<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954</id><updated>2012-02-11T10:23:09.526-06:00</updated><category term='Anal Sex'/><category term='Dukan Diet'/><category term='sexy foods'/><category term='Ghost Hunters'/><category term='Fantasy Sex Vacation'/><category term='New Bern'/><category term='Marriage'/><category term='RIpped Jeans Calendar'/><category term='Saudi driving women'/><category term='contracts'/><category term='weight loss'/><category term='David Beckham'/><category term='Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy'/><category term='Review'/><category term='Flash Fiction Friday'/><category term='breast augmentation'/><category term='Cassandre Dayne'/><category term='Smooth Lies'/><category term='Runaway Princess'/><category term='Islands'/><category term='New Book'/><category term='m/m'/><category term='Snog Sunday'/><category term='anal relaxers'/><category term='self publishing'/><category term='boobies'/><category term='erotic'/><category term='porn'/><category term='Sexcapades of Lanie Watson'/><category term='First Anal Experience'/><category term='sensual n secrets'/><category term='Sex'/><category term='Working it Out'/><category term='Erotic Body Art'/><category term='breast cancer'/><category term='Flash Fiction'/><category term='Trial By Fire'/><category term='Wednesday Briefs'/><category term='Shelley Munro'/><category term='Pain'/><category term='Jodi Olson'/><category term='vampiric assignations'/><category term='Thursday thirteen'/><category term='lone wolf'/><category term='fake boobs'/><category term='publishing contracts'/><category term='Rebel Ink Press'/><category term='Hot Men'/><category term='Weinergate'/><category term='Sexy Firefighters'/><category term='angel and demon'/><category term='Taming Paradise'/><category term='cougar'/><category term='Bewitching Trick or Treat'/><category term='vamire'/><category term='Freedom blog hop'/><category term='Surprise Sleepover'/><category term='Princess Slave'/><category term='I&apos;m Fing Matt Damon'/><category term='Matt and Tom Take A Lover'/><category term='Lion Lamb Contest'/><category term='Tuesday Tales'/><category term='Matt Damon'/><category term='Claw Marks'/><category term='NaNo'/><category term='Body Painting'/><category term='Texas Rough'/><category term='Anthology'/><category term='Coiled Revenge'/><category term='commitment'/><category term='Sony eReader'/><category term='TRS Friday Night Vote'/><category term='vote'/><category term='Sarah Silverman'/><category term='Six Sentence Sunday'/><category term='Rebel Ink'/><category term='paranormal'/><category term='Book Signing'/><category term='Jo Davis'/><category term='writing'/><category term='love scars'/><category term='A Model Week'/><category term='Tasty Tuesday'/><category term='Blog Hop'/><title type='text'>Sara York the Author of Sexy Books for Smart Women and Men</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>190</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-5976131113427362348</id><published>2012-02-11T06:31:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-11T06:32:04.987-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Love is in the air hop.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://thebloghopspot.com/event-page/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A3a7CDm6VAY/TzZcnO5dB0I/AAAAAAAAAwY/A9DWROwe010/s1600/withlovevdaybh-button6.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Hello everyone, glad you took the time to join me on this hop. I'll be giving away a $20 gift certificate to Amazon. All you have to do is comment between now and&amp;nbsp;February&amp;nbsp;14th and you'll be entered. You can find others on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://thebloghopspot.com/event-page/"&gt;hop here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"&gt;Zane's Inferno—when burning, hot lust ignites into raging love.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"&gt;After being trapped in a fire, Zane Wilson is shocked by the heat directed his way by Nick Dubois, the fire department's top paramedic. Nick comes on to Zane, kissing him in the bunkroom and surprising the hell out of him. The next day, Nick shows up at Zane's house and the fireworks really begin. The sex is rough and hot, not at all like anything Zane has had before.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"&gt;Their relationship began because of a fire then almost ends because of one. When Zane is trapped in a forest fire and almost killed, Nick moves in and doesn't leave his side. But a jealous ex is setting up Nick...and gunning for Zane. Will they survive they survive the firestorm created by their relationship, or succumb to the flames?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FkwGr10yt-o/TsrcEKQitaI/AAAAAAAAAjY/sH5fpm1oPhw/s1600/zanesinferno_800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FkwGr10yt-o/TsrcEKQitaI/AAAAAAAAAjY/sH5fpm1oPhw/s320/zanesinferno_800.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;Excerpt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Zane entered thebunkroom and stripped off his shirt and pants. His undies would stink too, sohe dropped them into the plastic bag he used to transport his smoky clothes.The door opened and Nick walked in, his head down as he scrolled throughsomething on his phone. Nick glanced up, his eyes going wide when he saw Zane.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;For some reason, Zanefelt like he’d done something wrong the minute Nick walked in. Hell, everyonein the firehouse, including the women firefighters, had seen him naked. ButNick didn’t look away as the door shut behind him, bumping him on the rear.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Zane’s gaze connectedwith Nick’s and desire shot straight to Zane’s cock that hung free in the open.Soon Nick would be able to see his desire and that scared the shit out of Zane.He turned around and grabbed his clothes, moving towards the wall at the top ofhis bunk and behind the line of lockers that separated his bed from hisneighbours. He pulled on his underwear and got his legs in his jeans but theywere still at his hips when Nick cleared his throat, his footfalls closing inon Zane and his mostly naked body.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“Hey, Zane, gladyou’re released.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“Um, yeah.” Zanepulled his jeans up and zipped them before turning to face Nick. He couldn’teven look Nick in the eyes. The awkwardness needed to go away before his nextshift. Hell, maybe he could&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;switch shifts and he wouldn’t be forced to run intoNick every week.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Nick moved closer,trapping Zane between his bunk and the lockers. His breath was ragged as Nickapproached, his feet stopping only inches away from Zane’s. Zane glanced up,surprised to see the heat in Nick’s eyes.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;They stared at eachother for a long moment, neither of them moving. Fear of being caught pingedaround Zane’s brain. Was Nick just pulling his leg? He swore he’d heard Nickbragging about his conquests with women before…but that had only been whenother men challenged him about dating.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“I thought you weredead when that house started to fall apart.” Nick trailed a finger down Zane’sbare chest to the waistband of his pants.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Zane glanced down atNick’s hand and then back up to his eyes. The pleading in them shocked him. Hismouth was dry and his tongue wouldn’t move. Usually he dated twinks, but thosedates weren’t for real. They were really just a way for him to get off. He’dnever kissed anyone he’d ever really wanted.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“When I had you inthat ambulance all by myself, it was so hard not to kiss you.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Zane’s body went stilland his head swam. &lt;i&gt;Oh damn, no way.&lt;/i&gt;“How do you know I would have let you?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&amp;amp;CAT_ID=&amp;amp;P_ID=1541"&gt;Purchase Zane's Inferno&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Now remember to comment for a chance to win.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-5976131113427362348?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/5976131113427362348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=5976131113427362348' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/5976131113427362348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/5976131113427362348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/02/love-is-in-air-hop.html' title='Love is in the air hop.'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A3a7CDm6VAY/TzZcnO5dB0I/AAAAAAAAAwY/A9DWROwe010/s72-c/withlovevdaybh-button6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-604559390037082311</id><published>2012-02-10T00:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-10T00:00:08.397-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Flash Fiction Friday: Simone Anderson</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eDzZSY0paug/TzP84Tkf4ZI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/ZF_RZV-mSxs/s1600/384815_187538568006351_100002506280778_387678_1520395578_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="317" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eDzZSY0paug/TzP84Tkf4ZI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/ZF_RZV-mSxs/s320/384815_187538568006351_100002506280778_387678_1520395578_n.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This week's&amp;nbsp;FFF&amp;nbsp;is with the lovely&lt;a href="http://simoneanderson.com/"&gt; Simone Anderson&lt;/a&gt;. To view more &lt;a href="http://flasherfictionfriday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Flashes check out this site.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;And now, enjoy Simone's story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;"And Action!"&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Simone lay still, hoping Tom wouldn't crush her neck like lasttime. The scene shouldn't be this difficult. Tom came in, bit her neck and shewas a vampire. Easy as pie, but did Tom get it right? No, the jerk had to fallon her the first time, and then he stumbled on the carpet. Last time hesneezed.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;"My darling,&amp;nbsp;you are mine.” Tom leaned in, his lipscoming down on her neck.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Simone didn’t giggle though his hair tickled her nose. She wantedthis scene over, the day over. Then she could go home and snuggle with her cat.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you enjoyed todays Flash Fiction. Simone was a good sport and had no idea what I was going to write. Thank Simone by checking out &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Simone-Anderson/e/B006KXVHPI/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1"&gt;her books&lt;/a&gt;. For more &lt;a href="http://flasherfictionfriday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Flash Fiction Friday click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/uploads/images_products_large/1524.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.total-e-bound.com/uploads/images_products_large/1524.jpg" width="194" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Book one in the Heart of a Hero Series&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Patience and training have provided him with the tools he’ll need to fight for what he wants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Home on leave, Cade Donovan isn’t looking for a hook-up, let alone love. Certainly not while he is out with his brothers. When Cade steps in to even the odds in a fight outside a bar, he is instantly drawn to the man being ganged up on. Acting on instinct, the Marine Corps sniper is drawn to the smaller man like a moth to a flame, refusing to give up until the man is his.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Being the younger brother of the school bully has made Jason Carlson’s life hell. During yet another retaliatory fight, a man comes to Jason’s aid just when he thinks his life and his luck have gone from bad to worse. Warned to stay away from his home, Jason accepts the invitation of his rescuer and soon realises that his life has been forever altered. He can have everything he desires, if he’s willing trust Cade with his heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the reality of loving a man in uniform sets in, Jason must find the strength within himself to believe and know that love is worth fighting for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&amp;amp;CAT_ID=&amp;amp;P_ID=1524"&gt;Purchase Uniform Desires here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-604559390037082311?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/604559390037082311/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=604559390037082311' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/604559390037082311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/604559390037082311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/02/flash-fiction-friday-simone-anderson.html' title='Flash Fiction Friday: Simone Anderson'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eDzZSY0paug/TzP84Tkf4ZI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/ZF_RZV-mSxs/s72-c/384815_187538568006351_100002506280778_387678_1520395578_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-1048570979878039677</id><published>2012-02-09T00:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-09T00:00:02.937-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Davee Jones and On Ellicott Street</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt; 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I hope you enjoy her witty banter and her excerpts. Grab a cup of coffee, or tea and rest a spell while you enjoy a bit of Davee Jones.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;If you came with a warning     label, what would it say? &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;I have mild OCD, a vivid imagination, a vast vocabulary and know howto use them all to my advantage.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;If you had to choose one     person to have dinner with, who would it be? &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;I would have dinner with my wonderful husband, Alan. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;And why?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;We do not take as much time alone as we should and when we do, we havefantastic conversations.&amp;nbsp; Besides that,we are still basically newlyweds!&amp;nbsp; LOL &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;As a child, what did you want     to be when you grew up?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;I wanted to be a lawyer, itsounded so glamorous and professional. I also thought it would be cool to workin the travel business, such as on The Love Boat. C’mon, I know some of youremember that show. You remember the one that preceded Fantasy Island onSaturday nights. ;) I just dated myself. Whoops. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;What comes first for you:     Setting? Storyline? Characters? &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;I have not thought about this specifically until now. Great question.Once I reviewed each of my finished books, as well as any I have in progress, Irealized the setting, storyline, and characters each inspired me at least oncefirst in different works. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;I also interject familiar places into each of my books and sometimesuse the names of familiar towns as character surnames. I see it as a type of“signature” or trivia in my fiction.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;What main genre do you write     in? &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Romance is the main genre I write in. I also have thriller,paranormal, and young adult themed books in progress&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;If you had to do it all over     again, would you change anything in your latest book?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;As it went through editing andproofing I like the way &lt;i&gt;On EllicottStreet&lt;/i&gt; turned out. Maybe I could have made it a bit longer, though. I alsowould market more toward the male audience. I have male fans who appreciatethat my romance also appeals to their tastes and avoids the “fluff” of somebooks. It’s a book couples could read together.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;What do you have coming next?     &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;My next book scheduled for publication is &lt;i&gt;Finless&lt;/i&gt; in April 2012. Finless is a dark erotic romance with BDSMovertones.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Anything you want to tell us     about &lt;i&gt;Finless&lt;/i&gt;?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Be ready for some edgy opinions/lifestyles when you read it because Icross some sensitive thresholds with this book. To take a quote from the &lt;i&gt;People Vs Larry Flynt –&lt;/i&gt; AltheaLeasure-“Nobody on this planet wants their religion and their pornographytogether.” &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;While I do not write pornography, erotica is a close cousin and manypeople are uncomfortable combining Christianity and sexuality. &lt;i&gt;Finless&lt;/i&gt; dabbles in both and does notdiscount a human because of their chosen sexual proclivities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Do you have any suggestions     for beginning writers? If so, what are they?