The first time Hannah saw Terry was just two days after he was born. Her family was the first to visit the Parkers when they brought their newborn home from the hospital. The Parkers and the Johnsons had been friends ever since Ben and Cindy Johnson had moved into the neighborhood ten years ago when Hannah was only two years old. Cindy had been nervous about...
Dominic wasn't sure how long he was unconscious, but it felt like it had been a long time. Dream-like darkness was his constant companion; a thick sludge that clung to him like honey. He was only vaguely aware of what was going on around him. Elusive feelings and random flashes of light kept him just awake enough to know time was, in some fashion, passing. O...
Billy was awake when I arose from the depths of blissful sleep. My head was on the right side of his chest, my long hair covering his shoulder. His arm was around me, and he was gently stroking my arm with his fingers. My back was lightly pressing against the bedrail. I could feel its cool, metallic touch through my tank top. I looked up at my love, a hazy...
"Sawyer, I know you hate shopping but I cannot listen to you complain." Kiana was browsing through a rack of clothes when she'd come to the conclusion that she was done with Sawyer. The humorous part about the situation was that she was shopping for him. He had begun his stream of whining after the 15th minute of being in the large shopping mall. Kiana was r...
There's an old saying in my neck of the woods. If you're dumb enough to poke in a hornets nest, don't be surprised when you get stung. Most of you hated the last chapter, and a few of you actually got it. Thought this final chapter might clear a few things up, and no, I didn't write this as a response to the feedback, it was already almost ready to post....
Immersion Playground Book #2: Arena Chapter 7 Saturday evening, Todd makes a change to the Immersion Playground store front, announcing a call for extras. The notice is discreet, but unknown by Todd, Sunday morning Immersion Playground has more than three hundred interested inquiries in the mailbox he'd set up to receive them. By Sunday evening the number...
Author's Note: May I present the epilogue to the High Stakes, Hard Sell series. Thank you to all my readers for your support and feedback, and to the author Karaline who did such fantastic editing for the series. I'm very grateful to everyone. ***** Epilogue Jane gazed out the passenger seat window at the spring scenery as Mike steered her car north up t...
"Have you got any reactions on your Facebook?" Chris asks when drinking our coffee after breakfast. I don't know. I open the program and Chris guides me around. Most of the people I tried to connect with, have accepted the invitation. Not all, but that would have been very unlikely. Already it is amazing how many people have opened their Facebook in such...
To understand why the decorated Christmas tree was so out-of-place it is important to have a visual picture of where the Christmas tree was. The road leading to Bishop from Mammoth Lakes can be beautiful and austere at the same time. Mammoth Lakes is at 7,600 feet and Bishop is 4,600 feet. The drive "down" takes about 30 minutes and takes you through mostly...
Ally's feet felt heavy as she approached the white picket fence surrounding her boyfriend Benny's house. Benny's mom had called her earlier in the day and invited her to join them on Sunday for Easter church service. Benny's mom had made an additional offer: that she buy Ally a new dress for the service. To Ally's horror, Benny's mom had insisted that it wou...