Welcome to Alderhaven
Every mystery begins with a question. Every answer reveals another reason to stay.
Welcome to Alderhaven, a small town on the Oregon coast where mysteries uncover forgotten histories, found family, and the quiet courage of ordinary people.
New to Alderhaven? Begin with the free prequel, The Final Act, then continue with the Alderhaven Mysteries.
The Alderhaven Mysteries
FREE PREQUEL NOVELLA
The Final Act
A former playwright. A community theater. One last mystery before Alderhaven.
A community theater rehearsal ends in tragedy, sending playwright Seraphina Beckett into an investigation that will change the direction of her life.
Download this free prequel and meet Sera before the Alderhaven Mysteries begin.
BOOK ONE
The Forgotten Laugh
Some people come to Alderhaven searching for answers. Others arrive without knowing the questions.
When sixteen-year-old Callie arrives in Alderhaven with little memory of her past, bookstore owner Seraphina Beckett discovers that the greatest mysteries aren't always crimes. Sometimes they begin with forgotten stories, fractured families, and the hope that home can still be found.
BOOK TWO
The Vanishing Road
Some roads disappear. Others wait for the right traveler to find them.
When strange clues begin surfacing beneath Alderhaven's lowest tides, Seraphina Beckett and Callie are drawn into a mystery that reaches back to the town's earliest days. As hidden passages, long-buried secrets, and unexpected discoveries reshape everything they thought they knew, they learn that some journeys reveal far more than the destination.
Continue the Alderhaven Mysteries.
BOOK THREE
The Lost Mother
The hardest journeys don't always lead us somewhere new. Sometimes they lead us back to one another.
Callie has spent years searching for answers about her past. When those answers finally arrive, they bring both joy and heartache. Together, Callie and Seraphina must discover that some families are reunited by blood, while others are built through love, trust, and the courage to begin again.
Continue the Alderhaven Mysteries.
Coming Soon
The Founders’ Light
Before there was Alderhaven...
there were five families willing to risk everything on an impossible dream.
Stories Outside Alderhaven
The Lydia Winters Harper Series
The Making of Lydia Winters
Every extraordinary life begins with ordinary choices.
The Making of Lydia Winters is a character-driven novel about ambition, family expectations, and the hidden price of becoming exceptional too young. It explores how strength is built, how love is shaped, and why the choices that define us often cost more than we understand at the time.
Discover where Lydia's story begins.
When We Were Whole
When We Were Whole is a story of marriage, memory, and the courage to keep going when wholeness becomes something you remember rather than possess.
Intimate, restrained, and deeply human, this novel explores the quiet spaces where longing lives—and the strength required to keep choosing love when the life you imagined no longer exists.
Follow Lydia’s Journey
The Winters’ Gifts (forthcoming)
