The farmland that had fed two generations before me was barren. We were in the middle of The Dust Bowl, or, The Dirty Thirties, that’s what they had named the dust storms and drought that blew away the top soil...
historical
"Dearest. Oh, dearest. Please, we must be quiet. The servants will hear." "Mrs. Robinson, you know you bring the passion out in me. My love, just feel my need for you this fair night." With that he began thrusting deeper...
Two Worlds
"Fed up with his past, Travis moved West... and into a new, unexpected life!"
Travis Michael Dillon had seen enough. He had seen enough bloodshed. He had seen enough suffering. He had seen enough of the war. So in the spring of 1866, he decided to do something about it. The War Between the...
The Neglected Serving Girl
"After a month apart she has needs, but the inn has customers"
Annie was ready to scream with frustration. All day long she had been serving drinks and food to groups of knights, travelers, and merchants. Customers at the inn often leered at her or made comments about her body, but some...
London’s Burning
"As London burns, a couple come together"
Oh the miserable and calamitous spectacle! Such as haply the world had not seen since the foundation of it, nor be outdone till the universal conflagration thereof. All the sky was of a fiery aspect, like the top of a...
Memoirs of a Duchess, Part One
"The story of how Gabrielle made her way up the royal ladder..."
She slipped her fingers through her hair undoing the braid held high atop her head. The ebony strands fell, cascading down her shoulders and against her bare back, tickling her soft, smooth, olive skin. Outside were the gardens and Gabrielle...
Waiting for the Longships
"The Norse women wait for the Longships to return."
Astrid looked across the room at her son illuminated by the fire but obscured by the mist of its smoke. She hoped he wouldn’t wake up and wonder what his parents were doing on the straw mattress opposite. Not that...
The Dirty Wanderer
"Virginia's lust for bad boy Frank is ignited when a sexy stranger shows up in town."
Chapter One The first time he saved Virginia it was by chance. The clicking of heels against the cobblestone punctuated the whir of automobiles and the screech of the cable car coming to a halt. She passed by windows draped...
The Philosopher’s Tool
"As a philosopher, Chitineus knows he in his possession of more than one tool."
The oars struck the water in unison and with a monstrous heave were pulled up and out and propelled the ship forward. In time to the rhythm beaten out on the huge oxhide drum, the rowers once again followed the...
A Night in the Old South
"An English girl is caught up in the fall of the Old South when she visits her American cousin."
Ellen heard muffled voices somewhere off in the darkness and froze in her tracks. The rutted path upon which she struggled to keep her footing, had no doubt been recently trampled by soldiers on their way to and from the...