Author's Note: I took some of the great suggestions I received from my readers and have incorporated them into this story. I hope you enjoy it. Constance Drummond griped inwardly as she snuffed out the candles on the Dining Room Table. She cursed under her breath as she slowly emptied the serving dishes into the Tupperware bowls and put the lovely meal sh...
Living in Nevada has its drawbacks and Lucia Hagen had found one very fast. It isn't very hard to lose all your money fast. Especially if you're a gambling addict. After her husband's death, Lucia had begun going to the Casinos as well as playing on-line poker just to alleviate her boredom. A few days a week, nothing serious. In two years, "nothing serious...
Under her cloak, Monica was almost naked. Despite the nighttime chill in the air, she wasn't cold, she was anxious. She had come here, to "their" spot, as she had every ten years for the last 600 years. Monica had been blessed by all of the forces that controlled the world, to live, die and be reborn anew. Monica also remembered every second of her former l...
Since the beginning of Junior High, it had always been "Stan and Fran." They had started dating even before most kids started dating and all through High School. Everyone assumed they would end up together and everyone was right, they married upon graduation from University. Married for nearly 20 years, with a daughter now off to University, they should have...
Author's Note: This one is a sequel to a story I wrote a few years back entitled "Kendra's Present". I hope you all enjoy this one just as much. * Kendra Christiansen had wandered the entire mall, trying to find the exact perfect present for her Kyle, her boyfriend-lover of the past 3 years. As money wasn't really an object, she'd even considered things l...
May passed, moving into a cool June. Cassandra kept busy, hoping Clayton would discover the final piece of the puzzle that would put her life back together. She was enjoying her "paid vacation" in Toronto and the hotel staff was more than accommodating – including one rather nicely-hung desk clerk and a very sexy black maid – but Cassandra found herself ge...
Nathan was pouring himself a cup of coffee and preparing to watch a re-run of "Law & Order: SVU" when he heard the phone ringing. It was Vickie's business line, but as she was on an all-day date, she wasn't there to answer it. He and Vickie were making a lot of money from their little venture and Vickie didn't like to disappoint anyone. He had answered phon...
Vickie had broken one of her cardinal rules. She had invited one of her clients -- well, a potential client, perhaps -- to her home. Dressed impeccably in a tailored suit, impossibly long legs crossed over one another, Katherine Saunders looked much the way Vickie remembered her -- better, in fact. It looked to Vickie as if her favorite teacher had taken g...
Readers -- for my Valentine's tale this year, I brought back some old and familiar characters. For those of you new to my writing, please read "The Twelve Lays of Christmas" and "There is Baking and There is Cooking" if you want to learn the history of our players. Enjoy the story ~~ BrettJ * Thomas Wickham swung his legs out of bed and tried not to yelp w...
Sam Michaels smiled as he left Grace's apartment. He knew that was wrong. He should have felt guilty. His affair with Grace was growing serious and he was a married man. He never would have believed himself capable of cheating on his wife, but there you have it. The affair had started just before Christmas and it was nearing the end of summer. He should have...