Current manuscript: In the Shadows of Grace
In a near-future Australia, the State is intent on wiping out all Miscreants, whose mysterious abilities threaten their power. With the perfect weapon in their sights – an ancient, enormous Zircon crystal that bestows untold power to its owner – the Miscreants are facing complete destruction.
Told through the eyes of 23-year-old Ciara, the narrative weaves between past and present in an epic quest for salvation. Ciara was captured by the State at 19, tortured and left for dead. Now, she’s a powerful resistance fighter, determined to forget her dark past and use her violent gift for good. Like her Miscreant friends, Ciara is connected to the Zircon. Unlike them, it calls to her: Take me home.
While undercover, Ciara becomes involved with Lucien, a ‘normie’. It was never meant to last, but when he is arrested, she feels compelled to save him and reluctantly hides him in the resistance group, Phoenix. But his involvement is awakening memories she’s worked hard to bury.
In a bloody battle to rescue the Zircon, Ciara realises the true purpose of her gift – to unite the Miscreants to forge a better way, built on love instead of fear.
In the tense climax, Ciara must fulfil her promise to the Zircon and use her gift to unite the Miscreants. But to achieve that, she must embrace Grace – her former self. As the full extent of the Zircon’s influence is revealed, Ciara must choose between saving humanity and her heart’s desires.
The Heart Will Find A Way anthology
Releasing on 14 February 2024, I’m excited to have my piece, The Women in White, in this collection of 41 heart-warming, heartfelt, moving and hopeful memoirs and short stories.
It features Australian and international authors sharing stories that reaffirm life and remind us of the importance of being led by the quiet beating, the rushing, the hammering, the breaking and then the healing of our hearts.
Profits go to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.
Published by Southern Key Press, a new independent publisher based in Australia.