When readers open Tangled Justice, they often notice the year: 2002. Some may wonder why I chose to begin my story there, rather than in the present day. The truth is, the decision was never arbitrary. 2002 was the world I knew the moment when the story first began to take shape in my mind, and a year that carried personal significance for me at that time as a New Yorker. I began writing the earliest version of what would eventually become Tangled Justice in 2002. At the ti

If I had to sum up the Tangled Series, it comes down to one word: choices. Every character, driven by dreams, fears, desires, and past experiences, makes choices. And choices always carry consequences. Do we ever fully understand them at the moment? Rarely. If we did, perhaps we would choose differently. Most of us decide based on who we are, on what has shaped us so far, and on what drives us. In Tangled Justice , that drive is justice, power, ambition, and loyalty. When