Book 1 - Threads of a Tapestry (2nd Place in the 2010 Golden Pen Contest)
Lily Draper has come to Rainbow Falls, North Dakota to find a sister she never knew existed. Embittered by a zealot minister father, she avoids religion at all cost. Her new landlord, Nick Logan, an aspiring minister, soon has her questioning her views. Can she learn to overcome her prejudice and trust in Nick's goodness?
Nick Logan plans to become the minister of the Good Shepherd Community Church when Rev'd Ted Brown retires. Everyone in town believes that Ted's niece, Sarah Jane Miller, is the perfect wife for Nick: loyal, and godly. Why is it then that Nick finds himself wanting Lily Draper, the woman most unlikely to be a minister's wife?
Can Nick follow God's plan, even if it's not what he wants for himself?
Book 2 - Hometown Healing
Maxi North hates small town life and is happily living in Manhatten - on her way to becoming a partner in one of the city’s classiest salons. Her father’s death puts her plans on hold while she travels home to face the demons of her past. There, she must deal with her feelings for Jason Hanley, whom she hasn’t heard from since she left town two years earlier. To make matters worse, Maxi is forced to confront her deeply buried guilt over her younger brother’s death eight years earlier.
Fireman-in-training, Jason Hanley has lived in Rainbow Falls all his life and knows how badly the town needs its own fire station. Once he finishes his training, he plans to make his dream a reality. As part of Jason’s new-found faith, he pledges himself to God and to serving the people of his town. Then Maxi North comes back with her big city attitude and disrupts his well-ordered life. Maybe now he’ll find out why she ran away to New York and why she never returned his calls. When Maxi and her mother almost perish in a house fire, Jason becomes involved in helping them re-build their damaged farmhouse. Suddenly he wonders when his feelings for his former best friend started to change to something more. Can the two ever put aside their conflicting dreams and differences in faith to find a future together?
Book 3 - A Heart's Redemption
(Semi-finalist in the 2011 Genesis)
Chloe Martin returns to her hometown of Rainbow Falls a fallen woman. Steeped in guilt over an affair with a married man, Chloe vows to make amends and turn her life around. She never expects to be neighbors with her old crush, Aidan North . Chloe accepts a temporary position as the high school hospitality teacher so that she can earn enough money to open her own bakery, and finds her feelings for Aidan coming back to life.
Aidan North, vice-principal of Rainbow Falls High School, is working on a pet project – to open a youth center for local teens. Rumblings of gang activity invading the small town makes Aidan’s project even more urgent. As much as he would like to ignore the beautiful Chloe Martin, he needs her energy and enthusiasm to make the youth center a success. Aidan is uncomfortable with his attraction to Chloe since she is clearly a woman of secrets. Lies and deception got Aidan into hot water at his previous position, and he refuses to let history repeat itself.
A young student chef captures Chloe’s attention. Chloe vows to help Lindsay achieve her dreams. In the process, Chloe becomes involved with Lindsay and her troubled brother, Matt, both who help with the youth center Aidan is starting up. Hiding secrets about the two siblings from Aidan only escalates problems between them. Can Chloe regain her faith, and learn to be completely honest in her relationships? Will Aidan forgive her transgressions and trust her with his heart?
