This is one of many of what I call "The Laura Stories". Each of the stories is written as if it were her first time - just something I prefer. This one is about lovely Laura at a film lab with her boss, and they have to work late to get the film done for the next day. It gets hot in a film lab - in more ways than you thought.
Helen is pleasantly surprised to discover that the men sent to install her deck aren't the unattractive louts with plumber's crack that she expected. The chiseled, shirtless young men tempt her all day, and an overheard conversation sparks possibilities. Does she dare?
I was supposed to be out late, but my plans became cancelled. My sister was supposed to be home alone bored, but she was having a slumber party. Now I was stuck in my room bored and my sister was having fun with her two friends. My night didn't stay that way.
Despite the difference in their ages a widower finds love with his young neighbour, Elizabeth. After his death, she in turn finds happiness with a young man, Robert, who she meets when she knocks him off his motor-bike. When she knows she is dying she grooms a replacement. But Sarah is young and there are many problems in the restrictive English university of the 1970's where he is her tutor. Will Robert and Sarah find happiness? The matter is in doubt right up to the end.