In the shimmering heat of a Southampton estate, Clara, a 40-something housewife draped in privilege, glides through lush gardens, her barely-there bikini a dare to unseen eyes. The infinity pool beckons, where a provocative game with her inner circle sparks forbidden thrills. Watched by a shadowy enforcer and lenses that never blink, Clara’s every move defies the chains of her gilded world.
This is a story of a young woman, who is all alone in the world, finding a new but unusual family. The first two chapters are romantic with no sex but the third one makes up for it.
Magda, a Vegas call girl, is pregnant by an Unknown Sperm Donor. She marries Kevin, a Dallas gazillionaire. Her daughter Sonja grows up and ultimately follows Magda into The Life. Magda is destined for success.
The Senate minority leader, along with his lover, are found shot to death. Under pressure, a high school boy attempts to blackmail the president's older daughter with a sexually explicit video. The minority leader's wife, who has long shared her husband's opposition to the president in office, finds her own views changing. Ignoring her own safety to protect the daughter of a president whose policies she despises brings this jaded Washington operator a moment of stunning clarity. Brief violence.
An older story from the classic days of ASSM. A young student is forced by an evil professor to work at the faculty club after saying those words one should never say, "I'll do anything." Yes, it could have been continued but...