This, the first novella in the Mariposa Oracle series, is the kickoff to Mariposa's often hilarious real-life adventures. Laid off from her job as an online producer, Mariposa enters the world of "skin" quite by accident or by divine intervention. Never intending to use her massage license professionally, life has other things in mind. She ends up buying a massage business in the Queen City (Charlotte, NC) just as the state implements regulation of massage. But, Mariposa has never run a bu...

The Mirror is the sequel to Queen City LIcensed Massage Therapist. In this second novella, Mariposa Oracle lands a job teaching yoga in Charlotte, NC, while her massage clients pull her into hidden worlds of addiction, chronic pain, single-parent homes and trauma. Down-right funny, real-life stories and research findings are set in a hybrid of memoir and historical fiction/adventure. For those who poo poo massage and yoga, get ready for the surprise unveil of documented quality of life ben...