TAKEN is a captivating debut novel centered in America before the American Revolution.  Part time travel, part war story, and a love story that binds Sylvina and Leif throughout the ages.
  • Recipient of the Florida Authors and Publishers Association President's Book Award
  • Recipient of the Literary Titan's Book Award
  • Finalist recipient of the American Fiction Award

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TAKEN
​Book 1

Matt was my husband. I was supposed to be with him for the rest of my life when the accident happened and took him away from me. I wouldn't love anyone else. I believed.

Until, I meet Leif. He tells me to trust him and to take my chance with him.

Except, I'm his hostage. Not only am I his hostage, but time is holding me captive too, and I'm suddenly trapped in a world that is not mine. The year is 1756, and I'm strangely in Massachusetts Bay Colony. War between Great Britain and France explodes across New England, and terrorizes the territory.

I don't know how I got here, and all I want to do is find a way home. But, the more time I'm stranded here, the more I spend time with Leif, and I am compelled toward him.

Our lives are becoming inextricably entwined, and I'm afraid of losing everything that I once knew and loved.

I begin questioning  where I truly belong as I think of the life I left behind.

I wonder if I'm going to withstand this, because all I know for certain is he is bound to my survival... and to the truth of why I'm here.

Hummingbirds Know Where to Fly
​Book 2

Time broke me. Then, it stole me before it healed me. Like each stitch sewn into cloth, each day weaves into the fabric of time, tying me to a man in unbreakable love.

I'm married to Leif now and my former life is fading away from me. All that I've ever known and loved no longer exists. And as I grapple with my new reality in 1756, I realize that I'm falling for him in a way that is uncommon; it is not only important to my survival, but it's fundamental to my existence.

War rages across the territory and Leif balances between his duty as a British officer and self-preservation as he serves the king. Leif's life is a mystery to me. But as I learn more about him, I discover the perils he faces to his own survival and I fear for him.

​I loved and lost once, and I've come to see that time and fate show no mercy. Now, I wonder if this war with France will tear us apart. After everything that's happened, will Leif and I overcome the threat of separation and outlast time?

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