He braced himself. “So tell me.”
Sadie ran a canine over her lower lip, eyes darting around for a moment, preparing herself to tell her husband the worst part. The worst part was all he’d ever asked for. A hand job. To her it was the worst part, but somehow the prelude she de...
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When it was done he lay with her, both of them naked on their bed, sun and breeze coming in the opened doors, the curtain gently dancing, an oblong of bright bur...
2021-02-05 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It was a real shitty thing to do to him, but he wasn’t even mad right now, just so happy to see her safe and alive. It was near the Bayside Restaurant...
2021-02-03 01:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
There was a bar on the arrival jetty where he sat for almost two hours now. The jetty was where they’d disembarked when they arrived at the resort four days ago, and the bar ...
2021-02-01 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThree-quarters of an hour later, she emerged on the beach again, sweaty but invigorated. After the yoga class, the hotel had provided fluffy, white towels, and she’d toweled off and chatted with some of the other women in her class while they all gathered themselves. Soon as she put the wrap on...
2021-01-31 01:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostSadie was a real riot, and she left him chuckling, sitting in the lounger watching his movie but thinking of what she’d said. She’d sashayed all the way up the beach, swinging those hips, and he watched until those flip-flops of hers mounted the back steps to the deck, and she disappeared bey...
2021-01-30 00:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Everything changed their fourth day at the resort. They woke to blissful early morning sunshine. It flooded their villa; their heads turned on the pillows, looking at...
2021-01-28 00:59:59 +0000 UTC View PostIt was like every bit of strength inside him leaked from his husk after he’d come. It took a tremendous effort to heave his weight off Sadie, and he collapsed beside her. They both panted heavily, skin slick with sweat. There was a thin whistle in his breath. It sounded like that first morning ...
2021-01-24 01:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostArms tangled, mouths locked on one another, they stumbled across the room. Teddy lead her on her high heels, clacking backward as their suite door closed behind them. They fell on the bed, Teddy on top of her. His hardness pressed her stomach. One of his hands reached down, grabbed her skirt and ...
2021-01-19 01:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostHope everyone had a great Christmas, and you all got what you wanted and gave to the ones you love as well!
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What the hell kind of notes did she write?
That’s what consumed him now . . .
There was a mental image he had of Sadie that he couldn’t ...
2020-12-28 01:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe hot dog thing was pretty funny, though she could tell Graham got squirmy, worried she was unhappy. One thing that could turn her Teddy’s smile upside down was her displeasure. It was the biggest turn-on. You could search a long time and never find a man like Graham, one who doted—but not ...
2020-12-24 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHokay! I do have a situation here and that's why I went darkish. Things aren't good, ha ha, but I appreciate everyone asking after me.
First: I'm fine, it isn't me. But it's been a bad two weeks nonetheless. I hate divulging anything here, but you all are so good to me that I'd lik...
2020-12-18 00:45:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe walk north on the beach from the Cape Ginger steakhouse should have been peaceful. Instead it was filled with dread and the worst dark, twisting of regret he’d ever felt. What had he done? How selfish was he? He and Kimmy were playing a game against Devlin. Devlin had exposed to him in secr...
2020-12-02 01:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis may be only for the long-timers, but did we ever talk about the darker ending of Cherry Blossoms?
I don't remember if it ever came up in the comments.
There is a darker metaphysical ending (hail, Lord Crowley) that is right there unhidden and only for interpretation.
2020-12-01 01:36:55 +0000 UTC
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The Cape Ginger’s bathroom didn’t use liquid soap, they used bar soap, which was weird, except the bar was new and unused, and she wondered if they replaced them after every customer. Some sort of bathroom attendant lurking where she couldn’t see. The bar of soap was very small; shaped like...
2020-11-30 04:33:55 +0000 UTC View PostMaggie told her that Cole knew what they'd done. And that he was fine with it. Of course he’d be. And Maggie said he’d been disappointed he wasn’t there. She’d hid it from her face when Maggie said that, but it was an awful thought. Four people in bed together? All of them doing what?
... 2020-11-30 00:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostMags had class with Keely on Tuesday, and said everything seemed okay. Their friendship seemed the same she said, Keely happy and bubbly, her normal self. Maggie apologized for being a downer, she told him, and Keely said she got it. He didn’t ask Maggie if they’d talked about them all gettin...
2020-11-29 01:05:13 +0000 UTC View PostIn the dark, Cole said, “He’s going to ask.”
“Ask what?”
His head turned on the pillow to face her. “You know what.”
Her eyes didn’t meet his, stayed on the open door to their ensuite bathroom, the mirror still fogged from their hot bath. “I know he will,” sh...
2020-11-24 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostOn the couch, draped over Cole’s hard body, she lay with her cheek at his collar. Sleepy eyes cast on the bottle of wine on the table and the two almost empty glasses. She stirred, and his hand went to hold her. She ran an inside thigh over his knee and kissed his neck. She said, “I’m so gl...
2020-11-20 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostTheir waiter and another server appeared, emerging from the dining room onto the patio, both of them in their smart but comfortable Cape Ginger attire: black shorts, black knee socks, white linen shirts with crisply ironed collars.
“Oh, thank God,” Kimmy said in anticipation. “I’m <...
2020-11-15 01:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe enormous paper lantern globe that hung above their private table softened the light that shone within, and it fell in pale pastel brushstrokes on his wife’s perfect face; Kimmy’s narrow eyes shone reflected sparks when she would toss her head a certain way while she spoke to Devlin. An an...
2020-11-11 01:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe maid service came by at noon and left the place spotless. Saturday night, he and Oslo, Simon, Jax, and Watson went to TD Garden, watched the Celtics in the playoffs. They took a limo to Ruth’s Chris, smoked cigars, came back home and drank bourbon and shot the shit till 2 A.M. The guys were...
2020-11-09 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThere wasn’t an ounce of fat on Kimmy Chang’s body. His heart pounded for her.
The last hour of his life had probably been the most transformational. If there was anyone he could ever trust, it was this perfect woman.
She trotted a few steps behind him, heading off the pathway and...
2020-11-04 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostWhat scary movie's everyone watching this All Hallows' Eve?
2020-11-01 00:13:04 +0000 UTC View PostJosh threw himself down heavily next to her like he was exhausted, making the bed bounce. While pleasure still throbbed between her thighs and feather-tickled her brain somewhere behind her hairline, she rolled quickly toward him, wanting him to be all right.
Josh lay on his back like she h...
2020-11-01 00:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThanks everyone for putting up your choices in the poll. Super helpful. I was surprised that Keely did so well!
So, going forward, it looks like I'l have to review my notes on Six Weeks In Winter. This makes me very happy! But, since Keely did so well, and I have a few chapters of the next ...
2020-10-31 14:28:05 +0000 UTC View PostWith the towel wrapped around his waist, they crossed the public trail, then trotted together, holding hands as they entered the privacy of their villa patio. He was running on the balls of his feet, anxious to get inside before he burst out laughing. Kimmy got to the door first, swiped it open f...
2020-10-30 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostFor more than a full minute he stood in the kitchen listening to the pounding of his own heartbeat, wide eyes staring at the last place he’d seen his wife—walking from the kitchen to the sliding glass door. That perfect ass, that beautiful bare body on display . . . As the...
2020-10-21 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostJosh worked his way up the trail headed back to the villa, and she watched him go with a small measure of worry. This was the reaction she suspected, but hadn’t been looking his way to gauge his facial expression before he left.
She waited till Josh was out of sight, then waited some more...
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