The Ornament Maker

The Ornament Maker

Andie Navarro arrives in Ruthorford under a new name, hoping the quiet southern town will offer the one thing she's been denied for years—safety. Once a brilliant scientist, she was discredited and driven from her career by a corporation determined to steal her groundbreaking work with conductive polymers. Now, with her health failing and her mobility declining, she rebuilds her life in secret, crafting luminous ornaments and suncatchers powered by the very research that cost her everything.

Ruthorford doesn't know what to make of her—her decorated canes, her guarded silence, her refusal to talk about her past. But when Andie risks her own life to save another, the town begins to see the truth beneath her quiet resilience.

Then Andie collapses, and the Ruthorford clinic uncovers a chilling discovery: she's being poisoned with thyroid medication she never should have been taking. To protect her, the town hides her with a reclusive magic‑prop designer while they work together to expose the people who tried to destroy her.

In a place where loyalty runs deep and secrets run deeper, Ruthorford must decide whether to embrace the outsider who has already risked everything for them—or lose her forever.

A story of reinvention, quiet courage, scientific wonder, and a small town that protects its own.

Bonus Novel: Pennyroyal Christmas

Kateri Chance comes back to Ruthorford for a fresh start and runs into the man who caused her to leave in the first place. She must resolve her past before she can move forward. However, someone doesn't want that to happen. Join Kat as she explores Ruthorford and finds herself in the small town that protects its own.