Free/cheapie ebook from Amazon last fall. I was looking for something to catch my interest last night at oh-dark-hundred, and the first 10% or so was sort of interesting. A couple of hours later, done, though I skimmed in the middle, all around Europe, yada yada. Alice was such a sucker!! The...
In what internal organ does true love reside? I began to feel the need to dissect and compare the guts of men to see what makes the rotten ones so awful and the good ones so hard to come by. I could see myself pulling out body parts and pinning them to paper with little labels, the heart of a lia...
It’s Habib. Damn, that hurt.” He released me.I spun around and touched his face. I explored with my fingertips. I ran my hand along his chin and over his lips. He could be any hunk with stubble.He laughed. “Take your time,” he said in a soft voice.I touched something metallic. “What’s that?”“Nigh...
Real, not metaphorical, spiders were on my neck. I swatted at them frantically. Roger casually brushed them to the ground. “No problem. They’re harmless daddy-long-legs.” No problem if you don’t have arachnophobia, which I don’t of course. But the d...
And it was. Not sure who jumped higher… Hook or me. “It’s a Prodigal Party,” Joseph said. “Just like in the Bible. We’re celebrating the return of the youngest son. Wish Daddy was alive to see this. If he hadn’t tried to carry off that bear cub, he’d sure be happy to see this day. My little broth...
I was dripping from the relentless heat. A gaggle of sweaty students took notes as a slender lady in brown addressed them. A flock of nuns walked by, chatting among themselves. I skirted them and bounced into a tour group of senior citizens heading away from the Café in the northwest corner of th...
I was the party who had to be coerced into marriage. I shot him my best glare. “I was perfectly happy single. Then you stepped into my living room with your brown eyes and brown hair and brown briefcase and ugly brown shoes. Next thing I know I’m getting married to a guy in a brown tuxedo. You kn...