A Pale Shade of Winter: Book One
“We were born within the veiled walls of the convent. Our existence was an abomination. My brother vowed that one day, he would discover the truth and expose the secrets, the lies, and the forbidden love which spawned us. He would ensure we would reclaim the life that had been stolen from us.”
“Is that how you saved me, Albert?”
“Yes,” he whispered.
Set against the beginning of the Spanish-American War, a young woman finds herself thrown into the midst of the most difficult choice of her life. This decision will ultimately lead to the unveiling of her family’s most deeply held secrets. With two innocent lives caught in the veil between life and death, will she be able to make amends and cast out the evil that now thrives amongst the living?
A Pale Shade of Winter is a Southern Gothic Horror saga that tells the story of Lenore Kensington, a young woman of considerable social standing who finds herself torn between family honor and duty and forbidden love. But, this is not a love story. In fact, it is a story about betrayal, redemption, vengeance, and faith. And, in the end, one of the most heinous of all sins will be revealed.
The Redwood Trilogy: Book One
A Modern Gothic Horror Saga
In the fall of 1913, a young bride was murdered and in the rush of her death vengeance thrived.
Set against the historic backdrop of northern California's wine country, The Redwood Trilogy follows three generations of the MacKenna family–a family torn apart by sins and secrets of the past.
"And, the entire time it was there with him. He could feel its presence against his back. He could see the shadow twisting and following in the black of the night. He told himself it was only the shadows cast from his lantern but his heart beat with the truth he could not, would not, utter aloud. She was thriving in her death, fueled by the darkness and the cold. She was thriving and taunting him with the rot and decay of the vineyard."
The Redwood Trilogy: Book Two
Was the peace and prosperity enjoyed by Dara and Sean for the past few years an insidious illusion? Was Redwood Manor Vineyard still, "Alive with the dead?"
Dara McKenna had convinced himself that Autumn had crossed into the light after forgiving his father for her murder. The past few years had been peaceful and prosperous. But, this illusion will be destroyed as Dara is forced to battle for the lives of those he loves and for Redwood's existence.
A new soul arrives in Book Two of The Redwood Trilogy and her arrival will awaken the dead.
Gaston Hall: A Southern Gothic Horror Tale
Elsie Goodwin is barely clinging to life when she wakes to find herself hidden away inside the cellar of Gaston Hall. Hopeful she has found shelter from the nearby battles, she quickly realizes the hell she had escaped hours earlier has followed after her.
Set against the backdrop of the U.S. Civil War, the residents of Gaston Hall find themselves struggling to survive in a place where the worlds of both the living and the dead are intertwined.
All is not what it may seem at Gaston Hall—a home for orphaned and abandoned children.
A Pale Shade of Winter: Book One
“We were born within the veiled walls of the convent. Our existence was an abomination. My brother vowed that one day, he would discover the truth and expose the secrets, the lies, and the forbidden love which spawned us. He would ensure we would reclaim the life that had been stolen from us.”
“Is that how you saved me, Albert?”
“Yes,” he whispered.
Set against the beginning of the Spanish-American War, a young woman finds herself thrown into the midst of the most difficult choice of her life. This decision will ultimately lead to the unveiling of her family’s most deeply held secrets. With two innocent lives caught in the veil between life and death, will she be able to make amends and cast out the evil that now thrives amongst the living?
A Pale Shade of Winter is a Southern Gothic Horror saga that tells the story of Lenore Kensington, a young woman of considerable social standing who finds herself torn between family honor and duty and forbidden love. But, this is not a love story. In fact, it is a story about betrayal, redemption, vengeance, and faith. And, in the end, one of the most heinous of all sins will be revealed.
The Redwood Trilogy: Book One
A Modern Gothic Horror Saga
In the fall of 1913, a young bride was murdered and in the rush of her death vengeance thrived.
Set against the historic backdrop of northern California's wine country, The Redwood Trilogy follows three generations of the MacKenna family–a family torn apart by sins and secrets of the past.
"And, the entire time it was there with him. He could feel its presence against his back. He could see the shadow twisting and following in the black of the night. He told himself it was only the shadows cast from his lantern but his heart beat with the truth he could not, would not, utter aloud. She was thriving in her death, fueled by the darkness and the cold. She was thriving and taunting him with the rot and decay of the vineyard."
The Redwood Trilogy: Book Two
Was the peace and prosperity enjoyed by Dara and Sean for the past few years an insidious illusion? Was Redwood Manor Vineyard still, "Alive with the dead?"
Dara McKenna had convinced himself that Autumn had crossed into the light after forgiving his father for her murder. The past few years had been peaceful and prosperous. But, this illusion will be destroyed as Dara is forced to battle for the lives of those he loves and for Redwood's existence.
A new soul arrives in Book Two of The Redwood Trilogy and her arrival will awaken the dead.
Gaston Hall: A Southern Gothic Horror Tale. Part of Tales from the Parlor Room, a Collection of Gothic & Ghost Tales
Elsie Goodwin is barely clinging to life when she wakes to find herself hidden away inside the cellar of Gaston Hall. Hopeful she has found shelter from the nearby battles, she quickly realizes the hell she had escaped hours earlier has followed after her.
Set against the backdrop of the U.S. Civil War, the residents of Gaston Hall find themselves struggling to survive in a place where the worlds of both the living and the dead are intertwined.
All is not what it may seem at Gaston Hall—a home for orphaned and abandoned children.
The Farmhouse at Peace & Plenty. Part of Tales from the Parlor Room, a Collection of Gothic & Ghost Tales
The house, for all of its solitude, seemed incredibly noisy
The Farmhouse, having stood against time and history for nearly 160 years in the Virginia countryside, was forgotten and abandoned until Kyle and Jenny Dowling moved in during the summer of 1972.
The Dowlings, married just a year, were struggling to repair their broken marriage. It was to be the perfect place, away from it all, to heal their relationship. Jenny would write and Kyle would tend to minor renovations. The rent was cheap.
The realtor warned them, however, against staying beyond the final days of fall.
The Haunting of Noyo Bay: A Gothic Ghost Story
Gothic Horror with a dash of romance and suspense…
When sixteen-year-old Charlotte Goolsby encounters the mysterious little boy in the cemetery, she assumes he belongs to the minister’s family. However, as sightings of the little boy continue and seemingly go unnoticed by the rest of Keesbury’s residents, Charlotte is forced to confront everything she once believed about life and death.
Some of the residents in the quiet, seaside village of Keesbury are keeping secrets–horrific and deadly secrets.