Books

Ocean's Kiss (Underwater 3)

Sven, Leanne, and Bryant return to Earth, but their plans to finish the Hunt go awry when she falls mysteriously ill and disappears into the blue. Her path to healing becomes their path to the truth about Ceteans and a deeper significance to their cultural history.

As a Cetean historian, Sven knows histories are subjective, yet he has believed he knew the truths of his people and their tenuous relationship with Earth… Until he returns to the planet with his wife and brother to complete a Hunt. Before he can find the amulet or a Guardian to help him, Leanne falls sick. Bryant—excellent doctor that he is—cannot save her. She is dying when she disappears into the blue.

The Guardians of Earth’s oceans are waiting for her, however, and they have the keys to all of Sven’s riddles, but somehow create more questions for him. Now they don’t know who to trust, but Sven won’t stop searching until he gets to the bottom of this trench. 

Meanwhile, Bryant must come to terms with his own past to embrace a new future. Can his broken heart heal? Will he allow himself to love again?

Content Note: This book contains a content note at the beginning of the book. Please be sure to read them thoroughly. Here is a summary of that list: grief, infertility, near death experiences, drowning, medical trauma, abuse, neglect, and the COVID-19 pandemic are mentioned or described. 

ISBN: 9798224479719 

June 2025

Words: 123,000

Available in ebook and paperback at: Smashwords and other stores.

Ink's Grace (Underwater 2.5) 

Ink’s Grace is a slow-burn Cetean love story set in the Underwater World. This age gap romance is a journey of trauma and healing, where two wounded souls come together over chocolate.

Divina knows not all scars are created equal, there are no rules for healing, that each journey has highs and lows, just like any life-giving ocean… Yet she cannot shake the idea of health she imposes on herself. Her life and body have been marked by tragedy, from before she was even born, to her most recent trials in flesh trade with the Witches. Now she is locked in a war between her passionate desire and her aversion to touch. Something must break. 

Francis is a disciplined male, fully in control of his mind and emotions, but Divina, Requiem housemaid and survivor, tests him with quiet snark and conservative beauty. She is delicate, couldn’t possibly want a twisted male like him. If his age didn’t turn her off, his prosthetics surely would. Except… They do both share a love of chocolate. 

They can work with chocolate. Then maybe they could work toward something more. That is, if the undercurrents of Cetean politics do not bring the Houses down around their gills…

Content Note: This book contains a content note at the beginning of the book. Please be sure to read them thoroughly. Here is a summary of that list: war, body dysmorphia, body dysphoria, grief, infertility, miscarriage, animal experimentation, child and infant abuse, child and infant death, murder, abduction, person trafficking, and enslavement. 

ISBN: 9798224309603

August 2024

Words: 62,000

Available at: Smashwords, multiple stores via Books2Read

Sand's Caress ( Underwater 2)

Can Mirandha solve a murder, find the missing females, and put a stop to an evil lurking under the surface of Cetean society? Will she finally admit her feelings for her best friend, Zane? Will housemaid Divina heal old wounds and gain the respect and affection of her love interest, Francis? Find out in the second Underwater Novel!

Return to a world of shapeshifters, underwater adventures, and thrilling mysteries in the second book of the Underwater Series! Feline shifter and Captain of the Capitol Guard Mirandha has a new assignment: find and dismantle a suspected trafficking ring. She enlists the help of Zane, the soldier and friend for whom she's always carried a flame. They've been dancing around the potential sparks for years, but when they discover the evil lurking beneath the surface of Cetean society, their burgeoning romance is strained. Mirandha is forced to confront her past, and jeopardize her safety as well as her heart. 

Content Note: This book contains a content note at the beginning of the book. Please be sure to read them thoroughly. Here is a summary of that list: infertility, miscarriage, child and infant abuse, child and infant death, murder, abduction, person trafficking, and enslavement. 

ISBN: 9781005096168

Sept. 19, 2023

Words: 70,000

Available at: Smashwords, multiple stores via Books2Read

Ocean's Embrace (Underwater 1)

Leanne just wanted to go on vacation after a nasty divorce, but an off-season tropical storm complicates her plans to reenter the dating pool... By throwing her into the deep. Sven just wanted to complete his underwater expedition and get paid, but when his portal opens in the middle of a shipwreck, he collects a kind of treasure he never expected.

Alone in the black abyss of the sea, Relic Hunter Sven seeks a cultural treasure. What he finds is a drowning woman: Leanne. She meant to dive into the dating pool on a cruise, but a freak hurricane threw her into the sea instead—right into the embrace of a supernatural hunk. Bound by a passion that overwhelms their differences, Leanne and Sven fight to deepen their relationship. Hostile shapeshifters, disapproving parents, and the Council of Elders set obstacles to keep them apart. Will they remain together to continue Sven's Hunt? Or will a plot by domestic terrorists be the downfall of them all? Only the Fates know. Dive into an interstellar world of sea monsters and shapeshifters to explore the secrets of the deep. This edition includes an exciting teaser from the second book in the series, Sand's Caress.

Content Note: After I receive feedback and discuss concerns with the readers, I will be updating this book with content notes. Until I have the confirmed list and can update the actual text, here are some of the topics that may be distressing to some: medical trauma, drowning, mild gore and blood, ableism, attempted murder, discussions of infertility, spicy biting (consensual) and barbs. 

ISBN: 9781005368456

Feb. 14, 2023

Words: 145,470

Available at: Smashwords, multiple stores via Books2Read

Heart's Hold (Underwater 0.9)

Read Heart's Hold to find out how Vixxa and Bryant fell in love before her untimely and completely preventable death due to pregnancy complications. Proceeds of this novella go to women's health charities to improve healthcare and prevent unnecessary death in the United States.

Bryant and Vixxa met through their work with Margin Medicines, an Interstellar Alliance medical aid group, and travel the galaxies to bring healing and hope to peoples in need. Vixxa, a vulpine shifter, knows right away that Bryant is hers, but Bryant is a shy squishy cinnamon roll. Bryant, son of the Cetean Prime Minister, is hesitant to act because he doesn't like to get things wrong. Finding themselves stuck in tight situations, they finally manage to agree: they were meant to be.

Content Note: 

NOT A GENRE ROMANCE. This book does not have a happy ending, though the romance is the plot. This story contains themes that may be upsetting including pregnancy, birth, fertility, infant death, maternal death, child death, diseases and plagues, war, blood, gore, scientific experimentation, and suicidal ideation. Readers with sensitivities to these topics should proceed with caution. 

ISBN: 9798224838684 

December 2024

Words: 26,000

Available at:  Smashwords and other stores.

Passion's Power (Underwater 0.5)

Beatrice is a battalion leader in the Cetean Military and absolutely mean with a bident. Any nasty creations those Necros can throw at her will fall with ease. So she most definitely doesn’t need the scribe her father, the General, saddles her with… Except he is the most beautiful male she’s ever seen. It is a relief when she finally gets a bit of leave, but the short vacation comes with unexpected company. When all Hel breaks loose, she has to make a series of hard decisions, which put her race at risk as well as her heart. Can she balance the hard life as a commanding officer with her desire for her muscle-bound male assistant? Can they both make room in their lives for their passions, and still fight for a better world?

**This book is a prequel, and contains spoilers for others in the series.**

Content Notes: This book contains mention of war, battles, injury, medical trauma, blood, gore, pregnancy, infertility, death of parent, kidnapping and murder.

ISBN: 9798201645328

Feb. 1, 2023

Words: 12,500

Available in ebook, paperback and audio at: Smashwords, libro.fm and  other stores.