Novel Samples
Bound in Scarlet Thread
A medieval/historical young-adult novel (series) of 130,000 words in three parts
Madeleine is an orphan with privileges and freedoms like none other in the Montpellier convent. Her world is one of caring women until two men enter her life. One is William, a knight-in-training from a local family that resists the advances of the Church of Rome in the Languedoc region. The other is Simon de Montfort, the leader of the invading northerners. Her freedoms are restricted, choices are made for her, unless she becomes mistress of her own fate.
Rent-a-Husband
A contemporary novel of 88,500 words
In the fast-paced 1990s of Silicon Valley, Andrea Burman starts a company to supply young men to families with overworked husbands.
The Setaside
A historical novel in progress
John Edward Torrent, 13th Baron Beckford, clings to the old ways on his estate near the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire. He retreats from industry’s destruction of his beloved countryside to a fantastical tree house by a pristine stream. Bridget Marley, of Marley & Son, printers and publishers, London, is looking to capitalize on the Arts and Crafts movement in book binding and art books. She finds a small tannery skilled in parchment making from sheepskins located a rapid stream in Beckford and invests in expansion. The inevitable conflict dredges up secrets that force John and Bridget to act beyond their spheres.
Magical Stream by Helen Wells