After his mother's death, John withdraws from the world, taking a job as a projectionist in an odd, little Tribeca movie theater. Dana comes there night after night, looking for something in the old movies he plays. Together, they decide whether they want anything to do with the world anymore.
Mark bumps into Kelly, a girl he went to high school with. And while he has done well for himself, Kelly has had it a lot harder. Mark sees that she is pregnant and struggling, so he asks her to come to dinner with him. It was supposed to be just a couple of friends having dinner, but old feelings stir once again...
Christine's Husband Carl had been away for a month at a time in Florida working on the power lines downed by the aftermath of several hurricanes. Christine finally decided that if there was to ever be sex in the house she needed to take more control. Meanwhile their neighbor has been educating not only her daughter but her friends son.
Once inseparable friends, Sarah-Anne suddenly dropped out of Jennifer's life. Now Sarah-Anne is wearing a steel collar and university student Jennifer would really like to know why. A chance reunion pulls Jennifer deeper and deeper into Sarah-Anne's dominant-submissive relationship with Pete. But does Jennifer dare to get involved in something so kinky? As Jennifer is drawn into their strange erotic world, she discovers a lot about her own personality and desires.
Roger Wheatley was a widowed school maths teacher. When Georgina, a new pupil, needed individual tutoring he soon became besotted with her, but he understood, deep in his heart, that it was hopeless. A gorgeous seventeen-year-old girl couldn't possibly want him that way. Could she?
Clare Harlow is fifteen and, through no real fault of her own, is at the last chance saloon of schools. Within days she's in trouble again, and again she is relatively blameless. But Clare is no shrinking violet and she's not going to take it lying down.