Publishing News
So happy to announce I’ve signed a three-book contract with Scrivenings Press for my contemporary women’s fiction series - The Lake Tearas Trilogy! Here’s a snippet from each book, with release dates. More to come!
THE LAKE TEARAS TRILOGY
Three generations. Three tangled legacies. One lakeside town where the past comes home to heal.
Set in the charming lakeside town of Lake Tearas, Michigan, this clean, deeply layered family saga follows characters bound by love, loss, and secrets they can no longer outrun, where the choices of one generation echo into the next.
COMING OCTOBER 2026 - FINDING ME
Sometimes finding yourself means uncovering the past you were never meant to see.
In Finding Me, eighteen-year-old Cate McDermott discovers that the painful secrets her mother spent a lifetime hiding have shaped her own life in ways she never understood. Drawn to Lake Tearas, she forms unexpected connections and a tender romance as her family’s past comes to light—forcing her to face the fragile line between truth, lies, and forgiveness.
COMING OCTOBER 2027 - FINDING YOU
Separated by fate. Bound by love. Can two souls find their way back?
In Finding You, Aimee Jones reunites with the baby brother she raised—and lost—to foster care. Their long-awaited reconnection exposes wounds shaped by addiction, abandonment, and buried trauma, leaving Aimee and Andrew to face the past that kept them apart and question whether a new beginning is possible.
COMING OCTOBER 2028 - FINDING OURS
It’s never too late to reclaim the dreams you gave away.
In Finding Ours, Brandi Hutton, thirty-seven, and Gertrude McDermott, eighty-six—two women separated by generations but bound by sacrifice—confront the dreams they set aside for others. As old promises surface and long-silenced desires demand a voice, both must choose whether they’re ready to step into the lives they were meant to live.
With the waters of Lake Tearas as witness, three stories intertwine across generations to reveal a powerful tapestry of resilience, reconciliation, and hope. Emotional, heartwarming, and ultimately redemptive, The Lake Tearas Trilogy invites readers into a world where the past is ever-present—and healing is always possible.