Two reclusive people meet in a charity soup kitchen in a down-and-out area of London, and their mutual attraction tempts them to follow their hearts. Both know that breaking out of their social shells risks revisiting buried traumas, but it might relieve their loneliness. Valerie has been celibate since she was drugged and raped, and she now concentrates on three things - running her corporate empire, maintaining a low profile and guiding her inquisitive daughter through puberty. Lorne is still grieving a fiancée who died years before, but when he meets Valerie, his dormant desires waken. With little information beyond her first name, he takes a bold step and invites her to Valentine's Day dinner. Their relationship escalates with blinding speed and all the comforts of a billionaire lifestyle, but the bliss is interrupted by a smear campaign on social media. Valerie's rapist is out of prison and looking for revenge. She wants to crawl back into her shell, but Lorne's love and acceptance continue drawing her out. Though dark aspects are threaded through the story's background, the overbearing theme is a lighthearted and feel-good romance. _____________________________________________________________________________________ I portray the wealthy lifestyle and all its appurtenances through experience, having made my first million in the 1980s when that small amount could still buy something.

The long promised book that women will love and men will get penis envy from. If you LOVED 50 Shades, you will LOVE this book. If you HATED 50 Shades, you will LOVE this book. Perfect and sexy characters doing sexy things ... with lots and lots of repetition. Sebastian Black is a sexy billionaire writer haunted by the past. Alexandra Katsoff is a clumsy clueless sexy girl looking to belong. There's lots of sexy stuff. What else do you need to know! Plus Kinkarella, a story within the story. MATURE (X RATED) CONTENT WARNING - IT'S COMEDY AND SATIRE ON BAD WRITING AND EROTICA BUT STILL PRETTY SAUCY STUFF! BE WARNED ... UNDER 18'S, PRUDES AND THOSE WITH HEART CONDITIONS/GIVEN TO FLUTTERING OF FANS, PALPITATIONS THE UTTERING OF 'OH MY!', PLEASE AVOID FOR YOUR OWN HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL MENTAL WELL BEING. THANK YOU.

This Wattpad Anthology Winner is a collection of fifty-two of the short stories I've written for the Weekend Write-In challenges. Each story is exactly five hundred words long, except for two which specified one thousand words. From the beginning, I have taken the challenge further by using interpretations of the prompt that differ, sometimes dramatically, from those that usually come to mind.