Seven months ago, Viola’s boyfriend told her he was gay—moments before she was going to lose her virginity to him. Heartbroken, Viola has resigned herself to near invisibility, until she inadvertently summons a young jinn out of his world, Caliban, and into her own. Here he will remain until she makes three wishes.

Jinn is anxious to get back to Caliban, but Viola is terrified of wishing, afraid her wishes will be manipulated into curses. Jinn knows that should she wait too long, the Ifrit, guardians of earthbound jinn, will press her to wish by hurting those around her.As they spend time together, Jinn can’t deny that he’s slowly falling in love with Viola, blurring the lines between master and servant. It’s only after Viola makes her first wish—for a popular boy to love her—that she realizes the feelings are mutual.

With every wish Jinn’s time with her diminishes, but the longer she waits to wish the greater danger she’s in from the Ifrit. Together, Viola, Jinn, and Viola’s ex-boyfriend try to outwit the Ifrit while dealing with their own romantic complexities and the alcohol-laced high school social scene.

Currently being shopped on proposal:
UNWRITTEN
Welcome to the Library of Unwritten Books! Here you’ll find all the books that have yet to be written—until we ship them to their authors, of course. Check out the Bestseller Room—books destined for greatness. Of course, there’s also the Busy Room—books whose authors are “too busy” to write them, and the No Longer Room—books whose authors are, sadly, no longer with us.
There’s just one rule here: Don’t read the merchandise. There’s a careful balance of creativity in the world, and if an Unwritten Book got out…well. Let’s not think about that.
For fourteen-year-old Emmy Faber, the Library is just a summer job that’ll pay for the sunroom roof she destroyed in a reputation-scarring accident. She’s especially qualified to work at the Library, since she hates reading. And hey, it’s infinitely better than bagging groceries.
When a book from the Bestseller room falls open and Emmy catches a few phrases, she unexpectedly finds herself interested. Hidden behind the shelves of the Not Quite Room (books that aren’t quite good enough to be published), Emmy reads the book cover to cover. And then reads another book. And another.
Emmy hides her reading-secret well, until she loans one of the Unwritten Books out to her friend-- and sorta ex-boyfriend-- Ash. When Emmy confesses to the Head Librarian, he halts the Library’s shipping department and informs Emmy that unless the book is found and returned in one week, the library will be forced to stop shipments for good.
While the rest of the world is abuzz with authors retiring and literature at a standstill, the Unwritten Book emerges as a bestseller. Emmy and Ash race against the Head Librarian's deadline, further destroying their reputations and struggling to rekindle their dying friendship, all in an attempt to steal the book from its fake-author and restore the creative balance before new literature becomes a thing of the past. Aimed at a Middle Grade audience, UNWRITTEN is projected to be approximately 45k in length. Excerpts available HERE.

Currently being written:
PURITY
Before her mother died, Shelby promised her two things- to love and listen to her father, and to live life without restraint.
Those promises were easy to keep when she was younger, but things get tricky when she turns sixteen. Shelby's still-grieving father joins a committee at their church to host a Purity Ball- a dance where young women pledge their purity- namely, their virginity- to their father's safekeeping until they marry.
But Shelby has a Life List- things she wants to do, to live without restraint like she promised her mother- and getting married young isn't on it. Waiting until she's thirty to have her first time isn't on it either. But how is she supposed to keep her promise to listen to her father if she refuses to pledge? By exploiting a loophole- by losing her virginity before the Ball.
She and her best friend Lucas make a Boy List of potential partners, but somewhere in-between failed attempts at losing her virginity and planning the Ball with her Dad, Shelby starts to understand what her mother really meant, what her father really needs, and who really has the right to her PURITY. Written in a style similar to movies like Juno and authors such as Maureen Johnson, PURITY is projected to be complete at 60k words.