THE CURATOR OF BROKEN THINGS TRILOGY  is a fast-paced family-saga that takes place over a century and across four continents. Multiple narrative threads take the reader through love, betrayal, and espionage in a story that spans from the last days of the Ottoman Empire to Paris of the Roaring Twenties to the prewar French Riviera to the World War II Allied landing in North Africa and to modern-day Paris and Los Angeles. In this trilogy, three generations of a family’s secrets are unearthed that might bring it together or tear it apart. 

Book 1: From Smyrna to Paris.

With her twins in college and her ex-husband off to a younger pasture, Cassie is resigned to a disappointing life in Los Angeles, until she reluctantly returns to Paris to visit her ailing father. There, she discovers the existence of an estranged aunt, a woman of many secrets who lives in a beautiful house in Paris’s exclusive Cité des Fleurs. Dumbfounded by what she learns, Cassie sets out on a quest to understand her family’s past and make sense of her father’s cold indifference toward her. In Paris, as the truth about her failed marriage begins to take form, Cassie fights with her family, grapples with French idiosyncrasies and her own, and attempts to resist the charms of a good-looking Parisian who rides a vintage motorcycle.

Book 2: Escape to the Côte d' Azur.

A family flees Paris at the dawn of the Second World War, haunted by secrets that threaten to rip them apart. Seventy years later, Cassie, in modern-day Paris, finds herself alone frantically trying to confront her hostile relatives. Meanwhile, puzzled by the advances of a charming Frenchman, she struggles to cope with the demands of her manipulative ex and gain an understanding of her true self.

Book 3: Resistance in Algiers.

Amidst he chaos of the Second World War, and having taken refuge in North Africa, Cassie’s parents and grandparents enter the French Resistance. As the Nazi threat tightens its noose, they find love and risk their lives and one another’s. In modern-day Paris, Cassie, now on the cusp of a surprising and disorienting love interest, has to conquer her fear of failure and success. When the last shocking piece of her family’s puzzle comes into her possession, Cassie must unburden herself from several generations of family secrets.

In book 2 of The Curator of Broken Things Trilogy, ESCAPE TO THE CÔTE D’AZUR,

a family flees Paris at the dawn of the Second World War, haunted by secrets that threaten to rip them apart. Seventy years later, Cassie, in modern-day Paris, finds herself alone frantically trying to confront her hostile relatives. Meanwhile, puzzled by the advances of a charming Frenchman, she struggles to cope with the demands of her manipulative ex and gain an understanding of her true self.

• Book 1: From Smyrna to Paris


• Book 2: Escape to the Côte d' Azur


• Book 3: Resistance in Algiers

Book 3 of The Curator of Broken Things TrilogyRESISTANCE IN ALGIERS

Amidst he chaos of the Second World War, and having taken refuge in North Africa, Cassie’s parents and grandparents enter the French Resistance. As the Nazi threat tightens its noose, they find love and risk their lives and one another’s. In modern-day Paris, Cassie, now on the cusp of a surprising and disorienting love interest, has to conquer her fear of failure and success. When the last shocking piece of her family’s puzzle comes into her possession, Cassie must unburden herself from several generations of family secrets.

• Book 1: From Smyrna to Paris


• Book 2: Escape to the Côte d' Azur


• Book 3: Resistance in Algiers

Epic Tale I could not stop reading. “Amazing story spanning from 1902 to 2013 of generations that we carry with us, even when we don't know our family history. I was taken aback at the similarities of history repeating itself. I compare this epic story to another of my all time best novels "Palmtrees In The Snow" which was made into a 4 hour movie. I hope this trilogy follows in movie form.”

This story has it all. “This was the most exciting read I've had in a long time! (and I read about a book a week) But in the case of this trilogy, I could not put it down, and read all three in about 5 days. I was entertained, enlightened and totally consumed.”

Great Trilogy. “Each book was better than the last. Book 1 set the story up, book 2 gave us some twists and turns and book 3 wrapped it up with a bang. I will look for more from this writer.”

 Seriously Good Book. “This author has a talent for writing but evidently a talent for research as well. The story takes place over generations from the Ottoman Empire of the early 1900s to modern day France. Very well done!”

With her twins in college and her ex-husband off to a younger pasture, Cassie is resigned to a disappointing life in Los Angeles, until she reluctantly returns to Paris to visit her ailing father. There, she discovers the existence of an estranged aunt, a woman of many secrets who lives in a beautiful house in Paris’s exclusive Cité des Fleurs. Dumbfounded by what she learns, Cassie sets out on a quest to understand her family’s past and make sense of her father’s cold indifference toward her.




In Paris, as the truth about her failed marriage begins to take form, Cassie fights with her family, grapples with French idiosyncrasies and her own, and attempts to resist the charms of a good-looking Parisian who rides a vintage motorcycle.




From the last gasp of the Ottoman Empire to Paris of the 1920s to the prewar French Riviera to the World War II Allied landing in North Africa, the extraordinary story of her family unfolds to reveal the burdens Cassie has carried her entire life.




THE CURATOR OF BROKEN THINGS is a family-saga trilogy that takes place over a century. The novel weaves multiple narrative threads, each revealing new sides of the story until three generations of secrets are revealed that might bring a family together or tear it apart.







• Book 1: From Smyrna to Paris


• Book 2: Escape to the Côte d' Azur


• Book 3: Resistance in Algiers







Book 1: FROM SMYRNA TO PARIS




Everything Cassie believes about her father is turned on its head when she meets an estranged elderly aunt more than willing to expose family secrets that have created riffs across generations. From an ancient city in the Ottoman Empire to Paris in the Roaring Twenties to a desperate escape from Nazi annihilation, Cassie begins to unearth her family’s past and its impact on who she has become.

Tres mujeres muy diferentes unidas por una necesidad: rehacer sus vidas. Annie, Lola y Althea vivirán una experiencia única en una preciosa casa en el corazón de París, un lugar donde las segundas oportunidades se hacen realidad.

Hace tres años que el marido de Annie Roland murió en un accidente de coche y desde entonces ha interpretado a la perfección el papel de la viuda afligida. Pero Annie también esconde un secreto inconfesable: aquella noche descubrió que Johnny tenía una amante y pretendía divorciarse de ella, y todavía no lo ha superado. Hizo muchos sacrificios por él, incluso aceptar mudarse a París... Vivir en la ciudad del amor no es tan emocionante cuando te sientes una extraña.

Aunque París nunca ha sido su hogar, es el de sus hijos y por ese motivo Annie decidió quedarse en la ciudad. La casa que compró con Johnny es demasiado grande, pero alberga recuerdos maravillosos y, a pesar de las dificultades económicas, no puede desprenderse de ella. Por pura necesidad, emprende un proyecto que le entusiasma: alquilar habitaciones a mujeres estadounidenses que, como ella, quieren empezar de nuevo. Para su sorpresa, Annie se encariñará con sus inquilinas, Lola y Althea, y entre ellas nacerá una profunda amistad. Tal vez, con la ayuda de todas, logren esa segunda oportunidad.