A Proper Cure: chapters 1-6

"A beautiful married woman seeks a cure for her malaise"

Chapter One: A respectable houseMartha Wharton surveyed the unspoken, hidden chaos of her house. It wasn’t actually her house, of course. She was a cockney immigrant to New York. She had arrived as a fifteen-year-old in 1857, and started as...

“Bonding” – Chapter 17:- “Fully Bonded”

"This is the final chapter in the book Bonding..."

Fuelled with pizza, champagne and laughter, we left Brenda and Paula alone in the hot tub and retired to the coloured bedroom, the mutually agreed yellow one.All day, the three of us had been sexually worked up. We did not...

In a New York Minute – Part Fourteen – Chapters 53-56

"Mac and Grace still burn for each other, even as they balance work life and parenting."

Chapter Fifty-ThreeGrace was busy pumping her breast milk on a sunny morning in late February. While she had decided to stop breastfeeding now that her baby had one tooth in and another on the way, she and Mac had agreed...

“Bonding” – Chapter 15:- “Model Material”

"Brenda's photo shoot with Clare, Sarah as models and surprisingly, David joins in..."

With Brenda’s “humble abode” tour now over, we went to see how Paula was getting along with Clare’s makeup and hair. It had been the best part of an hour since we had last seen her. As we walked, I...

The Beauty of Broken Things: Part Two

"A single photograph can save a life and heal hearts"

Chapter Six: The Girl that was not Quite TessaThe snow had begun to fall in earnest long before Tessa reached the first streetside motel she could find, somewhere down Brooklyn Bridge Boulevard. Though not a large dog, the weight of...