Happy 2023, !

I hope the new year is going well for you. Things are good here. I spent the last week or so really digging into my plans for the year. The last few months of 2022 were a bit difficult and I found myself in a bit of a slump, but it's a new year and I've got lots of fun plans and am ready to make some progress toward my goals.

And I'm sure a lot of my readers will be happy to know that one of those goals is to finally finish my outline for The Confession and get a good chunk of it written over the next few months.

I still don't have an official release date, but I would guess that the earliest it could come out is in May or June. (I'm really trying not to set anything in stone until it's with my editor though since I'm trying to be less crazy this year.)

I also got the news that The Ruse won the Swoony Award for the Best Contemporary Young Adult Romance published in 2022, which I'm so thrilled about. I loved writing Asher and Elyse's book and I'm so happy that so many of you enjoyed it as well. (Thank you so much to everyone who voted and help it get there! It really means so much!)

2022 had a lot of ups and downs and I'm sure that 2023 will as well since that's how life always seems to go. But here's to hoping we all find new books to love and spend time with people who mean the most to us.

Until next time,

Check out these Sweet Reads!

Marine biologist and aptly nicknamed “Shark Girl,” Allie Jameson has always been the peacemaker of her five siblings, preferring to fly under the radar and only making waves when it comes to her questionable dating choices.

Boat captain and Allie’s long-time best friend Knox Parker is struggling with his feelings for the girl who has been there for him through the good and the hard. He knows he has feelings for her, but can he risk their friendship to tell her?

Knox has been a strong and steady presence in Allie’s life for as long as she can remember, their friendship spanning the test of time and multiple tragedies for them both. Still, as Allie begins to grow as a person and in her faith, she realizes she’s let those around her fight her battles for her for far too long. It’s time for her to step up and stand up for herself, but old habits die hard for Knox who has been her protector since childhood.

Just as Allie and Knox navigate the growing pains of their changing friendship and feelings for one another, a routine dive reopens a long closed missing person case that has deeply personal ties to Allie’s family. At the same time, an unexpected career opportunity for Allie thrusts her into the spotlight and stretches their friendship to the point where they must either bend or break.

Oceans of Mercy is a friends-to-lovers Christian romance.

Read it here!

Talking to him is forbidden, so why can’t I stay away?

It’s been five years since Wes and I have spoken. Five years since he decided our friendship was less important than our parents’ fight. So when we’re forced to practice a duet together, I expect him to keep our contact to a minimum.

Instead, he’s telling me the feud between our parents has gone on long enough. That he misses me and wants to fix things between us.

But I’m not going to fall for it. I won’t fall for his charms like so many other girls have in the past.

If only my stupid heart would listen to my brain. Because kissing the boy next door is no way to fix a family feud.

Or is it?

Read it today!