Do you miss stories that feel alive, where the world breathes, where every word has been chosen by a human hand that hesitated, reconsidered, and chose again? Have you grown weary of fiction that tells instead of shows, of worlds that feel thin and formulaic, assembled rather than imagined? In an era when AI-generated content floods every platform and buries genuine craft beneath sheer volume, the act of reading a human-authored book has become something more than pleasure. It has become a quiet act of resistance.
I write historical novels the old way: no shortcuts, no algorithms—only craft, heart, and time. What follows are four tales from my hand to yours.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Literary Titan Gold Book Award | February 2026
Upon King Minos‘s death, Asterios must ascend the throne of the Kingdom of the Labrys or watch Crete fall to rebel lords. With his kin’s sorcery and a dread ally summoned from Tartaros, he leads his warriors through bloody sieges, confronts traitorous nobles, and races to rescue his beloved Prince Phaistos. But the crown demands a marriage of state: an alliance with a foreign princess that threatens to fracture everything he holds dear. Amid war, intrigue, and unyielding devotion, Asterios must navigate fragile alliances and the will of the Fates to save his kindred, his kingdom, and the heart that binds him.
A novel of Bronze Age Minoan Crete for readers who love history worn close to the skin.
A Tale of Paris & Paris: Echoes of Troy
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “The writing is elegant, and this book will suit adult readers drawn to historical fiction grounded in the Renaissance, where moral decision-making and intimate relationships were shaped by public pressure.”—Jamie Michele, Readers’ Favorite
In 1450, Lorenzo di Ranieri returns to Cortona to defend his town from the Inquisition. Bound by duty yet drawn to a forbidden love with Vittorio, he faces fire, faith, and fate itself. As witchcraft and betrayal entwine, the pyres are lit and waiting. Will they burn or defy the flames?
This tale does not merely depict the past. It speaks from within it. Imbued with psychological depth, magical realism, and the narrative art of medieval storytelling, it unfolds as a literary historical novel set against the Inquisition of the Faith in fifteenth-century Italy—a story of forbidden love, defiance of the Church, and the enduring power of a soul-deep connection that no age and no authority can extinguish.
Meeting Donatello, A Short Story
A prequel to A Tale of Paris & Paris: Echoes of Troy, and part of the series Chronicles of Cortona.
In fifteenth-century Fiorenza, Captain Renzo attends a private gathering held in honor of Maestro Donato. Among artists and philosophers, he enters a forbidden world where art and desire entwine. The great sculptor welcomes him into a secret brotherhood, and Renzo finds himself compelled to face truths he has never dared name. Caught between duty and longing, that single evening will force him to confront the man he is.
For those who wish to enter the world of Cortona before the novel begins.
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Atalanta of the Wild [Coming June 2026]
THE FLEETEST MAIDEN RUNS | MEN DIE | DESTINY ABIDES
In the Age of Heroes, ere the House of Atreus rose to power, one maiden dares defy the gods: Atalanta—huntress of Arcadia, blood-drawer of the Calydonian Boar, swiftest of mortals, outrunning even the fleeing deer. Her sire, King Iasios of Tegea, would see her wed and tamed. Yet she has sworn upon the altar of Artemis that no lord husband shall she have, nor shall she bow to any man’s will.
From the dromos besprent with blood unto the sacred groves of Mount Helikon, from the pain of love forlorn unto open rebellion against the Fates, here begins and ends the tale of Atalanta in her tragic glory. Shall she keep her freedom, or shall the doom the gods foretold be at last fulfilled?
Based upon Ovid‘s Metamorphoses. For readers of Mary Renault, Dorothy Dunnett, and Madeline Miller who love Greek mythology reimagined with emotional complexity and an unflinching feminist perspective.
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All four tales are available now. Every word in every one of them was chosen by a human being who cared.
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Asterios and the Labyrinth, Atalanta of the Wild, A Tale of Paris & Paris: Echoes of Troy, and Meeting Donatello are available now at major online bookstores.
