In New Hampshire’s White Mountains at the end of World War I, Irene takes her shell-shocked fiancé to a place of enchantment she recalls from childhood in a desperate attempt to save his life. Stand alone short story, part of my Twin Birch House series.

Atlantis Tide Breaker A Lost Daughters of Atlantis Novella Worried about her best friend Maris’s safety and heartbroken over a faux summer romance, Tori Kelly is nervous about starting her junior year of high school alone. Only Maris—who’s too busy trying to stop an underwater war—knows Tori hides her super smarts under a façade of bubbly dumbness. This time Maris is not around to help Tori continue the charade. Before the first day of school Tori finds Gill, an Atlantean Royal Guard, in her best friend’s attic. Gill pretended to be interested in Tori this summer to secretly protect Maris. Now he’s back on a mission to retrieve the key that opens a powerful message from Poseidon. A message that will destroy the enemy and win the war. Tori helps Gill solve the puzzle putting herself and her reputation in danger. But will working together draw Tori and Gill closer or pull them apart? How will Tori survive being dragged into an underwater war when she can’t breathe in the ocean? And when she discovers the message, should she reveal it’s devastating secret?