Jesse Marie has been fired three times for the same offense: refusing to help her bosses squeeze customers dry. So when a naturist kingdom in the middle of the Pacific offers this corporate goth a job, she takes it. The black wardrobe stays home. The combat boots are non-negotiable.
Her new boss is King Louis the Sun God, a retired Chicago homicide detective whose six island rules boil down to get naked and don’t be a dick. He’s hired Jess as his Chief Problem Solver, and it turns out paradise has plenty of problems. A few of them are even normal. Well, almost normal…
Goths and naturists have more in common than you’d think. Both know what it’s like to be the weirdo. And both know how to make room for one more.
Big Bare Island is the first book in a funny, strange, big-hearted naturist series from the author of The Naked Truth.
“Did two naked old people just invite me to come swimming?”
From her new favorite perch in the backyard magnolia, ten-year-old Nancy Bellwood can see everything: the Fishers’ chickens, the
Harpers’ trampoline, and the neighbors swimming without a stitch on.
Walt and Diane are naturists. They wave. They have a pool. And before long, the Bellwoods are wondering why they ever bothered
with swimsuits.
Then Nancy discovers a naturist resort hidden in the North Carolina woods—and a torn treasure map left there forty years ago.
With three new friends at her side, she follows the clues beyond the resort fence, into an abandoned cotton mill, and toward a
secret nobody has found since the 80s.
She may be new to naturism, but if anyone can climb, crawl, and puzzle her way to the end, it’s Naked Nancy!
Now if only she could remember to get dressed before answering the door.
“They say life begins at the edge of your comfort zone. Mine apparently began at the edge of Paradise Cove’s parking lot…”
Jane Cullen’s high school journalism assignment was simple: Write a report about Paradise Cove. The catch? It’s a naturist
resort. And somehow, that turns out to be the least surprising part of her story.
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.
Jane Cullen 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. It’s a lot of pressure. And thanks to an online smear campaign, half the internet
has opinions about her body and her choices.
Enter Kat, a barefoot artist who answered an ad Jane forgot she posted. One interview at a naked beach festival later, Kat
has the job—and Jane has her first girlfriend.
“I enjoyed the first book in the series, but this one really blew me away. Engaging, personal, sensual, mystical, a little far-fetched perhaps but told with such joy and openness, it’s hard to put down.”
I was raised by hippie parents who took me to nudist campgrounds as a kid, and growing up I never quite understood why the
human body was something to be ashamed of.
That free-spirited outlook stuck with me, though I now live in southern New Hampshire (which has terrible weather for
naturists). When I’m not writing, I like to hike, travel, or watch a good movie.
