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WHAT KEEPS THE STARS APART 

Currently on submission. Please contact Tina P. Schwartz at the Purcell Agency for acquisition. 

Emily Westbrook has a secret. A newborn daughter she surrendered seventeen years ago. And Zach, Emily’s husband…rather, soon to be ex-husband, is fed up of hearing about her. Then for her thirty-fifth birthday, Emily receives the ultimate gift: a message from Hope. Emily vows to do whatever it takes to build a relationship with her long lost daughter. Only she wasn’t anticipating Hope’s request: to find her biological father, Trent. 

IN THE GALE

Completed project. Prequel to WHAT KEEPS THE STARS APART

At seventeen, Emily has dedicated most of her life to playing the role of caretaker to her mother—a drug-addicted high school dropout. But when she discovers she's pregnant, her priorities change. Determined to escape the abject poverty and addiction surrounding her small world in the decrepit trailer park, Emily commits to graduating high school for her unborn baby.

With her mother's boyfriend, Ray, supplying food and funds, Emily can focus for the first time on school and preparing for motherhood. It all comes with a price, though, as Ray ropes Emily into dealing drugs with him. He proposes the two form a long-term partnership and promises the venture will allow her to provide her child with a life he/she could only imagine. 

After Ray assaults her mother, Emily realizes neither she nor her baby is safe. The only thing keeping her from sneaking away is the innate need to protect her mother. With no money, resources, or support, and a mother too terrified to leave, Emily feels trapped. She must choose whether to sever ties with her mother or risk getting caught dealing and losing custody of her child.

CUTTING EDGE SIX PART SERIES

Completed project.

Hockey mom extraordinaire, Marilynn Daniels, lives life in an ice-cold rink. If she’s not losing her voice cheering on her bound-to-go pro sons, she’s flitting around behind the scenes, sneaking snacks in their bags or organizing other moms in a brigade to make homemade locker signs. But an ovarian cancer diagnosis threatens to tear apart the one thing she values most: family. Marilynn puts on her game face when she takes on an invasive surgery and harsh chemotherapy treatments during the long cold hockey season. Afraid she won’t live past the state tournament, Marilynn focuses on writing letters to her sons as a playbook for their lives. Like any good mom, she wants to make sure they’re covered if cancer steals her away. 

On the ice, sixteen-year-old Nathan Daniels isn’t afraid of a thing. Definitely not slamming other players into the boards when they run their mouths. Hell, he’s already being scouted by Saint Paul State University—his dream college. But off the ice, Nathan is petrified. Not only of girls but also of losing his number one fan—his mom, to cancer. Fearful it will be the last season she’ll be around for, Nathan’s determined to guide his team to the first state championship the team's had in ten years.

FAR FROM THE WATCHTOWER

Completed project.

 For seventeen-year-old Sadie Jenkins, a scholarship to run cross-country for the University of Minnesota isn’t enough for her mother. She must achieve class valedictorian. Only then will she have repaid her mom—a single parent who has never once let Sadie forget all that she’s sacrificed. But one day, while picking up her computer from a repair shop, she learns the technician who worked on her laptop is her father—a former Jehovah’s Witness. Sadie’s number one cheerleader and confidant—her mother—is swept up in the romance of reconnecting with her old love. But as family secrets emerge about her father’s absence, Sadie’s tight-knit family begins to unravel.