"Coming of age at the feet of a mature woman"
LOUISE That night in bed Louise was reading the latest Peter Robinson thriller, but found it hard to concentrate on it. Her thoughts kept wandering and went from the next exhibition in her art gallery to Rob, who was coming home...
"Coming of age at the feet of a mature woman"
Alex is beginning to feel at home in the south of France. He's got his dope, his own apartment, great weather and an easy job that generates some money. All is well except for the fact that Louise's personality and...
"Coming of age at the feet of a mature woman"
In the second chapter young Alex is moving to the south of France. He only has a vague, childhood memory of Louise, his former neighbor, and is surprised to see that she is not only very pretty, but also quite...
"Kevin takes ownership of his new department, while someone takes ownership of him"
I couldn't wait for the next morning. All the things I wanted to put into effect had already been done. Now it was all about implementing them. I sat at the couch and wondered about who I wanted to promote....
"A cure for insanity ends up unleashing his inner demons."
My name is Edward Verde. I was once held with some regard within high society, but my fall from grace began when some friends and I went to an opium den. This was quite the daring thing to do around London...
"Seduced by his oldest friend"
Susan was on her knees, tears streaming down her porcelain cheeks as she begged and pleaded through piteous sobs. Implacable as granite, I deigned to sneer down on her and then I turned my back on her to stare out...
"Marcus' wife hands him the birthday gift of a lifetime."
The house was unusually silent when I returned from work. I stood in the downstairs hallway a moment, straining to hear any signs of my wife.Nothing.Strange. Her car was in the driveway."Anna?"No reply.The mirror alongside the front door reflected only...
"She is his blind date and thrills him with some skillful womanhandling"
The ballroom lights were dim, and the band was playing something slow, seductive, and sexy. Chantal and I along with the other hundred or so wedding guests swayed in a lazy drift around the ballroom. Everybody else might have been...
"Kate punishing Roger for misbehaving at a dinner party"
Around the time that agents Moore and Pires were following the Russians in Oxford Street, Kate Davenport was just a few blocks away in a lunchroom in Bond Street. She had been shopping all morning and almost arrived late for...
"A story about power and sex and politics"
Becca had just left her office and was walking to Starbucks for a coffee when one of her burner phones rang. It had to be Natasha because no one else had the number for that phone. The second burner had...