Novels
I wrote my first novel during 2006 when I ventured onto Nanowrimo and thought, maybe I had a novel inside of me. And I did as I completed both the challenge of 50,000 words in one month and then kept writing to complete that novel. Of course, like a majority of first novels, it found its way onto my writing shelf and has never left...the wide world of publishing was not meant for that first manuscript.
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As a ghostwriter, I am proud to say that my fiction novels as graced the New York Times' Best Seller's list as well as a few others. And in 2020, I finally broke out of my comfort zone and published my first novel under my own name (and not as a ghostwriter).
Academic Papers
When true crime author Allison McKinnon is offered the chance to capture the untold story of Lillian Ross, a convicted double murderer, she is sure it’s the story of her career. Little does she know that Lillian’s story mirrors traumatic events from her own life and she is left wondering if her path will lead to the same inevitable conclusion.
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Lillian Ross, a woman born into a wealthy family, is on Death Row, sentenced to death for murder. After years of silence, she has chosen Allison to write her story. Together, the women explore Lillian’s troubled past to reveal the shocking truth behind her motives and the murders she committed.
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As Lillian’s story unfolds, Allison feels a bond building with the enigmatic woman and begins to see parallels in her own life, which leaves her questioning her own choices between surviving childhood abuse or being pulled down by her own painful memories.
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This was a nine year process of writing for me when I accounted for the research and time needed to craft this story. It became my thesis project for my post-graduate certificate in creative writing, which I finished after I earned the certificate. It was important for me to be as factual as I could with the elements of the case I was building, which starts every chapter. I am incredibly proud of this work.
Angela Cross has walked on the edge of the surreal and has more than once been tempted to lose herself in it.
Caught up in a world where vampires exist and their addictive kisses leave people aching for more, Angela has always kept her distance from the powerful hunters that fill her best friend's world. Until she is drawn into the world by two strangers that capture a piece of her heart.
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Now Angela must choose between two dangerous men, one that will draw her deep into the world of vampires and the other that will take her into oblivion.
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The Hunted was traditionally published by Wild Rose Press before I decided not to renew the book with them. It is a forray into dark paranormal romance, and while I enjoyed the journey, it was not a home I felt comfortable in permanently so I returned to literary fiction.
