Character driven stories about imperfect people, love, friendship, grief, faith and finding your way
BOOKS
MOUNTAIN BOYS
coming soon

When Cara leaves her childhood home in southern California for a small mountain town in the Sierras, she’s faced with more change and loss than she ever expected– part of her family, a first boyfriend and almost herself. When she meets Reid, a quiet senior boy she keeps running into, she thinks his love might be the thing that makes her feel whole, but she learns not even the boyfriend of her dreams can do that. She needs to face her grief, trust God, and remember to leave space for her family, friends and community who support her through hard times. And sometimes true love will still find it’s way back, to face the hardest things together.
Mountain Boys is a YA Romance and Coming of Age story set in California’s central Sierras.
SEA GLASS
coming soon

Sadie Hanson spent the last year trying to hold herself and her family together after her mother’s brain aneurysm, trying to keep her anxiety in check by tracking her family’s locations, making safe choices and avoiding strong emotions. Living in survival mode makes navigating high school friendships and situationships feel like another weight she’s not strong enough to carry. When Dillon Taylor moves back with his mysterious eyes, he makes everything feel lighter, but he’s carrying his own broken past. Sadie will discover that the most beautiful things in life, like sea glass, are often formed from the broken pieces, following the ebb and flow of life, time, and the elements until they become something that shines, something people don’t want to leave, but want hold onto like the treasure that they are.
Sea Glass is a YA Romance set in central California’s towns, creeks, orchards, lakes and beaches.
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