Heather Sampson tilted her head back, squinting into the bright mid-morning sunlight. This was a bad idea. What had Geoffrey been thinking? She brushed the moisture from her eyes with the back of her hand. She would never know. Just as she would never again engage his brilliant mind in debate about some esoteric topic. He was gone. A year almost, and the p...
CHAPTER 7 I was just basking in the feeling of femininity and my new friends when I realised that I had never had dinner with Maisie. Some friend I was! Of course, Liz and Sophie invited her and Bill, and asked if David should come, but I said no. (I did not want the complication.) I was used to Maisie in her overalls at work, so was a bit taken aback how...
XXIX Life was certainly changing at Emma and Charlotte’s flat. Emma and Maisie had at last found a house in a quite well-to-do part of the city, and had moved out to live together there. Emma seemed quite reluctant to move to somewhere so expensive, saying that it tied her more than she wanted to the kind of income she was now bringing in; but Maisie was in...
This is an edited version of the original chapter. I made quite a few minor alterations to the text, but resisted making major changes. As a result, the chapter is still rather wordy in places. I should also warn you that there is a long build up over the story (hey, it's romance), so no sex in this installment. -------------------- Alessandro drummed h...
I may not be as clean and wholesome as the gents in the Hilton or the Savoy, and my clients may not be so rich or well-dressed -- but I guarantee that I see things that they never see, well, hardly ever see, anyway. I certainly bet that more sperm is washed down my drains than in the Hilton gents, because although rich men undoubtedly wank just as much as, i...
Previously: People are searching for Slave Karma who is buried out in the desert. We learn what Ileana must do to keep Karma physically alive. We also learn that not only was Karma a favorite of the recently engaged Princess Merkeza of Cowen, but she also carries a magical disease. Meanwhile, Pet is stripped of her humanity and infected with the magical dis...
1 Mark asked, "How many assistants do I get or need?" Angela said, "Most monarchs have an entourage of friends and family, but they usually start with one personal assistant just to bounce ideas off of, but your assistant should be someone that's with you most of the time and they should know the workings of the government. You can always add more if the...
CHAPTER 1 Staring at the mirror, Camilla Young simply confirmed her bad face day: the mouth was down, lip coating very much in need of restoration and her eye surrounds were bloated and red-rimmed from recent crying. "God, girl -- you are one awful mess," sighed Camilla, knowing no one was there was there to listen and that stimulated her anguish. Almost...
Something a little less intense and a little more lighthearted than the usual. Thanks to blackrandi for the invite. Thanks to blackrandi, sbrooks103x, Bebop03, stev2244 and the ever-so-lovely Nora for the beta reads and editing. This would be unreadable without all of them. There are others who prefer not to be named; you know who you are and you know you ar...
The architect looked vaguely familiar, though I didn't know the name. "I'm David," he said. "We met at that Christian Summer Camp." "Oh," I said neutrally. That camp was not something I wished to remember. We had both been eighteen, which was a good while ago. I had the feeling he was going to give me a message I might not want to hear. But business is bus...