Published Works

Mosquito District

Available for preorder from NineStar Press. Releases November 8, 2022

Lee, a librarian bored with his daily routine, knows better than to play nice with the mosquitos who rule his district. After mouthing off to one of these vampire flunkies, he loses the carefully crafted order of his life. Next thing he knows, there is Ira, a millennia-old vampire new to Lee’s side of the world with questions for which Lee has few answers.

From the moment Ira steps into Lee’s library, the delicate balance of Lee’s life is threatened. Following the rules and keeping his head down gives him a measure of safety that helping Ira challenges, but he can’t deny his unwelcome attraction to the ancient mosquito.

What game does Ira play? Lee’s curiosity, coupled with Ira’s irresisti-ble charms, promises an escape from routine Lee isn’t sure he is strong enough to deny.

He might be able to help Ira uncover the answers he seeks—if they can learn to trust.

(This novel has been significantly edited since its last publications, and while the story remains the same there have been slight changes to its structure and storyline.)

Upon the River Shore

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Brett Garder is a rarity, an inverted mage, which makes him a liability in the world into which he was born. On the run from his violent and controlling boyfriend, he moves to the rural town of Landings. Having been raised by his grandfather to believe that only family can be trusted, meeting Lane Hunter is a shock. Lane is sweet, welcoming, and full of a happy warmth that draws Brett in, despite all fears. 

When a friend of Lane’s brother Corey is killed in a hit-and-run, many turn the blame onto Corey. However, the more Brett learns, the more he is certain the death has more to do with his own past than the Hunter brothers’ present. 

Can Brett bring himself to share the truth of that past with Lane before it destroys their growing bond—or even their lives?