The 2025 edition of Merrick Scanlon's "Serving Fumiko" brings us the fantasy and female-led tale of a UK-Based Japanese businesswoman with a dislike for the men of her temporarily adopted country.

Men who, nevertheless, fascinate her.

Bad news for the forty-something former executive, released from prison after his drunk driving claimed an innocent life, who is presented with a job opportunity by his Anglo/Japanese probation-officer.

A job in the home of her friend Fumiko that will require him to live-in.

An opportunity be in paid work with a roof above his head that he will soon learn is about to become another prison sentence...

Just for longer!

Believable interracial fantasy and misadventure in the world of female-led fiction, for those readers with a desire to have a light shone on the more... outré ...corners of their imaginations.