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Writing takes a huge investment of time and commitment. Anyonedesiring success must think about their writing career every day and, if notworking on a book, be networking and researching. I submitted my first book toso many publishers; I was very disheartened at the rejection letters. I took ittoo personally, but now understand it is all part of the process. You mustpersevere if you want success.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Also, be willing to take criticisms and suggestions. As hurtful as itmay be, there may also be some valuable information included in what youperceive as negativity.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;What else would you like     readers to know about you or your work?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;No matter what I write-edgy, erotic, angry, funny, pensive, sad, etc-Ialways respect my faith in God. I want my readers to feel good by the end ofany of my books by something included inside the cover. I do not Bible thumpconsistently through any of my books, so, even a non-believer should findsomething positive from my words.&amp;nbsp;However, the Lord and my guardian angel have seen me through some veryrough patches, even when I was not attentive to my spirituality- That in itselfenabled my faith to grow. It is my responsibility to share these blessings withanyone willing to listen.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;One last short question:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Yes or no: Does size matter? ---I must admit- Yes.It.Does.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Come over and visit me at my blog: &lt;a href="http://finless.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://finless.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Or tweet me sometime @finlessbook and I’m also on Facebook- Finlessdaveejones . I love new fans!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-doQG4dY5lbU/TzMj9IzT64I/AAAAAAAAAwI/a9tS_9ONk9E/s1600/Photo_21E18216-5737-104F-33EF-CD8FD013CEBF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-doQG4dY5lbU/TzMj9IzT64I/AAAAAAAAAwI/a9tS_9ONk9E/s320/Photo_21E18216-5737-104F-33EF-CD8FD013CEBF.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;And now a taste of &lt;i&gt;On EllicottStreet&lt;/i&gt;—&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Eli’srock-hard manhood throbbed. The self-release he had indulged in the nightbefore was long forgotten under the spell of Cassie’s frenzied womanhood. He hadenough control that she would be fully satisfied, he guaranteed himself that.Years of self-discipline taught him to hold onto his release, but, Cassietested every technique he previously mastered. Eli finally slid his hand towardher pulsing mound underneath her panties. It pleased him to find her fullysaturated, waiting for him to fill her. She moaned, urging him to continue hishands’ course toward her heated center.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Elistopped and slowly slid her panties down her thighs, kissing along each leg. Hemoved so slowly, he finally touched her, “right there, right there.” Eli pulledthe panties from her feet and threw them across the room. When he stood up,Cassie gasped in wonder at his physical form. “Eli, you are exquisite!” Heloved how Cassie marveled at his chiseled beauty.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Eli’srock hard cock stood unmoving at perfect attention, each of his muscles flexedthroughout his body, and he stared down intensely at Cassie. Cassie spread herlegs, clearly expecting him to thrust inside her, but he stopped and shook hishead no. He bent down and kissed her saturated pussy instead. He expertlyguided his tongue along her velvety feminine skin until he found her clit. Heexplored a few maneuvers until he found the one that made her squirm away fromhis mouth. He knew he found it.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;He slightlytugged on her delicate skin, sucking it into his mouth. Gently using his lipsto bring in air to blow discreetly across her clit, he stopped to lick lightlyat the same spot. Eli brought her down and re-aroused Cassie several timesbefore he allowed her release. Cassie came with the force of hurricane winds.She arched her back off the bed and screamed a primal groan of delight. Eliheld her ass tightly and kept his face firmly planted against her pulsingpussy. He kept rolling his tongue around the soft, yet swelling labia. At thepeak of Cassie’s orgasm, Eli slid his middle finger deep inside her and shemoaned even louder.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .3in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;Whenher body finally settled from the first climax, Eli decided it was time toreward Cassie with the gift of his expansive manhood. He stood up and admiredCassie’s naked body one more time before he took his place on top of her andslid himself in slowly, inch by inch, until he fully filled her. He arched hisown back to force himself even further inside and Cassie bucked her hips towardhim for even deeper penetration.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;PURCHASE LINKS FOR ON ELLICOTT STREET:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/On-Ellicott-Street-ebook/dp/B00768TDH0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1328624694&amp;amp;sr=8-1"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/On-Ellicott-Street-ebook/dp/B00768TDH0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1328624694&amp;amp;sr=8-1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s?keyword=Davee+Jones&amp;amp;store=allproducts&amp;amp;page=%2Findex.asp&amp;amp;prod=univ&amp;amp;pos=&amp;amp;box"&gt;http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s?keyword=Davee+Jones&amp;amp;store=allproducts&amp;amp;page=%2Findex.asp&amp;amp;prod=univ&amp;amp;pos=&amp;amp;box&lt;/a&gt;=&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; 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&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He purchased the pieces himself and had them delivered to her place.&amp;nbsp; He also contracted the services of carpentersand masons to get the work done professionally.&amp;nbsp;It was a small token he would allow her to keep once he was bored withhis time with her.&amp;nbsp; It was the least hecould do.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;It was one large room.&amp;nbsp; The interior walls were an old English stylecobblestone.&amp;nbsp; In one corner a swingingbed made simply of a black wooden slab hanging by chains from the ceiling.&amp;nbsp; There was enough room around the bed toparticipate in activities from any direction.&amp;nbsp;Sometimes, Nathaniel required Lily to sleep there alone when he wasvisiting.&amp;nbsp; There would be no Egyptiancotton sheets or pillows of any kind for her comfort.&amp;nbsp; However, on more than one occasion, Lilyslept tightly against the hard wood, mummified in plastic wrap against the coldblack surface.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In another corner, a large stretching rack tilted ominously.&amp;nbsp; The crude wooden wheel at one end could beturned to pull the limbs in directions close to the breaking point.&amp;nbsp; Just above the rack from the ceiling hung along chain on a pulley, which Nathaniel used to achieve a similar result.&amp;nbsp; However, standing while slowly beingstretched up by the chain created the most beautiful illusion of streamlinedcurves and sensuous positions of the female body.&amp;nbsp; When Nathaniel chose to stretch Lily, shewould be wearing nothing, and he would slowly and carefully bind her hands bythe leather cuffs at the bottom of the hanging chain.&amp;nbsp; She would begin flat footed, and he wouldwalk slowly around her body and as he touched and caressed, he would begin topull the chain and her arms would first move further upward.&amp;nbsp; As her breasts flattened and her torso beganto cave from the upward pull of the chain, she would move from flat footed, tothe balls of her feet and finally upon her tip toes, much like in pointeballet.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nathaniel was not so cruel as to require her to hold this position for long,but, the beauty of her elongated frame was so appealing to him, he mightrequire this from Lily more than once during a visit.&amp;nbsp; Her toes sometimes becoming cramped and sore,and at times, bruised from her weight bearing down on them.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Against one wall was a small fireplace.&amp;nbsp;More than one type of fire poker and branding irons were in the steelstand next to it. Nathaniel had never branded Lily, this would leave apermanent mark on her body and he was not inclined to make anything permanentwith her unless he changed his mind about his intentions.&amp;nbsp; These items were simply there as the “promisering” symbol of what could possibly be achieved.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In front of the opposite wall was a “T” shaped rack, built from woodentimbers.&amp;nbsp; Chains and cuffs dangledprecariously from the top of the rack.&amp;nbsp;Next to the rack were an assortment of cat o nine tails, floggers,crops, and leather whips.&amp;nbsp; He could chainLily from front or back and could inflict cracking and whooshing to her breastsor buttocks.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A pillory, old-fashioned school desk, barbers’ chair, and armoire werescattered around the room.&amp;nbsp; A simple sinkand toilet were discreetly mounted in a back corner.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In another corner, a large chest held a variety of costumes, wigs, shoes,and a first aid kit.&amp;nbsp; Although, theynever had a need before, one can never be too careful when playing in this typeof environment. Although they shared a “safe” word in the event the activitieswent too far, she never before spoke it aloud to stop anything Nathaniel wasdoing to her.&amp;nbsp; This pleased him immenselyand demonstrated extreme loyalty and cooperation on her behalf.&amp;nbsp; Nathaniel knew Lily so well that he knew herlimits, and for her safety, would not press her beyond them.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He was after all, a perfect Master.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-1048570979878039677?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/1048570979878039677/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=1048570979878039677' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/1048570979878039677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/1048570979878039677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/02/davee-jones-and-on-ellicott-street.html' title='Davee Jones and On Ellicott Street'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-doQG4dY5lbU/TzMj9IzT64I/AAAAAAAAAwI/a9tS_9ONk9E/s72-c/Photo_21E18216-5737-104F-33EF-CD8FD013CEBF.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-8172077150139652402</id><published>2012-02-08T00:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T07:52:22.276-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wednesday Briefs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Flash Fiction'/><title type='text'>Wednesday Briefs Mike's Way Continued</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-feY_WSgITFg/TxyWYqIWMjI/AAAAAAAAAuE/zSRoEGC6LcA/s1600/wedbriefsmed.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-feY_WSgITFg/TxyWYqIWMjI/AAAAAAAAAuE/zSRoEGC6LcA/s1600/wedbriefsmed.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello and welcome to my third week of Wednesday Briefs! I'm continuing on with Paulo and Mike's story. If you didn't catch it,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/02/wednesday-briefs-will-mike-submit.html?zx=b5a6c7b06f0f672a"&gt;click here and see where Mike and Paulo started their story&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday Brief's is flash fiction that will make you smile, make you laugh, make you cry, or even make you horny! This week, we had these prompts:&amp;nbsp;I got you under my skin.&amp;nbsp;The alternate prompts are: &amp;nbsp;Use Paul Bunyan, bad food, and wishes,&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;use paper mache in your story,&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;make a Doctor Seuss reference.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I used "I got you under my skin."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't forget to check out the other Wednesday Briefers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #343434;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://nephylim-author.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nephylim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://nephylim-author.blogspot.com/%20"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;m/m&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ichbineinteufel.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lindsay Klug&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;m/f&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lilysawyerbooks.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lily Sawyer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://lilysawyerbooks.blogspot.com/%20"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;m/m&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.victoriablisse.co.uk/"&gt;Victoria Blisse&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;m/f&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pendermackie.blogspot.com/"&gt;Pender Mackie &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://pendermackie.blogspot.com/%20"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;m/m&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mathildewatson-com.webs.com/"&gt;Mathilde Watson&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;m/m&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://julielynnhayes.blogspot.com/"&gt;Julie Lynn Hayes&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp; m/m&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And now I give you the continuing story of&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Mike's Way&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mike shut the front door, lust pumping through his veins.Paulo stood still in the entryway, his eyes on the huge stained-glasswindow in the den.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Impressive,” Paulo said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Yeah. It’s my aunt’s old place. She was an artist.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“It’s nice.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mike reached for Paulo’s hand, pulling him close. They werein each other’s space, their cheeks almost touching. Paulo’s breath tickledhis neck, raising goose bumps on his skin. Their chest’s rose and fell as theybreathed, pressing against each other with each intake of air.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Paulo tilted his head, skimming his lips over Mike’s chin.Mike wrapped his arms around Paulo’s waist, brushing his hips against Paulo’sabs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Paulo groaned. “Feels good.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mike nestled his head in Paulo’s neck, nipping his earlobe.“I want you.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Yes,” Paulo hissed.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mike stepped back, his graze raked over Paulo. “You look sogood. Delicious.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Shower. Now,” Paulo commanded.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pleasure snaked through Mike’s body. Paulo had shown somedominance earlier just outside the door. His show of control intrigued Mike.Just now when Paulo ordered him to the shower, the urge to submit raced throughhim.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“This way.” Mike usually stayed in control during sex. He’dlet loose a few times, but normally he wasn’t the type to allow anyone to tellhim what to do. But with Paulo, submission seemed thrilling.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mike stepped into the bathroom and his stomach took a littledip. He wondered if Paulo would be pleased with him. A sudden bout ofuncertainty washed over him. Pleasing Paulo became his focus.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Mike, take off your shirt.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mike’s hands shook as he pulled his shirt overhead. Hereached for his pants but Paulo stayed his hand, his eyes drilling into Mike’s.Blood rushed to Mike's dick, leaving him hard as a rock.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“I want to touch you before those come off,” Paulo said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Paulo’s fingers feathered over Mike's torso, tracing his pecks and the line of hair down to his bellybutton. Mike sucked in a breath,his balls contracting from Paulo’s touch.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“You feel so good, sedoso. Silky,” Paulo said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mike closed his eyes, drawing in a deep breath and lettingit go slowly. Paulo’s fingers traced the waistband of Mike’s pants. Every touchfrom Paulo left him craving more. His dick throbbed with need.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“I want you to unbutton your pants.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Yes,” Mike said. He obeyed Paulo’s command, onlyunbuttoning the pants even though he wanted to slide them off and stand nakedin front of Paulo. He didn’t adlib, didn't move. What Paulo wanted is what he wanted.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Good, you are doing well. I’m pleased,” Paulo praised him.