The day after Grammy’s funeral is when the first butterfly shows up. A butterfly that seems oddly magical, as if it fluttered through Tara’s window on purpose. As if it knew her address. Soon telegrams and letters begin arriving with mysterious instruction and Tara and her older sister, Riley, are packed off to Grammy’s house by Butler Reginald Godwin.

The old Victorian perched on the Louisiana bayous is dusty and filled with staircases, secret rooms and corridors. Puzzling letters from Grammy Claire start appearing in locations around the house. Letters from beyond the grave. Letters with warnings of upcoming danger and directions for tasks Tara must perform.

Then a box arrives filled with ten numbered keys. From her dead Grammy Claire. Tara must use her wits and brains to figure out the clues and find the locks that the keys fit, leading her step by step toward unlocking Grammy Claire’s secrets.

And the butterflies keep coming, each one more spectacular and beautiful and mysterious than the last. Where are they coming from, who sent them, and what power will they have over Tara’s life?

When the Butterflies Come is a mystical, emotional, and physical journey about a girl who discovers an explosive secret that will change her life forever and heal herself as well as the people she loves. (Middle-grade Fiction)

Goddess is the YA version of The Red Tent, a story of peer pressure and cults set against the ancient art of belly dance, in which Jayden’s faith helps her stay alive, even as the world around her falls apart. An epic, sensuous, and dangerous romance about the ancient Goddess temples and the allure of the sexual rites that tempt the women of the desert.