BOOKS

Everything can change in a heartbeat...

Have you ever experienced an unwelcome change in your life? Perhaps you were downcast when your prayers weren't answered? When God's timing wasn't yours? Then you will love the characters in my books. They also struggle with doubts and fears as they face obstacles that seem insurmountable. But in the end, they realize that God loves them and wants their best ... with an eventual happy ending.

Victoriana Trilogy

BOOK I
SIGNED SEALED DELIVERED

Employed as a governess, Megan Trevallyn does not expect the turmoil she will soon be facing. After secretly marrying her great love, Captain Charles Cantrell, he leaves for the battlefield.  With twins on the way, her nightmare begins. Accused of a heinous crime and expelled from the household by its scheming mistress, she faces transportation to a harsh penal colony in Australia. Stripped of everything except her faith, will she survive? And will Charles ever find her?

BOOK II
THE TIE THAT BINDS

All appears normal in the Cantrell household until its scheming mistress acts on her self-serving plans.
Young Charlotte Cantrell’s faith is tested to the limit when forced into a heartbreaking choice between the security of an arranged marriage and an uncertain future of eloping with Marcus, her heart’s desire. Either choice threatens dire consequences for everyone she holds dear -especially her disabled brother. As she hovers over her decision, she knows that once made it will affect the entire course of her life. Only an unforeseen event can rescue Charlotte from personal tragedy and forsaken dreams.

BOOK III
A PARCEL OF PROMISES

Charmian, a kitchen apprentice at Windsor Castle, carries an underlying fear of high-born gentlemen. Yet in an unlikely meeting, she and a young aristocrat share a mutual attraction. Remembering family warnings, she knows she must never allow their relationship to blossom. Fear of what might happen, and the knowledge of having a twin, drive her to escape to a far-away land… Can Megan find her daughters in answer to believing prayer? One has been longing to find her, while the other has been hiding in fear. What will it take to break down those barriers?

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Edwardian Keepsakes Series
(Waiting to be published)
Please note: the images below are the author's character impressions of her heroines. They are NOT final book cover images.

BOOK I
SPEECHLESS: Breaking Miss Sophie's Silence

A girl looking for freedom. A man on a mission to free her.
Sophie Lockhart yearns for three things: freedom, true love, and her voice.
When an anonymous letter sends American Jack Rimmington on a mission to England, he is to find a young woman once believed dead. But when he arrives, he discovers a horrendous betrayal: abandoned as a child by her supposed protectors, Sophie is now unable to speak. When her manipulative cousin arranges an introduction to an earl, promising his protection, Jack wants to help Sophie. But can she trust this handsome stranger offering hope? Can a mysterious keepsake be the key to unlock her memory? And what will it take for her speech to return?                     

BOOK II
DEFENCELESS: Delivering Miss Deirdre's Dogs

Deirdre Dengate is hesitant – despite her pushy parents – about meeting the opposite sex. Suffering a slight limp, she has become a wallflower in the social whirl, and when the estate manager’s nephew rescues her as she extricates her beloved corgi from the family pond, she is mortified.
But Lucas Symonds is not who he seems to be. While saving her from many scandalous incidents not of her making, he manages to keep his true self incognito. But then, Miss Deirdre wanders into a dangerous situation where her mysterious rescuer may be too late.
Only a Countess – Deirdre’s grandmother – holds the precious keepsake which reveals his identity. But the elderly lady has forgotten where she kept it! Will Lucas be able to claim it to prove his real name and title?

BOOK III
SHAMELESS: Miss Kate's Great Expectations

Kate can handle a pistol, but can she hit her target in matters of the heart?
Kate’s idyllic life on her Papa’s Malay plantation is shattered when he insists she leave the British Colonial Settlements. He wants her to live with her grandmother and learn to become a lady to be introduced into London society.
Aboard ship, headstrong Kate flouts convention by her liaison with Kelly, a charming Irishman who has designed the Sultan of Perak’s castle. But on arrival, Kate discovers Kelly's deception. With no alternative to avoid a scandal, Grandmama must find her a beau. Eligible bachelor, Geoffrey Whitehall, has past issues with feminine entanglements, but with curiosity piqued, he agrees. When Kate discovers that neither of these men are who she thinks they are, her confusion leads to heartache.
Will she be able to sort out who is genuine, or will she return to her father in the British Colonies? Would the special keepsake given her save her from danger? And will Geoffrey, infuriated at their continual misunderstandings, make a final decision?

BOOK IV
RECKLESS: The Outrageous Miss O'Malley

A man escaping his past. A woman searching for a future.
Miss Taylor O’Malley is an ambitious reporter for the San Francisco Gazette. Avoiding the embarrassment of a broken romance, her editor sends her to record a covert expedition in the rugged Australian Outback at his nephew’s urgent request.
Prof. Garrett Steele of the New England Museum of Natural History once believed in the tenets of the Christian faith. But now he delves into the science of cryptozoology, hoping to find proof of a creature thought extinct. Horrified at the inclusion of a woman for the team, both he and the expedition leader aim to send her back. Only Taylor’s veiled threat to expose the venture to local newspapers silences them … for a time. When betrayed by a rogue team member, increasing danger escalates Taylor’s and Garrett’s clash of personalities into a relationship neither had bargained for. Yet when everything he strives for is within reach, is he prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for her?