What if you could be executed for having a friend with a skin color different from yours?

Blue citizens are absolutely superior to all others, especially ignorant, uncivilized Orange. Poppy has been taught this relentlessly for twelve years. But when she accidentally crosses the forbidden border and is befriended by Marigold—a tangerine-skinned girl—and her kind-but-quirky family, Poppy is forced to rethink everything. Questioning that Blue is Best or the rest of the 50 Rules governing Poppy’s world would get her sent to a dangerous Detention Center. Or worse. But how can she return to her blindly obedient, anti-Orange life now that she knows the truth?

Winner of Best Children’s Book, WriterCon 2024

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Book 1 in the Cats in the Mirror Series

How can a young cat pick between everything she has ever wanted and everyone she has ever loved? Kimba lives the care-free life of a much loved house cat, but what she really wants is freedom and the wild life for which she was born. Then she learns a secret that changes everything, including her destiny. Will she join this mysterious cat conspiracy? This first book in the middle grade chapter book series Cats in the Mirror has been honored with a Mom’s Choice Award and a Moonbeam Children’s Book Award.

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Book 2 in the Cats in the Mirror Series

Destiny is a tricky thing. By its very nature, it cannot be avoided. Hiro and Kimba thought they were free from the pull of their destiny and the scheming of the alien Cats in the Mirror. But when the family goes away on an extended vacation, the sisters find themselves right back in the middle of it all again. A week is an eternity for a cat left behind. Without Daddy’s love and care, will Hiro be tempted to join her cat family and leave Earth behind? Will finding out who they really are change the sisters’ lives forever?

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Book 3 in the Cats in the Mirror Series

Jealousy is a festering emotion, and Miss Fatty Cat was wallowing in it. Boiling over with envy of the pampered and privileged life she thought Kimba and Hiro enjoyed–both on Earth and as members of the space-traveling cat royal family–Miss Fatty Cat enters into a partnership with the rebel group who opposes the monarchy. All of their treacherous plans fall apart when the family unexpectedly moves to Arkansas, but Miss Fatty Cat discovers that this is the perfect opportunity to help orchestrate a kidnapping of Kimba and Hiro while they are cut off from the protection of the Cats in the Mirror. If the sisters are stolen away, how will their human or alien cat families ever find them again?

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Book 4 in the Cats in the Mirror Series

Agent Onyx, also known as Slinky by her human family, was more than happy to spend her Earth-life hiding under beds and cuddling with her girl, Mindy. But when it’s time for Mindy to go away to college, Slinky finds herself being moved to a strange new apartment, away from her sister and the comfort of her home. Just as Kimba is taking big steps toward being an agent in training and Slinky is adjusting to her new life, the timid black cat finds herself accidentally separated from Mindy. Can Kimba, Thoth, Special Agent Artemis, and the rest of the cats at headquarters find Slinky before she is lost on Earth forever?

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Book 5 in the Cats in the Mirror Series

When the family leaves for a Christmas vacation, Agent Kimba takes a holiday trip of her own to the ship. Besides the lessons her mother, the high commander, has planned, Kimba is fascinated with exploring the wilderness training room, a giant forested area on the ship that her parents are determined to keep off limits. Thoth vows to keep her safe, but the rebels have a different agenda for her visit. Will their devious plans ruin Kimba’s Christmas?

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Book 6 in the Cats in the Mirror Series

Best Juvenile Book 2024 from the Oklahoma Writers’ Federation! A young, energetic agent named Snickerdoodle is sent to join Kimba’s Earth household. Her mission: to locate the colony from the ship who settled in the Ozark forest five years ago and offer them the chance to return home. After making a surprising alliance with Max, The Big Black Beast, will Snickerdoodle be able to find the cats from the ship? And how will Kimba handle this new agent in her home . . . and face the rebel who kidnapped her years ago?

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Companion Book to the Cats in the Mirror Series

Dottie didn’t mean to run away. But when she accidentally slipped out of her collar on the Razorback Greenway Trail during a Saturday walk, she began a day of adventure—exploring the town and the University of Arkansas campus. Along her journey she meets new friends and even learns how to Call the Hogs. She always planned to be home before dark, but will she still be able to find the way back to her girl Mindy when her daring day is done?

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Companion Book to the Cats in the Mirror Series

Max didn’t mean to run away, but when he found himself alone in the moonlit woods, he saw his chance for freedom. No humans to tell him what to do. No cats running the house. No one to call him Bad Dog. No fences and no rules. He could be wild and free and never have to answer to anyone again! But will that freedom turn out to be the fantastic journey he was expecting? What adventures and strange creatures will Max discover in the Ozark forest on a full-moon spring night?

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Book 1 in the Princess Bianca Series

Best Juvenile Book 2018 from the Oklahoma Writers’ Federation!

Fire-breathing dragon headed her way! Princess Bianca had never set foot outside the castle walls. Not once in her over-protected, pink, fluffy life. But when a dragon was spotted in the land and fear spread that the monster had conquered the king and his brave knights, Bianca realized that it was her duty to protect her kingdom. She will have to prove that she can be braver and stronger than anyone believed because the threat outside the protection of her castle tower was more dangerous and magical than she ever imagined possible.

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Book 2 in the Princess Bianca Series

Princess Bianca the Brave and Percy the Merciful have settled into a comfortable life together as Bianca steps out of her sheltered, over-protected past. But a handsome visitor from a distant kingdom disturbs their peace. A rare dragon egg has been discovered, and it will hatch in a matter of days. Can Percy and Bianca keep the new dragonet from pillaging the kingdom of Ryuugito? And are they truly prepared for the journey to reach this egg and the dangers waiting for them along the way? With Percy by her side, Bianca will have to prove she is as brave and fearless as her kingdom now believes her to be.

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Being part tiger and part human should be an advantage—not lead to your extermination. Taliya, a seventeen-year-old tigran, has been forced to flee her country home and go into hiding to escape the Enforcers and the Gathering that began in 2172, orchestrated by President Kerkaw and his corrupt martial law of the United States. But it isn’t long before Taliya is captured and forced into a covert military breeding program. Paired with a magnificent male white tigran named Kano, Taliya is determined to survive, whatever the cost, but she is only at the beginning of her journey. What awaits her is more challenging and life-changing than she ever could have imagined.

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Also available as audio book!

Dead, but not gone. Penny had been stuck in the same cozy diner for decades—ever since she died in 1952. Over the years she served ice cream to those who stopped by on their way to the next level of existence, helping to ease their transition into The Light, a place she couldn’t go. But it didn’t matter to Penny. She was safe and content. Then ridiculously handsome bad boy biker Jake dropped in and became stuck as well, turning her world upside down. Should Penny fight to keep her afterlife the same, or should she risk losing it all for a chance at love? If you like the paranormal with a bit of romance, Penny’s story is perfect for you.

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