A novel about history, sex, drag, paganism, death, and the formation of family. Using an ancient myth reset in the queer community in Buffalo, New York, Smith explores gender fluidity, sexual diversity, and the deeper questions of love and identity that make us who we are. Dr. Rosalind Olchawski is an expert on Shakespeare, Nineteenth century poetry, and being the best friend you've ever had. She's been described so often as warm that shes come to think of herself as a sweater or a pair of...

Set in the drag underworld of Buffalo, the sequel to Of Drag Kings and the Wheel of Fate chronicles the challenges faced by a young drag king and an older woman who share a love “outside the bounds”. If that werent problem enough, an age-old drama from the past haunts the present and may determine their future. The fates are not always kind, and true love does not always triumph -- follow Rosalind, Taryn, family and friends along the harrowing path of Burning Dreams.

Elizabeth Taylor was one of the major film stars of the twentieth century, embodying all the glamour and allure of Hollywood stardom. Yet her achievements as an actress have often been overshadowed by her beauty and tumultuous life off-screen.To redress this imbalance, Susan Smith offers an illuminating study of Elizabeth Taylor's work in film, exploring her fascinating trajectory from child to adult star. Smith reveals the influence that Taylor's early work exerted over her later c...

Jocelyn Joey Fellows is having a bad day.At twenty-two, shes a college dropout who just got savagely dumped by her ex, Psycho Barbie. Joey works as a waiter in a pretentious, er, upscale Buffalo restaurant, the Heritage Room, with her best friend Steve, a gorgeous serial dater and gay man candy. Hes had enough of Joey crying in her beer over Psycho Barbie and convinces her to get back on the horse. Joey is adamant she doesnt want a relationship. She needs time to heal and find out ...

A Joyful Season of Sorrow is a memoir depicting a brief period in the author's life during which she was the primary caregiver for her mother, Jerry, and her sister, Sandy. During the holiday season of 2011 (between Thanksgiving Day, 2011 and New Year's Day, 2012), Jerry and Sandy both became seriously ill, were diagnosed with terminal cancer, became Hospice patients, and then died. This book depicts the story of the author's experiences throughout this time. It details how the author (alo...

Susan Smith's treatment of the works of the most subtle of all film-makers analyses the key elements of suspense, humour and tone across the whole of the director's career. Arguing that all three are central to our viewing experience, the book demonstrates how Hitchcock's masterly integration of those elements is the key to his success as a film-maker.Examining in detail such films as Sabotage, Notorious, Rear Window, Psycho, Shadow of a Doub...

"An emotional tale of finding love against all odds."—Kelly BowenPart Two of the Corsets and Carriages serial novels“I am not so naïve that I don’t know what happens between a man and a woman when they are lovers.”In the sanctuary of Rian Connor’s magnificent ancestral estate, Catherine Davenport struggles to remember who she was before he found her wandering practically naked on the docks of London. She has little memory o...

First in the series that continues with A Vampire’s Soul and A Vampire’s Honor. “Wicked fun not to be missed!”— Rebecca Zanetti, New York Times bestselling authorTrust Your InstinctsRowan Harper is nothing but a smart-mouthed bookstore clerk with a crappy love life on the night she walks into Rosie’s Bar. Most of the drama in her life is borrowed from her best friend’s adventures. But when she mee...

For three hundred years Aleksei has lived within the laws that govern his life as a vampire. Rescuing Anasztaizia threatens to change all that. The beautiful runaway reminds him of home, the life he left behind, and the man he used to be. Being with her could mean risking everything ... even his life.Anasztaizia has learned to do what is necessary to survive, but when offered the chance to change her life she gladly accepts. Unsure what Aleksei expects from her, the longer she is w...

"An emotional tale of finding love against all odds."—Kelly BowenPart Three of the Corsets and Carriages serial novels“I will not be a wife in name only.”Rian Connor’s proposal of marriage should have been the happiest moment of Catherine Davenport’s life. He is her savior, her tutor in the ways of flirtation, the man she wants for her lover. But two impediments bar the way: the vicious assault that may have ruined her abil...

"Wicked fun not to be missed!" —USA Today bestselling author Rebecca ZanettiInto The DarkRowan Harper's world has been wrenched apart. The man she thought she loved—the man she does love—is a vampire, and not the kind that glitters.Running away isn't an option. Gabriel isn't just her lover. She's bound to him in ways she can't comprehend, ways that put both of them in desperate danger even as Rowan's desire for him blazes anew.The r...

A PROMISE BROKENRowan Harper sacrificed her blood and her soul to keep her friend, Aleksei, alive—and in the process, broke a bond of sacred trust with her lover, Gabriel.But her act of heroism wasn’t enough to stop the evil bent on tearing the world asunder.Newly turned vampires are slaughtering innocents, and those lurking in the darkness are threatening the people Rowan loves.She may be Gabriel’s Promise, but it’s looking more and more lik...