She enters the tattoo shop with an envelope full of memories and a heart filled with longing. What she leaves with is more than she dreamed of, and it just might be the first step to healing the wounds of the past. Rattled is a short story and was originally published in the anthology "Forget Me Not: Charity Anthology Supporting Alzheimer’s and Brain Health" \\\* Recommended for adult readers only due to adult language.

Twelve years Dylan White has waited. Twelve years since his family was yanked away Twelve years of being alone—except for the friends he met at Baxter, who are now his family. His brother, Noah, has disappeared. His sister, Nina, just turned eighteen, but he has no way to find her. Mary Robins wears her heart on her sleeve. And it’s tattooed on her chest—the dog tags of the man she worshiped, surrounded by beautiful ribbons. Her only purpose in life is to take care of those who are in need. Heal the broken and comfort that wounded—the very reason she’s becoming a nurse. Except, she’s never allowed anyone to take care of her. Not in a very long time. No one has wanted to take care of her until she meets Dylan and the Baxter boys. They’re a weird bunch – fiercely loyal and… hers. Dylan is searching for something, and so is Mary. Searching for family, searching for friendships, and searching for love. Can they find what they so desperately need in each other? \\\New Adult novel intended for audiences over the age of 18 due to adult language and sexual content\\\

Twelve years since Nina White’s family was ripped apart. Twelve years since she’s seen her siblings. Twelve years she’s had to fight for everything, including her own life and her freedom. Tex has known Nina since she was a smart-mouthed, tough teen working with him at Miguel’s Gym. Tex knows nothing of Nina’s past, and he’s never had to fight for anything, until he decides he wants Nina, scars and all. Nina has had it bad for Tex, not that she’d ever tell him. His sweet smile and a heart the size of Texas are way too good for her. If he ever learned about the ugliness of her past, he’d go back to his perfect family and his perfect home and his perfect life. What sane man wouldn’t? Tex insists that she try to find her family. Tex insists that she lower the walls surrounding her heart. Tex insists that she love him back. One kiss sends her world spinning out of control. The past has a way of catching up with you, and the future she never dreamed of is within her grasp. Will it be fleeting? Or can she make it hers? \\\New Adult novel intended for audiences over the age of 18 due to adult language and sexual content\\\

Noelle Dubois had the perfect life. She’d studied in Paris, became a pastry chef at a vineyard, and had the love and support of both parents. In an instant, all that changed and now she’s back home in New York, without a job, taking care of her eight-year-old brother and living with her aging grandparents while waiting for her mother’s murderer to stand trial. Six months of limbo. Six months of waiting. Six months to learn that all she ever dreamed about has gone up in smoke. Sean Vines has dealt with his past and moved on. He has goals and dreams, and only time and hard work will see them accomplished. Things are good until a pastry chef and an eight-year-old boy churn up the memories from his childhood, and he learns that some things don’t stay buried permanently, no matter how much he may want them too. Except this time it isn’t Sean who is facing horrific circumstances, but a child, and it’s his turn to step up and be that adult to help get him through this special kind of hell. And just maybe, he’ll find a lot more than he dreamed possible. The funny thing about dreams, they can be altered by the people you meet, and that’s when you realize that maybe you just hadn’t dreamed big enough. \\\Recommended for adult readers due to language \\\

Only three things matter to Kelsey Fry: an envelope full of memories, a pink box full of hope, and a well-planned future, soon to be realized. Alex Dosek knows that Kelsey needs more than the tattoo he gave her. She hoped to ink the memory of the daughter she gave up for adoption into her soul, but that wasn’t necessary. The memories were already there. Who would have thought a house full of boys would be a refuge for Kelsey? The Baxter boys come to Kelsey’s rescue and all is well, but the past has a way of catching up with you, and Kelsey’s past reaches out with a phone call. The daughter she gave up for adoption is sick, and she needs something only Kelsey can give her. It won’t be easy, but it will be necessary. Kelsey will look into the eyes of her daughter and then walk away, and take nothing with her but the letters she writes to her daughter on every holiday and every special occasion. In the evening, when she can’t sleep, she pours out her heart on paper. When her daughter turns eighteen, Kelsey can reach out to her. Those are the rules. Not a moment before. But sometimes, the fates intervene. Or friends do. Call it what you will. \\\Recommended for adult readers due to language, sexual content and adult situations\\\

Thirteen years they’ve waited. Thirteen years since they were torn apart. Dylan White’s siblings were torn from him at the age of twelve following his parents’ arrest, and it’s taken him years to track them down. Now his sister Nina is living with him and together they are doing what they can to reunite the family. But with the youngest only being seventeen, it seems like an impossibility. Perhaps with a little twist of fate, and a bit of holiday magic, Dylan will finally get the greatest gift of all: a family for Christmas.

Christian Sucato may have found love in Shake, Rattle and Roll, but he hadn’t found his mother. Did the DNA kit Bethany give him lead to any answers? Christian Sucato had spent his life wondering why he was abandoned at birth. When a DNA test matches him to a brother, Christian hopes that he will finally find the answers he’d always been searching for. However, he hadn’t expected a family, and he’s not quite prepared for the answers he’s about to get. But, once the dust settles, will more fractures upset Christian’s world? Will Christian be forced to choose one of his best friends over his brother? Series reading Rattle Rattle His Cage All Horns & Rattles Shake, Rattle & Roll Rattling Around The Christmas Rattle Slightly Rattled The Rattle Box

Two things stand in the way of Madison Cross realizing her dream of studying music performance and composition at a prestigious college: 1) Her parents, who don’t understand or get her, and want her to attend a community college and settle on a career that will actually support her one day; and 2) A private instructor. No music school is going to take her seriously with only middle and high school instruction, but she has never been given the opportunity for private instructions (see #1 above). Her one shot is convincing Mrs. Dosek, a well-respected pianist who teaches for free, but the woman won’t return an email, let alone talk to her. When Madison discovers a pink box of letters hidden in her parents’ attic, she’s consumed with wanting to know more about the woman who wrote them. Through reading the heartbreaking letters, Madison comes to learn more than she ever dreamed of about herself, but now she has to face her biggest fear, and it has nothing to do with college. She must learn where she came from in order to find out where she’s going.