The Stars In Their Eyes
THE BROKEN STARS, BOOK 1
Survive together, or die.
For four years, Calay and Tess’s love has been their lifeline in a brutal, post-apocalyptic world devastated by alien invaders. When Calay finds herself fighting for survival and Tess missing, her only choice is clear: she must find Tess or risk losing everything.
Reluctantly, Calay ventures into the nightmarish wasteland of the ravaged Pacific Northwest, alone. What she faces is beyond her worst fears–alien executioners, a mysterious stranger, the rise of a dangerous cult, and a shocking family secret that could unravel everything she thought she knew.
Good and evil blur as Calay battles to retain her humanity, confronting the darkest truth: to survive, she must embrace her true self and resist the urge to become the monster herself. With time running out, Calay must decide if she’ll embrace who she’s meant to be and reunite with Tess, or face a future of terrifying solitude.
A fast-paced, heart-pounding sci-fi queer story about love, survival, and sacrifice.
The Darkest Stars
THE BROKEN STARS, BOOK 2
A gripping sci-fi odyssey of love, betrayal, and self-discovery.
After uncovering the devastating truth about her world, Calay is thrust into a fight for survival on a dying Earth. With humanity’s brutal nature exposed, dwindling resources, and an ecosystem on the brink of collapse, she teeters on the edge of insanity. When a mysterious woman from the stars offers to grant Calay’s deepest, most secret desires, she faces a heart-wrenching choice: stay on a decaying planet or embark on a dangerous journey to a distant world two billion light-years away in search of something better.
Desperate for a new beginning, Calay chooses to journey to Téras, a stunning glass-city planet. In a twist of fate, she reunites with the mother she thought dead, only to discover a shocking secret that is far darker than the vastness of deep space.
As the universe spirals into chaos, Calay is forced to confront unforgiving truths and terrifying monsters. With the very essence of humanity at stake, she must face her her darkest fears and fight not only for her life, but for the survival of Earth itself.
In this gripping, queer sci-fi adventure the line between hero and monster isn’t just blurred–it’s shattered.
The Stars Inside Us
THE BROKEN STARS, BOOK 3
She’ll burn everything to save humanity.
The battle isn’t over. After barely escaping a brutal alien war, Calay returns to Earth and the one place she never wanted to return: the Resistance.
Forced to trust hidden motives and questionable loyalties, Calay intimately knows the only way they survive, is together. But as she dives deeper into enemy territory, she discovers what awaits her is more horrific than she ever imagined: a world in permanent winter, a new breed of mutant aliens, and a past that refuses to stay buried.
When things go horribly wrong, Calay discovers that she’s not just trapped with the enemy—she’s also growing closer to them, especially Briar, the gentle, tea-loving woman who makes Calay feel like home.
In these final dying days, stars collide and the darkness within ignites. The world’s future is in Calay’s hands and she must decide what’s more important: saving herself, or saving what makes us human.
Hopeful, heartbreaking, and thrilling, The Stars Inside Us is a gripping tale of survival, love, and sacrifice in a world on the edge of destruction.
The Daughter
FREE SHORT YA HORROR STORY
Fourteen year-old Anna Báthory recently moved to Boulder Colorado with her family to escape a dark secret – one they unknowingly packed with them across the country. As she struggles to find connection, that secret now haunts Anna — taunts her.
For centuries, and passed down through the generations, evil has festered in the veins of Báthory women. In this modern re-telling of the legend of Hungarian Blood Countess Elizabeth Báthory, Anna is about to find out not all family heirlooms are keepsakes. Some are downright evil. ☠️
Published in The United States, Canada, The United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan & Thailand – Countryman Press / W.W. Norton, 2017
Cooking With Cocktails: 100 Spirited Recipes
Julia Child famously commented, “I enjoy cooking with wine, sometimes I even put it in the food . . . ” Kristy Gardner has taken this idea to the next level in her award-winning cookbook, Cooking with Cocktails. Every recipe is touched with alcohol; the result is a punchy visual adventure with roots in Italian and French cuisine that demands enjoying meals with passion, with friends, and with alcohol.
Join the celebration of the very best that life has to offer—good friends, good food, good drink, great stories, and bad jokes—with humor, delicious recipes, and mouth-watering photographs.
Who ever said we can’t have our gin cake and eat it too?
Cook. Eat. Imbibe. Live. And repeat.