Dan is a middle-aged divorced engineer living in an apartment complex. There's a young teen who's recently moved in. She's living with her grandmother and things are in a turmoil in her head, if not her life.
Lily, a young teen, is on a journey of sexual discovery involving her best friend and her family, her teacher, and her own parents. I kept going back and forth about whether this was an "incest" or "coming of age" story, but settled on incest because I did not want to surprise readers who don't want to read about that.
Steve loved riding his dirt bike. But when he fell into some cactus and he needed some first aid, the only one there was his own mother. You know where this is going...
Sometimes you're not even looking. Sometimes you're just bumping along in life and something different drops into your life and you find out that things unexpected can be quite wonderful. Barry's daughter thinks Barry might benefit from a little companionship. He doesn't buy into HER idea, but what happens in spite of him takes off in a whole different direction.
A Zoe Story Continuing Zoe's story after her marriage to Alex, and telling of their involvement in breaking a sex-trafficking ring; with a little help from their friends. This story parallels 'Pippa', a 'Serendipity' story. There are references to rape, but these are off-stage