Chapter One: The Invitation Monday, August 30, 2004 I received a call from an investment group partner asking me to travel to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, to evaluate a mortgage purchase. We rotated through the group, and it was my turn, so I started making plans. I lived in the Denver metro area for several years, and this would be a good time to visit some old friends. Searching through my old contacts list, I came to a...

It was Friday, the end of a long week and Josh was keen to finish this last job he had scheduled. He was driving his Ford Ranger through the drizzle that had been the main weather for most of the month. It wasn’t doing much to boost his mood. The small repair job was referred to him by a fellow contractor. He had been short on work for the past year and was taking every job that came his way. He had only himself to blame...

My feelings are big, and they sometimes bubble over. Like a cauldron or champagne. Something for celebration or something to maim. They spill on the floor, a tripping hazard. I will sit with the feelings And talk to them about their day They are clumsy, inarticulate, but ambitious and tenacious, Talking incessantly, passing a bottle, getting tipsy. They are a pack animal. They jostle and jab each other's ribs But they are...

Fearing judgment, she lived secluded within the raven-filled forest. When injury befell a lone huntsman, she revealed herself, and he woke to her magical touches. “I know what you are…” he said, losing his thought in her widening green eyes and black satin-and-lace dress molded to deadly curves. “…a beautiful soul,” he finished. Bewitched by his open heart, she bravely offered herself to him. He gently caressed her virgin...

It was around nine on Saturday morning that Spring day when Tyler's sister Kara called him to the sewing room. Yes, you read it correctly, it said sewing room. Kara along with her mom were gifted tailors and the contents of the room reflected it. They turned their skills into a very lucrative side job. "What ya want?" her brother asked in a slightly perturbed tone as he entered the room. Kara tossed him a pleated mini ski...

My daddy submerges me in the pond behind his No-Sinners-Here Church. Light penetrates the water, enveloping my soul with truth. A voice, drowning out my father's, speaks. "You are my child, and I will always love you." I reemerge anew. "Daddy, I forgive you your sins." I leave that pond - that church - with my old self scrubbed. My lover leads me to the meadow where colorful flora burst from the soil. We lie naked. Nature...

Twirling in my dress, I tingle at bringing in the new year… with him. Then, my husband forgoes traditional resolutions for a revelation. I watch the clock tick toward an uncertain new year while listening to his reasons. Shocking us both, I say, "I wanna meet her." When the vision in red silk enters our bedroom, I release my held breath, then smile. "You're gorgeous!" My husband beams, his makeup-shadowed eyes misting. Ac...

I see you furrowing your brows at me. Be careful — your future wrinkles might curse you for your scrutiny. As expected, next comes your impolite whispers. I know by now that you're wondering what lies between my legs. My loose-fitting clothes could conceal a fuckable set of tits, or there could be a hole-ravaging cock slapping against my thighs. While my short haircut looks quite masculine, my prominent eyes and full lips...