It is the mid-seventies in Detroit, Michigan, a time of change. Vietnam has finally ground to its melodramatic end and the 60's, exhausted and defeated, have fizzled out as well. The body politic still reels from Watergate and Nixon's subsequent resignation. Race relations are everywhere problematic, nowhere more so than in Detroit.

The city is also dealing with the auto industry being forced, for the first time, to comply with federal pollution and safety standards, an imposition many inside the industry, and out, view as high-handed and onerous. Area residents, Tim and Cassandra Hauser carry on anyway, aware of the upheaval about them but not of the turmoil they are about to foist upon themselves.

Their best friends, Jesse and Karin Whitmore, suggest a two-week vacation sailing around the Caribbean in a rented sailboat. To help defray costs, a third couple is also invited, other friends of Jesse and Karin's who Tim and Cassandra have never actually met. It proves to be the vacation of a lifetime, a bacchanalia of sun and sea and skin. Consequences necessarily ensue. When they return home all find their lives irrevocably altered.

This novel, then, is about transition and resolve, cause and effect. You are invited to come along for the ride. The road is sometimes bumpy and the sea occasionally choppy but the destination is nonetheless worthy, hopefully, of the obstacles encountered along the way. Bring along a good book to read.

Jerry is a well-educated man. Not only does he have a college degree, but he's street-smart, having grown up selling drugs on the streets of Savannah, Georgia. He enlists in the army, but upon his return to civilian life, he goes back to his old, dangerous ways. After receiving his MBA, though, he finally realizes it's time to move on; he heads to far-off Chicago, Illinois, looking for a new, clean start. He meets Karen-a beautiful woman who seemingly comes from a different world. She is highly educated, and her family fought brave battles in the Civil Rights movement. Jerry can't help himself; he falls head-over-heels in love. Karen shows him a way to live a life of love, but she also shows him how to love "her"-in the bedroom and out. It's never easy to escape the past, though, as Jerry soon discovers. Along with his newfound feelings for Karen, the skeletons in his closet come knocking. Can two people from different places and different backgrounds survive the sins of the past? In order to defeat dangerous obstacles, Jerry and Karen will have to lean on their passion for one another-or else fall into old habits and lost love.

Carmen Smith has always struggled to make the right decisions. She's never been able to stand up for herself, especially when her husband, Erin, is involved. She feels trapped in a loveless marriage to a man who has never been able to honor his vows. She finds some comfort in her role as a high school science teacher, but she wants more from life. Deep down, she hopes that she'll find the strength to make the hard decisions, but she fears what might happen when she does.

Now she's facing a truly life-changing decision, and her lonely heart and her rational mind are at war. When a handsome and charming student sets his sights on her, can she resist? Will the challenges and rewards of forbidden love trump reason-or her respect for the law?

Her student, senior Tavon Holmes, is a talented player, on and off the football field. He's working hard to catch the eye of recruiters, but he is distracted by the conflict between what his young body wants and what his future needs. He's falling for his teacher, and neither can resist the attraction for long.

The teacher and her student are drawn to each other in ways neither of them could predict or believe. Each must decide if they will allow lust to threaten their future. When they finally give in to their desires, the unexpected happens-changing many lives in the process.

The erotic tales presented reflect the incredible variety of sexual inclinations and uninhibited, unrestrained bodily lust. The geographic setting changes in each story. The protagonists include writers, sculptors, vacationers, ladies of the day and night. The love scenes and stories leave nothing to be desired. Lively action flows from London to New York, Tennessee, Montreal, Ibiza and Mallorca. The encounters include hetero, homo, bi-sexual, lesbian, and diagonal relationships. The tales deal, among other things, with the seduction of a convent girl by a rich older lady; with the fascination of a female professor and her husband for what is locally called a hillbilly; with the falling in love of two couples with each other; with the formation of threesomes and foursomes; with a successful wife swapping attempt; and other stories. The characters depicted engage in all kinds of passionate behavior to satisfy their sexual needs and desires; and be they not so strange.

"I have a better idea, you pompous jerk." Nora huffed. "I challenge you to a thirty-six-hole two-day golf match. You win, and I'll resign from the club ... I win ... and the rules around here change." Nora told him, fire in her eyes and hands on hips.

Steeped in tradition, the Happy Hills Country Club in Huntington, Long Island, was originally built as a gentlemen's club, a refuge for men. Although women are allowed to play on the course, they are granted few rights and amenities. Fortyfive-year-old New York businessman Bill Harper detests the idea of women playing on the course. But feisty Nora Cummings seeks to make some changes.

Nora challenges Bill to a two-day, thirty-six-hole golf tournament. If she wins, the club must provide parity for women. If he wins, the widowed Nora must resign from the club. Backed by the board of directors and its president Mike Grace, the millionaire bachelor Bill accepts the challenge and is determined to rid the club of Nora the troublemaker. The challenge becomes a local and national spectacle when the National Organization of Women and a major television network take interest.

While preparing for the contest, Nora begins to date her golf coach, George. But a chance meeting between Nora and Bill off the course and an innocent cup of coffee could change the outcome of the contest and the rest of their lives.

Forbidden romance and sexy cowboys. . . Escape to the Wild West with the steamy new grumpy x sunshine small town cowboy romance that will leave you breathless. . .Perfect for fans of Elsie Silver and Lucy Score.

Wade Ashby is the grumpiest cowboy I’ve ever met. He also happens to be my boss and the hottest man in Southern America.

It’s been my dream to train a horse on route the Kentucky derby for as long as I can remember. So when the opportunity to work at the Silver Pines ranch presented itself, I grabbed it by the horns.

Being the best horse trainer in Kentucky was my only priority. Until I accidentally slept with my boss. Now, I can’t think of anything but him.

And once I start tearing down his walls, there’s no going back.

Because the only way he’ll open up his heart again is if it stays that way forever.

Brandi had made Poplar Bluff her home and was now a happily married woman. On the outside, Poplar Bluff seemed to be a perfect town to live in. So after all those years, had he returned to finish what he started twenty years ago? But by the time Brandi discovers the new stranger in town real identity, and the truth about what really happened at the bottom of the steps, would it be too late? Would Poplar Bluff prove to be as safe as she had first thought, or was her new family also in danger now?