Dreams in Ash is a Historical Fiction novel centered on the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 as seen through the eyes of a Chicago firefighter and his family. The novel explores the socioeconomic challenges facing Irish Immigrants in 1871, with a special focus on xenophobia and misogyny before, during, and after the fire.The long- hot summer and fall of 1871 has left Chicago a tinderbox; both literally and figuratively.Like millions of fellow Irishmen, Firefighter Shawn Collins brought his famil...

Love isn't always pretty, but it is always powerful.Man Down is an edgy story of raw human emotion. It pulls the reader into an unsavory world of deceit and betrayal and yet rejoices in the strength of self-sacrifice, loyalty, forgiveness and redemption. All played out against in exciting world of firefighters.Firefighter Dominick Adler is a man on the brink. Haunted by the death of a little girl—a death he blames himself for. He suffers from nightmares, depression, and pan...