IF FOUND, RETURN TO THE SAND
Genre: Upmarket Suspense
88,800 words
Three coffins. Two bodies. One twin, desperate to stay alive.
Blurb:
NORA has spent her first fifteen years in the shadow of her over-achieving twin, LANIE. It’s a wallflower role she resents until beautiful, high achieving sixteen-year-old girls start disappearing from the island without any leads. Suddenly, being invisible means safety. At the candlelight vigil for one of the victims, Nora’s life changes when she is approached by COLBY, the wealthy, popular new guy. For once, Nora is someone’s first pick—the superior twin. As Nora fears, her twin becomes the sixth victim, and their parents succumb to grief and alcohol. Nora mourns Lanie and accepts that even with her sister gone, she remains in Lanie’s shadow.
Eight years later, three coffins are uncovered during the excavation of a historical cemetery on the island—two containing skeletons of young women and scratch marks on the inside of the lids, and the third one, strangely empty. Nora, who has since married Colby, believes the empty coffin is a sign the other victims could still be alive—a message from the island meant just for her. After noticing similarities between herself and Colby’s youngest siblings, allegedly born via surrogates hired by his parents, Nora suspects her husband’s family is not only involved in the disappearances, but have kept some of the victims—including her twin—alive and captive for eight years. Nora must overcome her cowardice and submissive nature to uncover her husband’s secrets to save her twin. Otherwise, Lanie could end up like the other victims: back on their beloved island, buried alive.
QUEENWOOD
Genre: Psychological Suspense
78,000 words
FINALIST FOR THE KILLER NASHVILLE CLAYMORE AWARD 2026
Never ask a mother to say aloud what she’s willing to do—or who she’s willing to kill—to protect her child.
Blurb:
Despite years of infertility issues, Mia has always dreamed of being a mother. When her husband dies in a suspicious car accident after telling Mia he wants a divorce, she’s thrilled to discover he’s left her a gift. An unborn baby girl for whom Mia feels an instant maternal affection—a child for her to raise and cherish. Unfortunately, her daughter is being carried by her late husband’s mistress, a woman from their social circle in the piney, affluent Houston suburb: Queenwood. While she awaits the birth of her daughter, Mia plans how she’ll rescue the baby from the “surrogate” mother. She navigates her way into the pregnant mistress’s life, making herself the essential best friend and primary source of support so she’ll never be too far from her unborn baby, until the time is right. Mia, like any sane mother, will do anything to ensure her child is safe and loved.