Books that breed Empathy

Novels are a rare medium that put us in someone else’s head. Through my work, I aim to use that power to foster understanding for the people who are misjudged.

Featured Books

Featured Books

Books in the works and querying.

A couple sits closely together on a rock ledge overlooking a lush green mountain landscape during sunset. They both wear backpacks, and there is a black backpack beside them.

The Highlight Reel

When Cash is caught with another woman, Ava has to scramble to save their brand and livelihood. She launches a contest that lands them in Argentina, a place tied to Ava’s heritage. While struggling to maintain the image of the person the internet loves, Ava meets a man that challenges who she really is and who she pretends to be. Despite her fear of losing her platform, Ava finds herself falling for a person and a lifestyle that’s out of her reach.

STATUS: Actively querying

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A person kneeling on the floor with their hands and forehead touching the ground, in front of a window with streaks of water or paint.

Power Breath

Every doctor has told Haley the same thing: there’s nothing they can do. But as a salon owner and avid runner, she can’t accept that in a few years, she’ll be in a wheelchair. That’s when she meets Asher, a charismatic yoga instructor that promises he can heal her. Haley never intended to help him start a cult.


STATUS: With Beta readers

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A young man in a white dress shirt, black tie, and black pants leaning against a brick wall with one leg bent, holding a jacket over his shoulder. Next to him, a cartoon-style illustration of a woman with long hair, wearing a dress, holding a cigarette, with smoke rising from it, standing in front of the brick wall.

Chippee Isn’t Real

Chippee helped Dominic survive childhood. Now she's the reason he can't quite start adulthood. As Dominic searches for someone other people can actually see, and Chippee fights to remain relevant, they accidentally land themselves at the center of a murder investigation.

*Note: the above image of Chippee was created with AI. While I wish I could draw her, she routinely looks all boob when I try.

STATUS: Redrafting following an R&R

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We need stories

Now more than ever, we need novels to expand our thinking and remove prejudices.

A woman standing outdoors at night with a bright smile, wearing a patterned coat, with the northern lights visible in the sky above.

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