I love underdogs- those captivating people who seem to fall into arduous circumstances, usually as the result of someone else's devilment. They win our hearts through humility, and have us cheering out loud as they overcome adversity. Gor'ko! gives one young underdog center stage. Fancy Jeanette Parker is like most pre- teenage girls until she is attacked by her mother's ex-boyfriend. The attack leads to some major Mississippi justice; a drop - jaw husband from Russia and three charming triplets named, April, Mae and June. The book is staged in Mississippi, Nevada, Russia and Missouri. Gor'ko! is a coming of age story with a sprinkle of evil, romance, love and murder.

The Perfect Dress is a thirty year saga of an orphaned girl growing up in Chicago, San Francisco and Hawaii. The main character, Mary Leigh Worth, is a bridal designer wannabe possessing fantastic skills in the field of design and creation but sabotages her career for a drop-dead gorgeous Egyptian-American airline pilot whom she cannot have due to a pre-arranged marriage he must fulfill. This news annihilates her and thus a downward spiral of destruction and despair emerge with plenty of incorrect life choices and colorful nightlife leading to rehabilitation and two unnecessary marriages, a bout with the FBI and murder. Set to the music of the 60's,70's and 80's, it is a book geared toward the female baby boomer or anyone that appreciates the oldies' music of the times.