The Backlist
H-TOWN FOR THE HOLIDAYS
H-town for the Holidays, is an interconnected 3-short story set, providing an update to two couples you've met from the JGU to-date, while also introducing a potential new story.
Over the course of three days (December 23-25), we get a glimpse at Jonny's new life as a father, receive an update on Boom & Nia, while also running head-on into an inevitable moment of truth between David Marcus, Ms. Liza, and the Collins clan.
They say everything is bigger in Texas. But is the city of Houston big enough to contain this level of angst, fun, and a little bit of drama to close out the year?
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SALT & PEPPER
Salt & Pepper, tells the tale of two people at a similar crossroads with love for two completely different reasons.
Chris "Boom" King, has spent the past two years in Houston, TX running through as many women as possible, to get over a 19-year marriage that ended in the ultimate betrayal. Love and friendship are a non-starter forever, until he meets her.
Nia Hobson, has an amazing friend group, family, and a fulfilling career, but love eludes her due to damage done via a long-term soul tie she can't escape.
An emergency brings them together. But past hurt threatens to keep them apart. Will they make space for the healing they each provide?
A CROSS TO BARE
A Cross to Bare, is a Halloween novelette, that introduces us to Veronica "Roni" Walker, a lover of all things Halloween.
Following back-to-back years of celebration fails with friends, Roni opts to break from the norm and do something solo. She books a weekend stay at a haunted B&B in a remote part of Maryland
In researching her destination, Roni looks to improve the chance of interacting with the rumored ghost on the property. That extra attention to detail garners her a far more memorable inner action than she could have ever dreamed of.
SAY WHAT YOU MEAN
Say What You Mean, the sequel, to the Thanksgiving novella, Hey Auntie, is a story that begs the question, "why can't I quit you?"
Greed leads to frustration. A frustration that ultimately drives David Marcus and Ms. Liza to put as much space between each other as possible. But absence makes the want grow stronger.
Desperation forces them back together, but how long before an undeniable lust, makes them face an inevitable conclusion?
HEY AUNTIE
Hey Auntie, is a Thanksgiving novella rooted in one very simple question...is the risk worth the reward?
In this older woman/younger man erotic tale, Liza battles with a vicious case of a wandering eye caused by her co-worker's nephew, David Marcus.
When David Marcus lays eyes on Ms. Liza, passing attraction quickly grows into something more thanks to a perceived mutual interest.
UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR
Unacceptable Behavior is a collection of thirteen short stories that deal with varying degrees of interpersonal relationships.
Told from differing perspectives and writing styles, the subject matter found, dips and dodges in a way that looks to captivate, frustrate, and appeal to the reader's senses in one way or another.
The Big Book of Orgasms, vol. 2
(Anthology)
"Strum," is a short story about musical savant, Jerian "Apollo" Adams and Gwendolyn Hill, a lawyer and angel investor. After Gwendolyn's investment group purchases a majority share in a Blues club, she visits the establishment to see Apollo, a highly sought-after guitarist, and leader of the house band, in action. After fighting a losing cliched battle with falling for a musician, Gwendolyn invites Apollo to her place--where she finds out firsthand the depths of his talent.
"Strum" appears in The Big Book of Orgasms, Vol. 2: 69 Sexy Stories (Cleis Press).