Cassandra Eastwold

Gambling addiction bring the stories of three otherwise unconnected people together as it destroys each of their lives.

Roy Buchwald is a struggling musician hiding from a troubled past, having been raised in a cult. When his mother tracks him down to inform him that his father is dying, Roy must decide whether or not he can forgive him.

Passion and politics threaten the peace and an epic romance ignites between a human girl and an alien boy when he and eight others of his kind (The Orion 9) are integrated into a suburban high school 10 years after they and hundreds of others landed on Earth and were immediately consigned to an internment camp where they’ve been imprisoned ever since.