[Author's note: From this point in the story, the characters will begin to interact with characters from the series; "Cherry Takes on the NFL" To avoid any confusion on my reader's part, a familiarity with both series would be helpful. Thank you for taking the time to read and for all your wonderful encouragement.] Things were perfect; Gary was still proces...
This is a long story, 57,000 words. If that doesn't appeal to you stop reading now. There is very little explicit sex in the story and what there is, is a long way in. If that is what you seek. Then look elsewhere. * Chapter 1 Will Wainwright never knew what hit him. He was two days out of St Peter Port Guernsey, on route to Gibraltar, where they woul...
Jill stared at him. Frozen to the spot, her heart pounded out a Texas two-step that would tire even the most experienced dancer. She must have heard him wrong, she thought in surprise. "What, Commander?" Her voice sounded needy and unsure even to her own ears and she cursed herself for it. Daniel walked across the yard, carrying his daughter. He stopped bar...
Thanks to my editor, thelaughingcat, for her help. "When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion." - Dale Carnegie * * "Yes, I know there's a damn blizzard. There are windows where I am. It doesn't change the fact that I have to address the board of directors day after tomorrow." "I know that,...
Prologue I am a soldier. I suppose this describes me better than any other sentence. I am a European soldier, living in this hectic turn of the millennium, experiencing the life and the world at their full extent... Or at least, I do my best to try. I am a continental European, so forgive me for my poor English; it's not my native language. But I am proud...
It took eleven years to my cousin Lella to get married, after the day she announced me her intention to do it. It was eleven very long years for me, full with happiness and tears. During those eleven years the world had changed. The Cold War was over, central Europe had been liberated, Germany unified, Soviet Union collapsed. There had been the First Gulf...
All Scores Are Settled ~~~~~~~~~~ Herbie, AKA, James Madison Wilkins Miller, M.D., Ph.D., was sitting in his office in Westwood, west L.A., when he reluctantly picked up his phone. Politely he asked the client he was with to excuse the interruption. "This is Dr. Miller, may I help..." Yvette's voice cut in, loud and on the verge of hysteria, "Herbie! I'...
CHAPTER 1 Wounded at being divorced by the treacherous bastard she'd stupidly married, and now possessing half of their combined declared assets while knowing he had undeclared hidden assets but decided to let that be, Boston-born Geneva Beggs returned to America to hide in the hope she could recover and become happy again. Geneva recognized half of the gu...
Jill smiled weakly and waved as the school bus pulled off from the curb. Exhaustion and something else ate at her insides. She promised herself that she would take a nap when Britney and Ashley had theirs. She shook her head. This should have been easy. Old Hat. Instead it was eating her lunch, she thought. Three days. How the hell was she going to make thre...
** Just a reminder that this story is already in the can and each of the chapters has already been posted. I hope that it's enjoyed. 0_o ------------------ Long after the point at which they'd both turned to prunes, they walked past the cascade again and back to the room with the fire pit. Silke found that after the hot bathwater, the trip through the coo...