Chocolate Fix: From Eminent Domain to adultery to breast augmentation, nothing escapes this exfoliation of the spirit.

by Kevin Farran

An eminent Domain land grab development in New York throws four women into conflict when they struggle to renew themselves after personal disappointments. The women collide at the Renyou retreat where they explore themselves past, present, and future resulting in the formation of an unlikely cabal. They waft through the four days of mudpacks and mayhem wanting to save and slaughter each other. A humorous and candid exploration/exfoliation of the vanities and luxuries all women should afford themselves. A sisterhood both gracious and gory cast against the backdrop of the inevitable struggle to defy Eminent Domain.

244 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 10, 2025

About the author

I am a lover of Great Danes, road cycling, and classic cars. I split my time between solitary literary pursuits, working with my designer wife on home restorations and supporting our son’s football careers. 

I am a wanderer. My boys and lovely partner of more than three decades, have been dragged from one adventure to another. Much in the same way I was as a youth. I was born in Barotseland formerly part of Northern Rhodesia and now a reluctant part of Zambia. Through many countries in North America , the Orient and Europe I have now (temporarily) come to rest in Spain.


When wandering, a vast array of abilities becomes stowed in one’s baggage, my rumpled duffel bag is no different. From performing Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams, to teaching and heavy equipment operation, even to pig and dairy farms, high-end restaurants and period home renovation, all add spice to the dish that is me. 
(One thinks too many chefs ruin the dish?)
Perhaps – it is what it is.

I dwell in possibility.

That is why I love to engage stories and explore what might ‘be’.

I hope you enjoy the journey, we are all in search of 

'the great perhaps.'