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Desert Mountains

Cozy & Courageous Stories

FOR the YOUNG and OLD at HEART

White WIld Flowers

Welcome,
fellow Earth-Treader
& Dreamer

I'm so glad you stopped by!

Here you'll find all you need to know about my books: Unearth the TidesEndlewood, The Earth-Treader, From the Mountains to the Valley, The Wishing Seed, Aliferous, and On the Edge of the Forgotten Sea (Book 1 in The Chronicles of Chaera).

I love stories, especially the kinds that carry deep themes and are reminiscent of simpler times. Of hope and courage and good overcoming evil. Light always outshines the darkness, and let us never forget that truth, lest our hearts grow weary.

Be of good courage,

I hope you'll stick around!

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On the Edge of the Forgotten Sea

Releasing November 5, 2025

Cursed by love 
Doomed never to speak. 
Cursed by memories 
Doomed always to forget

After being left by her first love, Merri Caspiana has fallen for a commoner who lives by Kerilow Bay. The only problem is that she’s bound by the sea. When she bargains with the sea witch for a pair of legs, it comes at a graver cost than she realizes. Just when she’s learning how to walk, a terrible prophecy is brought to light. The prince of Windkeep, Chaera is in grave danger, and to ensure his safety, all maidens must be sent away from the kingdom until the prince’s eighteenth year has passed. 

Prince Olivander Daws is set to claim the throne when he comes of age, but he never gets the chance. When he suddenly loses his memory, and in turn is forgotten by all those who know him, he’s cast off to a distant land while the one he left behind is turning to ruins. 

In the small town of Tenby, Wales, a lighthouse keeper named Jac Hughes thinks he’s going crazy. He’s been having recurring dreams of a foreign prince and a sea maiden whom he’s never met before. And he’ll do just about anything to figure out why.

Something dangerous and sinister is on the rise in Windkeep Citadel and Kerilow Bay, but in this YA portal fantasy where Narnia meets The Little Mermaid and ABC's Once Upon a Time, Olivander, Merri, and Jac will learn that even darkness must bend to the light.

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Cloudy Mountain

Endorsements & Reviews

"This unique reimagining of The Little Mermaid explores themes of love and forgiveness and owning up to the choices—both good and bad—that we make. Gentle, lyrical, fierce."

—  𝐉𝐎𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐀 𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇 𝐌𝐄𝐘𝐄𝐑, author of winning author of Into the Heartless Wood and While the Dark Remains

Trees and Mountains

“But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.”

- Samwise Gamgee

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