title: Surface Tension
author: Gruenberg, Alex
description: Life looked pretty good to Charles. He was a successful salesman with a beautiful wife, two kids he adored, friends, and a solid reputation. Life was good—until a vile, false accusation gets plastered all over the papers. Suddenly, his wife loses faith in him, his customers disappear, friends and neighbors shun him, and his world collapses. Three years later, Charles endures life alone hundreds of miles away. A fortunate meeting with an engaging woman draws him out of his depression—until they start peeling away the layers of their protective shells. Each is forced to face the secrets they’ve worked so hard to hide, and each has to learn how to be open and to trust, and to love. Surface Tension explores the damage done by social convention as well as by the commercialization of sexuality and romance as the protagonists gradually redefine themselves and their sexuality to create a meaningful, healthy love. Frank and sensitive, Surface Tension is a love story for thinking adults and will resonate with anyone who has yearned for an authentic connection.