All The Flowers of the Mountain

In a Paris art gallery, physician Dr. Michael Pearce is forced to confront his past when he views a sculpture by the artist Katherine Morgan.

The vivid bronze artwork evokes memories of a summer many years ago, when Michael and Katherine–Kit–first met as teenagers by a lake in New Hampshire. He, a small town boy who skied, played guitar, and was destined to run his father’s hardware store; she, the restless, troubled daughter of a wealthy New York family.

Set amidst the mountains and farmlands, small country towns and elegant summer homes of rural New England,  All the Flowers of the Mountain is the story of a pivotal summer for Michael and Kit. Michael’s ambitions are ignited by this young woman, as he finds himself falling deeply in love. He is determined that their future will be together. But Kit dreams of becoming an artist and her struggle with a secret from the past leads to a deadly showdown by summer’s end, and choices that will break Michael’s heart.

“An eloquently crafted, original, and compelling novel by an author with a distinctive and narrative driven storytelling style, “All the Flowers of the Mountain” will be especially appreciated by readers with an interest in deftly written coming of age stories. One of those novels that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book has been finished and set back upon the shelf” — Midwest Book Review

2023 IPPY Award Bronze Medalist; 2023 Colorado Book Award; one of three finalist for the 2021-23 Biennial New Hampshire Literary Award for Fiction.

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All the Flowers of the Mountain Audiobook

2025 Silver Medal Winner for Fiction, Audiobook format, In the Independent Publisher Book Awards. Available now from Audible or Amazon. Click these links for a sample of the narration.

Table for One ~ Stories

Women struggle to define for themselves the meaning of love and success in this affecting new story collection, Table for One. Traveling the world to find their place in it or coming home to claim what is theirs, the heroines of these stories are vulnerable, fierce, and foolhardy — often in equal measure. Above all, they are complex and contradictory individuals, always on the verge of hope.