Completed Projects

The Spy and the Second Chance
German Occupied France during World War II
94,000 words

Recruited as a spy for the United States, Sylvie Moreau works with the French resistance in the lead up to the D-Day invasion to wreak havoc on the German army, all while desperately trying to locate her parents who never returned after trying to get family out before the occupation. Yet, even as she runs to rescue a downed airman, her mind is never far from the boyfriend she left behind.

Once confident Damian Roosevelt has never been the same since his girlfriend, Sylvie, disappeared with only a cryptic note left behind. She brought sunshine and excitement to the predictable life he was meant to live. An avid pilot, he finds himself in the Army Air Corps flying aerial reconnaissance over Normandy. Crash landing on his first mission and desperate to escape detection, he knows he must get his crucial film back to the Allies.

When the two meet beside the wreckage of Damian’s plane, Sylvie begrudgingly helps him. He is the last person she expected to see in France. Their mission: get Damian and his film back to England. But things are never as easy as that. He refuses to let her go again and stays in France to help the resistance. Even if she thinks he’s a liability, he will do anything to prove to Sylvie that he understands her and hopes she will give him a second chance. As the invasion of Europe erupts around them and the Allies begin their push towards Germany, the two work together to help the invasion forces while trying to find Sylvie’s family. Through this, they realize their love never vanished and they always were stronger together.

Enemy of My Heart
German Occupied Poland during World War II
99,000 words

Allied spy, Jenny Dabrowska’s mission is revenge after the Germans slaughtered her family during the Blitzkrieg. When she learns that the man responsible for the massacre is operating an outpost in a small Polish village, she agrees to drop into enemy territory to help the resistance, though her ultimate goal is to kill him.

Conscripted Wehrmact soldier, Frederick Heinz has never agreed with the German ideals he was told to fight for. Deserting from his unit, even though he knows he will be executed if he is found, he hides in the woods like a hermit. He wants only to survive and ultimately live in peace, far away from the death and destruction he witnessed.

When they meet on a dark night, both running from the same enemy, they tentatively join forces. Though she tries hard not to, Jenny can’t help but fall for this handsome deserter who has been her knight in shining armor and friend despite her hatred of his heritage. But, when she learns his deepest secret, she must decide if she can trust him not only with the mission she’s been sent on but with her heart.

Heal My Wounded Heart
England and European Theater during World War II
90,000 words

Army nurse Ginger Yaeger carries a grave sin and fears that she is harboring German sympathies because a man she cared for was killed while trying to rescue a wounded German soldier she was helping. Sergeant John Holotin is wounded on D-Day. He fears he is a failure after receiving a Dear John letter from his girl back home and watching his best friend suffer from wounds he received despite John's best efforts to save him on the Normandy beachhead.

After meeting at a general hospital in England, Ginger and John must help each other overcome their greatest fears. Through their struggles they find a love that blossoms amongst the hell that is war. Their story is one of finding empowerment and inner strength in oneself. Together, Ginger and John find redemption from their past and finally are able to see the humanity of both sides of war.

In Progress Projects

Meet Me at the Seashore
Dual Timeline set in 1942 and 2005
Atlantic City, New Jersey
94,000 words

It is February 1942 and the United States is just months into its involvement in World War II. Sitting alone on the Atlantic City Boardwalk, Lolly Zawadski wishes she didn't have to go home. When a navy sailor, Joe Blanchard, unceremoniously stumbles into her solitude, her life will change forever. With only twenty-four blissful hours together and the promise meet at the seashore in Atlantic City when the war is over, Lolly blissfully goes home to wait, but about a month later, the letters stop coming and he never comes back.

In May 2005, Callie Nash finds herself racing to the Atlantic City boardwalk, summoned by a stranger's call that her Great Aunt Lolly is with him, disoriented and confused. It was not the news she needed to hear. She'd already lost her job and her fiancé. She can’t lose her favorite aunt too. And then her life is turned upside down even more when she finds her aunt sitting next to the handsomest man she has ever seen. But she'd sworn off men. They cannot be trusted.

Pete Blanchard arrives in Atlantic City armed with a vague postcard from 1942 and a deathbed promise to his grandfather to find out what happened to his Great Uncle Joe who vanished after a big fight with his family before shipping off to war. He already has the weight of the world on his shoulders as the heir to his family's jewelry business, and now he has to miraculously solve a decades old mystery. When Callie and Lolly drop into his life, his burdens are lifted and he feels lighter than he has in years.

Through unexpected circumstances, Callie and Pete both learn they each have a family mystery to solve and decide to join forces. Even as they work together, their easy banter and playfulness beg for more, and Callie finds herself falling for Pete even as she desperately tries to put up barriers. And then the bombshell drops: their mysteries are linked. As the pieces fall into place and their own love starts to blossom, will they complete the circle that was broken in 1942?