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;The thrill of being praised by Paulo filled Mike. Paulostroked his skin where his jeans were open, causing Mike’s dick to leakpre-come. He groaned and pushed his hips forward, searching for relief.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Ah, are you going to be naughty every time I praise you?”Paulo asked, his accent becoming thicker as the time dragged on.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“No, I’ll be good. I got you under my skin, I can't be bad with you.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paulo stepped close, his hands cupping Mike’s face. “Very nice. Ifyou’re good, I’ll reward you. You like rewards, no?”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Please, reward me,” Mike begged.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Unzip your pants now.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mike took hold of the zipper key and pushed it down. Therelief was only temporary as his fingers brushed against his cock. He wanted so much more than just brief contact with his dick.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Take off your pants and underwear.” Paulo’s voice was thicknow, his desire evident with each word.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mike pushed his pants and underwear over his hips, exposinghis dick to the cool air. Paulo gasped when Mike’s dick sprung free.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Mue Deus, você é linda. You are beautiful.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mike stood totally naked, showing off his body to Paulo.From the way Paulo stared at him, Mike knew he was pleased. Paulo licked hislips, his eyes roving over Mike’s body.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Turn on the water while I strip. I desire to soap you and run my fingers over your beautiful skin.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mike couldn’t look away as Paulo stripped out of hisclothes. He fumbled with the tap, trying to get the temperature correct asPaulo unbuttoned his pants and slid down his zipper, his gaze on Mike as heundressed.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Cambria;"&gt;Paulo dropped his pants, granting Mike the viewhe’d been dying to get for weeks. His breath stalled in his chest and his heartskipped a beat. Dizziness washed over him as he took in naked&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Paulo. No doubt, he’d died and gone to heaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-8172077150139652402?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/8172077150139652402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=8172077150139652402' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/8172077150139652402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/8172077150139652402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/02/wednesday-briefs-mikes-way-continued.html' title='Wednesday Briefs Mike&apos;s Way Continued'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-feY_WSgITFg/TxyWYqIWMjI/AAAAAAAAAuE/zSRoEGC6LcA/s72-c/wedbriefsmed.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-2344991869677903698</id><published>2012-02-06T11:49:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-06T11:54:57.944-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='David Beckham'/><title type='text'>David Beckham in all of his glory</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;Though I live five miles from a soccer stadium where they play professional soccer, I have yet to see David Beckham in all his glory on the field. Since I love the game so much, I will call it by it's proper name from here on out in this post, football.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Football is an amazingly wonderful sport. I love watching football. I seriously love watching professional football. American football like the super bowl, not so much, but real football, oh baby, yeah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://3.gvt0.com/vi/FuqXjF0jQ28/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FuqXjF0jQ28&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds" /&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /&gt;&lt;embed width="320" height="266"  src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FuqXjF0jQ28&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;So you can imagine how pleased I was to see David Beckham during the super bowl, and boy did I get an&amp;nbsp;eyeful. His tat's were beautiful and his body, so hot. Then again, he is a super star for one of the most athletic sports known to man. So I give you David Beckham in all of his glory.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YtnIZVQVpZ8/TzASUtuqsrI/AAAAAAAAAvY/N6dVOi8749s/s1600/david-beckham-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YtnIZVQVpZ8/TzASUtuqsrI/AAAAAAAAAvY/N6dVOi8749s/s320/david-beckham-15.jpg" width="232" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--YexBl7GG-E/TzASVBKwltI/AAAAAAAAAvg/nWNiSNigRa4/s1600/david-beckham-shirtless.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--YexBl7GG-E/TzASVBKwltI/AAAAAAAAAvg/nWNiSNigRa4/s320/david-beckham-shirtless.jpg" width="229" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3PoGjom-xV8/TzASVjPNi8I/AAAAAAAAAvo/toGQI0QcM1Q/s1600/David-Beckham-Cute.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3PoGjom-xV8/TzASVjPNi8I/AAAAAAAAAvo/toGQI0QcM1Q/s320/David-Beckham-Cute.jpg" width="254" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vuhp2dMu5_o/TzASWNMiPDI/AAAAAAAAAvw/fOsbg8OiGKw/s1600/david-beckham-prince-william-harry-20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vuhp2dMu5_o/TzASWNMiPDI/AAAAAAAAAvw/fOsbg8OiGKw/s320/david-beckham-prince-william-harry-20.jpg" width="213" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q_m9djMpHc8/TzASWdHBtXI/AAAAAAAAAv4/dFuWOsBcxQ0/s1600/David+Beckham+Lifemode.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q_m9djMpHc8/TzASWdHBtXI/AAAAAAAAAv4/dFuWOsBcxQ0/s320/David+Beckham+Lifemode.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E4Wtpg0_aI8/TzASW6edHpI/AAAAAAAAAwA/1DO0OIEPnag/s1600/David-Beckham_8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E4Wtpg0_aI8/TzASW6edHpI/AAAAAAAAAwA/1DO0OIEPnag/s320/David-Beckham_8.jpg" width="299" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I hope you enjoy the David Beckham Yum Fest!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-2344991869677903698?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/2344991869677903698/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=2344991869677903698' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/2344991869677903698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/2344991869677903698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/02/david-beckham-in-all-of-his-glory.html' title='David Beckham in all of his glory'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YtnIZVQVpZ8/TzASUtuqsrI/AAAAAAAAAvY/N6dVOi8749s/s72-c/david-beckham-15.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-231137659811670718</id><published>2012-02-05T02:47:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-05T03:11:46.588-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Quest for Dominance on Six Sentence Sunday</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://sixsunday.com/"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vjB9BY2nPX4/Ty5Hw2_STII/AAAAAAAAAvQ/di151fazYmU/s1600/Sundaysix.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&amp;amp;CAT_ID=&amp;amp;P_ID=1541" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4v2zJL48x3Y/Txlbd9uAvWI/AAAAAAAAAtw/dj8lA2JGOG4/s1600/zanesinferno_800.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;“Oh, I am so going topunish you for this,” Nick said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;“You can’t punish meunless you catch me. And I’m faster than you, big guy.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nick laughed then lunged at Zane. They bumpedinto the wall and Nick held him prisoner there as he fondled Zane’s balls.Pleasure almost made Zane forget his quest for dominance.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&amp;amp;CAT_ID=&amp;amp;P_ID=1541"&gt;Zane's Inferno&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sixsunday.com/"&gt;For more SSS click here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-231137659811670718?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/231137659811670718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=231137659811670718' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/231137659811670718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/231137659811670718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/02/quest-for-dominance-on-six-sentence.html' title='Quest for Dominance on Six Sentence Sunday'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vjB9BY2nPX4/Ty5Hw2_STII/AAAAAAAAAvQ/di151fazYmU/s72-c/Sundaysix.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-2431307492438546681</id><published>2012-02-04T00:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-05T02:34:07.076-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Holy Bondage and Restraints Batgirl</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Bondage is a hot button to many people. Some people think it's only for crazies, or sick people. They are unwilling to contemplate the reasons for bondage, instead relying on&amp;nbsp;innuendo&amp;nbsp;and misinformation. To be bound meansyou give up control. Some people think that the person who gives up control isweak, but not always so. Giving up control of your body and your desires takesstrength.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, there are some crazy people into bondage. They aren’t a Dominatebecause they want to care for another person; they just want to be able to beatthe crap out of someone. Run from this type of Dom. But most of the people who practice bondage do so with care for their subs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;In any relationship, control isn't always what you assume it to be. Dom’s may look like they have the control, but it’s the sub whosays stop or go. The sub has the safe word or safe object, and by their decisionthe scene continues or ends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are looking to get into bondage, but don’tknow where to start, &lt;a href="http://www.adameve.com/sexy-extras/sp-sex-mischief-bed-bondage-kit-84013.aspx"&gt;this little kit is a must&lt;/a&gt;. You can hide the restraintsunder the bed, thus keeping youngsters and guests from finding out what you aredoing at night when you get busy. Discuss the rules before hand. Know what you partner is willing to do and what they absolutely will not do. Tying up your partner doesn't give you free rein to abuse your power. Having your partner submit is a chance to show them how much you care.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;For added fun, get a blindfold. Having your sense of sighttaken away is another level of trust. Of course, this too needs to be&amp;nbsp;consensual. Overt pain isn’t my thing and my partner knows this.Open your mouth and tell your lover what you want, don’t hide your preference.Say no if you are uncomfortable with an action. Use your safe word if you don’tlike what is going on.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Trusting your lover takes time and patience on both the sub and the dom's part. Learning to love the other person like they need to be loved isimportant. Some people have a strong need to give up control during sex, andothers have a strong need to take control, making every action go off like thescript in their head. If you want to be bound but don’t know how to bring it upwith your partner, you should have them read this blog. Bondage doesn’t have to beweird or strange, it’s just the complete giving of yourself to your partner.Agree on a safe word or safe object to hold and have fun.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-2431307492438546681?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/2431307492438546681/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=2431307492438546681' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/2431307492438546681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/2431307492438546681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/02/holy-bondage-and-restraints-batgirl.html' title='Holy Bondage and Restraints Batgirl'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-8859724114739603279</id><published>2012-02-02T21:17:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T21:17:28.564-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Flash Friday Fiction TJ Klune</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;Each week me a a few other writers take a photo and write a 100 word story about that picture. I hope you enjoy todays Flash. Huge thanks to &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/TJKlune?sk=wall"&gt;TJ Klune&lt;/a&gt; for being my guest today. He's been a great sport and had no idea what I would write. I hope you enjoy todays FFF. If you would like to see more &lt;a href="http://flasherfictionfriday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Flashes click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/384815_187538564673018_100002506280778_387677_1967395397_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="215" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/384815_187538564673018_100002506280778_387677_1967395397_n.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/TJKlune?sk=wall"&gt;TJ&lt;/a&gt; hung over Brent, pain welled up inside. His lover was dead. He'dend up in jail if the cops figure out he'd been here, but he couldn’t leave Brentto the darkness.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;His heart ached and his ears rang. Brent was gone. His motheralways said tears healed, but he felt no better after crying for an hour. Notcaring that his DNA was all over the scene, TJ fell asleep with his armswrapped protectively around Brent.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;TJ woke to someone speaking.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;"Babe, what's wrong?" Brent asked.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;TJ jumped, his heart racing, "You were dead. How thehell?"&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A big thanks to &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/TJKlune?sk=wall"&gt;TJ.&lt;/a&gt; He had no idea what I was going to write today. Please thank him by checking out &lt;a href="http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=2762"&gt;his books&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=2762" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/images/cover_images/Burn.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Book One of the Elementally Evolved series&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Set in a world that closely resembles our own, Burn is a story of redemption and betrayal, of family and sacrifice, which leads to the greatest question of all: how far would you go to save the ones you love?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fifteen years ago, Felix Paracel killed his mother with fire that shot from his hands. Since then, he has hidden from forces bent on exploiting him and his fire and wind Elemental abilities. But Felix’s world is about to change, because he is Findo Unum—the Split One—and his coming has been foretold for generations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though Felix’s arrival brings great joy to the Elemental world, it also heralds a coming darkness. No one knows this better than Seven.—Seven, the mysterious man who rescued Felix from that horrible fire years ago and then disappeared; Seven, who has returned to claim what’s rightfully his: Felix’s heart. But even as Felix begins to trust Seven and his feelings about his place in the world, the darkness reveals itself, bringing consequences no one could have predicted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=2762"&gt;Purchase Burn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-8859724114739603279?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/8859724114739603279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=8859724114739603279' title='20 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/8859724114739603279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/8859724114739603279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/02/flash-friday-fiction-tj-klune.html' title='Flash Friday Fiction TJ Klune'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>20</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-5702338755372931269</id><published>2012-02-01T00:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-02-01T06:26:06.555-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Wednesday Brief's: Will Mike Submit?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-feY_WSgITFg/TxyWYqIWMjI/AAAAAAAAAuE/zSRoEGC6LcA/s1600/wedbriefsmed.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-feY_WSgITFg/TxyWYqIWMjI/AAAAAAAAAuE/zSRoEGC6LcA/s1600/wedbriefsmed.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello and welcome to my second edition of Wednesday Briefs! I'm continuing on with Paulo and Mike's story. If you didn't catch it, &lt;a href="http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/01/welcome-to-wednesday-briefs-mikes-way.html"&gt;click here and see where Mike and Paulo started their story&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday Brief's is flash fiction that will make you smile, make you laugh, make you cry, or even make you horny! This week, we had these prompts:&amp;nbsp;Use food in an erotic manner or,&amp;nbsp;Use: Sims, emu and gratuity &amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;"I got records on my fingers and I just can't stop" or&amp;nbsp;use some sort of dance.