A "chick noir" novel, coming in 2009 from The Wild Rose Press. What's chick noir? It's like chick lit, but with guns and dead bodies instead of shoes.

Last year, Sabrina spent her first thirty-ninth birthday undergoing chemotherapy. Now it's one year later and her friends have planned a do-over birthday party for her. But Sabrina just wants to resume her quiet life with dull fiancé Scott, and she's reluctant to celebrate her good health prematurely. She's even relieved when the party plans get derailed by an appointment with Evan, her hot new personal trainer.

But her relief turns to fear when she discovers a masked man ransacking her apartment. And her fear turns to plain old crankiness when Evan flashes a badge and spirits her away with scary talk about witness protection programs. Why does the Mexican Mob want Sabrina dead? Hasn't she already suffered enough? And can't a woman be left in peace to watch her Sex and the City DVD's, for Heaven's sake?