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Runaway Hearts: The Fire Between Us
Status: Querying
Approximately 50,000 words
While escaping enslavement with his newborn brother, Josiah crosses paths with Carolyn, the runaway daughter of a plantation owner. With danger behind them and freedom only possible in Canada, the two have no choice but to trust one another as they make the perilous journey north.
A Runaway Hearts book
Runaway Hearts: Where Love Can Breathe
Status: Revision
Approximately 24,000 words
After reaching freedom in Canada, Josiah and Carolyn begin the difficult work of building a life together. Over the course of their first year in a new country, they struggle to create a home, raise Josiah’s younger brother Isaiah, and find their place in a world that still feels uncertain. As they learn what freedom truly means, the bond between them deepens, leading them toward the wedding that will bind their new family together.
A Runaway Hearts book
In The Quiet After: Isaiah
Status: Revision
Approximately 25,000 words
Isaiah Carter slowly realizes that the girl who has always been at his side—Clara Brown—may be the one he cannot live without. As family expectations and another man’s proposal threaten to pull Clara away, Isaiah must decide whether to finally speak the truth that has lived quietly in his heart for years.
An In The Quiet After book
In The Quiet After: Naomi
Status: Revision
Approximately 29,000 words
Naomi Carter has always lived in the quiet life her parents built in Canada—one where the past is never discussed. But when Luke Hollisford starts climbing through her window at night, secrecy becomes part of Naomi’s life too. As whispers spread and the consequences of their love grow impossible to ignore, Naomi must decide whether protecting the peace around her is worth losing the future she wants.
An In The Quiet After book
In The Quiet After: Elias
Status: Drafting
Approximately 4,000 words
Elias Carter has always been content with the life he built beside his family in Canada. But when Abigail Clarke arrives to teach at the local schoolhouse, her warmth and quiet loneliness begin pulling Elias toward something he never expected to want for himself.
As gossip spreads and old tensions rise around them, Elias and Abigail must decide whether the future they want together is worth weathering the whispers that follow them.
An In The Quiet After book