Heaven: Heaven Trilogy – Book #1 – At fourteen, all of a sudden, Marley doesn't know who she is anymore and can only turn to the family she no longer trusts to find out. Truth often brings change. Sometimes that change is for the good. Sometimes it isn't. This is a poignant novel of deception and self-discovery -- about finding the truth and knowing what to do when truth is at hand. |
Looking for Red – Twelve-year-old Mike -- short for Michaela -- loves the ocean. The sights, sounds, and smells of her coastal home are embedded in her very soul, but Michaela loves her brother, Red, even more. Then one day Red disappears. One minute he's there, the next...gone. No warning. No time to prepare. Now Mike must come to terms with that loss or risk never finding comfort in what remains of the life she and her brother once shared. |
The First Part Last: Heaven Trilogy – Book #2 - Bobby's a normal urban teenager. He's restless. He's impulsive. However, the thing that makes him different is this: He's going to be a father. Now instead of spending time with friends, he and his girlfriend Nia will be spending time with doctors, and next, diapers. They have options: keeping the baby, or adoption. They want to do the right thing; if only it was clear what the right thing was. |
Sweet Hereafter: Heaven Trilogy – Book #3 – Shoogy left home because she couldn’t think of a reason to stay. She’s not sure where she belongs, until she meets Curtis. Curtis knows for certain where he does not want to be and that’s to be back in the army. He is happy to be in Heaven, Ohio, where it is quiet and he can spend time with Shoogy. However, when Curtis gets orders to return to Iraq, will belonging with each other be enough to keep Shoogy and Curtis together in this bittersweet story of first love found and lost? |
Toning the Sweep – This story traces three generations of African American women as they learn one another's truths. Three generations, each holding on to a separate truth. Their story -- encompassing racism and murder, as well as, the family experiences that make a life -- is one that readers will never forget. |
In A Certain October, Scotty compares herself to tofu: no flavor unless you add something. And it’s true that Scotty’s friends, Misha and Falcone, and her brother, Keone, make life delicious. But when a terrible accident occurs, Scotty feels responsible for the loss of someone she hardly knew, and the world goes wrong. She cannot tell what is a dream and what is real. Her friends are having a hard time getting through to her and her family is preoccupied with their own trauma. But the prospect of a boy, a dance, and the possibility that everything can fall back into place soon helps Scotty realize that she is capable of adding her own flavor to life. |