Adventure with heat. Humor with heart.
Strong Plot, Stronger Characters
The magic a story conjures, the emotional impact within a reader breathes from one source—the characters. Elizabeth Bennett, Stephanie Plum, Harry Potter, Hercule Poirot . . . when a character captures the imagination, the enticement becomes more powerful than any plot. The journey extends beyond turning pages to find out what happens. The read becomes real. We read to feel these people and relate our own emotions. Live their adventures. Sigh when they find their heart in another. Laugh when their tragedy becomes comedy. Gasp when they are cornered with no way out. This soul of the book—the character—is where the love of reading is born.
I specialize in robust character development within the romantic suspense and rom-com genres. The first manuscript in my Kara Cinnamon FBI series, Blind Conviction placed second in the 2019 Daphne du Maurier competition, was a finalist in the Killer Nashville 2022 Claymore competition, and a 2023 Maggie winner in the Georgia Romance Writers competition. To date I’ve completed fourteen unpublished manuscripts (single titles and series) and my most recent Getting Published is Murder was a finalist in the 2025 Claymore Competition. Recently I obtained my editing certification (specialization in developmental editing) from University of Chicago and reside in Florida with my nefarious alligators, Doris and Baby Bob, who lurk behind my home, plotting my death.
Where Fiction Meets Reality
