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What She Left Behind

In the early 2000s, when ambition meant everything and loyalty felt unbreakable, Riley Meyers had it all—a rising legal career, a beautiful life in Baltimore, and a best friend she trusted like family.

Until everything fell apart.

A shocking betrayal shatters Riley’s world, exposing secrets that run deeper than infidelity—and closer to home than she ever imagined. As the truth unravels, Riley is pulled into a web of deception, where love is weaponized, trust is tested, and nothing is what it seems.

Desperate to reclaim control, she makes a choice that could cost her everything—her career, her freedom, and the very identity she’s worked so hard to build.

But some mistakes don’t just change your life…they follow you.

Spanning Baltimore, Washington D.C., and Atlanta, What She Left Behind is a gripping story of betrayal, ambition, and the painful journey of learning when to let go—and when to fight for yourself.

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The Gray Between Us

An Amazon Top 100 Bestseller in Literature & Fiction Short Reads

Ranked #78 in Amazon’s 2-Hour Literature & Fiction Short Reads

Some legacies are inherited. Others must be rewritten.
Jade Little Hayes thought she knew who she was—daughter, wife, friend. But when her child is born with features that reveal a hidden truth, everything she believed about her identity and family begins to unravel.

As betrayal fractures her marriage, Jade uncovers long-buried secrets from her mother’s past—truths erased in the name of survival. Confronting generational prejudice and painful truths, she must decide what kind of legacy she wants to leave behind.

With her best friend Julian by her side, Jade begins to question not just love, but the price of silence—and the power of truth. Now, as a mother and a woman rediscovering herself, she faces a choice: protect the legacy she was handed or fight to create one worth passing on.

A moving story of identity, love, and generational healing, The Gray Between Us explores what it means to belong—to your past, your people, and finally, yourself.

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Some truths cut deeper than love.

Mark Jones, an English teacher by day and secret erotic fiction writer by night, has always lived with a gnawing emptiness — a longing to uncover the family history lost to him in Richmond, Virginia. When he meets Miranda Parker, everything shifts. She’s bright, beautiful, and seems to fill the quiet spaces he’s carried for so long.

But Miranda harbors a secret of her own — one that could tear apart the fragile hope Mark is finally willing to reach for.

When an unexpected discovery from one of his students shatters the illusion they’ve built, Mark is forced to confront not just the woman he loves, but the ghosts he’s tried to outrun his entire life.

Paper Cut is a gripping story about love, identity, mental health, and the invisible battles that can either break us — or set us free.

Winner of the 2025 International Impact Awards

Excerpt:

“That night she dreamt she was on a wild horse bare back, breasts full. Mark came to her out from the lurking shadows. He took her hand and led her to a lake which glistened below the pale moonlight. He touched her lips with his, gently, with sweetness. Tongues intertwined. He laid her on the grass. It was cool to the touch yet arousing to all the senses. He touched her only. He talked to her while looking deep into her eyes. His eyes soothed her soul; calmed her breathing and beating heart. They held one another. Fireflies lit the air, sweet breezes blew. Smells, smells of coffee filled her senses. Miranda opened her eyes to the aroma of coffee; it was her wake up call.”

Top Rated

Paper Cut is currently the top-ranked novel in my catalog, earning consistent praise from readers for its depth, emotional resonance, and realistic storytelling.

Customers call the storyline engaging, filled with unexpected twists, and filled with richly developed characters.
The writing has been described as thoughtful and accessible — readable, yet layered, with one reader noting it explores multiple levels of emotion and human behavior.

Paper Cut  (Click to purchase or Review)

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Shattered.. Is a fairytale come true for Nina Thompson. She marries into wealth, prestige, and luxury to Eric Thompson, Sr. Partner of a Manhattan law firm but, her fairytale wedding slowly morphs into a sinister nightmare when Nina is betrayed by Eric’s violence and abuse. The shocking reality leads her to seek help which Nina finds in the most unusual ways and places; places which defy logic of heart and mind. As Nina’s life is literally Shattered, she’s left to pick up the broken pieces and carry on. Where will her loyalties ultimately lead?

 Excerpt:

“Yes, shame. For years she felt it was all her fault that things developed between Eric and her as they did. She felt it was because she wasn’t what he wanted or needed and that it was somehow, her job to be all that he needed her to be even if it was at the expense of not being who she was. And this is how the abuse managed to trickle in, like a drip that starts out slowly but inevitably turns into a nasty leak. Nina felt she was the one who caused it all. She soon became that someone other than who she was meant to be. Sometimes, being in a rut is the hardest element to change. The grooves in the record can be etched so deeply, almost impossible to erase.”

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The Pariah (Dream Series) – A Paranormal Erotic Novella

Vanessa Waters is a high-powered program manager by day—confident, accomplished, and in control. But by night, she’s haunted by disturbing dreams that mirror real-life tragedies. When one of her visions eerily plays out in the news, Vanessa begins to question whether her nightmares are just dreams… or something far more sinister.

Desperate for clarity and escape, Vanessa heads to the Dominican Republic with her longtime partner Winston, hoping to rekindle their troubled relationship. But amid sun-drenched beaches and romantic distractions, an old erotica story—penned by Winston during their early days—resurfaces, igniting a flood of memories and desire.

What begins as a sensual retreat spirals into something deeper, as Vanessa finds herself caught between the world she knows and the one that visits her in sleep. A place where passion, prophecy, and possibility collide.

The Pariah is a provocative, genre-blending novella that explores love, infidelity, erotic dreams, and the unexplained forces that bind us to one another.

Excerpt:

Vanessa hadn’t slept much last night. She’d not slept well in months. She laid in the bed with tired eyes that were weary from many sleepless nights. The anti-puff eye, aka hemorrhoid cream, was not masking the issue of the constant bags which now formed on her face. She wondered if this level of fatigue was from the pressure of work, her tumultuous relationship of late, or just plain ole exhaustion kicking in. She sat up, throwing the pearl and white comforter from her body as she got out of bed. She walked to the bathroom to wipe the sweat from her face with a cold washcloth. Great, another night of disturbing dreams and bags under my eyes. She was tired and didn’t know what she would do to get settled in for the evening. At this point, all she wanted was some peace and sound sleep. 

Winston, her boyfriend, didn’t spend the night as of late. They were giving the relationship the space they felt was needed to continue, grow- to do anything but stifle.

The Pariah- Dream Series (Click to purchase or review)

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Sojourns of Life’ are 20 flash fiction (1,000 words or less) stories that peer inside the lives of characters on their journeys both mystical and mundane who discover love and loss, life and death, hope and hopelessness, faith and a crisis of faith which highlight some of our collective experiences. These stories capture life’s essence in its transient form. Enjoy being a participant and indulge your senses in alternative worlds. Bonus erotica story in the collection.

Sojourns of Life (Click to purchase or review)

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Motivation for Writers: Advice & Encouragement Designed to Fuel Your Writing Journey (Click to Purchase or Review)

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