"At a New Year's Eve party, fantasy becomes reality when Erica meets David and discovers that playing with fire is more intoxicating than either of them imagined."
The bedroom light was low, a single lamp casting warm gold across the dresser mirror. Erica stood in front of it, fingertips smoothing the black dress over her hips one final time. The fabric clung exactly as she wanted -...
"Island summer job. The professor, his wife, plus some...."
I suppose, in retrospect, I could have known what was coming. Not literally, but figuratively. There are times in your life when you get a surprise so great that it jolts you from the fuzzy consciousness you thought was your...
"If you go down in the woods today, you'll surely be in for a surprise"
The snow had been falling since dawn, the kind of lazy, drifting flakes that looked pretty until you remembered you were driving up a mountain road with questionable tire tread. Ivy Hartley leaned forward over the steering wheel, her curly...
"While in close quarters, Dove lets her guard down with August."
August took the back roads away from town and toward the interstate. Sitting in his truck, I held my overnight bag like it was a life preserver tossed to me in choppy water."Pretty soon," he said, "we're gonna have a...
"David meets the arrogant man. Is he a potential love rival?"
It was Clare’s nineteenth birthday, and she was out celebrating in the city with Karen, Sarah, and me. Currently, we were in the popular “Luke’s Bar” waiting for the last two members of our group, Jaz and her boyfriend Rob,...
"Gwen helps hand out candy on Halloween"
Halloween fell on Friday that year. The weather had been unseasonably cold, and the weather reports hinted that there was the possibility of snow, but it was not until late that night. Gwen had texted Patti to ask if they...
"Introduction"
On a frigid early October Saturday, Gwen Kirkpatrick sat at a table in a tiny cafe, looking bored while sipping her chai tea. She'd finished half of her five-mile run with Paul, a guy who sat next to her in...
""When Matt’s sister-in-Law hits on him he isn’t sure what’s okay and what isn’t.""
Matt had just gotten out of the shower and was standing in front of the mirror applying moisturizer when his Ring doorbell chimed on his phone. He opened the alert and saw Debbie standing at his door; he felt his...
"When Matt’s sister-in-Law hits on him he isn’t sure what’s okay and what isn’t."
Matt grabs his tool bag from the back of his van and walks towards the front door. Using the keys, he lets himself in. “Hello?” he asks loudly at the front door. He hears movement upstairs.“Oh, hey,” Debbie, his sister-in-law, says...
"Flirting in a dance club leads to backseat fingering"
Getting ready in our beautiful suite at the luxurious Carlos IV hotel in Prague, Charlotte had showered and put on her loose-fitting knee-length blue dress, one of my favorites as it fitted tightly over her bust and loosely below the...