East of Jesus: Grace Hackett is finally a widow. For 20 years, she sat in a rundown trailer in Apache Junction, Arizona--an area where $3-million homes spring up like desert wildflowers--and fantasized about her abusive husband's death. Now it’s happened: she discovered her husband dead in his recliner. But if he's dead, she's penniless. Can she hide his death and keep it all: the property, the money and her freedom? (Black comedy/ women's literature: 100,000 words) Read an excerpt of East of Jesus

Old Fabric, New Patterns: At almost 40, Rita faces what may be her last chance for the baby she's always wanted, but a miscarriage appears to dash her hopes. (Women's literature: 100,000 words) Read an excerpt of Old Fabric, New Patterns