Angela stretched on a chaise lounge on the deck of the pool, basking in the touch of warm sunlight on her skin. Sometimes, fleetingly, she wished this place were hers. Well, it was hers, at least for the four months her friends and their two kids would be out of the country. When they had asked her to housesit, she had leaped at the chance. She had found he...
I live in a gilded cage, pampered but not free. My owner likes to collect unusual things. He is a wealthy viscount, living in a chateau in rural France. Attached to the mansion there is an enormous hothouse, the size of the palm house at Kew. It is tropical, with birds of paradise, exotic palms, giant butterflies and parrots. I love to wake up in the morning...
Wondering how I ever got roped into this charity slave auction...and judging by the outfit they have given me to wear...roped into is an àpropos statement. The cramped quarters of the make shift change room making it even more difficult and making me blush as I add the frayed ropes to my wrists. Taking a deep breath...talking myself calm, remembering the ru...
Mason tightened the belt around Selene's throat and she gasped as the little air that she had been able to access was cut off. She could feel the mascara running down her cheeks as her eyes continued to tear up and she could feel the drool mixed with Mason's pre-cum dripped down her chin. She knew that she looked horrible but she was sure that was the point....
Connie and Warren had been married for several months. Both having had very adventurous sex lives, there was a never-ending supply of ideas between them to keep things fresh and exciting. She had taken quite an interest in his favorite hobby, softball, while they were dating which led to a wonderful experience they shared out on the pitcher's mound. After th...
Retired Rear Admiral Jake Thornton and his wife Jody made a big splash in the social scene in San Diego. Jake was well known in both Naval and civilian scenes. After his retirement, he was elected to the board of several large corporations and was an active member of practically every philanthropic outfit in town. Admirals just can't stop working. They merel...
The more he thought about this, the more he wished he hadn't agreed to it. Having her over to watch a movie was just asking for trouble. She was married after all. And though nothing had happened yet, each time they got together they came closer to letting their playful flirting go too far. Just as he contemplated calling her to cancel, he heard a loud bangi...
Authors Note: This is part of a series and is built on characters and settings from previous chapters. * The previous day was incredibly busy with an out of town photo job. I barely had time to dump my gear at the studio before heading home to flop into bed, so I didn't feel too bad not getting to the shop before nine. Part of me wondered if hiring someon...
"Hear me, people of Modus. You have lived in the cold darkness for 40 years. It is your choice you stay in darkness without fire, without the thing your ancestors mastered, tamed and used as they wished. Do your rulers make you endure the dark cold for your own good? Do they take most of your produce for their own larders and let you starve because it's best...
The insistent sound penetrated his dream. It was irritating and would not go away. Gradually his brain identified it as two noises; the high one, that was the telephone and the lower . . . that was the girl snoring. He carefully unsealed one eye. For some reason the other was sore and reluctant to budge, it seemed to be swollen shut. Of course, it was that e...