Beth had no appetite for dinner yet she took her place at the dinner table. Her mind was preoccupied with the earlier events of the evening. She had met an attractive older female named Daria and felt an instant bonding as...
older woman
Beth was in her room getting ready to attend a wedding reception with her parents and she wasn't happy. Oh, she had loved any and all outings when she was a little girl as they were occasions for her to get all dressed up pretty. She loved the attention...
The Widow Next Door
"A neighborly act gets rewarded and then some."
Edith Downing had been my fifth grade teacher, as well as my next door neighbor, growing up. She had a daughter four or five years my junior, whom I babysat for a few times early in my high school days. I'd seen...
Playing with a Cougar
"Solomon meets a cougar..."
It was the end of a long week, and I was ready to finally relax. No one told me working life could be so hard.My name is Solomon. Yes, I know the cliché, did your mother think you would be...
The Quiet Pleasures of Miss Tessa Malone
"Tessa enjoys the softer pleasures of her day"
As she did each day, Miss Tessa Malone awoke in her bed with a smile on her face; not a broad exaggeration of the mouth, but rather a natural shape of contentment eased upon her plush lips. From the moment...
Runs in the Family, Part 3
"A few months later, Bianca can't stop thinking about Bruce"
It was astonishing how quickly a life of thirty years could fall apart. One single night, one simple mistake, one marriage dissolved. Bianca had her taste of Bruce, and she was satisfied. Or so she thought. But sleeping with Vince when...
The Phantom of Lakefield Manor
"A mysterious ghost appearance brings aunt, nephew and servant closer than ever"
It was nearly 5 PM when James Seaworth finally decided to put his book down."It's no use," he said, under his breath, "I just can't stay focused."After a couple of hours traveling by train from London, he was now in...
When the lights went off
"You want her and she wants you. Sometimes all it needs is something to break the ice."
It’s only when you get past your youth that you can see what your elders were thinking. Not just the wise things they were thinking, but the involuntary human emotions and urges. Like you might find yourself fancying one of...
Start At The Bottom, Work Your Way Up (Or, “Toes to Crotch”)
"First divorce client persuades lawyer to take her case, with a twist"
I was a young lawyer, eager to save the world, and very much in need of some real courtroom experience. Divorce work tended to be precisely the type of work that got young lawyers that fast-paced experience in litigation, and...
Fixed Wright Up
"A bent tent pole has her screen tent sagging. His pole certainly isn't sagging, though."
Tasha opened the door of her camper trailer and took a deep breath of the morning air. Dappled sunlight filtered through the trees to fall on her nude body, and she shivered from a still-crisp breeze. She covered her stiffening...