Novels: While my two completed novels explore different concepts, they both demonstrate how ordinary people overcome adversity through courage and sheer determination.
Sacred Alliance–an inspirational mystery centered on a disturbing incident involving an isolated cult living in an Adirondack Mountain village.
Living Banner–-a historical novel revealing important information about Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich Romanov, the Last Tsar of All the Russias, whose influence during the final days of Imperial Russia was buried in the Soviet Archives for over 7 decades.
Children’s book Co-written with Adrian Beltran
Recently, my husband and I joined forces to co-write a children’s chapter book aimed at middle grade readers.
The Adventures of Griff & Coop underscores the timeless vibrancy of the Old and New Testaments to young readers who are just beginning to formulate their worldview. The story is narrated by our main character, Griffin Werner, a ten-year-old boy who lives, breathes, and daydreams baseball–to the detriment of anything else. (Griff asked me to add this: “You should probably tell them one more thing, that sometimes I mess up real bad.”)
Well, Griff does “mess up” again. This time he’s grounded from baseball for a whole week! As he sulks alone in his room, a discarded stuffed animal springs to life as Coop, a feisty angel-in-training sent by God. Coop quickly whisks Griff back in Bible history to experience a series of 5 firsthand, eyewitness accounts of God’s amazing power! Gradually, Griff acquires a deeper understanding of the Bible’s message and uses his new knowledge to support his older sister through cancer treatments and to teach his baseball buddy to pray for his father after a bad car accident.