Books In Progress

A psychologist’s private life is supposed to remain . . . private, but what if therapist and patient have both  been romanced and deceived by the same, narcissistic psychiatrist?

Dr. Rina Kalman is burned out at work and doom-scrolling about ticking biological clocks. She ended a painful, long-distance relationship with a psychiatrist, Philippe, only to find he has moved nearby and is hawking a self-help book, The Paleo Dyad, with his new wife. Adding to Rina’s angst, her patient, ballet dancer Lilah, is inexplicably hostile. Lilah is a volatile survivor of childhood sexual abuse, but has qualities Rina envies: unusual beauty, a baby on the way, and a tech mogul husband.

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After in-session tensions climax, Lilah reveals that she sought out Rina because of their mutual connection with Philippe.  Philippe had sex with Lilah during therapy in the guise of “treating” her sexual problems. To make Lilah jealous, he revealed details about his sex life with Rina.  Now Lilah needs Rina’s help to corroborate her story and expose Philippe’s malpractice. With the aid of a malpractice attorney whom Rina finds all too appealing, the women resolve to bring Philippe to justice—but Rina has no inkling how dangerous Philippe can be in the service of his own ego.   

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BETA READS IN PROGRESS

Julia's Golden Pearls

A Novel

A physician buys an extravagant pearl necklace to celebrate retirement and the joys of boomer sex, only to have her boyfriend jump ship when her breast cancer returns—but a new love challenges her to heal herself.

Were you amazed at the sexual odyssey of the perimenopausal heroine of All Fours? Get into position for the erotic adventures of boomer sex expert Dr. Julia Klein, who perpetually takes care of others but dreads becoming dependent. A friend from residency days confesses to a forty-year crush on Julia, yet she fears he will leave like her last boyfriend. Her astrophysicist son is starting IVF with his wife, prickly Dana, who rejects Julia’s mothering while juggling  weaving, science writing, and an affair. Julia also tackles her friend Natalie's depression, not realizing that Natalie’s losses go beyond widowhood and cancelled research funds. Now Julia must stop striving for perfection and let love in before her time runs out.

Julia’s Golden Pearls  is structured with three points of view: Julia, Natalie, and Dana, each woman hiding but yearning to be seen.