In the heart of Hollywood's entertainment industry, a Valensi operative discovers that some roles demand more than just acting. When the line between performance and reality blurs, survival becomes the ultimate audition.
A Hollywood action star must use her skills and warrior mindset to survive when her past trauma returns in the form of vengeful enemies seeking to destroy the new life she built after a stalker's attack.
The night is large and full of monsters.
Detective Sean Byrne thought he'd seen every kind of murder the city could offer. Then Jessica Naomi turned up dead...brutally tortured, with a message scrawled in blood: "Eat Your Heart Out."
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SHORT STORY
Published: January 15, 2025
In the heart of Hollywood's entertainment industry, a Valensi operative discovers that some roles demand more than just acting. When the line between performance and reality blurs, survival becomes the ultimate audition.
SHORT STORY
Published: July 1, 2025
Rising actress Kimberly Severance's promising career nearly ends in tragedy when a deranged stalker attacks her in a violent confrontation. Six years later, Kim has transformed herself into Hollywood's premier action star, channeling her trauma into on-screen power and real-world martial arts mastery.
But the past refuses to stay buried.
NOVELLA
Published: September 12, 2025
The night is large and full of monsters.
Detective Sean Byrne thought he'd seen every kind of murder the city could offer. Then Jessica Naomi turned up dead...brutally tortured, with a message scrawled in blood: "Eat Your Heart Out."
NOVEL
Published: November 1, 2025
Ancient Greek gods and modern teens...a new future is dawning.
Eighteen-year-old Alexis Rain has always been different. Her photographic memory and uncanny abilities set her apart in the small town of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, but she's learned to live with being an outsider.
Everything changes when her mother dies in a car accident that feels anything but accidental.
Suddenly, a mysterious stranger is watching her every move. Family secrets eighteen years in the making begin to surface. And Alexis starts experiencing impossible things-manifestations of power that shouldn't exist yet feel disturbingly natural.