Will We Or Won’t we

Tommy Cuda’s goal is simple: drive Route 66 to the Pacific Ocean in his grandfather’s muscle car. Along the way, search for a way of life that isn’t boring while avoiding the mind-numbing pull of text messages and social networks. Pushing west out of Chicago with fuel in the tank and money in his pocket feels like sunshine after a month of dark Midwestern skies. Then he draws the Magician card from the tarot deck of a fortune teller named Lenore.
And she runs.
There are only two reasons to run. Towards something one desires. Or away from something one fears.
Or some-ONE.
Lenore’s someone drives a blue Cadillac.
In scheming her escape, Tommy learns that Lenore has big plans for the future. A dream that requires the precise moves of a Rubik’s Cube combined with the commitment of a moonshot.
But that blue Cadillac blocks the way.
Dodging it uncovers a secret that even the fortune teller couldn’t predict. A secret that places Tommy between the rock of knowledge and the hard place of revealing a disturbing truth to his new friend. A truth that draws him face-to-face with powerful men who have taken an unhealthy interest in his actions.
But the Rubik’s Cube must turn. So Tommy does what any good private eye would do when the stakes are high and he’s running out of time.
Protect the client.
Follow the money.

“One of the best books I’ve read. Could not put it down! Highly recommend this one!!” — Amazon Review

For nearly fifty years, the Grave’s End Catholic Church in Upstate New York has known no spiritual guide other than Father John Doyle. He has kept the secrets of his parishioners and provided comfort and solace. Now, as retirement looms and his health falters, he faces the biggest challenge of his career, as different pieces of a convoluted and chilling tale are revealed to him by several parishioners.

Enter the world of Father Doyle and the forgotten town of Grave’s End, New York. Witness his struggle to reconcile his sacred oath to protect the seal of the confessional with his desperate need to help fractured lives within the church. Hold your breath as he receives a gift that drags him into his own personal crisis, even as his health continues to decline.

How Hot It Be in Hell descends into the hidden impulses people try to outrun — jealousy, obsession, violence, desire, and the quiet urges that twist a life off course. Each poem opens a door into a different human fracture: a lover’s fatal rage, a predator’s watchful hunger, a drunk stumbling toward chaos, a homeless man recounting the slow collapse of everything he held dear. Even the act of writing becomes a reckoning with the shadows that shape meaning, rendered through Drummond’s surreal imagery and genre?bending voice.

As the collection deepens, the tone grows darker, more unflinching, until the final poem, HOT FIRE, tears past individual sins and imagines hell itself breaking loose upon the earth. Drummond blends romance, horror, mystery, and lyrical experimentation into a haunting exploration of how easily humanity slips toward ruin. The result is a compelling, fire?lit journey for readers drawn to poetry that stares directly into darkness and refuses to look away.

Falling for the dance captain was never part of the plan…
Cami Simpson is the ‘it girl’ — at least until a string of terrible decisions leads to no boyfriend, no captainship of the dance team, and no fancy apartment. Due to a mold outbreak at her place, she’s forced to relocate to a co-ed dorm as a senior. And to top it off, she finds out she’s at risk of not graduating due to an error in her schedule. Talk about the worst senior year ever.

Frederick Brady the IV would never admit the massive crush he once had on the dance darling. Not to anyone. They’d almost had a moment a year ago, but she crushed him, so she’s the last person he wants to live next to. It doesn’t matter though. He’s on his way out to an internship and almost done with school where he can leave his heartbreak and data foes behind.

Neither expected to form a friendship or know what to do about their insane chemistry. With late nights, insides jokes, and the rare comfort they find in each other… lines blur, and the popular girl gets with the nerdy guy. Only, Freddie’s done this before and knows how it ends. His insecurities clash with Cami’s need to be picked first, so when Freddie has to choose where to attend his internship, he can either pick the job or the girl. And for the guy who’s set on protecting his heart, well, he might break hers in the process.

BONEZ & GOLD – A HIGH-STAKES THRILLER OF BETRAYAL, TREASURE, AND SURVIVAL

A pulse-pounding, action-packed thriller spanning centuries and continents, from the fall of the Russian Empire to the hidden fortunes of Key West. When a secret buried at sea resurfaces, the hunt for gold turns into a deadly fight for survival.

A Tattoo, A Child, and a Lost Fortune
As the Russian Revolution erupts, war hero Vladimir is given an impossible mission — protect a royal child and a fortune in gold. Betrayed and hunted, he buries the treasure beneath the sea and flees to New Orleans, escaping with only the child and a handful of outcasts. But his enemies are closing in. His last chance at freedom leads him to Key West, where he vanishes — leaving the treasure behind, hidden beneath the waves.

Decades Later: A Mysterious Clue Resurfaces
Investment banker Jack Rivers uncovers an unlikely clue — a tattoo on a child’s leg that marks the treasure’s hidden location. Hired by powerful Middle Eastern investors, he embarks on a high-stakes treasure hunt that could make him a fortune — or cost him his life.