Written from a female perspective. A young woman returns home from College to find that after the death of her father, her mother has married his business partner. Unfortunately he has taken a very dominant view of his position in the family.
A The demonic one Story The second accompanying story to "The night is dark". Telling how a twenty seven year old nun, Sister Magdalene, who had never experienced life out with her Convents walls, became a part of Dearglil's fledgling Coven.
Female-perspective bisexual: A young widow wonders if she should feign reluctance when Lord Thomas and Lady Emma, both lovers of hers, invite her to picnic on the banks of the Thames during the Henley Regatta in Victorian England.
Four rather plain middle aged women are part of a 2,000 year mission to settle a distant planet, using cryogenics and genetic engineering to stay alive long enough. Yes, genetic engineering. And a long time.
Frustrated by a lack of success finding holiday romance Brooke decided to explore some of the more remote areas of Tahiti. Language difficulties meant that she thought the herbs an old lady gave her were something to help her sleep. They weren't. They really, really weren't.