Stories of exile, grace, and the hunger in between.
“There are two kinds of departures. The first is loud… The second is quieter. It slips out between heartbeats.”
— from Where the Strays Gather
An author for the strays, the sinners, and the long way home.
Literary westerns · Gothic romance · Historical fiction
For readers of John Steinbeck, Emily Brontë, and Jane Austen.
The Debut Novel
Where the Strays Gather
Three days after burying her father, Margaret boards a train west with eleven dollars, a Bible she will not open, and a new name. On the frontier she finds a quiet rancher who asks no questions, a half-starved boy who won’t let anyone leave without promising to come back, and a charming man who seems to know things she never told him. But the past keeps its own ledger, and it’s arriving on the afternoon train.
A frontier novel of found family, religious trauma, and the cycles of violence we inherit, and of the difference between being forgiven and being let off.
HER WAY WITH WORDS
Slow-burn, character-driven fiction with a gothic pulse. The prose is wry, restrained, and a little haunted. The dialogue is dry, every voice is distinct, and the deepest feeling hides in the small things: a hand held a beat too long, a light left burning, a sentence stopped halfway. Expect sharp-tongued heroines, quiet men, found family, and a faith-shadowed ache that follows you out of the last chapter.
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