As a kid, she was a prodigy and today she remains a virtuoso. Elizabeth McBrien, heroine of Within The Summit's Shadow, the second paranormal romantic suspen...

Violet There is a lot of folklore connected to violets. Some literature say violets are the flower of the Resurrection. Other research depicts violets as the...

After Elizabeth blurts out to Andrew that she can see (and touch) The Dead Boy, Andrew fights back hard. He does not believe her—even thinks she’s being inte...

One ~ Andrew Detective Andrew Gavin knew two things: one, he’d be in a world of shit if his Staff Sergeant knew he was back in this school yard. Two: if he w...

When I am not writing, I teach workshops on human adversity and resiliency. It is gratifying work, and I am routinely intrigued by how the material I teach i...

You didn’t really think it only happens to females, did you? I won’t share the details and spoil my own novel, but I will say this: women haven’t cornered th...

I forgot to tell you that if you read Within The Summit's Shadow, you're going to be a guest at Shaynie & Cameron's wedding around Chapter Three. Surprise! H...

Anyone who lives in or has visited Jasper will recognize 'Summit Centre' as being a carbon copy of the (much more poetically named) Palisades Centre, east of...

He stripped his shirt off, glancing at her. “Want a t-shirt?” “Uh—” She lost her voice to a tattoo, creeping over his chest. Shadow trees, the ink designed t...

Who—or what—is The Dead Boy? Andrew sees a sinister swarm of shadows that smell like a sewer. Elizabeth sees a shy boy in a ball cap who hides his face and s...

He is sullen and secretive. A hot head who aimed his gun and executed a teenage bully who, by all accounts, was innocent and unarmed. Detective Andrew Gavin ...

'...Kyle wore an apron and hairnet. “Hey.” He aimed an elbow at Elizabeth. “Green pepper and mushroom. I’ll go get one started right now.” Andrew glanced bac...

Once upon a time, she was Andrew's best friend - yet when he sees her again he does not even know her. His reaction is the first sentence I wrote for this bo...

"Mom,” Elizabeth said, and it occurred that she didn’t just use ‘Mom’ for the times when Dez needed to hear her speak sharply. She also used it when Dez need...

Confession: I am a sucker for guys like Chas. Their gift of gab, their charm, the lighthearted way they sail through life...there is something strangely comf...

When I conceptualized the character of Randi King I knew just a handful of things, but they were important: First, Randi is not just beautiful - she is gorge...

Upon opening Kyle's sketchbook, you will know him. A prodigy whose artistic style falls within the 'photo-realism' category, Kyle's art is what I imagine a y...

"Broken kids. Everywhere. And how was he supposed to fix them?" When Andrew meets a little husk of bones named Violet, he can see that she is impoverished, n...