I’m only two and a half books into my psychological thriller career.
You don’t know much about me, but here goes!
Well… I’ve been an indie author since 2011. I’ll spare you the small details of how I ended up in psychological thrillers—only, I wrote in a genre I didn’t read for the bulk of those years.
Guess the genre?
Ta-da! You win!
Romance.
It was a business decision I made early in my career. But the first book I ever wrote was horror-ish. Now that I have more knowledge about the industry I chose, I would do it differently.
The second book I wrote was a sci-fi/action novel, and it was far-fetched. People liked it, though. But I was a different person then.
Those two books were written before I became a full-time writer. Neither made enough to pull me out of a job that was dragging me down.
I had to follow trends. I had to make money.
So I forced myself to write…
Wait for it!
Paranormal romance.
Which actually got things going in the right direction.
Although my PR leaned more toward high fantasy—superhero energy, unique worlds, hot vampires, and supernatural sisters…
It was a lot. And not always what the typical PR reader expects.
But the readers who did connect with it? They read through the entire series to the end. And then they went on to read my other books, which are more romance-adjacent.
Even recently, I tried to read a romance that kept showing up in my algorithm, and I couldn’t quite get into it.
It felt slower than I prefer, with a strong focus on internal thoughts and relationships over forward momentum.
But to each her own.
I’ve always consumed psychological thrillers.
I have my favorite authors—Lisa Jewell and Shari Lapena. I’ll read anything they write. As for Freida, I loved her earlier work, especially before The Housemaid. The newer books just haven’t pulled me in the same way.
And I love Alex Michaelides’ storytelling capabilities.
I haven’t discovered many newer psychological thriller authors who can get me through an entire book yet. I’m currently reading On a Quiet Street by Seraphina Nova Glass. It’s taking me a while to get through—it’s a bit slower than my usual preference.
I like to get in and get going.
As a reader, I want to be grabbed and pulled along in the story—and not let go until the end.
Which, if you’ve read my books, is how I write.
I also love books like Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. Another favorite author of mine is Sally Rooney—she’s incredibly talented. She pulls you into a story and doesn’t let you leave.
Those are the kinds of books I love to read—and write.
I don’t like to be shown a story.
I like to feel it.
And now, writing psychological thrillers, my soul is finally satisfied.
I love that it takes longer to craft novels in this genre. If you go too fast, you miss the twists and turns. I love playing with truth, reality, and perception.
My next book is Good Things Come. I wanted it out by April 28th, but it looks like I may push the date back to get some preliminaries done. We’ll see.
I used to be solely in Kindle Unlimited, but I really want to give going wide a real effort. We’ll see.
At this stage in my career, I’m all in on psychological thrillers—even as my romance reader list keeps growing.
Yeah… I don’t quite know what to do with that yet.
But for now, I’m focused.
My next book, coming later this year (because it takes about six months to write a solid thriller), will be The Devoted Wife. I can’t wait to get started on that one.
Good Things Come will be set in the world of Your Perfect Match, but it is a psychological suspense novel. It’s really about the unraveling of a character.
But the real question is:
Why is she unraveling?
My style is all about unraveling the main protagonist as they go through transformation—layered into a psychological thriller with twist after twist.
And, Good Things Come and A Happy Wife, are pure psychological thrillers!
And so, before I overwhelm you in one post…
That’s me.
I’ll try to show up here once or twice a month.
And if you want a taste of Good Things Come, here's a sample!