Marcel Lamothe

Big Bare Island

Jess is a Corporate Goth with a simple dream: fight enshittification and make the world a slightly less terrible place.

No one was hiring.

Then she got a call from Big Bare Island—a naturist kingdom in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Yes, naturist. As in naked. As in everyone.

The monarch, King Louis the Sun God, hired her on the spot as the island's new Chief Problem Solver.

Which raises some questions.

What kinds of problems could a tranquil naturist island possibly have? Why does a retired professor who looks like a tropical wizard keep leaving her mysterious gifts? And will Jess ever take off those damn combat boots?

Only one way to find out.

The Naked Truth

Jane Cullen’s journalism assignment was simple: Write a report about Paradise Cove. The catch? It’s a nudist resort. And somehow, that turns out to be the least surprising part of her story.

Under the guidance of Bill, the resort’s irrepressibly optimistic owner, and a colorful community of free spirits, philosophers, and found family, Jane begins to question everything she thought she knew about herself. As she navigates from nervous reporter to unlikely art director, she learns that true liberation isn’t about taking your clothes off – it’s about deciding who you want to become.

Set on a whimsical tropical island where dress codes are nonexistent but life lessons are abundant, The Naked Truth is a wholesome, warm, and witty celebration of self-creation. Through Jane’s journey, we discover that maybe we’re all just one leap of faith away from becoming who we’re meant to be – even if that leap happens to be from a rooftop, wearing nothing but a smile and a safety harness.

The Ocean’s Daughter

Jane thought she’d found her place in the world. Then she lost it.

When a faceless investment firm buys Paradise Cove and converts it to a textile resort, Jane loses her job, her home, and the community that taught her who she was. But an unexpected opportunity thrusts her into a new role leading an organization dedicated to spreading naturism globally. She’s nineteen. She’s not ready. And thanks to an online smear campaign, half the internet has opinions about her body and her choices.

Enter Kat, a mysterious artist who answered an ad Jane forgot she posted, and who sees through every wall Jane has built. As Jane navigates a hostile world, corporate indifference, and her own spiraling self-doubt, she discovers that the hardest person to liberate might be herself.