W E L C O M E to my official website. Since you found your way here, I assume you know I write inspirational suspense novels. In fact, I thrive on weaving inspiration and suspense into modern-day stories that are exciting and relevant. And though I endeavor to entertain you with riveting plots that will keep you guessing till the end, it’s my hope that my characters will tug at your heartstrings and give you something to think about long after the cover is closed

Ever Present Danger (Book One)

Twenty-eight-year-old Ivy Griffith comes back to the little town of Jacob’s Ear, Colorado after ten years of popping in and out of drug rehab in Denver and carrying around a secret from high school that could send her and three of her friends to prison if she ever decided to tell...

Never Look Back (Book Two)

Ivy Griffith has been released from jail after serving time for covering up the strangulation death of a high school classmate ten years earlier. She’s paid her debt to society. Kicked her drug habit. And asked God to give her a fresh start...

The Grand Scheme (Book Three)

Things couldn’t be better for Rue Kessler. He finally married the mother of his eight-year-old son and now has the family he’s always dreamed of. Not only that, his father-in-law hired him to be the new construction supervisor on a big condo project. He’s been sober for eighteen months...

A Shred of Evidence (Book One)

Former newspaper editor Ellen Jones enjoys a leisurely lunch at a Seaport restaurant where she overhears a private conversation at the table next to her—and disturbing accusations of pedophilia involving the husband of a woman she's recently befriended...

Eye of the Beholder (Book Two)

Seaport is on high alert for a potential terrorist attack after the Coast Guard boards and seizes a boat that's being used to store bomb making materials and a surface-to-air missile. Five Arab men are arrested, and authorities suspect there is a terrorist cell operating in the region...

All Things Hidden (Book Three)

Ellen Jones gets a disturbing call from her elderly father’s neighbor and must face the fact that her father’s (Lawrence’s) mind is slipping and he’s reached the stage where he’s not safe living alone. Lawrence is having trouble remembering many things—just not the one thing he’s held against Ellen for nearly forty years!...

Not by Chance (Book Four)

Life is pointless. And if there’s a God,
He’s asleep on the job.

The words rang in Brandon Jones’s mind. He didn’t know what he expected from the homeless man he met on the way out of town ...

Tested by Fire (Book One)

When a bizarre houseboat explosion rocks the close-knit community of Baxter, firefighters, friends, and neighbors stand powerless as the McConnells' blazing hull sinks to the bottom of Heron Lake. Grief turns to outrage as new evidence proves...

Day of Reckoning (Book Two)

One man's hatred sets off a community crisis in a chilling page-turning read that is also startlingly inspirational. Textile magnate G. R. Logan lays off a thirty-year employee who dies weeks later, and the man's son...

Vital Signs (Book Three)

Furious that his girlfriend chose to bring twin babies to term, Dennis walks out of Jennifer's life. And now the Centers for Disease Control have quarantined Jennifer, along with 200 others who attended the reception for a missionary couple bearing a...

High Stakes (Book Four)

Eighteen-year-old Angie Marks, tattooed and pierced, shows up in the small town of Baxter without a place to stay. When eccentric millionaire Patrick Bailey hires her to be his housekeeper, and then when Angie risks her own safety to help Mr. Bailey get his...

A Fine Line (Book Five)

Baxter residents fear upheaval when a regional tire plant announces it's coming to Baxter. Rumor says mayor Charlie Kirby's signature on the deal was influenced by an affair with the tire company's corporate attorney - who dies suddenly...

Poor Mrs. Rigsby

Sally Cox goes to work in a nursing home after her husband of thirty years leaves her for a younger woman—and in serious financial straits. The only thing bigger than the chip on Sally's shoulder is her faltering faith—and her attachment to...