Works in progress

Golden Labrys
A paranormal romantic suspense
A Minoan artifact, contact with an ancient spirit, a case of mistaken identity, plus a strong attraction to sexy photographer Nikolas Tyler, all add up to a thrill a minute for astrology buff Adriane Ducote during her trip to the Greek island of Crete. Several different factions want the golden labrys, a ceremonial double-headed axe, and will stop at nothing, even murder, to take possession of the artifact which was sold to Adriane by mistake. She gets a little help from a Minoan priestess, but the lovely spirit has her own agenda regarding the labrys. Although strongly attracted to Adriane, Nikolas believes she is the mysterious relic smuggler his brother’s artifacts recovery agency ARPA is trying to locate. He feels duty bound to stop her and return the labrys, stolen years ago from a Washington DC museum. He soon discovers she’s not the only player in this dangerous game. Completed and looking for a home.

The Amber Poems
A mainstream novel with romantic elements
When private investigator Artemis (aka Artie) Gauthier agrees to take on the search for priceless amber figurines stolen by the Nazis in 1944 from the Christopher family in the former Czechoslovakia, she knows how daunting such an endeavor can be. But she never imagines what a difficult time she’ll have not falling in love with the man who employed her, the handsome and wealthy Hunt Christopher.  As they follow the clues written in poetic form by a Nazi officer, the pair is pursued by Neo-Nazis, Russian Mobsters, and the hired gunmen of numerous private antiquities collectors as they travel through Europe all the way to Venice, which incidentally was the last stop on the Amber Road, an ancient trade route used for the transport of amber from the Baltic shores.

Mardi Gras Gris-Gris—A Cypress Lake Mystery
One of the town’s wealthiest citizens Teddy Berthelot is the victim of an elusive killer, stabbed to death as the local Krewe’s parade is ending. He collapses feet away from where Rachel Marchand and her neighbor Susan Foret stand, a gris-gris bag containing a tarot card and several other fetish items left dangling from the knife in his chest. The second murder of another member of parish high society occurs using the same method and leaves the normally quiet town in a state of shock. Rachel’s husband Sheriff Danny Marchand joins his colleague, Cypress Lake Chief of Police Jim Foret to investigate the murders. The investigation takes a surprising twist when Jim learns from an old NOPD buddy that a similar homicide took place after a New Orleans Mardi Gras parade, gris-gris bag and all. The killer in that 15 year old case has never been brought to justice. Are the Cypress Lake cases copy-cat killings? Or is the killer still alive and moved to Allemand Parish?  

The Jade Covenant
A mainstream multi-generational saga
The story centers around the lives of four men who discover a lost Mayan city containing a vast cache of jade and gold in the jungles of Yucatan Mexico in 1920. They take a vow never to disclose the location of site or where they stashed the treasure. This covenant has disastrous effects on their lives, their families, and their descendants.