In 1650 Simone Gireaux was a widower living with her late husband's family. Then the Marauders descended on the town. She woke the next day, her village destroyed, her family dead. And the sun burning her skin. She had no one to teach her how to be a vampire. Yet she persevered and survived to live in California and meet Justine Kroft in my novel Blood Justice. An Accidental Vampire is the first chapter in her odyssey.

A stolen million.A gangster who needs it back.A reclusive writer who doesn'tgive a damn, until...Mapping the Glades is a fast paced thriller set in the Everglades. Harrison Park, an ex-DEA agent is pitted against a desperate California gangster.Harrison, now a successful writer, has lived in virtual seclusion on the edge of the Everglades for three years since the suspicious death of his wife. Trouble arrives with his step-son, Pauly, who Harrison be...

In 1650 France a few weeks after Simone Gireaux accidentally becomes a vampire she is headed for the bright town on the other side of a lake. There, she hopes to learn how to survive among mortals. But screams in the forest lead her to a small settlement taken captive by a ruthless vampire and his mortal minions.Le Taureau urges her to join him and his Family. She is Vampire and they of the settlement are but mortals. But a marauding band of vampires destroyed her village, murdered...

A 29,000 word novella, Young Blood is the third story in the An Accidental Vampire series based on a character from the novelBlood Justice.In 1648 France, the young blood vampire Simone Gireaux, a farmer's widow, wants only to quietly learn to live among mortals. But, by witnessing the murder of a Duchesse before she reaches the mountain town of Noir Montagne, she finds her learning curve quicker and more dangerous than she was prepared for.Partnering with Jacques Fas...

A PI ready to sail off into the sunset.A brilliant scientist murdered. Can his experiment live on?Even your closest friends have secrets.A young scientist, with several different names, has figured out how to use DNA to create true artificial intelligence. Then he's found dead and the only record of his process is missing.Former cop and private detective, Tommy Case, wants nothing more out of life than to sail off into the sunset on his sailboat, NOMORR. But a...

A Cautionary TaleFear can be a good thing, it can save your life, unless it's used to kill.The fast paced psychological thriller Fear Killer follows Detective Martha Newton who has a shockingly brutal murder to solve. She is dogged in her investigation, but is distracted by her own fear, change -- a new man in her life who seems too perfect.Emily Perrit, timid and married to an abusive husband, has her own fears to work through – no change. Befriended by Martha afte...

New Blood is the second story of a series following the undead life of the beautiful Simone Gireaux, the 360 year old French vampire first met in the contemporary novels Blood Justice and Blood on the Water.In 1648 France a few weeks after Simone Gireaux accidentally becomes a vampire she is headed for Noir Montagne, the bright town on the other side of a lake. There, she hopes to learn how to survive among mortals. But screams in the forest lead her to a small settlement taken cap...

Down Home is a 29,000 word science fiction, vampire, mystery novella featuring Simone Gireax, from the Blood Justice and Blood on the Water novels.Around the year 2050 the Earth has been taken over by vampires who can walk in the sun, called Sunvamps. Simone Gireaux, Justine Kroft and two other vampires along with 180 mortals have escaped Earth to an unfinished space station called Haven where they've been hiding for fifteen years.Henry McKay, who escaped to Haven as a teen...

Is Beth Portman the next Lisbeth Salander, Katniss Everdeen, or Vanessa Michael Munroe?A girl and a man sail the South Pacific guided by Death to an act of revenge that will set them free.Beth Portman's parents died in a home fire four years ago, while Beth, then a normal, happy 14 year-old girl sails with Silas Tufts, an ex-Navy SEAL and family friend. With no other family, Beth stays with her best friend, Judy, and her lecherous father. After a few uncomfortable months Ju...

Death is an Albatross.How does a happy, naive 14 year old girl become an agent for Death and Justice?"It's said that bad memories prepare you for life. If so, we're ready. If I hadn't met Silas, I wouldn't have any memories any different than any ordinary girl. If I hadn't met Silas, there's a good chance I'd be dead. Funny how things work out." ---Beth Portman"Girl At Sea is a beautiful, dark, but ultimately triumphant book about recognizing evil that exists...

If your soul is sent to Hell by mistake, you had better hope your loved ones can afford a Soul Retriever. These men and women who brave the depths and horrors of the underworld to rescue the unfortunate spirits who have been incorrectly relocated there are not easy to come by, but it’s the only way to bring a pure soul to its rightful place in Heaven. Getter is one such Soul Retriever, and on top of his day-to-day grind against demons, wormholes, golems, and worse, he happens to be the sub...

Love, Life, Revenge, or something more sensible?Revenge is on 270 year old vampire Simone's mind when she journeys to New Orleans in the 1920s. By chance she saves Amalie Chartres's life, and they become unlikely friends. Soon she meets Amalie's boyfriend, Fin, who quickly becomes much more than a friend.Simone hunts for Armand Joubert, a Ghost Vampire, undetectable by other vampires, who murdered her mortal friend, Charlotte. Unable to defeat him, Simone enlists the aid of ...