Shaya was desperate to go with us when I explained to her what Martina and I were going to do. "I want to help!" she said. "That poor girl's out on her own and who knows what trouble she'll get into? She's not like us." "I know that. That's why I'm going after her. Martina has contacts and experience at this sort of thing, which is why she's coming along,...
This is a work of fiction. Even the country is fictitious. Any resemblance to actual people, events or places is accidental. ***** Julie gave her passport and reservation to the check-in agent. "Buram. That's exotic," the agent commented as he typed on his computer. After a bit of typing, he apologized: "I am sorry, but I cannot check you all the way to B...
Alyce Walsh knew that tonight would be special. A part of her, however, wished this night would never have to come. Walsh had risen to become the first foreign-born executive editor of Metropolis magazine, a role she had served in for five years before receiving a lucrative offer to become the editor-in-chief of Harbour Magazine, the most popular publicatio...
Author's disclaimer: While writing her famous vampire tales and others, gothic novelist Anne Rice has also written a number of erotic novels, publishing them under the pen names A.N. Roquelaure and Anne Rampling. While each of the five novels undoubtedly deserves its own separate consideration, I offer this as an introduction to them, and an invitation to tr...
At last Julia entered the study. This had been Robert’s domain for years and she rarely entered it, always allowing him his privacy and space. It was now nine months since his death and today she felt that the time had come to clear away the remainder of his things. The house had been sold and she had found a bright maisonette in Belsize Park which she thoug...
My first day of Chem 101 at the University of Oregon started off with a bang, literally. I had found my assigned seat in the lecture hall and was getting my notebook out when something slammed into the back of my head, almost knocking my face into the table. I got to my feet, turning. "Hey, watch what the hell you're doing!" I found a smallish blonde looki...
CHAPTER 1 Hostess Helen Horsely watched intently the new recruit who had been introduced to her as Thomas Thom walked away. Her husband Hudson was managing partner of HBW, Certified Public Accountants and Advisors, and this was the Horselys' bi-monthly cocktail party for people on the HBW payroll along with partners to foster goodwill and togetherness. He...
It was awful. Michelle had known Mike and Louise for years, they had been to each others house-parties many times. Now it had turned out that they had a second life, where they had been to wild show-business events and now the first time that they'd joined them at such an event Mike had died. Mike and Louise had stayed on at the party after Derek and Michel...
I'm a middle-aged straight guy, and a musician by profession. I've been lucky enough at this point to have had lots of wonderful as well as educational experiences in the areas of relationships, polyamory and sex, and I've heard many stories along the line of other people's experiences in these areas. I thought I'd share a few random insights, in case anyone...
Linda was dressed in a form fitting light blue blouse and a short, dark-blue skirt with a slit up one side. The outfit caused stares of approval and some good natured catcalls from her male co-workers as she headed to the newsroom to prepare for the newscast. Linda looked hot and sexy; and what's more; she knew it! Linda had a few hours to go before her new...