I WROTE A MOTHERFUCKING BOOK! (millennial ‘lol’ for flavor)
Wait, first… a moment of silence for that Ben Solo news from yesterday (https://apnews.com/article/adam-driver-star-wars-soderbergh-jarmusch-4e08164d0419759f1b5b50d69864975d) Cool, cool, cool :: screams forever into the World Between Worlds ::
But seriously, if you’re not caught up, I wrote a book and queried it, got some solid feedback, felt good about the process, moved to file it away in my hard drive to not see the light of day and decided that it needs to see the light of day.
Why? Why not, honestly. I’m proud of it. It’s romantic and has lots of banter as foreplay (my fave) and is very much a love letter to my history with small towns—the good and the bad.
See, it was a TASK at times to write this story in the current political climate in the states. Things haven’t felt very hopeful for a while, so while I believed in the story and the characters, I struggled with editing and querying a story that exists in the current presidency. I mean, at least I planted it firmly in a small town where things are somewhat removed from the type of politics that exist on a national level, but there wasn’t much to celebrate as I reworked and tried to see the light at the end of the tunnel. It was difficult to imagine two characters willingly involving themselves in the political landscape. (Turn off the West Wing theme and pack up, guys)
Here’s the blessed thing about local politics though. It does kind of exist in its own sphere. Candidates are not necessarily beholden to toe the line of certain party standards and are usually business owners, teachers, service workers, stay-at-home moms, etc. They’re often career citizens and not career politicians. They’re people that see a problem immediately affecting them and their neighbors and are inspired to make moves happen. It’s what drew me to writing the story in a small town to begin with as opposed to something on the national stage. I have lost a great deal of faith in national and sometimes state policies, but local politics… I still believe.
This doesn’t mean I don’t have a complicated relationship with small towns. I do. I don’t always find small town romances appealing for that reason. But I wanted to show one on the brink of change and the people that are going to make it happen.
I see the current mayoral race in NYC or other cities, and I get excited for the possibilities. There’s a line in this book that I think about often: “Hope, as an idea, is wonderful. Hope in practice is terrifying.”
Thinking about “hope” as a practice and not some vague, bubbly, Instagram-worthy idea is not exciting. It’s difficult; it disappoints. It comes with the casualty of loss and lessons that we’d like to unlearn.
It’s something that both of my characters have to navigate when it comes to their jobs and each other. I often struggle with practicing hope, but through these two characters, through the REAL people out there fighting and speaking up and making things happen, I’m inspired to keep seeking out a way to hone my practice. Okay, YES, there’s romance and spice and emotionality that I can only hope jumps off the page and grabs your attention.
What else will you find in my contemporary small town romance?
An unpolished, firecracker of an FMC (what if Leslie Knope had all drive and lacked experience)
A know-it-all MMC (okay, he does know some things) who loves to see the FMC get worked up (in more ways than one)
banter
rivals (to situationship) to lovers
small town
emotionally charged spice
one homage to that scene in Anne of Green Gables where she breaks the slate over his head
he falls first
two people finding the right path in their careers and to each other





A FINE LINE (by ME) will be available February 17, 2026 in paperback and ebook on Amazon, KOBO, Barnes & Noble, and iBooks. Pre-order links will go up with the cover reveal!
Looking forward to sharing more! Let the countdown begin <3
