The Shadyside novels are cinematic stories of reinvention, desire, survival, and the emotional worlds people live inside of.
Written with the same instinct that guides the spaces she designs, each story is layered with atmosphere, tension, beauty, memory, and transformation.
Because stories and spaces have always felt connected.
Both have the power to change the way we see ourselves.
"What really stands out is how Stuart balances humor and depth. The narrative effortlessly explores themes of friendship, desire, and self-discovery while keeping the tone sophisticated and witty."
Dan M. · Amazon
Dressing Room Confessions
Out Now!!
Dressing Room Confessions is the novel that started it all. Set in a chic boutique where women bare secrets as bold as their style, it's a story of confession, transformation, and fierce female truth-telling.
Shadyside isn't just their hometown—it's the mirror reflecting every woman's untold story.
Some tales are fact, some are fantasy, and all of them beg the question: what's your shady side?
"It is refreshing, sexy and fun. A must read and one you will certainly share with your girlfriends!"
Beth G. · Amazon
The Other Species
Book 2 · Coming Soon
A love story gone volatile. A man wrapped in charm, power, polish, and control. A woman starving for connection but slowly losing herself inside the illusion.
The Other Species is not simply a story about love. It is a story about seduction, psychological survival, manipulation, obsession, and the dangerous intimacy that exists between a narcissist and the woman trying to understand him.
Sophia doesn't fall into a romance. She falls into a fire.
And by the time she realizes some people don't love the way others do, the smoke has already filled the room.
Dark, cinematic, seductive, and emotionally raw, The Other Species explores the secrets people hide behind beauty, success, sex, power, and performance — and what it costs to finally see the truth.
The Reel Crime
Book 3 · Coming 2026
She made a deal with the devil — and signed it in red lipstick.
What begins as an ambitious luxury film studio project quickly pulls Sophia into a dangerous world where power brokers, politicians, investors, and criminals move money as easily as they move people.
Behind the glamour, celebrity, and cinematic illusion lies something far darker: corruption hidden in plain sight, fortunes being washed clean through the very project meant to change her life, and a growing realization that everyone around her seems to know the rules except her.
Now Sophia is trapped between survival and conscience. Play their game and protect everything she has built. Or risk exposing the truth and lose everything — including her own safety.
Because in this world, loyalty is bought, silence is rewarded, and the most dangerous performances never happen on camera.
Dark, seductive, and psychologically charged, The Reel Crime explores ambition, corruption, seduction, and the terrifying cost of getting too close to powerful people with everything to lose.
"Believe me, it's one of those books that pulls you in and makes you want more. Can't wait to read book #2!"
Rhonda J. · Amazon