COMING OCTOBER 14, 2025
Nineteen
A Daughter’s Memoir of Reckoning and Recovery
In this sequel to Fourteen, Leslie navigates her teenage years in a dysfunctional, abusive, broken home. When her father dies at age nineteen, she descends into drugs and alcohol addiction to hide from the pain, but ultimately survives it all when she walks into a treatment facility at age twenty-five.
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Fourteen
A Daughter’s Memoir of Adventure, Sailing and Survival
Fourteen is a coming-of-age adventure when, at the age of 14, Leslie and her two sisters have to batten down the hatches on their 45-foot sailboat to navigate the Pacific Ocean and French Polynesia, as well as the stormy temper of their larger-than-life Norwegian father.
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“Set against the background of life with a floating home . . . [Fourteen] is not just a sailing story, nor is it a coming of age tale, but a splendid mix of the two.”
—Sailing Magazine
“ In candid, clear, even-handed prose, Fourteen is an important book, one that takes us on a lush journey to distant lands and through the complexities and resilience of the human spirit.”
—Janna Cawrse Esarey, author of The Motion of the Ocean
The Blue Butterfly
A Novel of Marion Davies
The true-life story of Marion Davies’ thirty-four-year relationship with William Randolph Hearst including a whirlwind courtship, a movie career spanning two decades and forty-four films, a secret child, and harrowing family excesses, not to mention a secret love affair with Charlie Chaplin. The Blue Butterfly is a behind-the-scenes look into the opulent private life of Marion Davies and how the movie Citizen Kane stole her legacy and turned everyone against her.
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“Nack goes where no author has gone before with this vibrant period novel that brilliantly reimagines the life of legendary film star, Marion Davies.”
—Brit & Co
“A detailed, moving portrait of a complex woman in a complex life.”
—Kirkus Reviews, view full review here
“Nack’s latest novel is a vibrant and complex historical fiction account of Marion Davies’ thirty-four-year relationship with William Randolph Hearst. Davies is known as one of the great actresses of her generation and Nack proves just how timeless her story really is, taking readers on a whirlwind journey of her life.”
—Women.com
ABOUT LESLIE
The Blue Butterfly, A Novel of Marion Davies has won five indie awards including 2022 IBPA Gold Medal for Historical Fiction.
Fourteen, A Daughter’s Memoir, received five indie awards, including the 2016 Finalist in Memoir at the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
Before she started writing, she raised two children, ran a mechanical engineering business with her husband, took care of her aging mother, and dreamed of retirement when she could write full-time. She did everything late in life, including getting her degree in English Literature from UCLA. She lives in San Diego and enjoys sailing, hiking and reading.
