A heartwarming tale with a brief, sad beginning, and a full happy ending. Wendel buys his mother a pair of high-heel shoes. A hint of magical realism encourages them to dance.
When Angel was a little girl, she liked her name and did everything she could to live up to it. She was an insufferable little brat. But when puberty kicked in, she became Ang, and the brat became an avarice self-centered creature. In other words, a teenager. When she met Chris and his beautiful car, things got interesting.
He's old, he's mysterious, he's the school janitor, and he supplies willing female students with upcoming test sheets. In return for certain favors of course.
The author takes his memories of a might-have-been girlfriend and pushes them to his limits of fantasy. If he could be totally selfish in manipulating a woman to be his ultimate sex toy, what would he wish for and what would he want. As she steps down the aisle during the wedding ceremony, he remembers "steps" in the process of her becoming his fantasy woman. If you want to see him forced to even things out, somewhat, look for the companion story "Further Down the Aisle."
They are working on the weekend and become trapped in the lift during a storm. She freaks out at the confined space, so he finds a way of distracting her from her fears.
Tessa Midderhelm's loving husband and brother, Alec, suddenly seems to have lost his appetite for sex, and she's getting frustrated. While being extremely loving, he seems to have no interest in giving her some physical loving. Luckily, their nephew, the handsome Fabian Pockette, is around to keep her occupied on her husband's late hours. When they begin to get too close, Tessa tries to put a stop to it--only to discover her husband is endorsing their relationship in all aspects.