&amp;nbsp;For myself, I chose Sims, emu and gratuity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't forget to check out the other Wednesday Briefers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ajjarrett29.blogspot.com/"&gt;AJ Jarrett&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;m/m&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.victoriablisse.co.uk/"&gt;Victoria Blisse &lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;m/f&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #343434;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://nephylim-author.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nephylim&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;m/m&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lmbrownauthor.blogspot.com/"&gt;LM Brown&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;m/m&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #343434;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://rcbonitz.com/"&gt;RCDonitz&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;m/f&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://scarlettknightblog.blogspot.com/"&gt;Scarlett Knight&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;m/f&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pendermackie.blogspot.com/"&gt;Pender Mackie&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;m/m&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lilysawyerbooks.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lily Sawyer&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;m/m&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://julielynnhayes.blogspot.com/"&gt;Julie Lynn Hayes &lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;m/m&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And now I give you the continuing story of &lt;b&gt;Mike's Way&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Paulo arched his back and wiggled his hips. It had been agessince he’d been touched this way. Panic set in as he thought about the nighthe’d had. He was hot and sweaty, almost as smelly as he would be if he worked all day out in the sun on his grandfather’s emu farm. Four fights and sixspilled drinks all conspired to make him disgusting to Mike.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;He placed his hand on Mike’s chest and pushed. The confusionin Mike’s eyes made Paulo’s heart melt and he almost relented.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Mike, I’m dirty. Tonight was hell. I need to showerfirst.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;The pinch of Mike’s brow smoothed out and he smiled, pullingPaulo into a tight hug, rubbing his hands over Paulo’s back.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“It was a rough night. My place is around the corner.” Mikepulled away and gazed into Paulo’s eyes. “I swear, I’ll behave if you comeover. I won't do anything you don't want.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“What if I don’t want you to behave?” Paulo asked.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mike’s eyes widened. He pulled Paulo close for anotherrough kiss. Paulo skimmed his hand down Mike’s back, resting it on the curve ofhis ass. Mike moaned and pressed in closer. They weren’t going to make it toMike’s place if they kept this up. Again, Paulo pushed Mike away.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“I have to finish mopping. Go clean the bar, or I’ll neverget done.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Mmm, are you bossing me around?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;For a moment Paulo worried that he’d offended Mike, but thesmile on Mike's face told a different story. Paulo may not have been the aggressorin their first kiss, but he suspected Mike wouldn’t mind him playing dominantin the bedroom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paulo kept an eye on Mike as he finished the task, all thewhile thinking about restraints and how he would love to tie Mike up. His cockthrobbed at the prospect of having Mike ass in the air, his hands bound, and hismouth gagged so he couldn’t say a word. Of course Paulo would make Mike pick asafe signal.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“You all done?” Mike asked as Paulo pushed the mop buckettowards the maintenance closet.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Sim,”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Sims? What does that have to do with anything?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“No, sim, it means yes in my country. Oh, and I need to pick up mygratuity.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“You mean tips?” Mike asked.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Yes, tips. I always forget that word.” Paulo wished he hada better understanding of the English language, but he already understood so muchmore than when he’d first arrived. He put away the cleaning supplies, lockingthe back door and checking the bathrooms while Mike grabbed the rest of the tipmoney.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;It felt a little strange walking out with Mike, usually the bartender stayed behind, but tonight Paulo followed him out the front door. The air washot, almost stifling as they walked hand in hand down the street. There were nocars trolling the town, everyone was done for the night with the bars closedand respectable businesses not opening for a few more hours. It was safe to show their affection.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Just another block and we’ll be there,” Mike said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Paulo’s heart thumped wildly the closer they got to Mike’splace. Did he have the courage to ask for what he really wanted?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;They stopped at a green door, one that Paulo had noticedbefore on his walks to work. Mike didn’t move for a moment, his gaze downcast.When he finally lifted his head and their eyes met, Paulo’s breath caught inhis throat and his dick grew hard. The vulnerability and innocence he saw inMike’s soul made Paulo want to protect this man and dominate him. Fewunderstood the true nature of a dominant. Some were in the lifestyle to abuseothers, their sick and twisted minds getting off on pain, but domination overanother was so much more than pain. When a true Dom found a willing sub, poetrycould be written about their relationship.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“I want you to know, I’ve been watching you for the last fewweeks. I didn’t think you would ever make a move to kiss me. I’m not usuallythat forward, but I couldn’t help myself,” Mike said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Paulo stepped closer to Mike, this time taking the upperhand and pinning him against the door. Mike’s eyes grew big, and he swallowed,his Adam’s apple bobbing attractively. Paulo stuck out his tongue and slid italong the length of Mike’s neck, eliciting a groan from deep in Mike’s chest.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Open the door. I promise I won’t do anything you don’t wantme to. Let's shower, then I'll tell you what I desire,” Paulowhispered.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Paulo felt the shiver snake its way down Mike’s body as hefumbled for his keys. He was tired after a long shift at the bar, but he wasn’ttoo tired to take Mike and show him a new type of bliss.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-5702338755372931269?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/5702338755372931269/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=5702338755372931269' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/5702338755372931269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/5702338755372931269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/02/wednesday-briefs-will-mike-submit.html' title='Wednesday Brief&apos;s: Will Mike Submit?'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-feY_WSgITFg/TxyWYqIWMjI/AAAAAAAAAuE/zSRoEGC6LcA/s72-c/wedbriefsmed.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-2972240260226652836</id><published>2012-01-30T09:32:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T07:08:37.632-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Flash Fiction'/><title type='text'>Flash Fiction, a Speedo and Broken Bones. What do they all have in common?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;It seems like I've been writing quite a bit of flash fiction recently. On Saturday I had a minor surgical&amp;nbsp;procedure called balloon sinuplasty. Basically they give you a lot of topical drugs, including the legal form of cocaine, numb you up and shove a plastic balloon up your nose, and as they put it, &lt;i&gt;they open the airways&lt;/i&gt;. Sounds nice, right? What they really mean is they crush the bones on the inside of your nose to force the area to be wider. Yes, I was awake for the&amp;nbsp;procedure&amp;nbsp;so I heard the bones being crushed as they were working.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few things I've noticed, my voice sounds different. Not bad, but different. I have enough voices running through my head, and now I have another one I don't recognize when I speak. A bit disturbing...If you cry after having your bones in your nose broken, it hurts. I had a misunderstanding with someone on Sunday, and let's just say I've cried a bit. It freaking hurts to cry. Another thing, just after the procedure I had to run into a Walgreens. While I was in the store I noticed that people freak out when you have blood running down your face. If you ever have balloon sinuplasty don't go into a store after the surgery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The last thing I figured out, I can write when I'm doped up on Valium, legal cocaine (notice I didn't say the illegal versions) and all the other fun drugs they shot into me. &lt;a href="http://crysellescraziness.blogspot.com/2012/01/thousand-word-thursday-story-from-sara.html?zx=67d7897ddf94a352" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to read&amp;nbsp;the flash fiction&lt;/a&gt; I wrote while I was doped up.&amp;nbsp;I hope you enjoy.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-2972240260226652836?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/2972240260226652836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=2972240260226652836' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/2972240260226652836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/2972240260226652836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/01/flash-fiction-speedo-and-broken-bones.html' title='Flash Fiction, a Speedo and Broken Bones. What do they all have in common?'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-4951702949533941272</id><published>2012-01-29T00:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T07:08:50.876-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Six Sentence Sunday'/><title type='text'>Six Sentence Sunday Princess Slave, got to love those princesses</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Princess-Slave-Princesses-Gemariah-ebook/dp/B005DS9VHC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1327769428&amp;amp;sr=8-1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uTcGp8CBpjU/Tixn7Gc7SxI/AAAAAAAAAOk/pleaLH3ujno/s320/PrincessSlavecover+copy.jpg" width="206" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fear raced through her, her eyes darted around the room, searching for an escape.&amp;nbsp;Finally her eyes locked with those of the cocky king. His mouth turned up at the corners, his gaze steady on her face. A strange tingle ran up her spine, one she couldn’t shake off. The king lowered his eyes and licked his lips. Her body grew uncomfortably hot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://sixsunday.com/"&gt;More SSS click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-4951702949533941272?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/4951702949533941272/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=4951702949533941272' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/4951702949533941272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/4951702949533941272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/01/six-sentence-sunday-princess-slave-got.html' title='Six Sentence Sunday Princess Slave, got to love those princesses'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uTcGp8CBpjU/Tixn7Gc7SxI/AAAAAAAAAOk/pleaLH3ujno/s72-c/PrincessSlavecover+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-8668573818807104294</id><published>2012-01-26T20:20:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T07:09:35.186-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Flash Fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Flash Fiction Friday'/><title type='text'>Flash Fiction Friday with Kage Alan</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Welcome to this week's Flash Fiction Friday with &lt;a href="http://www.kagealan.com/index.php"&gt;Kage Alan&lt;/a&gt;. He's been overseas celebrating the&amp;nbsp;Chinese&amp;nbsp;New Year, and now he has to pay for his fun. Read on and see how I torture Kage this week. Check out the&lt;a href="http://flasherfictionfriday.blogspot.com/"&gt; other Flashes&lt;/a&gt; when you're done with this piece.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/384635_187536298006578_100002506280778_387668_318766654_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/384635_187536298006578_100002506280778_387668_318766654_n.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kage-Alan/e/B001JP0C8U/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1"&gt;Kage &lt;/a&gt;watched the sun rise through half closed eyes. He’d been hereall night waiting for Pookie to rescue him. He'd tried the door and the window then yelled until his voice was raw. The fire in the grate had died downhours ago, and the chill of the January morning seeped in.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;"Find me, damn it," he whispered.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Damn Ninjas! She'd threatened him and won. Who knows what type of craphe'd have to say just to get out of her prison.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sometime close to noon he heard the commotion below. The doorburst open, but it wasn’t his lover.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Oh God, what do I do now?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Does Kage get free? Will he ever make it back to America? Who knows, but while he's away pick up one of his books.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kagealan.com/images/galias-cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://www.kagealan.com/images/galias-cover.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Gaylias: Operation Thunderspell&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Agents Nicholas Inker and Anthony Hamilton: one's American, the other is Chinese.&amp;nbsp; One has the brains, the other the brawn.&amp;nbsp; And the one thing they share, besides annoying each other, is an arsenal of insults for anyone caught in the crossfire. Enter the League: they're the latest international threat, a terrorist group with an unknown agenda and untraceable funding. Until now... Guided by Debora, their trigger-happy handler, Nicholas and Anthony are assigned to uncover the League's innermost workings.&amp;nbsp; What they find, however, is completely incidental to their real mission-each is determined to get the last word in, no matter how high the body count. They're two agents, one couple, entrusted with your national security. Let the bickering begin!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gaylias-Operation-Thunderspell-Kage-Alan/dp/1936144123/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1"&gt;Purchase Gaylias from Amazon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;For more &lt;a href="http://flasherfictionfriday.blogspot.com/"&gt;FFF's click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-8668573818807104294?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/8668573818807104294/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=8668573818807104294' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/8668573818807104294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/8668573818807104294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/01/flash-fiction-friday-with-kage-alan.html' title='Flash Fiction Friday with Kage Alan'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-2305885295772482166</id><published>2012-01-25T00:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T07:09:14.725-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wednesday Briefs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Flash Fiction'/><title type='text'>Welcome to Wednesday Briefs: Mike's Way</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-feY_WSgITFg/TxyWYqIWMjI/AAAAAAAAAuE/zSRoEGC6LcA/s1600/wedbriefsmed.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-feY_WSgITFg/TxyWYqIWMjI/AAAAAAAAAuE/zSRoEGC6LcA/s1600/wedbriefsmed.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Hello and welcome to my first edition of Wednesday Briefs! Flash fiction that will make you smile, make you laugh, make you cry, or even make you horny! This week, we had these prompts: &lt;span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;silk pajamas, cat's meow, wunderbar. T&lt;/span&gt;he alternate prompts were: Born in the USA, Mahem, mollycoddle, dandruff, Stairway to Heaven, or Puff the Magic Dragon. For myself, I chose the Stairway to Heaven reference.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't forget to check out the other Wednesday Briefers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #343434;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://nephylim-author.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nephylim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://nephylim-author.blogspot.com/%20"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;m/m&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ichbineinteufel.