Ivan Merciant was a political convict for 20 terran-years, freed by smugglers to locate the lost Treasury of the wealthy Merciants, once Dukes of Como Prime in the days of the old Galactic Empire. Led by two murderous smugglers, financed by Lillian, a Republican courtesan, related to the dead Emperor, served by the everloving domestic help Selene, they embark to navigate a treacherous triple-sun system to find hidden treasure, knowing survival depends on the greed of their present crew mates.
Rylee lay in bed softly touching herself as she cried. She missed her dad so much. A story about a teen daughter's journey to become her father's lover after her parents divorce.
A shy virgin receives a dire prediction from the fortune teller at the Halloween festival. There is a darkness stalking her, but what it seeks is something she longs to lose.
The private account of mother-of-two, Natalie, thirty-seven years old at the time, and how she came to be seduced by a fourteen-year-old friend of her son's.
It was a silly, sexy idea, made to Nancy by an author she'd been chatting with on SOL. She'd confessed that she found some of her son and daughter's friends attractive, and he'd suggested that, next time they were over, she should go 'sans panties'. What harm could it do?
Jillian, once a brilliant woman with a promising career, put her professional ambitions on hold to support her husband Michael and focus on raising their son Jonathan. The story delves into the psychological unraveling of a woman whose sense of self has been torn apart, exploring themes of motherhood, sacrifice, infidelity, and the dark impulses that emerge when trust is betrayed, leading to a fateful night and a game of Truth or Dare - played by mother and son.