Beautiful Torments (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781967262007)

"With well-written characters, fast-paced storytelling, and a genre-bending plot line that straddles teen drama, crime fiction, horror, and fantasy, this book a fun, twisty read that will leave you craving the next installment. Highly recommend!" - Goodreads Review

"This was a dark, fast-paced supernatural thrill ride. A blend of eerier, ominous, serial killer horror story that left me stumped on who did it right until the end, adding in a hint of mystery" - Goodreads Review

Death begets immortality. A troubled high school student and a woman with a mysterious past confront a decades-long serial killer in this genre-bending supernatural mystery.

Jacoby is smart-witted high school athlete navigating the pressures of school, sports, and relationships as he suddenly finds himself stalked by a dark, unexplainable presence. Unable to discern reality from manifestation, his life spirals into violence and seclusion.

Susan masquerades across the country as an investigative journalist. She bounces from town to town in pursuit of a ghost, following a trail of clues held together by a curse that's drawn to evil. The hunt is her own. Outcast by those closest to her for a theory that links hundreds of murders over several decades, Susan races against time to prevent the death of another teenage girl.

The two story lines unfold in an unlikely collision with the ancient entity behind it all.

Beautiful Torments is a supernatural mystery that explores the impact of loss and suffering in our lives. An acknowledgement that being human often results in carrying wounds that birth sleepless nights. This is a story of confronting those wounds, accepting them as part of who we are, and overcoming their hold on our lives. The past may mold us, but our torments do not define us.