Two years in the deepest and worst part of hell and I had enough to buy land. While digging a well the earth slips and he drops into what was the entrance to a mage burial chamber. It was filled with mage books with pages of gold. There was no one that could afford the gold but... He could trade it for help from a mage to keep his farm safe. Only safe is relative when there are mage creatures straying from hell into your fields.
Family gifts are passed down usually as little baubles, but sometimes they are a little more. Hunger may only be skin deep but family secrets run deeper.
A woman researching the BDSM world for an article meets a Dom who changes her world. They gradually find their way to a relationship that meets both their needs.
A story in the Toby Wakefield Stories Universe
Fourteen year old Rosie Kowalski and her family moves across the street from Toby Wakefield. She becomes friends with Kathy Warren who is having sex with Toby. Kathy entices Rosie to join them in the woods where Toby, having been schooled in sexual matters by Sister Natalie, Mother Superior at the local Catholic Church. Toby takes Rosie's virginity and imparts his sexual knowledge that has so lovingly been passed on to him by the "worldly" nun.(Meet Sister Natalie in "Penguin's Preference").
It was in November that Brian broke his neck and became paralyzed. He still had motion in his arms but his fine motor skills and his fingers were affected. The nerve damage to his legs was complete and he would be using a wheelchair for the rest of his life. He wondered at the time if he would ever have sex again. It was only the following summer that his questions were happily answered by the personal care attendant he and his mother had hired.