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lindsay Klug&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;m/f&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lilysawyerbooks.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lily Sawyer&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;m/m&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="http://julielynnhayes.blogspot.com/"&gt;Julie Lynn Hayes&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp; m/m&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Without further ado, I give you Mike's Way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;The haunting refrains of Stairway to Heaven echoed throughthe bar as Paulo stacked the chairs on the tables. Only he and Mike were stillthere, the waitresses had taken off five minutes ago after cleaning the tables.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mike polished a glass, his back turned to Paulo as though hewere ignoring him. Paulo stacked the last of the chairs, ignoring the awareness for the other man that wound through him. Mike hadn’t ever said anything that would lead Paulo tobelieve he was gay but he had a feeling. Of course since Paulo was from Brazil and Mike from the USthey didn’t communicate as well as they should. Usually Mike glared across theroom as time ticked by while he mopped the floor. It wasn’t his least favoritejob, but when he’d hired on as bouncer he’d agreed to clean up afterwards.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;As he mopped the floor he thought about Mike’s full lips andhis broad shoulders. Mike’s slim hips and curvy ass weren’t too bad either.They guy was built well but it was his smile that did Paulo in.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Paulo wasn’t paying attention to where Mike was and jumped,letting out a yelp when he backed into the guy.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Shit, I didn’t know you were right there.” Paulo hoped Mike didn't complain about this. He swore the guy didn’t like him, and now this, he mightlose his job.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mike stepped forward, blocking Paulo in a corner, trappedbetween a table and the wall. Paulo’s gaze connected with Mike’s and lust shotstraight to his dick. Mike stared at him for a long moment. Sweat trickled downPaulo’s back as he stood still, wondering if Mike was about to do something likepunch him.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mike’s hand rose and Paulo flinched. Mike hesitated thenreached out, smoothing the pad of his thumb over Paulo’s rough stubble. Pauloheld his breath as Mike closed in on him, taking the mop and set it against thewall. They were only inches from each other, and for the first time Paulonoticed the blue flecks in Mike’s dark eyes. He’d thought the guy had dark eyesbut now he saw their true color.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mike’s gaze flicked down to Paulo’s lips and he smiled.Paulo breathed out slowly, trying to steady his breathing. Mike cupped his jawwith one hand, the other planted firmly on Paulo’s waist.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;“Paulo,” Mike whispered as he leaned in and brushed his lipsback and forth across Paulo’s mouth.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;His skin tingled and his muscles tensed as Paulo forcedhimself to remain still and not attack Mike. With as much restraint as he couldmuster, Paulo placed his hands on Mike’s waist. His fingers curled in, itchingto travel over the man’s body, searching his tender flesh and hard muscles.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mike broke the kiss and lifted his head enough so they couldlook each other in the eyes. Paulo couldn’t believe they were kissing, muchless touching. A shiver overtook him and shook him all the way to his toes.Mike breathed in deep, his right hand squeezed Paulo’s waist. No words werespoken as they both moved closer, pressing their bodies together, chest-to-chest,dick-to-dick.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;This time when Mike lowered his head for a kiss, Pauloopened his mouth, running his tongue over Mike’s lips. Mike groaned and openedfor him, their tongues twisting against each other as Mike slid one hand downthe back of Paulo’s jeans.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-2305885295772482166?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/2305885295772482166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=2305885295772482166' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/2305885295772482166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/2305885295772482166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/01/welcome-to-wednesday-briefs-mikes-way.html' title='Welcome to Wednesday Briefs: Mike&apos;s Way'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-feY_WSgITFg/TxyWYqIWMjI/AAAAAAAAAuE/zSRoEGC6LcA/s72-c/wedbriefsmed.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-145008162616302593</id><published>2012-01-22T05:42:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T07:09:47.636-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Six Sentence Sunday'/><title type='text'>Six Sentence Sunday His Hero Anthology with Zane's Inferno</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&amp;amp;CAT_ID=&amp;amp;P_ID=1506" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XAE_7vx0Yqc/TttnVjASHxI/AAAAAAAAAms/iNSV_v9MCu4/s320/hishero_800.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&amp;amp;CAT_ID=&amp;amp;P_ID=1506" target="_blank"&gt;Zane's Inferno a part of His Hero Anthology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Nick leaned in,pulling Zane into a crushing kiss. His tongue invaded Zane’s mouth, takingpleasure as he pushed Zane up against the wall. Nick’s hands were down Zane’spants, grabbing his ass and squeezing hard as he ground his pelvis against him.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;The kiss ended all toosoon and Nick pulled back, leaving Zane totally bereft. Their breath came ingasps, heating up the tiny space where they’d hidden their little liaison.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-145008162616302593?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/145008162616302593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=145008162616302593' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/145008162616302593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/145008162616302593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/01/six-sentence-sunday-his-hero-anthology.html' title='Six Sentence Sunday His Hero Anthology with Zane&apos;s Inferno'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XAE_7vx0Yqc/TttnVjASHxI/AAAAAAAAAms/iNSV_v9MCu4/s72-c/hishero_800.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-8063947956815242159</id><published>2012-01-20T00:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T07:10:05.207-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Flash Fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Flash Fiction Friday'/><title type='text'>Flash Fiction Friday Devon Rhodes</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nevM8pFZQCI/TxV24IKF0vI/AAAAAAAAAtg/cqQqTfmyp84/s1600/384635_187536294673245_100002506280778_387667_2018697868_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nevM8pFZQCI/TxV24IKF0vI/AAAAAAAAAtg/cqQqTfmyp84/s1600/384635_187536294673245_100002506280778_387667_2018697868_n.jpeg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Welcome to today's Flash Fiction Friday with &lt;a href="http://www.devonrhodes.com/"&gt;Devon Rhodes&lt;/a&gt;. For more &lt;a href="http://flasherfictionfriday.blogspot.com/"&gt;FFF click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt;The gun pressed to the back of &lt;a href="http://www.devonrhodes.com/"&gt;Devon's &lt;/a&gt;head didn't worry her as muchas the bomb set to explode in three minutes.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt;Mitch was bigger than her by a hundred pounds, meaner than a rabiddog and dumber than a stump. The seconds ticked by, but he didn't budge hishold on her.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt;She counted down the time as fear pumped through her.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt;“Tell me the code,” Mitch said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt;Devon nodded, Mitch didn’t havetime to escape anyways. Mitch removed his hand.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 19px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 19px;"&gt;"Let me go and I'll give it to you."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 19px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 19px;"&gt;Mitch pushed her away and she stumbled towards the door. Would she make it?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 19px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/384814_323541194328141_100000167893335_1627773_1278634900_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/384814_323541194328141_100000167893335_1627773_1278634900_n.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I hope you enjoyed my Flash. Devon was a great sport and had no idea what I was going to write. Did she escape??? I don't know, we'll have to leave that for another episode. In the meanwhile check out her &lt;a href="http://www.devonrhodes.com/"&gt;website and her books&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&amp;amp;CAT_ID=&amp;amp;P_ID=1506"&gt;A Ring And A Promise is part of the His Hero Anthology.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Careers in military service are never easy on relationships—even less so when both lovers are in different branches...and both are men.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Naval Academy graduation now under their belts, Cary Barrientos knows the reality of the upcoming separation from his roommate of the past four years. Owen is more to him than just his best friend—he is the one person Cary can see spending his life with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Owen Marsh knew that when he became Cary’s lover, the day would come when he would have to walk away. Now that day has come, and he’s having a hard time convincing himself that it’s just sex between them. Even with DADT repealed, there is no way a Marine and a Navy flier can be together. He’s just being realistic not expecting more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Cary switches their Academy rings, hoping Owen won’t notice, he makes a vow—he will do whatever he has to do, including believing enough for the both of them, to make their unlikely relationship stand the test of time. But when his Marine is called up for duty overseas, can a piece of jewellery and a promise be enough to get them through?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To read more &lt;a href="http://flasherfictionfriday.blogspot.com/"&gt;FFF click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-8063947956815242159?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/8063947956815242159/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=8063947956815242159' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/8063947956815242159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/8063947956815242159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/01/flash-fiction-friday-devon-rhodes.html' title='Flash Fiction Friday Devon Rhodes'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nevM8pFZQCI/TxV24IKF0vI/AAAAAAAAAtg/cqQqTfmyp84/s72-c/384635_187536294673245_100002506280778_387667_2018697868_n.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-6824436189519560347</id><published>2012-01-18T00:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T00:00:01.085-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Thirst by Lisa Worrall</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UFztTE1V36g/TxNgbnil9AI/AAAAAAAAAtY/8cc0qyD4soQ/s1600/Thirst-Lisa_Worrall200x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UFztTE1V36g/TxNgbnil9AI/AAAAAAAAAtY/8cc0qyD4soQ/s1600/Thirst-Lisa_Worrall200x300.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Today I welcome the amazing Lisa Worrall to my blog. She has a great backlist on &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;sort=relevancerank&amp;amp;search-alias=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;field-author=Lisa%20Worrall"&gt;Amazon so check out her books&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;I hope you enjoy Thirst.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blurb:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Detective Max Bowman is hunting a serial killer terrorizing the city, who leaves victims drained of blood. No fingerprints, no clues, no ideas. Only a mysterious inscription carved into each body.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Frustrated with the lack of progress, Max takes a break in a local pub. &amp;nbsp;Attacked by the attractive man buying him drinks, he is left for dead in the alley behind the bar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Waking up in Carter Gray's bed was the last thing he expected. &amp;nbsp;Who was this mysterious man? &amp;nbsp;What was his dark secret? &amp;nbsp;Why does he make Max tremble with anticipation every time their eyes meet?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It becomes apparent that Carter is the only one with the 'expertise' to help him find the killer. &amp;nbsp;But is his attraction to Carter clouding his judgment and is he refusing to acknowledge that the killer may well be Carter himself?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Excerpt:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pain, lots of pain. Max tried to force his eyes open, but only one would comply; the other already swollen shut from the impact of a closed fist. He wasn't sure how long he'd been lying in the alley behind the bar. He dimly remembered a tall blond man with piercing blue eyes who introduced himself as Tony, or it might have been Tommy, buying him a beer, followed by way too many shots, he'd stopped counting after the fourth; remembered laughing and joking with him, flirting and being flirted with in return. Nothing seemed out of place. Nothing that was until the man suggested they go somewhere quieter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instead of heading out into the brightly lit street, Max had found himself being jostled from both sides into the alley behind the bar. The blond held onto him on his left and from nowhere a dark haired man grabbed his right arm. Too late Max realized that everything was out of place, just as the blond man's fist connected with his face and his knee with Max's groin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The two of them punched and kicked him, and all he could do was curl in on himself on the ground and hope he could minimize the damage. He didn't want to think too much about the sharp snap he heard when a hard boot connected with his ribs, nor the meaty sounds of flesh upon flesh. Max was assaulted by a wave of dizziness and he felt darkness reach out to engulf him in its warm embrace, but he mentally shook his head and stubbornly refused to let it claim him. He felt hands grabbing at his keys and his wallet and then more pain as a boot connected with the muscle in the left cheek of his ass. His head was pulled back by a vicious hand twisting in his chestnut-colored hair, his glassy brown gaze locking onto piercing blue as the word "Fag" was spat at him and his head was slammed back down on the dirt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Max heard their retreating footsteps and he tried to lift his head, the pain in his side causing a cry to fall from his lips at the movement. He coughed and cringed as he saw dark splatters of blood hit the ground. Wiping the back of a shaky hand across his lips, he stared at the stain of red on his skin. He stumbled to his knees, trying to use the wall beside him to pull himself up. His legs buckled, and he crashed back to the ground, a deep groan wrenched from him as he fell. Suddenly, he felt two strong arms, one around his shoulders and one under his knees, lifting him as if he weighed no more than a small child. His head lolled to the side, coming to rest on a firm shoulder and he had a glimpse of jade green eyes looking down into his as the dark claimed him once more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* * * *&lt;br /&gt;Carter pulled open the door of his black 1968 Ford Mustang and eased his ward carefully into shotgun, slowly reclining the seat to make the position more comfortable. Taking off his heavy woolen coat, he rolled it and slipped it behind the man's head to prop up the semi-conscious man. He gazed down at the battered face he had been watching all night from his dark corner of the bar, aware how beautiful it was underneath the swelling and bruising. The man's name was Max that much he knew, because he had heard him introduce himself to his assailant. He frowned, furious with himself that he had realized too late the blond twink and his accomplice's plans for the young man. If he hadn't been distracted, if he hadn't been so thirsty…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carter slid behind the wheel, his green eyes glittering in the muted glow from the dome light as he closed the door behind him. A small smile lifted his lips as he headed his car toward home. The two men who had robbed and beaten Max and left him for dead had already paid for what they'd done. Glancing into his rear-view mirror, he parted his lips and ran his tongue down his elongated incisors.