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Completed NoveLs

Thank you for visiting my completed novel projects.

Below is a brief description and other information regarding each manuscript. By clicking on the image underneath the book’s title (or selecting from the drop down menu above) you’ll be able to view more detailed information including the book's summary, a note from me, inspirational media (photos, music, and videos that inspired me while writing the book), and excerpts.


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The Better Man

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An attempt to treat a young man's paralyzing depression and anxiety backfires when the medication divides his brain into two distinct personalities - Adam and Jared. The stronger personality, Jared has held control of the body for four years and successfully reshaped Adam's broken life. However, Adam has suddenly begun to reassert authority, threatening to not only ruin the stability Jared has built, but destroy the body and both their lives.

Genre: Young Adult Contemporary
Word Count: 63,000
Key Words: multiple personality, psychiatric medication, eating disorder, prescription drug dealing

The Child Catcher

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The backstory behind the infamous Child Catcher featured in the stage musical and film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Child-free Vulgaria is Garrett Frost's safe haven when the pain of his unfilled dream almost drove him to suicide in the outside world. Now, forced by a pervasive propaganda campaign to leave his beloved country he must try to live again where THEY are everywhere.

Genre: Adult Speculative Fiction
Word Count: 79,000 
Key Words: infertility, fatherhood, hyperosmia, suicide, propaganda, depression, anxiety