Duet is two books in one, beginning with Mandy's Dream: Set in the fictional town of Beauville, NY in 1974, Jessica Taylor, a young and gifted artist, has an encounter with what she assumes to be an angel in the mist. Upon learning more about the little girl behind the vision, Jessica is compelled to search for ways to help unlock an underlying condition. Recruiting her friend, Meg Pedersen (The Final Canoe Ride and Elke’s Magic), the two combine forces and discover that their efforts ultimately become more far reaching than their intended goal. Surprising backstories become intertwined, as the the past finds a way to mingle with the present. The next book is The Rule of Thirds: Mixing reality with the arts and healing, two teenagers find closure and acceptance in their own lives while helping a little girl find her way. Lost in her own world, little Mandy is unable to express what she has suppressed years after the loss of her parents. Assisted by her two friends, Meg and Jessica, she recreates her own story to help unlock the pain she has been holding deep inside. Woven throughout are glimpses into the inspiration and the creative process that were used to make the very first children’s "book within a book". “In every losing there will be some kind of a finding. There always is. Sometimes you have to wait for it. But it will come. In the end, you will discover that there is a perfect balance between what one loses and what one finds.” ~ Mary Reynolds, The Rule of Thirds