Welcome to the dazzling world of 1899, New York City. The Gilded Age is at its close, and for upper-class Elizabeth Parker, life remained unchanged until Elizabeth's good friend Lorena Howard is found floating in the Hudson river: dead. Lorena's death brings about a whirlwind of changes. First, Frederich Griffin, New York's favored heartthrob, is back. After spending four years studying in Pennsylvania (and causing quite a few scandals), he has come home to prepare for his takeover of Griffin Coal Company, the East Coast's largest manufacturer of coal. But his father gives him an ultimatum after he attacks a man at a bar in a fit of rage. Marry a suitable partner and then inherit the company, or be disowned. Next comes Charlotte Stone, the beautiful debutante who inexplicably decided to move to France when she was thirteen. She is back, and more enigmatic than ever. Her sole purpose of returning? Keep Frederich and Elizabeth apart because she knows something about them that they don't.... And then what about the mysterious Grace Hawlings from South Carolina that seems to have captured Frederich's attention? With jet black hair, icy blue eyes and a fondness of the color red, she bears a great resemblance to Lorena. She claims her family is a large producer of cotton yet nobody's even heard of a Hawlings family. Lorena's death is ruled as an accident, but Elizabeth knows it was foul play. Someone murdered Lorena, and Elizabeth's determined to find out who. Thrust in a world of lies, deception and secrets that are determined to stay hidden, it's up to Elizabeth to find the truth.....before Lorena's murderer gets to her too.

Seventeen year-old spirit medium Emily Chambers has a problem. Actually, she has several. As if seeing dead people isn't a big enough social disadvantage, she also has to contend with an escaped demon and a handsome ghost with a secret past. And then there's the question of her parentage. Being born an entire year after her father's death (yes, a year) and without the pale skin of other respectable English ladies, Emily is as much a mystery as the dead boy assigned to her. Jacob Beaufort's spirit has been unable to crossover since his death several months ago. It might have something to do with the fact he was murdered. Or it might not. All he knows is, he has been assigned by the Otherworld's administrators to a girl named Emily. A girl who can see and touch him. A girl who released a shape-shifting demon into the mortal realm. Together they must send the demon back before it wreaks havoc on London. It should be a simple assignment, but they soon learn there's nothing simple when a live girl and a dead boy fall in love. THE MEDIUM is the first book in the Emily Chambers Spirit Medium trilogy. Yes, that's *trilogy* - meaning not everything will be wrapped up nicely at the end of The Medium. There are 2 more books after it, both of which are published. Check out my website for details.