Chapter 10: Parting Ways ***** The following morning, Jack Easterbrook took in the sight from the Valiant's bow one last time. At least, one last time for now. He hoped that there would come a time in the future when he'd be reunited with the ship and her crew, but for now, the Valiant was sailing back closer to home. In hindsight, it wasn't an unexpecte...
PRELUDE: SPRING "You're so adorable with your glasses," Caryn sighed between moans as she humped Dave with delightful abandon in his narrow bed. "I feel silly wearing them when I'm not wearing anything else!" Dave replied. "Oh, you know you love seeing these as well as you can feel them!" Caryn placed both her hands over his hands, which were massaging...
## ( I ) FROZEN PRELUDE ## Nursing the last few sips of bourbon, I stared out of the wall of three-story windows in the hotel lobby. Sparkling snowflakes filled the air outside, drifting lazy and carefree, then swirling frantically, blown by another icy gust until they fell gently to earth, where black, grimy piles of the stuff cluttered the curbs, turning...
*Note to readers: I hope the ending is a pleasant surprise to those who think all May-December romances end the same way. ______________________________________ "What time is it?" "Just after six." "In the morning? Are you kidding me? Turn the light off and go back to bed. You were studying when I came in at 1:30 this morning for crying out loud." Candic...
First, I would like to thank the wonderful Bella Mariposa for editing this chapter. Synopsis: To recap the story so far, our protagonist, Will Henry, walks into an unusual curio shop owned by Bartholomew Beetlesmith. After some discussion, Beetlesmith makes him an unusual offer, a test sample of what Beetlesmith claims is the most powerful aphrodisiac ever...
CHAPTER FOUR "You're blessed when you feel you've lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you." – Matthew 5:4 Alma wandered between the trees, she was in the midst of a huge forest. Tired, footsore and hungry, she walked. Not knowing where to go or even why she was going there. All she knew was that she had lost...
Things had moved rapidly after Jo Ann had tacitly agreed to become Marco's mistress. On the next date she had been treated much better, she had felt the whip and she had been shared with Danny Moreli, Marco's aide/driver/body guard. She was still recovering from the stretching and excitement of having taken another man inside her when Marco called the next...
Chapter 30 – Sisters, Friends and Lovers Thanksgiving party, surprise guests, Ned joins circle The Henson's hosted a Thanksgiving Party at their house that should have been written about in the Food section of the Boston Globe. The night before Thanksgiving you would have thought the party was at the condo because the small kitchen somehow fit six women i...
Jody sighed when she noticed the return email address, but clicked on it anyway. She was bad that way. Well, bad in a lot of ways, but especially bad that way. Always doing things she knew she shouldn't be doing, and sometimes even having fun doing them. Somehow she knew this wasn't going to be one of those times. But she clicked on it anyway. "Fuck you,...
First let me thank you all for the votes and emails. And as I've said before, this is not meant to be the next great novel, so if that's what you're looking for, I'm sorry to disappoint. I started it wanting to do a running chronicle that spans years like a soap opera, so it may never actually reach a satisfactory end for some people. With that in mind, if y...