Michael Stewart does a good turn for a homeless family on Christmas Eve. As he supports the family he is drawn to the abused, pretty mother, and into the family's problems. Life would not be the same after this, he thought. Little did he know how different it would be.
Claudia's Condition Three women are abducted, destined to die by the date on the calendar. Another woman is abducted because a killer wants deadly revenge. What if you are shot and left for dead because you're not a woman? Miraculously, the women are rescued. Soon their stories become old newspaper headlines and faded memories. Life goes on but how will they survive? How will they live on? How do they heal? Dan Davenport said it best. "The more we live our lives, the more those two bastards lose!"
A Haruya and Kayo - Package Deal Story Part of the Haruya and Kayo series universe
An invitation for a shopping date forces Haruya to confront his growing feelings for Kayo. As their relationship deepens, he struggles to navigate their unconventional arrangement, leading to newfound confidence that changes their dynamic forever.
In Vivianne Jordan's restaurant, the staff works naked. Her sons sleep in cages. When a shadow consortium offers to buy her system and build a city of slaves, the head cook must burn her kingdom down—or watch it become a nightmare.
Frank keeps a diary beginning with the day he gives his daughter Dylan a mini camcorder for Christmas. He soon discovers she has used it to take naughty videos of herself and her friend Amber. Frank gets a little too excited and jerks off. Feeling guilty, he confesses to Amber's dad. All four begin a journey of exploration beginning with a game of Truth or Dare. (NOTE: I posted this on ASSTR in '07, although I never finished it. This is the same story, only edited a bit.)
A Story from The Town Step back into the world of The Analyst, The Chef, The Practitioner, and The Clerk with this collection of character-driven short stories. From epilogues to unexpected new beginnings, these tales expand the lives of familiar faces, introduce intriguing new characters, and reveal that every ending is simply the start of another story. Each story differs in tone, themes, and levels of intimacy—some contain none, while others are more explicit.
When their eighteen-year-old daughter leaves for a week-long trip, Lena and Manos find themselves alone in the house for the first time in years. What begins as a quiet agreement to explore the edges of their desire quickly deepens. Over seven days they test boundaries, exchange control, and rediscover each other through escalating intimacy. A dual-perspective novel about marriage, longing, and the fragile space between habit and rediscovery.
Summer, 1990. Eric and his twin sister Abby are working at Summer Lake, a beloved but outdated lakefront resort in the North Woods. The guests are geriatric and the management is out of touch. Eric and Abby naturally gravitate toward the outcasts of the teenage staff, fellow victims of the in-crowd bullies, but they’re determined to have the best summer of their lives anyway.