Novels

1983
On a Monday morning, eighteen-year-old high school senior Tiffany Morgan is found dead in her school’s hallway in a pool of her own blood. With no witnesses, the crime goes unsolved.

2023
Fifty-eight-year-old Titan Creek High School alumna Missy Englewood is found dead by fellow alumni in the school’s new complex during alumni weekend, bringing back memories of 1983. Although there are no witnesses, there is no doubt the two murders are related.

Jason Bertow is at the top of his game, having buried his will to care about anything other than baseball after the tragic loss of his father and brother. Time doesn’t heal all wounds but baseball gave him something worth living for. What he learns about the accident that killed his brother puts his will to forgive to the ultimate test.

Claire Armstrong, a true fan of baseball, hoped against hope to have an encounter with her favorite baseball player. Fate would bring them together, giving her the opportunity to relinquish her guilt through his forgiveness. Fate in and of itself can be twisted and unforgiving. When tragedy strikes once more, Jason’s sanity teeters on the edge as fate challenges him to choose his own path. Forgiveness that will free two souls, or unforgiveness that could end his career and Claire’s life.

It was always there.
Thirty years ago, Carter Springer left behind Devondale, a sleepy neighborhood in Lexington, Kentucky, for big-city life in Atlanta. But he didn’t just leave behind his family—he also left behind his friends, a group the adults of the neighborhood once referred to as the Devondale Five. They were legends back then. They ran the neighborhood. They were inseparable. Until Carter abandoned them.

It never left.
He’s long set aside the memories he and his friends made on those winding streets. But when Richie, another member of the Five, dies under mysterious circumstances, Carter knows he must return to Devondale and pay his respects.

It’s been waiting
Richie’s death raises more than just questions for the old gang. It also raises a lot of ghosts, turning the sleepy neighborhood from Carter’s memories into a nightmare. One he might never escape from. And now that he’s back…

t’s hungry.

Jake Trout, age 30, returns to his hometown for his famous father’s funeral. Jake left home immediately after high school for college to escape his father’s literary name. Now that he has finally returned home and begins reviewing his father’s estate, he learns his father was more than a literary superstar.With his mother having passed years ago, Jake finds himself in a tangled, diabolical web as he competes with his step-mother for both his father’s riches and rights to his father’s writings. The one catch? Jake’s father has left behind a novel with a blank final chapter.Whichever of the two finishes the final chapter wins both riches and ownership of the Trout name. My Father’s Secret is a heartfelt story about the relationship between father and son and the secrets of those we look up to.

In the summer of 1983, shortly after high school graduation, Daniel Lewis and Madeline Ferguson fall madly, deeply in love. The two begin planning a life of happily ever after, until one snowy evening changes the course of their lives. Daniel spends the next three decades struggling with Madeline's disappearance, living a life he could never have imagined. And then, on a warm summer's day, he receives a phone call that will change his life once again. Daniel's story and the pursuit of Madeline will truly make you laugh, cry, and remember your own first love. His story portrays the perfect mixture of life, love, loss, and second chances. 

Author’s note: Finding Eve is an autobiography of sorts. All of the humans in the story are real people, including myself, and their real names have been used with their permission. The story of the separation of the two brothers actually happened. The story of the older brother’s death actually occurred in the way described. In short, Finding Eve was my attempt to answer a question that many of us have. If we could change the past . . . would we? The story also gave me the opportunity to stand beside my brother and explore the universe, fight aliens and flirt with extraterrestrial females. And, of course, it gave me the chance to goof off with two of my closest buddies.

Upon entering the city’s most popular carwash, three friends are whisked away through a time portal that drops them back to 1983, where they have a run in with cosmic Time Keepers, old girlfriends, and a chance to change the future by changing the past.

Together the three begin a voyage through time and space, aided by nothing more than a sense for adventure and the desire to make the universe a better place. While doing so, the three destroy all records of time, uncannily release aliens on Earth, lose Adam and Eve, discover parallel universes, and find that United States Marines never truly die. They also find that women, love, and life are not things easily attainable or manageable.In the end, the three are able to answer some of life’s most elusive questions. Are we alone in the cosmos?

How did we get here? Is there a God?