to-control psychic abilities to rescue her captive former lover before he is executed.

NON-FICTION

Your Scorpio Child: A Guide for Parents (Available now on Kindle and Nook and at Kobo)

Want to know all the secrets for handling your intense Scorpio child?

Scorpio is the most misunderstood and enigmatic of all the signs in the zodiac. Much has been written about Scorpio men and women. However, the Scorpio child remains elusive, mostly because Scorpio children do not usually say what is on their mind. Scorpio children are dramatic, suspicious, manipulative, and can seriously try parents’ patience. The key lies in knowing how to handle their innate characteristics. I hope that you find the information in this book useful.

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Self-Publishing Primer (Available now on Kindle and Nook and at Kobo)

Want help getting self-published?

I’m a self-published author who’s been in the trenches. Let me help you. You’ll get all the relevant info in one spot! I learned how to self-publish on the fly, and I’d like to let you in on what I know. This book is designed for the busy professional. Get your essential to-do list HERE.

Get your Self-Publishing Primer at https://lawschoolheretic.com/free-stuff/ for FREE.

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PUBLISHED SHORT STORIES

In Love with Monty Python

Two reclusive souls meet in a library. She falls for him because of a silly Monty Python quote.

Read the story in the BooksGoSocial 2019 Your Secret Library Romance magazine here.

This short story is a scene from my upcoming novel, Lone Wolf.