In the span between the Great War and the Great Depression, Aiden Royce loses both family and fortune. He has nothing left but memories and regrets until a series of letters arrive; ramblings written by a familiar hand that nevertheless offer Aiden some important clues. Months later he's roaming the grounds of the crumbling Cebren Spa, a once posh destination, but now an empty shell of mystery and menace.
One saving grace in this perplexity is the handsome Sebastian Desmond, a descendant of the spa's founders. He rescues Aiden from a storm, but in doing so opens up a different sort of tempest when secrets unravel and both men's lives are torn asunder.
Can decades-old questions be answered, onerous mysteries solved, and a burgeoning and venturesome romance prosper in the shadows of a once restorative wellspring?

When Barry's first collection of stories was read aloud by his second grade teacher, the author hid. As the years flew by, he wrote more, hid less (not really), and branched out to Super 8 films and cassette tape recorders. Barry's audience-consisting solely of friends and family-were both amused and bemused.
Since those childhood days, Barry has earned degrees in English and French from the State University of New York College at Brockport, and a Master of Arts in Writing from the Johns Hopkins University.
His stories, novels, and screenplays have received: Grand Prize and 1st Place in the Rhode Island International Screenplay Competition, Gold Medal in the 2012 Foreword Book of the Year Awards, Semi-Finalist status in the 14th Annual American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest, Finalist in the Lambda Literary Awards, Finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award, and Finalist in the 2016 Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation Competition.
When not embroiled in his own writing, Barry sips wine, nibbles on chocolate, and watches films and TV-both the classic and the cheesy. (Mmm...cheese!)
For more information, visit barrybrennessel.com.