I grew up in South Louisiana but have been a Dallas resident for almost 30 years. I taught elementary school for 31 years. Besides reading, I love to cook.
Publication Date: April 30, 2024
It's spelling test day and Katie feels anxious...
Cheerful fun-loving Katie sometimes gets anxious before tests, even when she knows the answers. One day Katie's feelings were so enormous,...
Women of Midtown: Book 3
Publication Date: January 20, 2026
They lost each other once before; now the clouds of war may give them a second chance.
As teenagers, Delia Byrne and Finn Delaney fell...
Publication Date: November 4, 2025
This book begins where most love stories leave off: at the beginning of real life.
I WANTED TO BE WONDERFUL follows the lives of two women in their first...
Malt Shop Milestones: Book 3
Publication Date: November 14, 2025
Young lives. First loves. And a classic American period enlivened by jukeboxes and chocolate malts.
Ever since seventeen-year-old Ari moved to the thriving Black community...
Publication Date: January 15, 2026
A woman’s evocative chronicle of modern womanhood, navigating love, family, and the radical desire to remain child-free in a patriarchal world.
Karen has spent years building an independent life...
Publication Date: July 22, 2025
What if the one person who sees you is the one the world won't listen to?
Sixteen-year-old Owen Kelly is barely holding it together after his grandfather's death. He's...
Publication Date: September 18, 2025
Ready to trade your sighs for giggles and your stress for satire? Collected With Smile is your passport to a world where humor reigns supreme and laughter is the ultimate...
Publication Date: August 26, 2025
Sixteen-year-old Leena has always wished for a big family… but when she discovers she has a Muslim grandfather and aunt she never knew, she learns that family comes...
I grew up in South Louisiana but have been a Dallas resident for almost 30 years. I taught elementary school for 31 years. Besides reading, I love to cook.