Delores Masters, the owner of the small boutique, made it a point to take one or two promising students as interns and employees and mentor them in the many facets of marketing and retail. Dee Monde had a staff of eighteen, all female and all over fifty, save for Lara and another student, Jolene who was a high school senior and was employed as a stock girl Friday evening, all day Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
Isabella has moved to Las Vegas and has a new job as a Tarot card reader on an open phoneline. She is making good money and learning new things about herself. Her stuffed teddy bear knows all her secrets. Then she meets an Indian medicine man who makes a lasting impression right where it really counts.
Davie was the idiot of the area and most locals either laughed at him or pitied him until I caught a glimpse of what Davie had between his legs and after telling my wife our perception of him changed.
Duke Gerhardt had a problem - or, rather, the country he ruled had a problem - his solution was not politically correct, and shocked his advisers. If you're used to my writing, this one may shock you, too, so check the codes carefully. Some relate to later chapters. This is not romantic, though there is a little romance here or there.
Fourteen-year-old son of a movie star, Trent, has a thing about being submissive to dominant teachers and is caught at it at his boarding school. His step-father takes him to an exclusive male-only Colorado ski resort with an unusual idea of how Trent should face the consequences of his submissiveness.