&lt;br /&gt;They wouldn't be hurting anyone ever again, and he wasn't thirsty anymore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bio for Lisa Worrall&lt;br /&gt;I was born in Romford, Essex, but am now living in Leigh on Sea, ten minutes away from the seaside town of Southend on Sea, which boasts the longest pier in the world.&amp;nbsp; My claim to fame!&amp;nbsp; I am having a total ball creating stories for the characters clamoring in my head for attention. And I am totally amazed by the support they've received and hope to give them voice for as long as people want to hear what they have to say.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On a personal note, I am the single mother of two children, aged eight and six, which makes for some interesting conversations, which sometimes end up in my stories!&amp;nbsp; As if that wasn't enough to make me prematurely gray, we also have acquired a puppy called Winnie, named after my biggest vice... the Winchester brothers in Supernatural.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://spsilverpublishing.com/product_book_info/thirst-ebook-p-718"&gt;https://spsilverpublishing.com/product_book_info/thirst-ebook-p-718&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-6824436189519560347?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/6824436189519560347/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=6824436189519560347' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/6824436189519560347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/6824436189519560347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/01/thirst-by-lisa-worrall.html' title='Thirst by Lisa Worrall'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UFztTE1V36g/TxNgbnil9AI/AAAAAAAAAtY/8cc0qyD4soQ/s72-c/Thirst-Lisa_Worrall200x300.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-591365707886229870</id><published>2012-01-15T23:30:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T23:30:02.733-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Cock and Bull Closer, The Wonderful TA Chase</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="p1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mariesexton.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/CBTour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://mariesexton.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/CBTour.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hello Sara and everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p1"&gt;Thanks for hosting me at your blog, and thanks to all the visitors stopping by to check out the last stop on the Cock &amp;amp; Bull Blog Tour. I hope you’ve followed us all since January 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; when I hosted Julia Knight to start the tour off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p1"&gt;I thought I’d end the tour with a little bit of heat. Nothing wrong with that, right?&amp;nbsp; My upcoming release, The Longest Stride, will be available at&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amber Allure on January 22&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p1"&gt;I don’t have an actual link to my specific book, but here’s a link to the Amber Allure front page, and The Longest Stride will be on there when it comes out. Also, it’ll be discounted for the first week. Who can pass up a sale? Lol&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p2"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://%22/"&gt;http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I’ll share the blurb for The Longest Stride and an excerpt:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p3"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YPP4zRsn_Pc/Tw73MPFfKiI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/ERqCRg85MBM/s1600/LongestStride.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YPP4zRsn_Pc/Tw73MPFfKiI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/ERqCRg85MBM/s320/LongestStride.jpg" width="207" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Branimir Javlosk moved from Montana to Kentucky over twenty years ago, following the man he loved to a strange new place. They started a rescue farm and rehab center for retired racehorses, or any equine that needed their help. Branimir gained a reputation as a horse whisperer, able to take the most frightened horse and teach it to trust. They were on top of the world until Branimir’s lover died in a car accident.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p4"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p3"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;He’s continued on, allowing the horses that need him to fill the empty place left by his lover’s death. Yet Branimir has a secret hidden deep inside of him. One he only lets out on rare occasions when there is a need.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p4"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p3"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Austin Jameson Spellsin is the youngest and favored son of one of the country’s richest men. Austin’s not interested in working in the family business of building oilrigs. He wants to ride horses in the Olympics, eventing to be specific. Yet with all his money, he’s never found the right horse for him. Until one morning, he stares at a scar-covered, half-starving mare and sees the look of eagles in her unvanquished gaze.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p4"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p3"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Of course, falling in love with the damaged mare isn’t going to make her want Austin, so he turns to the one man he knows can help him. Taking Mary’s Gospel to Branimir Javlosk seems the best way to win the mare’s troubled heart. Little did Austin know, not only would Mary’s Gospel lose her heart to the older cowboy, but Austin would find himself wanting to heal the wounded soul hiding inside Branimir.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p5"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p1"&gt;Excerpt:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Austin smiled. “You know what my secret is. I can’t whistle.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Branimir chuckled. “I’m not sure why you’d keep that a secret, but thanks for sharing. I’ll still sleep with you, even though you can’t whistle during sex.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They laughed until Austin met Branimir’s gaze, and they came together hard, teeth clacking as they kissed. He threaded his fingers through Branimir’s head and moaned low in his throat as Branimir grabbed his ass. Wiggling and squirming, he straddled Branimir’s lap.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He ground his erection into Branimir’s, and their groans mingled. He dropped his head back and kept rocking their groins together. Branimir encouraged the rhythm until panting filled the room. Sweat dripped down his cheeks and Austin leaned forward to nip Branimir’s neck.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“You’re so beautiful,” he murmured as he nibbled along Branimir’s throat, taking little bites as he went.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“As are you.” Branimir squeezed Austin’s ass, running his finger along the seam of Austin’s jeans and pressed just a little against Austin’s hole.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The pressure from Branimir’s finger made Austin want more. He reached down and opened his pants, revealing his cock. Branimir caught on to what Austin was doing, so he undid his own jeans and brought their naked shafts together.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Holy shit!”&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The heat of Branimir’s skin along with the strength of his fingers wrapped around his own shaft drove Austin closer to the edge. He thrust, fucking Branimir’s hand, letting their pre-cum ease the friction, but only slightly. There was a little bite of pain to the hand job.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“I’m coming,” he warned.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“I’m right with you.”&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Within seconds, warm cum spilled from them, coating their cocks and Branimir’s hand. When his last drop squirted out, Branimir came, adding his own to Austin’s. As his climax faded away, he fell forward onto Branimir’s chest.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Wow. I needed that,” he muttered.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“So did I, but I want in your ass.” Branimir patted his ass before gathering him close and standing.&lt;br /&gt;“Let’s go take a shower and see where we can go from there.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Sounds great to me.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He wrapped his legs around Branimir’s waist and rested his head on Branimir’s shoulder, letting his lover carry him upstairs. He marveled at how strong Branimir was, considering Austin wasn’t a light weight, but Branimir wasn’t out of breath when he hit the top of the stairs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They moved down the hallway to the bathroom where Branimir set Austin on the counter before turning on the shower. Austin sat there for a moment, watching his lover strip. It shouldn’t have been erotic, because Branimir wasn’t trying to be. He unbuttoned and removed each piece of clothing without even looking at Austin.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Branimir revealed his upper body, Austin gasped. Scars marred his chest and back like he’d been in a lot of fights. One scar looked more like a horse attacked him. Austin jumped to his feet and went over to run his fingers over the jagged line.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Wow, that had to hurt,” he commented.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Branimir stiffened, but didn’t pull away. “It did.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“How did it happen? I can’t see you not paying close enough attention to let a horse nail you like that.” Austin noticed how tense Branimir appeared as he continued to trace the old wound.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Yeah, well, I wasn’t really expecting it from this particular horse. He’d never shown any signs of aggression toward me before, but I guess it just goes to show you can’t get distracted, even around a horse you trust.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Austin studied Branimir, something in the man’s voice telling Austin there was more to the story. Yet the way Branimir turned away from him told Austin, Branimir didn’t want to talk about it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Looks like you had quite a few run-ins with crazy animals.” He whispered a caress over Branimir’s chest, pausing to tweak his nipple.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Branimir hissed and reached for Austin’s pants. “You need to get naked and we need to get wet before all the hot water is gone.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Austin chuckled as he ripped his clothes off and crowded Branimir into the shower stall. He inhaled sharply as the wet fell over Branimir’s body, outlining all those wonderful muscles and tanned skin. The man must sunbathe in the nude because there wasn’t a tan line anywhere. Austin almost swallowed his tongue at the thought of Branimir lying on the grass out under the sun. God, he hoped he got to see it just once before he had to leave.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Shit,” he muttered as he soaped up his hands and grasped Branimir’s cock with them. He pumped while Branimir dropped his head back and groaned.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“What’s wrong?”&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He could tell Branimir had a hard time focusing on what Austin said and Austin wanted it that way.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Nothing Just remembered something.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Austin pushed the thought of leaving out of his head. He didn’t have to go for another month and after that, he’d figure out how to get back to Branimir and his farm as often as possible. Long distance relationships were hard on couples, but luckily, he had the money to make it work, even if he had to fly back to Branimir every week.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What did that say about his feelings for the man? They’d only spent time together for the past month or so, and while he knew Branimir better than he did when he arrived, there were still lots of things he didn’t know about the man.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Branimir grabbed Austin’s shoulders and brought their mouths together, quite effectively stopping Austin from thinking about anything except the feel of Branimir’s thick cock in his hand.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Their tongues competed for dominace as Branimir pushed Austin up against the cool tiles. He grunted at the coldness on his back, but his chills disappeared when Branimir slid his hands down to grip his ass with strong fingers.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Oh fuck.” He moaned, arching into Branimir’s solid body. His own grip on Branimir’s cock tightened, but his mind short-circuited at the touch of Branimir’s fingers to his hole.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“You want something,” Branimir murmured, tongue trailing over the curves of Austin’s ear.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“God, yes. I want you inside me. You’re gonna make me feel you for days.” His eyes rolled at the thought of Branimir’s larger than average cock fucking his hole.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Branimir growled low in his throat before pressing closer to Austin and nipping the side of Austin’s neck. Austin exhaled loudly and turned to brace his hands against the wall, tilting his ass out in a blatant offer. He jumped when Branimir slapped his butt.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Don’t move. I’ll be right back.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Austin rested his forehead on the tiles and closed his eyes, calming his breathing so he didn’t hyperventilate. At what point had his entire focus narrowed down to the shower stall and the man about&amp;nbsp;to fuck him? Nothing else mattered except getting Branimir’s dick in his ass.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He grunted when a slick finger rubbed over his hole lightly before breaching it. Closing his eyes, he concentrated on relaxing his muscles. Branimir buried his finger as deep as it could go into Austin and they both grunted. Within in minutes, Branimir had four fingers stretching Austin, getting him ready for Branimir’s thick shaft.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“I’m ready, Branimir. I want you inside me right now,” Austin demanded.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Branimir chuckled and eased his fingers out, drawing a mumbled protest from Austin. “Can’t have it both ways, sweetheart. It’d take far more lube for you to be able to deal with all my fingers and my cock. It’d be like me fucking you with my fist.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Austin almost came as the image of Branimir’s hand buried in his ass popped up in his mind. “Oh my God!”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Hush, honey.” Branimir soothed Austin by stroking his hand over Austin’s back. “That’s something to think about later. Right now, I want to shove my dick into you as hard as I can until you’re screaming my name.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Do it.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He dropped his head again and shut his eyes, admiring Branimir’s controlled power as his lover thrust slowly, inch by hot inch. He was panting by the time Branimir stopped, his pubic hair scratching Austin’s butt.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Are you okay?”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Austin thought for a moment, evaluating every atom in his body. Was he okay? He hummed and angled his hips, drawing Branimir in further. Oh yeah, he felt great.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Yeah. I’m fine. Get moving, stud.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Branimir froze and Austin wondered what he’d said. He clenched his inner muscles, dragging a groan from Branimir. That was all the man need, Austin guessed, considering how quickly Branimir started fucking his ass. Hard and fast, just like Austin wanted at that moment.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He grunted and jerked as Branimir nailed his gland with each stroke in and out. Stars burst before his eyes when Branimir leaned forward and bit the spot where his neck and shoulder met.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Branimir,” Austin screamed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Without even being touched, Austin came, spilling his cum all over the shower wall and floor. He massaged Branimir’s cock, doing his best to break the man’s control. It worked.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p6"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One. Two. On the third deep shove inside, Branimir froze and shouted Austin’s name while filling the condom he wore. His hands gripped Austin’s hips, leaving behind bruises, but Austin didn’t care. He barely acknowledged it when Branimir slid out and somehow managed to get them cleaned up, out of the shower, and into bed without a mishap, considering how useless Austin was.