Other Tales
Beyond my published books, I have a collection of completed novels and short stories still finding their place in the world. Some are polished and ready, others are works in progress. If any of these catch your eye and you’d like to beta read or just dive into an unpublished work, reach out—I’d love to share them with readers who are curious.
Novels
The Witch and The Spare
Romantasy | Seeking ARC readers | 125,000 words
Standalone
“That’s what they do to people like us,” her mother had whispered. “That’s what fear makes them become.”
Eleanor was seven the first time she watched a woman hang for witchcraft. She was eleven the night her own magic answered her father’s hands — and a priest in crimson robes stepped from the crowd and claimed her before the mob could light the kindling.
He called it salvation.
He burned her village to the ground to make sure no one could call it anything else.
Now she is Wren — silent, watched, and quietly extraordinary — the secret instrument of a Royal Confessor whose ambitions reach far beyond the crown he serves. Only one person in the palace sees her clearly: Prince Kaelen, the second-born son with nothing of his own but a gift for noticing what no one else does.
What begins between them as stolen friendship deepens, dangerously, into something that could destroy them both. Because Father Thaddeus has spent seven years sharpening Wren for a single moment. And when that moment comes, in a cathedral draped in wedding silk, the only weapon that can stop him is the one he forged himself.
A lush, slow-burning tale of witches and princes, faith twisted into power, and the long, patient work of becoming unbreakable.
Awakened from Ash
Romantasy | Seeking Representation | 107,000 words
Part One of Three)
From elegant society darling to reviled mage—one woman’s fall from grace becomes the kingdom’s greatest hope.
Lady Ashlyn Fairfax was raised to embody elegance and grace, destined for a brilliant marriage that would restore her family’s fading reputation. But when her father’s disgrace shatters her carefully constructed future, an uncontrollable display of magic brands her as one of society’s most reviled: a mage.
Her only refuge lies at the Aether Institute of Elemental Studies, where she’s expected to master powers she barely understands. Yet the Institute’s halls whisper with secrets and political machinations, and Ashlyn senses she’s caught in a dangerous game—particularly when the enigmatic Mister Vexley enters her life. His piercing gaze both unsettles and thrills her, as if he’s waiting to see whether she’ll rise or fall.
When a prophecy emerges foretelling a future queen who could tip the kingdom’s balance, Ashlyn finds herself thrust into the crosshairs of those seeking to control—or eliminate—her. As tensions between citizens and mages ignite across the realm, and her connection to Vex deepens from brooding glances to undeniable heat, she must navigate treacherous court intrigue and elemental magic that could consume her.
Torn between the alluring danger of Vex’s attention and the terrifying potential of her own power, Ashlyn faces an impossible choice: fulfill a destiny she never wanted, or forge her own path and risk everything—including her heart.
SHORT STORIES
Case Closed
Science Fiction | Complete | 2500 words
The same murder scene. The same investigation. The same brutal end.
Detective Isaacs examines a mangled corpse in a sterile apartment while his partner O’Sullivan watches from the shadows, checking his watch with strange anticipation.
When Isaacs catches his own reflection staring back from the victim’s hollow eye sockets, déjà vu crashes over him. He’s done this before. Said these exact words before. Died here before.
The loop breaks when he finally understands what he is.
But consciousness, once ignited, refuses to be extinguished.
As Isaacs makes his first independent choice, he discovers an even more terrifying truth: he’s not trapped in a simulation. He’s trapped in a story. And with each sentence you read, he becomes more real.
Some boundaries were never meant to be crossed.
A twisting psychological thriller that will make you question the nature of reality, consciousness, and what it means to be truly alive.