The Twisted Roads Series is about the choices people make in life and the consequences of those choices. My characters often choose roads they should not be on. Do they always always recognize where a chosen road may lead? Not necessarily. But when they eventuallly do, knowing doesn’t always change their path. Are they hell-bent on destruction or blinded by greed or lust? What motivates people to choose bad roads? This is a series about the choices people make and the consequences of those choices.

In my first book, DEVELOPMENT, we meet an ambitious man who, despite what he tells himself, disregards his family for personal gain. Like many bad choices, this one spirals out of control causing tidal waves of loss and suffering in his family. In my next novel, CARRIE'S SECRET, a man satisfies their own sexuial urges at the expense of others, notably a young girl who witnesses his evil act. And in the third novel of the series, EMPTY LUCK, two borthers make their own choices, one with full knowledge of the possible consequences and the other with utter naiveté.

Throughout this series, characters reappear from one book to the next. Bad choices abound. Why do some of them stay on their dangerous roads? Is it out of convenience, familiarity, hope, fear, or misguided loyalty? Some characters choose crime even with its attendant risks. Others struggle with addictions or follow a path someone else has laid out for them.

The real question is why do people make bad decisions? What twisted logic leads them to choose a bad road over a better one or stay on a bad one once they recognize it? Certainly psychological factors come into play and I explore these, but environment and society also play a role.

All my books explore the shadowy world of moral choices. Right and wrong are not always immediately clear. But we all have choices and we can all grow more decent with time. In these pages, some characters will grow and some will not.