Sunday, October 8, 2028 My mouth dropped open, "You... you... WHAT?" This... This was not a conversation I expected! My wife had just told me she wanted to invite Samuel for dinner Friday, this Friday! "Here? At our house?" She chewed on her lower lip, something she does a lot when she's really nervous. She nodded, "Uhuh," then went on, talking kind of fa...
Chapter 1 Farmer's wife Annie Blake took a call from a neighbour Liz Adams, who sounded somewhat rattled. "Hi Liz, what's the problem? You sound upset." "I need to ask a huge favour; I can't think of any other solid solution. Tom and I have just been advised that our niece is on her way here from Boston and will arrive in Auckland at daylight on Thursday...
It didn't take long for Raj to close his eyes and drift off to "sleep". Most folks, if they looked at him, would think him a corpse laying there; he lay so still and didn't draw a single breath. His heart hadn't beat in hundreds of years. Oh, he could breathe if he forced himself to ... but he hadn't in so long that it hurt to do so. His body didn't need it...
Isabella Bennet glanced around the Rutherford's ballroom, taking in all the men and women dancing gaily or engaged in conversation. She really hated these affairs. They were nothing but a place for the ladies of society to present the newest girls of the Season and gossip about the latest scandal that some poor person had committed. The men weren't much bett...
Slowing down off the exit ramp, Seth asks me for directions to my apartment building. I stiffen and my eyes drop to my lap. "You're dropping me off at home?" "No, kitten." Sean's fingers tilt my chin up to look at him. His eyes only leave the road to meet mine for a moment, but the intensity of that brief gaze communicates volumes. "Your home is with me now...
I handed Andi her phone back after I completed my latest make-up text to Roy, sliding it across the table, slumped over my cheese fries. Andi went through her phone. I knew she was checking to see what I said. "Oh my God, give it back!" I reached for it, but she held it up, and read, "Miss you too, Roy-Roy. Can't wait to see you at the frat party this wee...
2020 was not the year Phoebe Bridgers had been expecting. She hadn't gotten her hopes up, but the global pandemic followed by the national unrest had her spirits low. Still, though, she was managing to keep herself distracted. Finishing up her album, doing press, talking to fans. Currently, she was sitting at home, drinking wine in her robe, staring out at t...
July 4th is the heart of summer in upstate New York. The cynics in the Adirondack North Country will tell you that it is summer—there's July 4th, and there's winter. However you want to think about it, it's a beautiful time of year, and Penny put out feelers to see if the long weekend would be a good time to have a painting party at Camp Heaven. One reason s...
My name is Nicki. I have been invited over to a friend's house for an overnight. This will be our first time sleeping together. I know what he has in mind as I have anticipated this moment for a long time. So I pack a couple of changes of clothes, a sexy nighty (which I probably wont need), and a few other essentials that I will mention later. I'm very exci...
When he saw his daughter's new boyfriend come out of the car, Cole's breath caught in his throat. His daughter, Kelly, had mentioned her new boyfriend so often, Cole felt as if he knew the man already. But Kelly had omitted one little detail: her new boyfriend had skin the color of bronze. He was tall, dark and handsome all right. But he wasn't supposed to...