Historical Fiction

Silver Medal, Global Book Awards, Historical Fiction--Medieval
Finalist, International Book Awards, Cross-Genre Fiction
Finalist, Self-Publishing Review (SPR) Awards
Finalist, Multicultural, Next Generation Indie Book Awards

A young woman of mixed parentage has lived in seven different countries, and thinks it’s time to find a place she could call home. She joins a quest for illuminated manuscripts stolen during World War II, hoping it would give her the sense of belonging she craves. But will it be enough? A tale inspired by the actual theft of medieval illuminated manuscripts.

Chanterelles garnished with cream and mayhem.

To Gina, cooking a great meal is an act of love. A life-affirming gift. An art she inherited from a French chef grandfather felled by a robber's bullet. Cooking for a Michelin-starred restaurant, she finds a new enchanting world. But danger lurks where least expected. Can she survive and thrive in this life of privilege, pleasure, and menace?

The love between John Thornton, a mill owner and Margaret Hale—intelligent, independent-minded, passionate about her concerns,—endures and thrives through trials in their marriage. Margaret of the North, a sequel to Elizabeth Gaskell's novel, North and South, takes off from the BBC miniseries ending.