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Fatal Funds 2024
Fatal Funds is a fictional financial thriller that will change your life for the better. Fatal Funds is filled with critical information about how to protect your assets, wrapped within a riveting story. The reader will learn the truth about investments, unscrupulous fee charges, how to spot a shady financial planner, and read about numerous diabolical scams perpetrated by financial planners. The protagonist, Elaina, and her two friends are robbed of their investments by their financial planner. A must-read to find out how Elaina and her friends play the hands they’ve been dealt. Set in 2024 Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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A Short Story
Layla is a bully. She was a bully in high school; and she's still a bully thirty years later. Jenna suffered at the hands of Layla in high school and tolerated her ridicule and backstabbing. With their upcoming thirty year reunion, Jenna plans to execute her revenge. Jenna has devised what she believes is a well-crafted plan against Layla. Jenna's best friend reminds her if caught, she be facing felony charges. How will Jenna & Layla survive their meeting? What lessons are learned? Was it all really worth it?
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Listening To Her Own Voice (June 2021)
A Novel
Chronicles the life of Rosa Kerker, who emigrated from Switzerland in 1866. She, her mother, her father, and six siblings settled in Chaska, Minnesota. Rosa and her family faced many hardships, including disease, the death of her sister, and Papa Kerker's split from his Catholic faith.
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Life’s Lessons from Lucy the Schnauzer
The book is about a 1st grader named of Everett. He and his mother and father own Lucy. Everett is sure that his dog, Lucy, has taught him everything he needs to know about life, and proceeds to tell his cousin, Eleanor, about all of the secrets for success that Lucy has taught him. The book was a joy to write, accompanied by lessons that are thoughtful and beneficial for all readers.
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Ivy's Epilepsy
Young Teens
This book is dedicated to young children and teens who are coping with the diagnosis of epilepsy. Ivy has her first seizure at age nine. She's been adopted and moves in to live with Audie the Schnauzer. Audie and Ivy form a bond and Lucy becomes Ivy's alert dog. The book is an account of Ivy's life ages 9-16 and how she copes physically and emotionally through the ups and downs of coping with epilepsy when faced with peer pressure. It is a story of a young woman's development of strength and the family and friends who help her at each turn.
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Fatal Funds
(Release Fall 2024)
Adult Fiction
​Fatal Funds is a fictional financial thriller that will change your life for the better. Fatal Funds is filled with critical information about how to protect your assets and wrapped within a riveting story. The reader will learn the truth about investments, unscrupulous fee charges, how to spot a shady financial planner, and learn about numerous diabolical scams perpetrated by financial planners in the recent past. The protagonist, Elaina, and her two friends are all robbed by their financial planner. A must-read to find out how Elaina plays the hand she’s been dealt. Set in Minnesota in 2024.
Layla Will Pay
(October 2024)
An Essay
Jenna sets out to exact revenge against her high school nemesis, Layla. Donning the above disguise, Jenna hopes Layla will not recognize her after thirty years. Jenna soon realizes her plan has flaws. Will she get away with her seemingly well devised plan? Both women are in for a surprise.
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Listening To Her Own Voice (June 2021)
A Novel
Chronicles the life of Rosa Kerker, who emigrated from Switzerland in 1866. She, her mother, her father, and six siblings settled in Chaska, Minnesota. Rosa and her family faced many hardships, including disease, the death of her sister, and Papa Kerker's split from his Catholic faith.
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Life’s Lessons from Lucy the Schnauzer
The book is about a 1st grader named of Everett. He and his mother and father own Lucy. Everett is sure that his dog, Lucy, has taught him everything he needs to know about life, and proceeds to tell his cousin, Eleanor, about all of the secrets for success that Lucy has taught him. The book was a joy to write, accompanied by lessons that are thoughtful and beneficial for all readers.
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Ivy and Audie
Young Teens
This book is dedicated to young children and teens who are coping with the diagnosis of epilepsy. Ivy has her first seizure at age nine. She's been adopted and moves in to live with Audie the Schnauzer. Audie and Ivy form a bond and Lucy becomes Ivy's alert dog. The book is an account of Ivy's life ages 9-16 and how she copes physically and emotionally through the ups and downs of coping with epilepsy when faced with peer pressure. It is a story of a young woman's development of strength and the family and friends who help her at each turn.
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Cycle of Deception
(Release date 2024)
Adult Fiction
My fourth book is set in current times with my protagonist facing valley fever. As she struggles with her illness, she and her husband learn that they’ve fallen into the hands of an unscrupulous financial planner. He is a greedy thief and my dear protagonist, while recuperating, learns through her own detective work what her financial planner has been up to with other people’s money.