"Pleasant surprise in a new city on the very first day"
Chris eased his car under the hotel’s covered entrance, the engine’s low purr fading into the quiet night. He stepped out, drawn by the golden light spilling from the windows, the murmur of laughter and clinking glasses pulling him toward...
"She had nothing to be grateful for..."
She had nothing to be thankful for…As vacationers flocked to the area for the Thanksgiving holiday, Kelly sat on the beach, looking at the water. Sitting on this powdery sand and staring into the blue-green water made things seem less...
"Love and faith join forces in the plains of Africa."
Taboka lost himself in the liquid brown pools of his wife's eyes, inches above his, swiping away her tears.Their bodies bucked as one beneath the thatch, fiery fingers of African sunset piercing gaps in the mud brick walls, painting her...
"... rather than feeling like they were cheating, they felt like they were the ones who had been cheated ..."
“So, you like your sex to venture outside the bedroom?” Shane chuckled at Leah, taking a step sideways to bump his shoulder playfully into hers as they strolled side by side.“Absolutely!” She leaned over into him and gave the incoming...
"A lifeguard and a mysterious beauty in paradise. Who rescues who?"
I live and work in paradise. I’m thirty years old and have been a lifeguard for more than fifteen years. For the last eight I’ve been the guard at Wineglass Beach on the east coast of small island in the waters south...
"Life isn't perfect. But there are moments that are."
The sun has just now settled low enough that Ava no longer has to shield her eyes to gaze Westward, so she wedges her sunglasses up into her wind-blown hair as she surveys the horizon. She's able to pick out...
"Down on her luck, Lily travels half-way across the world for road-trip of a lifetime."
My name’s Lily, my story begins October 2008.At twenty-seven, I was unexpectedly made redundant. At the time, I went through a barrage of emotions, but once my hefty redundancy cheque cleared in my bank, it softened the blow somewhat! For...
"…and tufts of wild grass that whisper all day"
Playful bright pinks and soft pastel blues,Tangerine sherbet on the horizon infuseA palette of evening huesWhich your heart and soul embrace with delight,The majestic display of the eventide light.Watching a consumed sun cast its last dying raysIgniting cloud wisps in...
"Sometimes a loss isn't really..."
As the sun begins to set Beyond a sea of blue Once again, As always My thoughts turn to you I don’t remember now Why or how we chose to part All I know for certain Is you broke my...
"You only find that person who can love the real you once and it has nothing to do with age"
Wake up, blink sleep out of your eyes, look around and see,it is a whole new day and I am here to stay.The sun is up, blazing burning bright,It fades the darkness if only for today.You only get one chance,...