Laura and Hannah had been friends for ages – fairly inseparable from an early age, spending hour upon hour chatting and playing and lazing about. As they grew older this continued; having sleepovers, talking on the phone for hours, just like most teenage girls. Hannah loved spending her time at Laura's house, appreciating how relaxed her friend's family was...
London, England, 1870 CHAPTER ONE "Could I be more miserable?" Miranda thought as she squirmed in the carriage seat. The July heat was oppressive in London and she felt suffocated by the odors of animal and man that the shimmering sunlight loosened from the cobblestones. She turned her head to look out the window so that her parents would not see her grima...
Let's be honest; one reason why Ellen's cheating twisted my tail so bad is this - not once did I cheat on my wife during the fifteen years we were married. There were plenty of opportunities; I'm a decent looking guy, keep myself in great shape and make good money. Most of you know that's like putting peanut butter on a mousetrap; if you're looking to score...
-Will- I can hear the sound of everyone down stairs except for Chloe and I. Whenever Lili is over, she's insistent that she make everyone breakfast. No one has the heart to tell her besides pancakes, she's not very good at cooking. The eggs are never as ordered, the bacon is undercooked. Not raw, but it is rubbery. Chloe groans as I get up and put on a pa...
Careena angrily slammed the book she was reading closed. It was a treatise on magic that she had borrowed from her brother's library. Unfortunately, the author was so long winded in his explanations that by the time she reached one of his conclusions, she forgot what question he had originally posed. She was forced to reread everything several times to under...
The Reluctant Duchess Ch. 01 The idea for this story came from the Hallmark TV movies that my wife enjoys. There's a bunch of them that feature a romance, usually between a woman, often American, and the prince of a fictional country in which most of the residents somehow speak with British accents. The couple overcome their cultural and class difference...
The Dowager Marchioness didn't waste time. She reached under her surcoat, close to her hip, to pull out a pair of scissors chased by silver. "I'm going to remove your bonds now." She took one of Jansetta's limp wrists in her hand. Then she slid the blades under one of the loops, snipped, and then went to the other. Once that bit of cord had silently fallen t...
Thanks to the Hip and Knee doctor for editing assistance. * It was lunchtime on Friday at the Peanut Bar. The Idiots Club meets here, once a week to share our miseries. The membership is not very impressive, just four middle age guys with one thing in common: our wives are each cheating on us. Bradley Cook, Ray Timmons, Karl Marshall, and myself, John Te...
I am indebted to RichardGerald for allowing me to publish my version of an alternate ending to his famous work "Another Love". I also acknowledge the work of GeorgeAnderson and Pencarrow who have also published their Alternate Endings to the original. I am no different from other writers who are enamored with an original storyline but found the ending unsat...
By way of introduction: Like "Marsha and Gary", though still a loving wives tale, this does not follow the traditional 'Loving Wives' formula so stop now if that's your interest. Also for the skimmers and 'nonreaders' don't waste your time, go someplace else. And also, the opening for this story has the same setting as another story I wrote that I pulle...