When a burned-out twenty-something Black woman encounters a disturbing neighborhood just down the road, she is forced to face both her disillusionment with Austin’s nonprofit sector and the underlying horrors of racism in everyday life head-on.

Sacred is a thriller novel with influences from Southern Gothic and poetry, focused on an honest racial commentary and a candid look at the arts and culture nonprofit sector.  The story attempts to balance humor and joy with candid social commentary as our protagonist navigates everyday life in a tale that disturbingly toes the line between fictional horror and all-too-real reality.