I played with gender stereotypes with my lead character because obviously when you think of a parent staying home and running the house, it’s almost always a woman. A man can be a stay-at-home parent? Gasp, the horror! Clutches pearls…
Release day is around the corner; I'm pumped
I’m super excited to introduce you to my buddy, James Bell, next week in my new novel An Agreement We Made. James is a stay-at-home dad just trying to keep his three kids on the straight and narrow. Life isn’t so bad, if you don’t count his workaholic wife Tina, who earns a bundle, but physically and emotionally absent. When Tina suddenly dies, my guy’s life is turned upside down. Money – gone. Security – gone. But why? James sets off to figure out why his wife left him and the kids with nothing. The more he digs about his wife, the further he gets from answers.
This is a story about a modern marriage, the lies we tell ourselves to get through the day and the secrets we keep from everyone.
Read the first two chapters of An Agreement We Made
Help wanted: Book reviewers. Author will exchange a free Advanced Review Copy for reviews
I’m building my “Street Team” of reviewers who get an Advanced Review Copy (ARC) of the ebook for free, in exchange for an honest review posted online. Another bonus—you get your ARC now, not June 2. All you need to do is read the book and post some reviews on Amazon, Goodreads and wherever else you like.
New novel coming June 2, 2021
I’m very excited to announce that on June 2, 2021, I will release my fifth novel, An Agreement We Made. This family life fiction novel has been in the works for nearly three years, and I’m overjoyed to release it on paperback and ebook this summer. Kindle pre-orders are up now on Amazon.
An Agreement We Made
James is a stay-at-home dad, with a comfortable life of dance recitals and school volunteer work, despite his complicated marriage to workaholic Tina. When Tina suddenly dies, James struggles as a single parent to his three children, without the safety net and sizable income his wife once provided. For the sake of his family, he’s forced to return to a past he’d much rather leave alone.
As James’ world crumbles, he begins to question if he ever really knew his wife. Why did she want him to be the primary parent, while she stayed on the fringe of their marriage? And now that she’s gone, will he ever learn why she drained their bank accounts before her death?
An Agreement We Made is an examination of a modern marriage, the lies we tell ourselves to get through the day, and the secrets we keep from everyone.
