Amelia and Drake walk into their hotel room at Circus Circus. This will be their home next seven days. Her parents have a room down the hall, and several other relatives are also here with them. Drake's dad will join...
romantic
Amelia wakes the next morning with her head on Drake's bare chest. She looks up and kisses his cheek, he is already awake. He pulls her close and kisses her deep and passionately. Soon they are lost in the moment, Drake...
At nineteen, Amelia was ready to leave her parents home, and rule, but was scared. She had watched too many news reports, and read so many stories of young women being violated, assaulted, and much much worse. Luckily, she shared...
The Space Under The Staircase
"Even when faced with dire dangers, unexpectedly beautiful things can happen."
Life in Paris for the past four years had been horrendous under the Nazi occupation. Guy LaSalle and his family had managed to scrape by and remain one of the families the Germans had not prosecuted.However, between the walls of...
I woke clammy again my heart racing in my chest My dream though a bit foggy was also so painfully real.It was that fateful day again replaying itself like a broken record. The day I made the biggest mistake of...
Frightful Weather is Delightful
"A first date evolves as the weather turns"
The evening wasn't going as planned, but that was a good thing. It was supposed to just be drinks after work but it had turned into dinner and now they were still lingering in the restaurant hours later.David looked around...
Great Southern Land – Finding freedom on a prisoner’s island
"The memory of a winter past maps a summer of discovery"
There is a photograph, a picture taken many years ago. And it stands on the mantlepiece in our family home.The photograph is dominated by a young woman, blonde and beautiful with her hair in pigtails. And the dappled winter light...
Lori had been sitting at her desk for over an hour. She was supposed to be doing research, but instead, she sat there staring at her screen and thinking of her options.On the one hand, she could just allow herself...
The Highwayman Chapter 2: Upstairs, Downstairs
"The lady of the house interviews a new hire."
She was a new hire and was already terrified of him. Good, that was part of his job. He was taking her through the mansion, introducing her to the various servants living and working below stairs. As he understood it,...
From Paris with Love!
"That one fateful day came back with a bang"
Built upon an everlasting loveOf a billion dreamsThat someday will come trueFor a future of being with you.To the start of a new beginningsFor the story of how we fell in loveOn that one fateful dayFour seasons ago.Amongst the autumnal...