My second novel has been published and has finally hit Amazon--The Goddess Loves Your Shoes!
This is the one I really want to be successful, because it has the potential for being the first in a series of books.
It's about Cassie Rivers, a 30-ish, okay-looking heroine, who has had a pretty rough year. Her dad died, her dog died and her grandma went beyond the pale--actually off the deep end (of the dock at the lake in her senior citizens complex!)--and she's just ended a long-term relationship with a soul-sucking organization that had elected her vice-president of its whiney, demanding membership. So she's sort of glad she has nothing to do except sit in the dining room of her friend Mirra's house, making beads and trinkets out of Sculpturific clay. Mirra's family is obnoxious, her house is filthy beyond measure, and her words don't always come out the right way, but she's a good and loving friend to Cassie; and so is their other friend, Gwen-Vera, who talks way too loudly, dresses way too loudly and thinks skull necklaces are cool (as long as the skulls have little red clown noses.) Mirra and Gwen-Vera think Cassie should go with them to the Pagan church--the Church of River And Pasture (C.R.A.P.) but Cassie thinks otherwise. Of course, that means she ends up going, and joining, and having the weirdest and funniest year of her life in the process.
Cassie picks a Pagan name: Alluvia--which is destined to be the name no one can remember or pronounce. She meets the denizens of C.R.A.P. at the local mental institution, where the church holds its monthly rituals in the community room: there is Sheik, the head of the Church, who weighs over 400 pounds, has rotten teeth, and minces like a girl, yet commands the attention of every female in the room; the Hareem--Shiek's two girl bodyguards--sisters both named Raven; Kitfox and Coalfire, a married couple who defy logic (and fashion sense) and who seem to run the place for Sheik; and eventually, Sheik's wife Demon (AKA Lilith) who is impossibly beautiful, sleek and accomplished, and has several personalities, including an 8 year old girl and a Frenchman. Of course, Alluvia becomes friends with her, to the great dismay of Gwen-Vera (who is inexplicably in love with Sheik!) and pretty soon she is embroiled in what can only be described as surreal intrigue: it will involve the FBI, Orthodox Indians, rented children, Babylonians, transvestites, Amish nudists, and a tornado before it's all over, and maybe even Love--with a tall, skinny vendor at a clothing optional festival. The bizarre and hilarious adventures that take Alluvia through the Wheel of the Year are pretty wild--but she copes because she has two great friends in Gwen-Vera and Mirra, a fairly resilient sense of humor, and a couple pairs of killer shoes. What else does a girl need to survive in this world?
I'd love it if you'd buy the book (only $16 on Amazon.com at the link below!) and review it for me. Let me know if you think Cassie needs to have further adventures, and if you laughed. And make sure you always have a pair of killer shoes when the chips are down!
Here's where to order the book:
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