Chapter One "Honey, does this outfit make me look fat?" Inwardly, Mike groaned---not again. Mike loved his wife dearly, but she had a few faults that drove him nuts. Trying on clothes in front of him and needlessly worrying about her weight were at the top of the wife annoyance list. To be fair, when he first courted Liz, the clothes bit was quite excitin...
Dark smoldering eyes. RING!! Steamy sensual kisses. RING!! Desire burning caresses. RING!! This is the fourth time and it's always the same dream. Yet I wake up before I'm able to put a face to the mysterious stranger. And it's excruciatingly painful not to be able to look at the face who gets me heated up. RING!! What's that god awful noise- oh r...
It was the end of the evening for Cat, of hard work and drudgery. And what a night it had been. There was the regular crowd to contend with; the ones who knew where she hated to be pinched and pinched her there any ways. But there were also many new faces in the tavern as the call to arms for the King drew the mercenaries out. Cat knew that she was consider...
The restaurant was small and elegant—white linen, crystal stemware—with attentive but not obsequious service. He ordered salade niçoise and mineral water and told Elizabeth she could have some wine but not anything to eat. He ate strawberries for dessert. She drank a second glass of wine. When they finished, he paid in cash and left a generous tip. They too...
'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free, 'tis the gift to come down where you ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the place just right, It will be in the valley of love and delight. --Shaker Hymn Christmas packages had been piling up under the tree at Xavier's School for the Gifted, because most of its students lived there year-round. Gu...
It had been a long day. He had finally closed his latest deal at work and he was looking forward to a relaxing weekend. The light was just beginning to fade as he began his drive home. Nearing his house he passed by a large group of stables, the same stables he passed everyday. Today was no different; the horses were being lead into their stalls for the nigh...
News of trouble once again reached Aeriella at the court, the peasants were complaining that a werewolf has been terrorizing the neighbourhood. The sorceress had certain knowledge about these creatures and knew that most of them were not evil, the "terror" was most likely caused by someone who could not fully control themselves in their animalistic form. The...
"When we get home, you have to do as I say," Mildred Fils-Aime said, and the forty-something Haitian woman looked at the tall and handsome, nervous-looking brother who sat on the passenger's side of her Lexus. Antoine Jacques looked good and smelled even better, but he looked about as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs. Is the brother up to th...
It is the night before Christmas and it has been miserable. There is a bit of snow left on the ground. It's dirty and slushy and there is mud all around. On the drive home I'd barely escaped some idiot that managed to put his car into a skid on the dark ice. It's been windy all day, the chill factor is below zero and I may be coming down with a cold. To top...
I sat in my den, oiling my trusty, blue-steel Parker shotgun, surveying the trophies on my walls. The shells loaded with double aught buckshot were already packed and ready to go. My name is ML Wens. I'm a professional troll hunter and this is troll season, my favorite time of year. I have stumbled into this job some time back after a town meeting at the L...