“A microcosm of contemporary America… Astute novel.” —BookLife Reviews

She’d spent her life becoming the woman she thought she should be. Now she has to discover who she actually is.

Mariella seemed to have it all: a high-powered Silicon Valley career, a handsome husband, and a life that looked enviable from the outside. But beneath the glamorous surface lay a crushing, private grief. When the weight of that heartbreak finally shatters her world, she walks away from her marriage, her career, and everything she once believed defined her.

Seeking sanctuary and a place to breathe, she returns to her childhood home in Colorado. But instead of quiet peace, she finds her family unraveling. Her mother has fallen into the gripping web of QAnon conspiracy theories, while her teenage nieces are disappearing into the toxic world of online thinspo culture.

And Mariella must confront an uncomfortable truth: the algorithms fracturing the people she loves are the very ones she spent her techstar career promoting. They are no longer abstract data points. They are deeply personal. “We thought we were connecting the world… But we forgot to connect families at the dinner table.”

As the truth comes into focus, Mariella must confront everything she’s spent a lifetime avoiding: profound grief, generational divides, and the heavy cost of staying silent.

Amidst the chaos, an unexpected reunion with a childhood friend who once secretly adored her—and still does—brings warmth, laughter, and the tantalizing possibility of a second chance at love.

But reinventing yourself at forty turns out to be considerably messier than Mariella imagined. Between family dysfunction, uncomfortable truths, and life’s spectacularly bad timing, she’s discovering that starting over isn’t for the faint of heart. Or anyone particularly attached to their sanity.

Darkly funny, audacious, and deeply human, Valley High, Mountain Low is a story of grief, forgiveness, unexpected love, and one woman’s determination to build a life that’s finally, gloriously her own.

“What Crawford does best is intuit the perspective of a woman on a deeply emotional, challenging journey… Mar’s voice is distinctive and relatable.” —BookLife Prize

Perfect for readers who love:

• Upmarket contemporary fiction with deep emotional weight and resilience.
• Complex family dramas exploring modern political divides and healing.
• Unexpected romance, complicated relationships, and second chances that don’t always unfold as expected.
• Authors like Jodi Picoult and Celeste Ng.

“Absolutely magnificent — concise, brilliant, entertaining, profound.”
-Dr. W.B. Eugene, ARC reader

Ready to call in the love of your life? Here’s a luminous guide to finding (and becoming) the kind of partner your soul has always longed for. This warm, humorous, and deep book reminds you that love isn’t something you chase — it’s something you live. 

Three generations of women-a former flower child still living like it’s 1969, a Buick-driving, religious Trumper, and an envelope-pushing, transgender 20-year-old-all under one roof. What could go right?

Very deep yet also LOL funny, Bazoomerangs explores the goings-on inside the minds and in the lives of these three powerhouse women. Following their thoughts, histories, interactions, and possible futures, we laugh at their dismay over not only their differences, but even more over their surprising similarities…that boomerang-even bazoomerang-through the generations.

For Alice, the mom of the trans daughter, this is not a politically correct discourse on the trans realm, as her reaction overflows with fear, regret, confusion, angst, and misunderstanding. Her politics and viewpoints are quite a change for someone who was conceived at Woodstock and grew up in a chicken coop. Will she come around before it’s too late?

Meanwhile, the daughter travels her journey of being trans as well as of accepting where her mother is. Follow all three on their personal paths, which take us places far from the expected, including lost dreams and new hopes, plus a prevailing familial love that overrides all differences.

Quirky, heart-opening, funny, poignant, up, down, and everywhere in between–that’s life and that’s Life in the Hollywood Lane.

Trish, an LA actor, is bereft with guilt after her best friend commits suicide. Glamorous yet tough-as-nails Hollywood is Trish’s backdrop and a reflection of her life as she stumbles on through an actor’s life of casting calls and premieres, rejection and acceptance. Slowly Trish releases the idea of how her life should be and embraces the messy, flawed, yet stunningly beautiful truth of how it is. Trish’s humorous resilience and acceptance lead to transformation, surrender, and ultimately love. Author Ann Crawford’s trademark optimism for life and love shine through in this inspiring story that reminds us all that no matter what the question, love is always the answer.

Life in the Hollywood Lane is chockablock with LOL and aha moments. Also, know any folks who’ve been chasing a long-held dream? Do them a favor and gift them this book!

She died at the stake forgiving those who betrayed her.

Young Catriona, a beautiful and kind Wiccan healer with an uncanny knowledge of natural and herbal remedies, is trusted and beloved by all in her small Scottish village. As her power grows, a jealous witch hunter begins to spread hate-fueled lies. He paints Catriona as an evil sorcerer. As fear takes hold, the people Catriona once trusted and cared for now accuse her of being a Spellweaver and call for her to be burned at the stake. Told from five different perspectives, this mesmerizing narrative shows the disastrous consequences that occur when compassion is trumped by human fear and deception.

Readers’ Favorite Book Award Winner

In this whimsical romantic comedy with a divine twist, Jack and Emily are two lonely hearts trudging through unfulfilling lives. Though meant to be together, life keeps getting in the way of them even meeting–that is, until their angels begin working overtime. As the angels work behind the scenes, what actually happens behind those scenes?

Author Ann Crawford’s trademark humor, warmth and optimism shine through in this enchanting tale that reminds us it’s never too late to find love and for dreams to come alive.

The untold love story between the Bible’s two most powerful characters.

In history books, Mary of Magdala has been described as a prostitute–a person of low moral character and little consequence. In reality, she was a powerful healer and priestess of the cosmos. She was commanding, intelligent and fierce… and deeply in love from the moment she met Yeshua, also known as Jesus of Nazareth.

This insightful telling of the untold love story between the most extraordinary woman and man in the universe will make you reconsider biblical history and contemplate the divine forces that shape all of our lives.

“[Visioning] speaks to our hearts, mind, and spirit with a delightful, lyrical, and wise guidance to help us shift from the separated to the divine self that we really are.” ~Barbara Marx Hubbard.

We can create the life of our wildest dreams, a life that serves ourselves and humanity, the life we were born to live.

Do you have a great dream but it never gets beyond the dreaming stage? Are you being called to do great work but are frustrated that it’s not happening?

Visioning shows you that yes, it’s really true – you are being called to fulfill yourself and better the world at the same time. And you can. By mastering the art of visioning, you can live your dreams.

LEARN: How to use the power of the Law to create what you want; the five steps of affirmative prayer; the six steps of visioning; how to strengthen your commitment to your vision; how to set your intention; how to create sacred covenants.

Our soul yearns for expression. It’s time to soar.