"A little attention, affection, a little pressure relief. What you don’t see is the dance."
It is Saturday morning and I’m doing housekeeping chores. A white T-shirt, nearly transparent with wear, and lavender sleep shorts. No kids home, so no need for a robe or a bra, and I don’t have to get dressed 'til...
"a change in the focus of his efforts to please opens up new avenues on a voyage of discovery"
Josh took the keycard from the hotel receptionist with a rueful smile. He had never once seen himself as a victim, but the absences caused by his brain injury were inconvenient sometimes, to say the least.By the time the world...
"In old age, a lady remembers her first time"
The sofa broke my fall with a gentle bounce that propelled me back onto his body, into his arms. I leant up, and our mouths melded seamlessly into one. We both fumbled with the other’s clothes, kissing frantically. What I...
"A wife confesses; her husband already knows."
Marge was sitting at the small table, looking out the window and wringing her hands together. Her eyes were moist; not full of tears, not yet, but right on the verge. When she heard me enter, though, the first one...
"When I think of Dani, it’s this moment."
When I think of youit is not the ending—the way you ran to meoutside Starbucksthe desperate kissesthe way we held each otherknowing that thesewere the last momentsof that special spacewe had built over a year—The space where it wasjust you...
"Colleagues to lovers in the wide open American West."
Hanna submerged herself in the dark water and then reappeared between my knees. She pressed her hands over her forehead to wring the extra water from her long brown hair and smiled.“Ok, Adam, you’re next. Tell us something sexy.”I thought...
"In the "spirit" of love!"
Jack was living in Memphis when he got the news that both his parents had passed away, and he was the sole heir of the family home. After his twin sister died from a tragic accident in the room they...
"Come, Cara. We'll have a little pleasure. Then you'll be able to sleep."Nodding to his caring face, I follow to our bed. The love is short and sweet.Rolling apart, I wait for his soft, snoring purr before thinking of her.My...
"He takes me back to everything I once was"
For me, he is Paris and cigarettes.He takes me to a time when I was younger and the world was gritty: a time of experimentation and wonder.I have not passed into antiquity, but I have passed into experience. When he...
"Holly’s resemblance to her mother awakens both memories and desires"
Holly was naked.I stood in the doorway of my home office, momentarily entranced by the sight. My goddaughter looked back at me from the bathroom doorway. Her expression looked a bit like a deer caught in headlights. I ducked back...