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p7"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They snuggled together under the blankets in Branimir’s bed and Austin thought about how sexy Branimir made him, but also how much love he felt in every touch Branimir gave him. It was crazy of course, because no one falls in love so quickly. Austin sighed and wiggled to get closer to Branimir. He’d worry about all that in the morning. Right then, he wanted to sleep in the arms of his lover and absorb his warmth.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p5"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p1"&gt;Hope you enjoyed the excerpt, and keep The Longest Stride in mind at the end of the month.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p1"&gt;Thanks again, Sara, for letting me stop by. If anyone wants to check out my other books, you can hit my blog, &lt;a href="http://www.tachase.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;www.tachase.blogspot.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; My website is down at the moment because I’m getting a new one designed. Also, if you have any questions, you’re more than welcome to email me at chase.ta at gmail dot com.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, I’m giving away a copy of The Longest Stride to one lucky commenter today. Though you’ll have to wait until it comes out. 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The guy would probablykill him if he knew what he was thinking. The gentle touch of Nick’s hand onhis face and chest made it difficult to stop his impure thoughts but he’d bedamned if he’d get a boner laying on a gurney in an ambulance. 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Each week a group of us write Flashes. &lt;a href="http://flasherfictionfriday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Click here for more.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;“It isn’t fair,” Lisa said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;“The virus wiped out most of the female population, we just have to becareful. They wouldn’t understand.” Karin kissed Lisa again, brushing her lips over Lisa's worried brow.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;“I hate being a fucking breeder. Seventy four of us and we’re justbreading rats. No life. No love.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;“I love you.” Karin kissed her again.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;“Yes, and I love you, but we can’t be together.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;“I hear someone coming,” Karin whispered.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;They separated, Lisa’s heart aching.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The door opened, a tall dark man stepped in. “Number fifty one, it’syour turn.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tears filled Lisa’s eyes. Her turn to breed.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;For more &lt;a href="http://flasherfictionfriday.blogspot.com/"&gt;FFF's click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-7515888764059360753?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/7515888764059360753/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=7515888764059360753' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/7515888764059360753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/7515888764059360753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/01/flash-fiction-friday-illegal-liaisons.html' title='Flash Fiction Friday Illegal Liaisons'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iLqagYENatM/TwsCpSKcNEI/AAAAAAAAAss/4XP9gklzHTc/s72-c/384635_187536291339912_100002506280778_387666_305606714_n.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-4436353696338415064</id><published>2012-01-10T09:23:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T09:23:52.345-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Not doing what we should, where do you fit in?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt; 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I have a long historyof&amp;nbsp;procrastination. It's a wonder I get anything done. With writing I'mfairly good about not procrastinating. As of this morning I've written 30,000words this year on a novel. I'm good with that. It's the difficult things thatI procrastinate on. Or those things I&amp;nbsp;perceive&amp;nbsp;as difficult.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;I've beenmeaning to have a difficult conversation with my son for a while. I pushed itoff on my husband but he's no better than I am. I finally had the conversationand it wasn't difficult or hard at all. Check that one off my list.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;Gradingmy daughters work. That's one I hate. I haven't graded her work in the weeksince we went back to school. Got that one done and it was easy. My son's work,that’s a different story. He's behind and going to have to school on theweekends until he gets caught up. Great, another difficult conversation withhim.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;Thenthere are the things around the house. I hate paying the bills. We have themoney to pay them I just hate having to pull everything together and make thosedecisions. I also procrastinate with going to the doctor.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;Maybe thereason I don't procrastinate with my writing is I'm busy not doing everythingelse and fill that time with writing. Oh well, it's off to work on writing andnot pay the bills. Where do you fit into the procrastination game?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-4436353696338415064?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/4436353696338415064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=4436353696338415064' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/4436353696338415064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/4436353696338415064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/01/not-doing-what-we-should-where-do-you.html' title='Not doing what we should, where do you fit in?'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-6221972433015696153</id><published>2012-01-08T03:28:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-08T03:33:34.662-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Six Sentence Sunday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Texas Rough'/><title type='text'>Texas Rough for Six Sentence Sunday</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WIbcojzVSsM/TwlgcGlF6YI/AAAAAAAAAsU/mQ4dOgd4jN4/s1600/tumblr_lwxxwdytp41qdt0f4o1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WIbcojzVSsM/TwlgcGlF6YI/AAAAAAAAAsU/mQ4dOgd4jN4/s320/tumblr_lwxxwdytp41qdt0f4o1_500.jpg" width="213" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Lane braced his hand against the window thenpulled it away, not wanting to leave a smudge. He stumbled over to thekitchen but didn’t grab a beer, a beer with his raging hormones would spelldisaster. Lane stared down the hall to Gresh's bedroom. Gresh was getting naked behind that door. Lane closed his eyes as heleaned against the counter imagining Gresh standing in the center of the roomwith nothing other than his underwear on.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;This is from Texas Rough, a new book that I'm working on. Hope you enjoyed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;For more &lt;a href="http://sixsunday.com/"&gt;SSS click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-6221972433015696153?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/6221972433015696153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=6221972433015696153' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/6221972433015696153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/6221972433015696153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/01/texas-rough-for-six-sentence-sunday.html' title='Texas Rough for Six Sentence Sunday'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WIbcojzVSsM/TwlgcGlF6YI/AAAAAAAAAsU/mQ4dOgd4jN4/s72-c/tumblr_lwxxwdytp41qdt0f4o1_500.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-268600579795868805</id><published>2012-01-05T08:31:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-05T08:31:59.676-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Hot Cowboy Loving - Wait, that can't be the name of my book</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DKY_1Uy_OuI/TwIgziRFLJI/AAAAAAAAAq8/2iO76fs5ieA/s1600/390159_264934606902282_100001572338413_727965_1751358175_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DKY_1Uy_OuI/TwIgziRFLJI/AAAAAAAAAq8/2iO76fs5ieA/s1600/390159_264934606902282_100001572338413_727965_1751358175_n.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I'm kind of empty right now. I just haven't had the words to put into a post. You know how when something happens and it makes you sad...Well that's been me for the last few days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been writing on my cowboy love story. I've written 16,000 words in the last 4 days. It's a great romance with loads of angst but no name for the book. I need to come up with a name and soon. I can't just call it The Cowboy Love Story. How stupid is that?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It needs to be something catchy, something inspiring. Brokeback Mountain is already taken and there are no mountains in south Texas near Houston. Texas Hill Country isn't mountains, it's rolling hills. The rolling hills of Texas are lovely but a book called Lovely Rolling Hills about two guys who fall in love and have some issues to work through wouldn't set the proper tone. There are a lot of snakes in Texas but the Snake Love Story isn't right either.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are a lot of cows on the ranch but naming animals in a book title is a bit&amp;nbsp;sketchy and has to be done carefully.&amp;nbsp;There is a love triangle in this story. It's a very emotional tale of hard bodied cowboys, rich land owners and doctors. It's like Lions, Tigers and Bears oh my but none of the guys would qualify as bears so adding bears to the name wouldn't be wise. So I'm left with a story about hot cowboys who overcome difficult situations to have love but will they make it or will the hot cowboy run off with the doctor...Oh, why can't I come up with a name?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mariesexton.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/CBTour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="132" src="http://mariesexton.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/CBTour.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Don't forget to visit the Cock and Bull tour. Here are the websites and leave a comment!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;address style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Jan 2:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.tachase.blogspot.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #b91313; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;TA Chase&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Jan 3:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.juliaknight.co.uk/category/blog/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #b91313; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Julia Knight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Jan 4:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://gallagherwitt.blogspot.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #b91313; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; 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background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #b91313; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Freddy MacKay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; 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background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #b91313; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;JP Barnaby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; 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border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #b91313; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Devon Rhodes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Jan 16th:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://sarayork.blogspot.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #b91313; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Sara York&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 11px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Grand Prize: $150 Amazon gift card&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 11px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;2nd: $100 Amazon gift card&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 11px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mariesexton.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/CBTour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://mariesexton.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/CBTour.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;It is officially the first day of the Cock &amp;amp; Bull Blog Tour! The first stop is at TA Chase’s blog. Go&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.tachase.blogspot.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #b91313; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Remember, at the end of our tour, we’ll be giving away a grand total of $300 in Amazon gift cards! Every comment you leave along the way enters you into the grand prize drawing. Details and our full schedule can be found&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://mariesexton.net/january-blog-hop" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #b91313; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 11px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Happy New Year!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 11px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Grand Prize: $150 Amazon gift card&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;2nd: $100 Amazon gift card&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;3rd: $50 Amazon gift card&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;There will be smaller prizes along the way. We’ll also be hosting a chat&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LoveRomancesCafe/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #b91313; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;on January 4th, noon to 5:00 EST. The more comments you leave along the way, the better your chance of winning!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;I hope you’ll join us!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-3352045634371842461?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/3352045634371842461/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=3352045634371842461' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/3352045634371842461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/3352045634371842461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/01/cock-and-bull-come-find-out-what-its.html' title='Cock and Bull - Come find out what it&apos;s about'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-3802065402319446069</id><published>2012-01-01T11:05:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-01T11:05:41.654-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Six Sentence Sunday - Hot Hot Hot</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&amp;amp;CAT_ID=&amp;amp;P_ID=1506" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FkwGr10yt-o/TsrcEKQitaI/AAAAAAAAAjY/sH5fpm1oPhw/s320/zanesinferno_800.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nick wasn’t one to parade around naked, but Zane had seen him once and knew the guy was well hung. He couldn’t wait to get his lips around that cock. He did love sucking dick. Most of the guys he’d dated were bottoms and they sucked his cock. Zane doubted that Nick had ever played bottom for anyone.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From Zane's Inferno in the His Hero Anthology releasing January 16th.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-3802065402319446069?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/3802065402319446069/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=3802065402319446069' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/3802065402319446069'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/3802065402319446069'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2012/01/six-sentence-sunday-hot-hot-hot.html' title='Six Sentence Sunday - Hot Hot Hot'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FkwGr10yt-o/TsrcEKQitaI/AAAAAAAAAjY/sH5fpm1oPhw/s72-c/zanesinferno_800.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-4920045925887110530</id><published>2011-12-30T00:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-30T00:00:03.055-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Flash Fiction Friday - It's all about me</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8Y0IY9wAWXU/TvssQHFVEaI/AAAAAAAAApg/AtIkUcOjOD4/s1600/384220_187532234673651_100002506280778_387641_812782584_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8Y0IY9wAWXU/TvssQHFVEaI/AAAAAAAAApg/AtIkUcOjOD4/s400/384220_187532234673651_100002506280778_387641_812782584_n.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This week's FFF is all about me. Yep, it was my birthday week so I'm only inviting myself as a guest on this post. 