Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Girl in Room Fourteen | 2013 | Carol Drinkwater | Buy |
| 2 | Hotel Paradise | 2014 | Carol Drinkwater | Buy |
| 3 | A Simple Act of Kindness | 2015 | Carol Drinkwater | Buy |
| 4 | The Love of a Stranger | 2017 | Carol Drinkwater | Buy |
Carol Drinkwater’s short fiction spans four titles published between 2013 and 2017: The Girl in Room Fourteen (2013), Hotel Paradise (2014), A Simple Act of Kindness (2015), and The Love of a Stranger (2017). The titles suggest intimate, character-driven stories — rooms, hotels, strangers — evoking a sense of place and brief but meaningful encounters.
Each piece is self-contained and can be read independently of the others. The collection is a good companion to Drinkwater’s longer fiction, offering shorter reads in the same vein across four years of output.