I am also working on my first novel for adults. In No Simple Truths, an American
anthropologist's free spirited life as a trek guide in Nepal comes to an abrupt end when she
adopts a Nepali orphan and scores a new job as an assistant professor in a bucolic North
Carolina town in the Appalachian Mountains. Her new life as a mom and professor takes on a
sweet rhythm, but only briefly. She soon discovers that the angelic adopted child is a thief, her
best friend is being abused, the man she is falling in love with has a shattering secret, and her
dreams are telling her something she’d rather not know. As the dream characters' march
toward their disastrous ends, Brena realizes that the dreams are actually telling her own story.
On a final return to Nepal, she comes to understand how the dreams connect with her future,
leaving the reader to wonder if it is too late.

At the most basic level, No Simple Truths explores women's struggles as old as time – raising
children, finding love and claiming identity. On a higher plane it considers the substance of
dreams, the transcendence of death, and the ability to love across race and culture. Ultimately,
it addresses our perception that the paths we choose shape our destiny, and the possibility that
our destiny shapes our paths.