Alexa's Inheritance
A Paranormal Romance
A steamy contemporary romance set on the fictional Caribbean Island of Santa Teresa.
After a childhood marred by her mother's sudden disappearance, Alexa has no interest in the inheritance left to her by Lydia Gilbert. Noel Montgomery, Lydia's close friend and confidant in her living years had made a deathbed promise to his friend; he would move heaven and earth to convince Alexa to travel to Santa Teresa and learn the truth of her mother's life. Pantea, Noel’s mysterious housekeeper channels Lydia, who tells her Alexa has found proof that her mother did not abandon her willingly. She urges Noel to contact Alexa immediately, and she will accept his invitation.
Lydia's ghost desperately wants Alexa's forgiveness, and for her daughter to accept Noel's love. Through Pantea, she directs Alexa’s search for journals that will explain why Lydia left her family twenty-four years earlier. Meantime, as they search for the journals, Noel falls deeply in love with Alexa, who resists returning his love. Will she allow her birth mother's spirit to rest in peace, knowing Alexa is healing and allowing love into her heart once more?
Trigger Warning: reader discretion is advised. Steamy scenes and some non-explicit references to past assault.
The Deadly Judas
The Tori Carlin Mysteries,
Book 1
A dead body two days into a new job triggers an obsessive curiosity that delivers Tori into the hands of a psychopath. As she struggles to make sense of events that make no sense, she antagonizes Sasha, her detective nephew when she ignores his stern demands that she stay out of the case. Theo Vincent, Sasha's senior partner, is not immune to Tori's charms. Mutal attraction flares again, but is put on the back burner while Tori chases after leads. The undemanding little job that was meant to be a distraction and an extra source of income, opens up a world Tori never knew existed.
The Deadly Betrayed
Tori Carlin Mysteries, Book 2
An edgy mystery tempered with a dash of romance and food references, this second book in the Tori Carlin Mystery series is set in the Laurentian mountains north of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Tori Carlin is a sleuth in her early fifties, mature in age but youthful in outlook. She's been through a divorce, raised two children to adulthood, and survived breast cancer. She'll tell you having been pensioned prematurely was painful at the time, but turned out to be a gift from the universe.
In this adventure, Tori travels to the Laurentian mountains to visit her oldest friend, Annie Marchand. It's the second week in October, the trees haven't yet shaken off their resplendent fall foliage, and an unseasonably warm week is promised.
A tranquil walk in the woods leads the friends to an abandoned picnic site where they discover the body of a young woman snagged in the embrace of a submerged tree carcass.
While Tori channels her inner detective in persuit of the killer, she reunites with her secret crush, detective Theo Vincent, and her grumpy nephew, detective Sasha Hamel. Romance takes a back seat as Tori's sleuthing launches her on a series of events that culminate in a face-off with a deranged killer in a remote chalet.
Warning: some language, references to abortion, and scenes of sexuality may offend some readers.