THE DINNER PARTY AT ST. EWAN'S ISLE is a Standalone Gothic Paranormal Romcom in the vein of The Menu, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (Agatha Christie, 1939), and Crimson Peak.
Recent Columbia Journalism School graduate by day and paranormal erotica author by night, Maya Tran is sidelined from her internship at The Metropolitan Times after a professional blunder nearly ends her barely-begun career. Desperate to continue, she begrudgingly accepts a last minute reassignment to report on the reclusive Dr Adrian Harrow—host of exclusive tasting experiences and once-respected professor of Food Anthropology who’d since withdrawn from the University of Oxford under mysterious circumstances.
Among a slew of invitees chosen with no apparent rhyme nor reason, Maya arrives at a small island off the coast of Cornwall expecting a fluff story on elite dining culture and a much-needed vacation from Manhattan. Instead, she finds herself pinned by the amused gaze of their gracious host, of whom she has become the sudden center of attention.
Boundaries between participant and observer soon dissolve. Disappearances between courses keep both influencer and luminary on their toes as Harrow's dinner reveals itself not as a social event, but a rigid, structured examination of appetite: of what individuals consume, what hunger reveals about them, and the lengths they will go to for the last bite.
Recent Columbia Journalism School graduate by day and paranormal erotica author by night, Maya Tran is sidelined from her internship at The Metropolitan Times after a professional blunder nearly ends her barely-begun career. Desperate to continue, she begrudgingly accepts a last minute reassignment to report on the reclusive Dr Adrian Harrow—host of exclusive tasting experiences and once-respected professor of Food Anthropology who’d since withdrawn from the University of Oxford under mysterious circumstances.
Among a slew of invitees chosen with no apparent rhyme nor reason, Maya arrives at a small island off the coast of Cornwall expecting a fluff story on elite dining culture and a much-needed vacation from Manhattan. Instead, she finds herself pinned by the amused gaze of their gracious host, of whom she has become the sudden center of attention.
Boundaries between participant and observer soon dissolve. Disappearances between courses keep both influencer and luminary on their toes as Harrow's dinner reveals itself not as a social event, but a rigid, structured examination of appetite: of what individuals consume, what hunger reveals about them, and the lengths they will go to for the last bite.