Sweet young Clarissa seduces Tom, an older man, on a Greyhound bus. He takes her home with him but tries to resist her charms. He soon falls under spell, however, and discovers innocence is not defined by experience.
Sometimes, a midnight snack is more. In the darkness, a warm magic exists, an extension to reality, a power beyond hunger. A romance that bends the darkness. An angelic moment.
This is an ending to Troubadors original start that deals with the pain and emotion of betrayal between two people who love each other deeply. It is not a stroke story. It points out that all transgressions come with a price to be paid by everyone involved, none escape. Hearts and lives are broken, careers made and destroyed, and there is a good old ass kicking. It is a journey of hope.
Losing a loved one to an illness you can't fight is rough. Darkness sets in. People share advice. 'Time heals all', and 'it's always darkest just before the dawn'. Charlie lost Allie. Natalie lost her, too. They found each other and saw the sun rise. When they found Allison, another Allie, in a quirk of fate, there might as well have been two suns. For Charlie, there truly was a Dawn Beyond the Darkness.
Dave thought everything in his life was perfect, until... Not everyone responds to crises in the same way. Dave was level-headed in most situations, but he was about to be tested. Can he put his life back together?
A 42 year old woman visits her older brother as he is recovering from cancer. They reestablish the close relationship they had as teen-agers and she helps him overcome his impotence.