The Ninth Circle

 As St. Patrick's Day is today, I present to you the most recent published stand-alone novel, The Ninth Circle.  It embraces the themes of second chance, why choose, and a bit of spice!

This story is LOOSELY (and I mean really loosely) based on Dante's Inferno, in that I borrowed heavily on the character names and their attributes, but it is a modern story based in the south side of Chicago.  Many of the characters are of Irish descent, and they hang out at a place called O'Doran's Pub.  

Dante owned the most notorious club in the South Chicago area. The speakeasy on the first floor was a popular bar and restaurant with prohibition-themed drinks and specials. The second floor had a strip club. The third through fifth floors...well, things just got spicier. Once a year, they hosted an auction, and this was the 4th annual. It was already expected to be a huge hit, until candidate number 8 walked on stage. He knew her. He saved her life six years before. And he had been looking for her ever since.

Cassandra needed money to go to college. After attending community college and working for a couple of years, she was still unable to make enough to pay for university and law school. She heard of an opportunity to earn money through a notorious club called the Ninth Circle. Yes, it was essentially a slave market, but it was a one-year contract and everything was consensual. What could possibly go wrong?

Published 27 January 2026, the novel is 311 pages and available on Kindle Unlimited.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0GHZRYXXB