Writing Projects

Cross My Heart
A young adult romantic drama, complete at 81,000 words…

When Max Holden’s father suffers a life-altering stroke, seventeen-year-old aspiring pastry chef Jillian Eldridge has no idea how to help her oldest friend. Max, once bright and bold as lemon meringue pie, is sinking into a spiral of beer and self-destruction, and Jill is at a loss for how to help him. Then, late one night Max knocks on Jill’s window, drunk and looking for comfort, and she can’t turn him away. When her father catches them in the midst of a sizzling kiss, once-cool Jake Eldridge gives Jill a choice: Stay away from Max Holden, or find a way to fund culinary school on her own.

Jill doesn’t want to risk her future, but thanks to all the drama at home she’s drawn to Max like sugar to butter. Her fertility-challenged stepmother is finally pregnant, but instead of being elated, Jake is irritable and stressed, disappearing for hours on end. When he misses the birth of her new baby sister, Jill can’t help but suspect an affair, and she turns to the boy across the street for escape. The more stolen time Jill and Max spend together, the closer they become. Jill hates sneaking around behind her dad’s back, even though he’s been all kinds of elusive since baby Ally came home. When Jill stumbles upon the truth behind her father’s sketchy behavior, she knows her fragile family is about to shatter. Only Max—who’s more involved in the Eldridge family drama than he realizes—might be able to help her put the pieces back together.

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Where Poppies Bloom
A young adult romantic drama…

{Currently undergoing rewrites.}

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NaNoWriMo Project (Untitled)
A young adult romantic drama…

{A first-draft work in progress.}