A seemingly accidental meeting aboard a delayed steam train draws poised university graduate Millicent Minstead into the orbit of Foreign Office operative James Wendover. What begins as polite conversation soon spirals into abduction, espionage, British Nazi sympathisers and dangerous attraction. As Europe edges towards war, the pair must decide whether they can trust each other — and how far they are willing to go for King and country.
1821: An imperfect recollection of an Old English Folk Song much embellished. Young Nancy is saved from deception and danger by an unexpected man in a red tunic.
The Hightower family are still grief-stricken by the loss of their two sons in the Great War. It is expected that Estelle, the only surviving Hightower child, will marry and provide an heir to the family title and estate. The prospect holds no attraction for Lady Estelle. Her only interests lie in parties, alcohol, drugs, and heartless affairs with female acquaintances. A young lady’s maid teaches her a lesson in love and duty, while also suggesting a solution to the family’s expectations.
Aunty Grace fought tooth and nail to raise her dead sister’s son into a fine young man. In 1940, on leave from the Navy, Terry finds himself trapped with her in a tiny makeshift air-raid shelter. As death seems imminent, he finally confesses his burning obsession with the only woman he’s ever truly desired. War does strange things to the moral compass.
> 1974. After years of fantasy and role-play, a couple finally are determined to explore the world of Swinging. What begins as curiosity soon becomes far more intoxicating than either of them expected when they meet a seductive, worldly couple from the East. Drawn into an atmosphere of temptation and desire, each discovers a hidden fantasy they never realised was waiting deep inside them.
In 1931, as the Great Slump threatens their elegant Swanage guesthouse, Lakmé Crawford hatches a scandalous plan: offer private “educational holidays” to bashful young gentlemen of means. With her husband’s reluctant blessing, the confident 51-year-old becomes tutor in the arts of pleasure. Business flourishes — until a powerful client arrives with demands of his own. Witty, steamy, and deliciously improper.
It is the 1960s a young husband badgers his wife into an act of kindness for an elderly neighbour. The favours slowly get more personal as the relationship between the three of them developes. All this has unexpected benefits in the following years?
In 1951 Lyme Regis, tearoom owner Howard Clifford is convinced his bossy wife Rosemary has little interest in sex. When handsome stocking salesman Peter Logan seeks lodgings, an outrageous gentlemen’s agreement is struck: if Peter can seduce the seemingly uninterested Rosemary, Howard will watch as the young nylon rep begins her thorough erotic education — and continues teaching them both, in any way he chooses. A wickedly naughty tale of 1950s seduction and marital transformation.
In 1955, a rural Dorset village is being blackmailed after a crime wave. At first the victims feel they have no choice but to comply with the blackmailer’s indecent demands. Eventually, the ladies decides to fight fire with fire.