Books
When numbers don’t add up, the truth is buried deep within the books. Ellen Hartman, CPA, expects a tough meeting with long-time client and grieving father, Dr. Tom Reynolds, but nothing prepares her for the shock he delivers. After his 21-year-old son tragically dies at sea, Tom returns to work only to learn he’s been fired from the surgical practice he founded and led for three decades. When Ellen discovers she has also been dismissed as the practice’s accountant, she suspects something more sinister is at play. To complicate matters, Tom’s wife, Lucy, believes their son’s death wasn’t the accident it appears to be.
As Ellen digs deeper, she uncovers a tangle of secrets that link the Reynolds’ personal tragedy to professional betrayal. While her quick-witted associate, Julie Benoit, investigates from the home front in Portland, Maine, Ellen and Lucy set out to uncover the truth aboard the very sailboat where the young man’s life was lost. As Ellen and Julie unravel a web of deception, they help Tom and Lucy confront their grief, rediscover the enduring power of love, and find justice in the most unexpected places.
Every Transaction Has Two Sides. One Could Cost Her Everything.
When Ellen Hartmann, a single mother and CPA, flies to Nashville to finalize her passion project—an innovative financial wellness program—she expects to launch a new chapter in her career. Instead, she walks into a mystery. Her marketing partner, Sam Davis has vanished. His mother is found dead. And Ellen, along with Sam’s loyal driver Henry, is left to pick up the pieces.
As Ellen investigates Sam’s disappearance, she uncovers more than just missing files.Secrets, lies, and a criminal past begin to surface, threatening not only her project but her reputation and livelihood. Back home in Maine, her accounting firm teeters on the edge as a charming new hire schemes to take over her business. Torn between two cities, two lives, and two versions of herself, Ellen must decide what—and who—is worth fighting for.
The Problem with Money? It’s Not About the Money!
Jane’s unique approach refined over years of working with clients one-on-one and in group classes, is clearly presented in The Problem with Money? It’s Not About the Money! It begins with identifying money beliefs in seven key areas and explores how they influence behavior in seven facets of our lives. Then it provides tools and techniques for gaining power over these beliefs to naturally change financial behavior. Bringing the process full circle, the book provides methods for identifying small, doable action steps that produce the profoundly positive benefits of being financially conscious.
The integration of practical techniques for getting to the root of the problem, with an intimate understanding of personal and business finance make The Problem with Money? It’s Not About the Money! especially valuable for anyone wanting to uncover unconscious money choices to finally gain control of their financial life.
Coming 2026
”UNBALANCED”
Grief lingers in silence and in words left unspoken. As Julie tends to her dying father amid her family’s unraveling, Ellen fights to salvage a deal fractured by betrayal and absence. Both must navigate heartbreak—not by finding balance, but by embracing grace.