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Series: Sled Hockey Team Of Cedar Harbor
Book One
Thawing An Ice Heart
Ten years ago Kevin lost both his legs and discovering adaptive sports helped give him his life back. Now he wants to start an amateur sled hockey team for newly injured men. Cedar Harbor is home to Thatcher Memorial Rehab where Kevin did his recovery and it's the perfect place to give back to the disabled community.
Dr. Wilson insists on bringing a professional fundraiser on board. Carly Jennings is, as Dr. Wilson says, the best fundraiser in the state. She is organized, professional, and excellent at what she does.
Kevin takes an instant dislike to her, resentful of able-bodied people taking over his project and concerned that paying her will not be a good investment in the team.
What Kevin doesn't know is that Carly has a very personal relationship to the disability community. Her younger brother Robbie is a paraplegic from a car accident when they were teens and she knows exactly how important sports are for giving newly injured people their lives back.
She also knows that she'll have to fight past some very ingrained ableism to get donors to invest in a hockey team instead of a cure...but she's up for the challenge.
Kevin and Carly fight over the best way to build this new sledge hockey team while denying the intense chemistry between them. Until a game of Truth Or Dare changes everything...
Book Two
Saving His Soulmate
Samantha has spent years surviving one day at a time: keeping her husband calm, keeping her job at the grocery store, keeping herself small. To everyone else in Cedar Harbor, she’s cheerful and steady, the kind woman who remembers your favorite cereal and always has a kind word. No one sees the bruises she hides or the fear she carries home.
Robbie knows what it means to rebuild a life. Once a promising athlete, a car accident left him paralyzed from the chest down. Now he’s a customer service rep by day and a sled hockey player by night, surrounded by teammates who’ve learned to live with what they’ve lost. He doesn’t expect to fall for the grocery store clerk who helps him reach the top shelf—or to notice the shadows behind her smile.
Then Sam doesn't show up to work and disappears. Robbie decides he must organize the members of his sled hockey team into a "wheelchair mafia" and rescue her.
Saving His Soulmate is a powerful, heart-wrenching story about courage, community, and the quiet strength it takes to choose freedom over fear.
Content Warning: Abusive Marriage, kidnapping, cult survivor
Book Three
Hearts Unmasked
Becca is the rare woman who was diagnosed with autism as a child but she is still determined to improve herself and works hard to overcome any limitations.
Jack wakes up in a hospital, his entire world turned upside down. He's used to being the one giving charity to disabled people and is not prepared to accept being disabled himself.
Then he meets Becca with her unique perspective and they begin to inspire each other to accept parts of themselves instead of trying to fix them. But as they fall for one another, Jack can't help but worry how an autistic woman will fit into the life of wealth, parties, and shmoozing he plans to return to.
Book Four
Love Comes Back
Danny Wallace has built a quiet life in Cedar Harbor. He's a dependable handyman with steady hands and an unshakable sense of pride. To everyone in town, he’s the man who can fix anything. A wheelchair user with a guarded past, no one knows the truth about how he got hurt...or why he never talks about it.
Deborah Klein is newly divorced and trying to raise her teenage daughter on her own. She’s ready for a fresh start…until a well-meaning friend sets her up on a blind date with Danny, the high school boyfriend she broke up with to please her parents.
As Deborah settles into her new life, Danny becomes her anchor. Then his sled hockey team needs one more player, and she surprises everyone—including herself—by volunteering. Practicing together rekindles the easy laughter and deep connection they once shared…and the heat they’ve both tried to ignore.
But Danny’s not sure he can risk his heart again especially with the woman who already broke it once.
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My Most Popular Character: Stewart Masterson
In Progress: A compendium of all Stewart's stories in order with extra scenes, book, and author intro about the inspiration for his character and how it has evolved over time. Expected to release in 2026
Out Of Water
When Stewart fled California in the wake of a surfing accident he left a lot of unfinished business behind. Now he's back to put things right. But some wounds will never heal, and some actions cannot be undone.
As soon as he arrives, everyone needs something from him. He's trying to handle the burden alone, unwilling to accept that his first love might still be interested in him despite his wheelchair.
