AJ writes psychological crime fiction rooted in generational trauma, fractured memory, and institutional rot.

Her storytelling worlds do not center around victims or villains. They center on women who don’t break cleanly and men haunted by what they failed to stop. Fire doesn’t redeem in her work, it simply reveals…

A daughter returning home to a legacy she swore she’d never inherit and secrets ready to combust. Coco Barone left the fire and shadow of Sussex County behind, along with the family name that built, burned, and rebuilt the region’s most infamous club. She’s carved out a fragile life for herself and her young daughter in another state. But when her mother calls, summoning her home under the guise of family duty…