When Claire and Larry get married, her grandmother gives her an old family heirloom that has unusual powers and is designed to keep the marriage as fresh and new as it was for as long as they both shall live.
A Story in the Happily Ever...For Now Universe
Veronica, a woman in her mid 30's has had about all she can take. Her father died on the same day she learned of her husband's infidelity. She takes her cousin up on an offer of a vacation to a remote island off the coast of Puerto Rico. When she meets the handsome and much younger driver who works for her cousin, her vacation in solitude suddenly has a temptation she finds hard to resist.
As a hot-blooded teenager, Daniel was well-aware of the joys and pleasures offered by members of the opposite sex. When he made plans for spending the summer with his aunt and uncle on their farm, he hoped to find out about some country girl pussy. Little did this unsuspecting young man know, but he would find plenty of romance and hot pussy in the arms of his heartbroken aunt.
A man's hand is forced, and he must move on. For a time he is subject to things imposed upon him. Eventually he regains control and obtains a measure of satisfaction.
A Waikiki PI Story
Waikiki PI story #2. A fetching Vietnamese woman lures Joe into a troubling world filled with ghosts of his father's former life. Much edited and improved reposting of "Sister Lovers," the second Waikiki PI story (formerly attached to the first). Please read "The First Case" before this to understand characters.
A Billy Oldham Story Join Billy Oldham and his wives in their war against Bushwhakers in Missouri in the 1850s. The Civil War had already started out here in the West, and Billy gets caught up in a private war of extermination. This story is about the Wild West that nurtured the likes of Jesse and Frank James. The dialog has dialect, but the rest of the story does not, so it should be easy to read. There is no overt sex, but they characters do talk about it.
Cory Wilkinson comes home to find his sister lost in the throws of passion with her boyfriend. That, and the frustrations of dealing with his own girlfriend, make him realize that the connection he and his sister once had is now missing. Read how the events of this one day changed that oversight.
Edited from original version and re-posted.