Before London had really started swinging, before the Summer of Love, there was rural England — where duty mattered, marriages endured, and women were expected not to ask for too much. But in the summer of 1964, one lonely shopkeeper begins to wonder if life has passed her by. Then, during one extraordinary afternoon, a pop group, a Mars Bar, and a tub of petroleum jelly alter a wife and mother’s life forever.
1989. In Bournemouth’s cafés and Amsterdam’s glowing windows, Sandra and Mathew discover that exhibitionism has a name — and an appetite. From teasing flashes on the promenade to scandalous performances in the Red Light District, their marriage becomes a reckless game of temptation. As the old saying goes, “if it’s not for sale, they shouldn’t put it in the window.” Just how they far are they willing to go?
In post-war Dorset, no-nonsense Doctor Andrew Craddock — a North Africa veteran — meets his match in Sister Celeste Lanyon, a dedicated nurse emotionally scarred by the Bristol Blitz. Their village practice hides her private addiction, leading Andrew deeper into her world. What begins as rural medicine becomes an old fashioned game of doctors and nurses, where boundaries dissolve and strange love proves the ultimate drug.
In 1821 Dorchester, gullible but well-endowed Barnaby marries the seductive older widow Delilah. What starts as eager nightly passion turns into cuckold delight when he spies her "fortune-telling" sessions — riding naked gentlemen for coin. Instead of fury, Barnaby grows rock-hard watching. But when his rival Colm claims her too, jealous lust leads to one ball-shattering, scandalous climax. A filthy Regency tale of naive passion, slut wife betrayal, and sticky revenge.
A seaside photographer and his mature wife grasp an opportunity. Saucy postcards lead to an Edwardian motion picture romp. Monkey business follows as the lady gets more involved than was originally planned when the upper classes get involved.
In 1630s Dorset, rich and powerful Lord John possesses a beautiful, charitable wife who is the model of grace and virtue by day. When he spies Lady Mary committing a shockingly indecent act through his new telescope, their marriage ignites. The devoted couple embarks on ever-riskier adventures: she craves the thrill of losing all control to strangers, while he revels in secretly watching her delicious debauchery. A loving, wicked partnership is born.
A Story in the Historical Romance Universe
1935 Dorchester, Dorset, England. A shop assistant embarks on a steamy love affair with an older man. This brings her romance, kinky sex, love, and eventually heart-break.
Ever since their days at Oxford, respectable vicar Cedric and his devoted wife, Phyllida, have shared an obsession with the mythical creatures of antiquity. They live a quiet life in rural Dorset until a group of hippies camps near their church. On a cider-and-acid-fuelled night in 1968, the couple’s mythical obsessions collide with reality. Hurdy Gurdy Man echoes from the surrounding hills, leading to a wild, hallucinatory orgy that changes everything for the vicar and his wife.
May, a war widow struggling to keep her Dorset smallholding alive after the brutal winter of 1946/47, is close to despair when two charming drifters arrive offering help in exchange for board and lodging. Their kindness, humour and dangerous influence draw her into acts she would once have thought unthinkable. By the time they vanish with the summer, they have left her carrying far more than memories. A reason to live.