Charles Jay Harwood: 12 books

Three psychological thrillers on what happens when love and shame collide, where a line should not be crossed. The hostage and the captor; the voyeur and the performer; the teacher and the pupil. Note: these novels can now be found in a larger anthology: Eclipse Quartet: Four Psychological Thrillers....

“People would do anything for money,” spits a sinister moneylender, to the distaste of Gemma, a single mother facing homelessness.An uneasy chemistry builds between an unseen voyeur stricken with insomnia and a reluctant exhibitionist.If only she knew the sort of man her voyeur was....

Four full-length psychological thrillers: The Shuttered Room, Falling Awake, Nora and a Hard Lesson lay bare sexual chemistry with taboo themes including Stockholm Syndrome, voyeurism, gambling addiction, emotional blackmail and paranoia, providing a very different type of read.(Note: 3 of...

Nancy is having a great night out with her friends.She finds herself in the back seat of a millionaire’s limo.Things just couldn't get better.Could it?Her life is about to be hurled into a nightmare.Her alto ego is about to be born.An unforgettable...

Three short stories about irrational emotions between two people.The first story, Deadline, relates on mature student, Andrea, about to bag the ideal boyfriend. Only her tutor Mr. Linton and her late thesis stand in the way.The second story, Outside, enters the disturbed mind of Deke,...

Three short stories on poignant life experiences. The opening story, Blood and Water begs the question: who really influences us in life? Dead Letter Room, the second story delves into the thought processes of a misfit at work. What made him that way? The final story, What Simon Knows is something...

Tenacious teacher Sarah, wished she had never taken on her most difficult subject, Josh, who takes pleasure in making the lessons difficult for her. But this becomes the least of her worries after she is abandoned by her boyfriend, Frank who commits himself to a sinister criminal clique based in a...

A teacher takes on the pupil from hell only to learn what treachery means.This screenplay adapted from the novel of the same name tells the story of tenacious teacher, Sarah who takes on Josh, the pupil from hell.She soon learns things aren’t what they seem regarding her boyfriend...

Little do they know their captive holds a deadly secret.Jess Fraser would appear to have everything, married to a devoted husband and mother to a lively son, until she is taken hostage by three thugs and held to ransom in an upstairs room.She cuts a hole in the bedroom floor in a desperate...

A screenplay adaptation of the bestselling thriller.Little do they know their captive holds a deadly secret.Jess is taken hostage and incarcerated in an upstairs room by three thugs demanding a huge ransom from her rich father.In a bid to escape, she cuts a hole in the bedroom...

Her harsh brand of rehab hides a bitter secret.Ex-nurse, Nancy is hurled into the world of celebrity when she finds herself performing a shoot for handsome but odious playboy, Vince, as they walk from one of his nightclubs.The seduction of this other world sours after Nancy overhears...

A screenplay adaptation of the psychological thriller, Falling Awake which tells a toe-curling tale about an unseen voyeur and a reluctant exhibitionist.Gemma is faced with the threat of repossession.In desperation, she takes an evening commission performing for chronic insomnia, Luke as he...