This is a variation of my short story Born in David's Basement. It concerns Michael and David and their frustrating relationship, where David is hopelessly anti-gay and Michael is hopelessly confused. Enter Michelle, his alt-universe alter ego who saves the day. Read my note to the reader at the beginning of the story before reading.
It is time for Cavanaugh to find other employment than as a lawman. Things are getting a mite to hot in the old west. It is not just the bad guys but the constant demand on his reproductive services by needy females.
A wonderful vacation in the city for little Cicily with Grandma Irene was interrupted by a simple 'bump and run' purse snatch. But John Martin Seals, a banker by trade, was nearby to help out. Little did he know that seduction was in the future for him.
When a mother discovers her son can't have kids with his wife she begins a plan to make him think he can. At the same time she begins to bring her daughter in law and her husband together in hopes she will get the grandchildren she desperately wants.
Lori leaves Tom a voice mail asking him to meet her the next morning in their workplace conference room. Well, they meet and then they "meat" each other.
A story in the Brennan Universe
The first appearance of "The Kitten," "The cutest baby in the whole world." The birth has created a hiatus in the Brennan's sex life. And the Kitten's cries bring interruptions. Still, they persevere.
Visiting the husband's family, a couple steal a little time for themselves during a rainstorm. They are in a gazebo at the end of his parents' overgrown back garden.