"Leah was already there. She was leaning over the bar, wearing a mini skirt that didn’t quite cover her butt and a sport’s bra. Her warm honey skin glistened, still wet from swimming. The few patrons inside were all riveted to her. As Stewart’s wheels rumbled onto the wooden floor, she turned and fixed him with her well-honed siren smile."
Quick read, Reformed bad boy, All grown up, Second chance, Wounded hero
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(The character Stewart Masterson was introduced in my first novel, (W)hole.
This story takes place after that book but can be read by itself.)
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The Billionaire's Secretary
Chloe’s life is unraveling fast. Her grand plans to live the starving artist’s life are brought up short when she gets a positive pregnancy test. Suddenly she’s got to find real employment and figure out a new plan.
Erik is on the verge of losing the company that he’s poured his life into. Despite an attack that nearly killed him and left him paralyzed from the shoulders down, he’s kept up with his work. But an archaic stipulation in his father’s will might cost him everything he wants.
When Chloe confesses her real reason for needing a job, Erik begins to suspect that they might be able to help each other out.
But as they build a fictional relationship, are their feelings just for show or turning into something more?
Wheely Into You
Delaney’s life is in ruins—her apartment flooded, her art rejected, and her confidence in freefall. Desperate for stability, she lands on her brother Marcus’s doorstep… only to discover she’ll be sharing the house with his best friend, Dax.
Dax, the charming adrenaline-junkie turned paraplegic, is rebuilding his life on his own terms. He’s cocky, frustratingly hot, and infuriatingly good at folding towels. Living with him means late-night confessions, accidental touches, and a chemistry that won’t quit.
But when Marcus returns from his work trip, he sets off a string of accusations, assumptions, and buried resentments that force everyone to confront uncomfortable truths.
Perfect for fans of witty banter, deep feels, and fiercely independent disabled heroes who aren’t looking to be saved—but just might be worth falling for.
Stand Alone Books
The World Between Us
An overshadowed brother in a wheelchair and a beautiful woman who needs something from him. Is there any chance for love?
Next to his super successful (and handsome, don’t forget handsome) rock star brother, Dylan Sinclair doesn’t expect any woman to look at him for a second longer than it takes to stare in horror at his wheelchair. Especially not a goddess like Stephanie Rowe.
But she does notice him and he can’t help but wonder if it’s because of the access he could give her to his brother.
Stephanie is a woman on a mission. She has a lot to prove to break out of a soul-crushing job and show her family she can be successful on her own terms. Even as she realizes there’s more to Dylan than meets the eye, she can’t get distracted from building a life her parents can be proud of.
And falling for an unemployed white boy who can’t move his own feet is not winning her any points.
But then she discovers Dylan has been keeping a secret that would catapult her to success and everything she’s been working towards . Now all she needs to do is betray his trust.
Waiting To Break
The accident took his voice, but she heard him anyway.
Former rockstar Gabe Whitlock has been trapped in a long-term care facility since a tragic on-stage accident left him with a traumatic brain injury. He can no longer play guitar, sing, or even speak. The only visitor he gets is a sister who is trying to get hold of his estate.
When Anna Lin comes to join the staff as an art therapist and activities coordinator, she is feeling lost and adrift. She's living with her grieving father after being a caretaker to her mother. She's stunned to find that the famous Gabe Whitlock is quietly wasting away, neglected at the nursing home.
Soon they're bonding over music and art, even though he can only speak through a machine and move with a power wheelchair. With heart and humor, they fall for one another, but the world around them reacts with disbelief, prejudice, and cruel whispers.
Waiting to Break is an emotionally powerful, deeply romantic journey about finding your voice after losing everything, the dignity of choosing who you love, and the courage it takes to let someone truly see you.
For fans of soulful, emotionally charged romance novels and authors like Jojo Moyes, Jodi Picoult, and Nicholas Sparks.
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The book that started it all. I started writing (W)hole when I was 18 and self-published it when I was 28.
It came out in 2009. It is imperfect but remains very special to me as my first work.
I only recommend reading this one if you are interested in the concept of disability devoteeism (disability fetish). Otherwise, the character of Stewart--the best thing to come from this book--will be getting his own book soon.
