Chapter 1 Nadia VanZant stood looking over the balcony of her Manhattan penthouse apartment with a cup of coffee watching the sunrise. This was her daily ritual to give thanks for another day of waking up. This was the hour just before the hustle and bustle of New York really kicked in. She had thought Atlanta was a big city in her younger years, but it did...
Negotiation Tactics His name is Viktor Kurienkov. Loving husband...devoted family man...prominent businessman. For the last two days he has been engaged in negotiations with UnitedFutures Incorporated concerning the acquisition of a small oil production plant that his company – Kurienkov Holdings – owned which had control of the primary distribution line t...
The name is Kurt Brands. A six-foot-one, lean and ruggedly handsome young Black man living near the city of Boston, Massachusetts. And I lead a life like no other. Let's walk through some of my finest moments, shall we? I guarantee it shall be worth your while. There is so much fun to be had when you're young, handsome and wealthy. And fun is exactly what th...
Encounter in Paris A few months after my trip to Istanbul on the Orient Express I received an unusual letter. It had been mailed to my publisher, who had forwarded it on to me. When I opened it, I found that it had been written by one Mademoiselle Madeline Du Bois. Now, I had never met Ms. Du Bois, and yet she wrote as though we were old friends. In fact, a...
Dr. Linda Short was in the hospital staff locker room shoving little envelopes into the lockers of four of her friends, one doctor and two senior nurse practitioners. They were members of the pre med club in college and were reunited at the large city hospital. She was inviting them to a party over at her apartment. The group played board games in the dorm a...
High above Eastern Hail, a second starship made planet fall, resplendent in the colors of the old Akhwan Guard. It soared through Hail's twilight skies, little more than a red and white blur as it streaked low over the clouds to its pilot's designated landing spot. As expected, a warning tone rang in her ear as her mech-droid picked up someone trying to acqu...
A lot of women would have been disturbed, or angry, after their boyfriend or husband revealed to them that he swings both ways. Shawna Gibbs-Jones, the daughter of stoic farmers from Grand Island, Nebraska, is the exception to that rule. She'd always been a rebel, and a highly experimental young woman, the type to take things as they come and roll with the p...
When I first mentioned to my wife Sandi that I get turned on at the thought of her making love with another man (ie a 3some), she seemed to think I was joking at first and just byepassed the comment. Over a period of time I raised the subject a few times and she kinda got used to me talking about it and we brought it up in our lovemaking and it became a part...
"Random" Allie wakes up and finds herself laying on her front on the silk-sheet bed. She looks around the room to discover she's alone and it's already afternoon. She was about to call out for Sasha when she hears the showers going. Allie gets off the bed and follows the sound of spraying water to the bathroom through the wide walk-in closet. Allie notices...
The same year, the year I turned eighteen, as I remember. High school graduation was June 6th, college started in September. I lived at home with my parents and I expected to commute to Ohio State when classes began. It's not that I loafed, I had chores and I practiced piano two hours everyday, but I did have spare time. Sometimes when my mother took the ca...