TITLES
J.C. Sutton
Photo by Jason Bahr
Cover Art by: Dawn F. Simon
CONTEMPORARY FICTION
BEAU & EROS
Frank & Funny
Reads like a memoir, of Ann’s frank, funny journey, from feisty 4th-grade bookworm to full-fledged free spirit at a 50th reunion.
BEAU & EROS scored 5 out of 5 for “Character Appeal” in the 27th annual WRITER’S DIGEST Self-Published Book Awards. The judge praised the novel's "first-person narrative and autobiographical feel,” adding “the author isn't afraid to tackle taboo topics." BEAU & EROS is intended for adult readers. Published in 2019.
HISTORICAL FICTION
UNTIL THE GUILLOTINE:
A Tale of Two Royals
Meet the royals: an over-indulged, under-educated 14-year-old bride who becomes Queen Marie Antoinette. A shy, sensitive 17-year-old Princess who becomes her “blood sister” in the eye of the gathering storm of the French Revolution. Their inside story follows them to their brutal ends before either was forty. Published in 2022
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SEQUEL Coming Next Year
AFTER THE GUILLOTINE: The Survivor’s Tale Meet the survivor: Secretary-turned-secret-courier for the Princess of Lamballe and Queen Marie Antoinette, plucky Catherine Hyde escapes France, marries an Italian count, and publishes memoirs. The novel fleshes out bare-bones facts to tell Catherine’s compelling story.
BLOOD SISTERS
Published in 2001, This early version of their tragic story does not include Catherine as a character. It does include my imagined aspects of an intimate relationship between Queen and Princess that are not authenticated by the memoirs.