"The world outside of school is a hard and sweetly bitter place."
Morgana Hale left the churchyard with dirt under her nails and a hollow ache in her chest that no amount of tears could fill. The world outside Surrey felt vast and hostile, the moors whispering secrets she wasn’t ready to...
"She flies like she’s untouchable. Someone challenges that."
CHAPTER ONE==1.5 YEARS AFTER THE BREAKUP==The base pulsed with heat and noise. That dry, metallic kind of heat that gets into your teeth and makes everything look like a mirage.The flight line shimmered as heat waves rose off the concrete,...
"What happened after Thomas found his wife with another woman?"
This story begins were the first part left off with Thomas finding his wife with another woman.I felt my soul drop like a stone in a well. Panic and shame had replaced all pleasure. Thomas’s shadow loomed above us, dark...
"Submission stops flirting and settles in."
CHAPTER 17: THE SHAPE OF SUBMISSIONThe next morning, sunlight spilled through the loft’s tall windows in soft, unbroken sheets and caught on floating dust motes. The space was warm with the smell of fresh coffee and toast, and the morning...
"The intern starts to see opportunities."
After such a special and mesmerizing weekend, Jane and the other women had to return to work. It was Monday morning and the intern was back at the office. Veronica and Jane had a hard time not smiling and blushing...
"Belle collapsed against her, her face buried in the crook of Katarina’s neck, both of them gasping for air as the waves of ecstasy crashed over them."
The sun had begun its dramatic plunge toward the Tyrrhenian Sea, painting the Amalfi horizon in violent shades of bruised orange and deep violet. From the high vantage point of the villa, the water below was no longer turquoise but...
"Alexa meets her boyfriend's mother. And sparks fly"
Alexa looked outside the car as the landscape changed from the city to the suburbs. Signs of new townhomes available for sale were everywhere. Traffic had increased on Route 7 and had brought the car to a complete halt. D.C....
"The currents between jane and Lily take them deeper"
Friday evening found them leaving the city behind, Lily’s sleek BMW packed with weekend bags and an esky of simple provisions. The drive to the central coast cottage was quiet at first. Lily focused on the road, and Jane fiddled...
"One moment in the school bathroom changes everything."
The next morning, the alarm went off for a good few moments before Rick got up and turned it off. Usually, Victoria would wake up immediately, but today, she slept as if she hadn't heard the alarm at all. She...
"Evangeline let a human get inside her. What will it cost her?"
Lucene releases my skull, and I fall forward, face-first into the muddy grass of the graveyard. I stay prone, waiting for another blow to land, but nothing happens so I tentatively crawl up to all fours.Through my aching ribs, I...