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Sex is great. It's fun, exciting and amazing. Orgasms are tops. Overall I think sex is such a wonderful activity you should have it as often as you can. Now with all good things there is a butt. Here's the butt...Recently on Facebook I ran into someone who believed that you could not get any STI's from oral sex. That's Sexually Transmitted Infections for those who don't know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Safe sex is an important part of having sex. You can get sexually transmitted diseases and infections from having oral sex. I'm all for oral sex. I don't want to be a buzz kill but don't be stupid. Here's a &lt;a href="http://www.pamf.org/teen/sex/std/oral/#Oral Sex and STIs"&gt;link about having safer sex&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are going to have oral sex take some precautions. If someone has a mouth sore it's contagious. Don't allow anyone to perform oral sex on you when they have a cold sore. That's herpes and it will pass from genital to mouth and mouth to&amp;nbsp;genital. The bacterium chlamydia can also pass from mouth to genitals and the other way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AIDS can also be passed. Not as often as other diseases but AIDS is a virus, and as with all viruses, they like to spread. AIDS will search for a way to live in the new host. New medicines make it harder to tell if someone is sick with HIV and AIDS. Just know before you blow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't want to be all buzz kill with this post but I also don't want ignorance spread. You can get STI's through oral sex. In fiction books it's easy to make the character go out and have sex without consequences. It's all made up in fiction book and in the movies. The author tells the story that they want to tell and they ignore the&amp;nbsp;consequences of their characters actions&amp;nbsp;if it doesn't fit their story. Be educated. Ask more than one person and research the answers you need to have safe sex.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-5262509426156186310?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/5262509426156186310/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=5262509426156186310' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/5262509426156186310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/5262509426156186310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-love-sex.html' title='I love sex!!!!'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-8678192878469073908</id><published>2011-12-27T07:11:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-27T07:11:34.097-06:00</updated><title type='text'>What's going on in my erotic world???</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;Hmmm, that's a good question. I'm writing like crazy. Not on blogs but books. In the last eight day's I've written another book, &lt;i&gt;Torn to Shreds.&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Torn to Shreds features Brett, an ex Marine who's pissed, lost and&amp;nbsp;lonely,&amp;nbsp;and Lucas, a college kid who has been taken as a slave by one sick bastard.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I've signed a contract for Selling It. I seriously loved writing Selling It. 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The scars on hisright leg, left rib cage and left collar bone are a brutal reminder of his pastas a teen prostitute and a key to solving this investigation.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Blaine’s trips to gay bars arewreckless but he’s searching for solace for his wounds. When he meets Andyeverything changes. Dating Andy forces him out of the closet at work and thenhe has to admit his past indiscretions to his captain.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Andy falls in love at the drop of ahat and he's promised his two best friends he won't fall so easily again. Whenhe meets Blaine he's helpless to the instant attraction.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Andy and Blaine are dedicated tomaking their relationship work when the killer targets Andy and his two bestfriends. Can Blaine save his lover and Andy’s friends without losing himself?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XAE_7vx0Yqc/TttnVjASHxI/AAAAAAAAAms/iNSV_v9MCu4/s1600/hishero_800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XAE_7vx0Yqc/TttnVjASHxI/AAAAAAAAAms/iNSV_v9MCu4/s320/hishero_800.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"&gt;I've got one book that releases in January, Zane's Inferno - A part of the His Hero Anthology, and I'm part of a super cool Blog Hop. It's the Cock and Bull Blog Hop. Love the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;Here are the prizes for the Cock and Bull Hop&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;Grand prize: $150 Amazon Gift Card&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;2nd prize: $100 Amazon Gift Card&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;3rd prise: $50 Amazon Gift Card&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;We'll be starting January 2nd so don't forget to come back here and check out the tour's progress.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;And that's what's been going on in my world. It's my birthday this week so don't forget to stop in on my &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/sara.york1"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; page and wish me happy birthday. Kisses to all, XOXO&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-8678192878469073908?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/8678192878469073908/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=8678192878469073908' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/8678192878469073908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/8678192878469073908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2011/12/whats-going-on-in-my-erotic-world.html' title='What&apos;s going on in my erotic world???'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XAE_7vx0Yqc/TttnVjASHxI/AAAAAAAAAms/iNSV_v9MCu4/s72-c/hishero_800.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-3339422822516579045</id><published>2011-12-23T00:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-23T08:41:25.148-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Flash Fiction Friday - Tom Webb and Sue Brown</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Ah, with Christmas in the air who could resist such a wonderful photo of two lovebirds kissing? Today's FFF is my take on this photo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://tom-webb.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tom Webb&lt;/a&gt;, from Bear on Books review site, is joining me today as well as &lt;a href="http://suebrownsstories.blogspot.com/?zx=333a94a270a9acb8"&gt;Sue Brown&lt;/a&gt; in the fun and&amp;nbsp;fabulous&amp;nbsp;world of FFF. I hope you enjoy this little story and go read some of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://tom-webb.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tom's reviews&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Final-Admission-ebook/dp/B006NGE7V8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1324598068&amp;amp;sr=8-1"&gt;Sue's books&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FSjn700iCoc/TvNZIBG3TtI/AAAAAAAAApM/9OvXVq7iHYw/s1600/384220_187532231340318_100002506280778_387640_579343641_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="207" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FSjn700iCoc/TvNZIBG3TtI/AAAAAAAAApM/9OvXVq7iHYw/s320/384220_187532231340318_100002506280778_387640_579343641_n.jpeg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;Tearsfell from &lt;a href="http://tom-webb.blogspot.com/"&gt;Tom's&lt;/a&gt; eyes as he pulled &lt;a href="http://suebrownsstories.blogspot.com/?zx=333a94a270a9acb8"&gt;Sue&lt;/a&gt; into a kiss. They were to marry in themorning. Rich, his lover stood off to the side, his fists clenched. If only theworld were different.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;Suepulled out of the kiss and gazed up at Tom. She shook her head and gave him asad smile.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;“Why arewe doing this?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;“It’sexpected.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;“Fuck theworld and its expectations. Let’s live.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;Suepushed him away and turned the wedding party. “Tom and I aren’t gettingmarried.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;Everyonegasped. Her mother clutched her chest.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;“Instead,Tom and Rich shall walk the aisle.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/308747_220609391337814_100001662654563_582435_942611664_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/308747_220609391337814_100001662654563_582435_942611664_n.jpg" width="206" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Final Admission by Sue Brown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;James Trenchard is a dick. Everyone in Bingwell, Brock, and Bacon says so, and after Ethan’s first encounter with the man, he agrees. Ethan resolves to avoid James but ends up working closely with him and discovers the lawyer's hiding a secret from the world. Ethan also realizes he's falling too hard too fast. Ethan has to decide if he should help James and risk getting entangled in the mess James has gotten himself into, or move on. But walking away from love is never a simple decision to make.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Final-Admission-ebook/dp/B006NGE7V8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1324598068&amp;amp;sr=8-1"&gt;Purchase Final Admission&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more FFF check out these pages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Bonni Sansom:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a _mce_href="http://bonnisansom.blogspot.com/" href="http://bonnisansom.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;http://bonnisansom.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Lee Brazil:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a _mce_href="http://leebrazilauthor.blogspot.com/" href="http://leebrazilauthor.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;http://leebrazilauthor.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Sherri Hayes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a _mce_href="http://sherri-hayes.blogspot.com/" href="http://sherri-hayes.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;http://sherri-hayes.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;ER Pierce&amp;nbsp;&lt;a _mce_href="http://www.erpierce.com" href="http://www.erpierce.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.erpierce.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Yvonne Nicolas&amp;nbsp;&lt;a _mce_href="http://yvonnenicolas.wordpress.com/" href="http://yvonnenicolas.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;http://yvonnenicolas.wordpress.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Eden Connor:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a _mce_href="http://edenconnorwrites.blogspot.com/" href="http://edenconnorwrites.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;http://edenconnorwrites.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Benjamin Russell:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a _mce_href="http://www.incubuschronicles.blogspot.com/" href="http://www.incubuschronicles.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.incubuschronicles.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;AuroraRose Andromeda:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a _mce_href="http://rollingmuseintheroses.blogspot.com" href="http://rollingmuseintheroses.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;http://rollingmuseintheroses.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Sara York:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a _mce_href="http://sarayork.blogspot.com" href="http://sarayork.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;http://sarayork.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Cyril J. 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font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Davee Jones:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a _mce_href="http://finless.blogspot.com/" href="http://finless.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;http://finless.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Sancre Darling:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a _mce_href="http://sancredarling.blogspot.com/" href="http://sancredarling.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;http://sancredarling.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-3339422822516579045?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/3339422822516579045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=3339422822516579045' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/3339422822516579045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/3339422822516579045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2011/12/flash-fiction-friday-tom-webb-and-sue.html' title='Flash Fiction Friday - Tom Webb and Sue Brown'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FSjn700iCoc/TvNZIBG3TtI/AAAAAAAAApM/9OvXVq7iHYw/s72-c/384220_187532231340318_100002506280778_387640_579343641_n.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-4028754903813065008</id><published>2011-12-17T09:04:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-17T09:06:32.762-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Zane's Inferno - A part of the His Hero Anthology</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thebloghopspot.com/event-page/"&gt;Stuff Your Stockings Blog Hop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prizes Galore:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RdvV-llqcnY/Tuqr-cgDPuI/AAAAAAAAAos/4TLkW8iFQVo/s1600/blog-hop-button.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RdvV-llqcnY/Tuqr-cgDPuI/AAAAAAAAAos/4TLkW8iFQVo/s1600/blog-hop-button.jpeg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$450+ In Gift Cards to Amazon, B&amp;amp;N, ARe, and Other Publisher Sites&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;150+ In Ebooks of all heat levels&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kindle Fire, Jewlery, Gift Baskets, Christmas Ornaments, and all kinds of goodies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each participating author is going to hold a contest on their blog with so many treats up for grabs it’s enough to make every reader’s Christmas just that much happier! In each contest post the author will link the others participating in the blog hop to help you find each and ever stop to increase your chances to win.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The contest will start Friday, December 16, 2011 and go till midnight Sunday, December 18, 2011.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leave your comment below and you'll be entered for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to Amazon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&amp;amp;CAT_ID=&amp;amp;P_ID=1506" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XAE_7vx0Yqc/TttnVjASHxI/AAAAAAAAAms/iNSV_v9MCu4/s320/hishero_800.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love this cover for the anthology, His Hero. His Hero will release from &lt;a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&amp;amp;CAT_ID=&amp;amp;P_ID=1506"&gt;Total-E-Bound on January 16th.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'Zane's Inferno' by Sara York&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Zane's Inferno—when burning, hot lust ignites into raging love.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After being trapped in a fire, Zane Wilson is shocked by the heat directed his way by Nick Dubois, the fire department's top paramedic. Nick comes on to Zane, kissing him in the bunkroom and surprising the hell out of him. The next day, Nick shows up at Zane's house and the fireworks really begin. The sex is rough and hot, not at all like anything Zane has had before.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Their relationship began because of a fire then almost ends because of one. When Zane is trapped in a forest fire and almost killed, Nick moves in and doesn't leave his side. But a jealous ex is setting up Nick...and gunning for Zane. Will they survive they survive the firestorm created by their relationship, or succumb to the flames?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you enjoy this blurb and look for His Hero on January 16th.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-4028754903813065008?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/4028754903813065008/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=4028754903813065008' title='49 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/4028754903813065008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/4028754903813065008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2011/12/zanes-inferno-part-of-his-hero.html' title='Zane&apos;s Inferno - A part of the His Hero Anthology'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RdvV-llqcnY/Tuqr-cgDPuI/AAAAAAAAAos/4TLkW8iFQVo/s72-c/blog-hop-button.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>49</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-2809294890973851310</id><published>2011-12-16T00:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T08:04:07.152-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Flash Fiction Friday with Ethan Day and SammyJo Hunt</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;Yes, it's time for another &lt;a href="http://flasherfictionfriday.blogspot.com/2011/12/december-16-2011.html"&gt;FFF&lt;/a&gt;. Today I've roped&lt;a href="http://ethanday.com/"&gt; Ethan Day&lt;/a&gt; an &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/SammyJoHunt"&gt;SammyJo Hunt&lt;/a&gt; into letting me use them as subjects in this short tale. SammyJo was so gracious that she allowed me to turn her into a man for the purposes of this weeks story. I do hope you enjoy SmmyJo Hunt and Ethan Day's&amp;nbsp;premiere&amp;nbsp;into the world of Flashers. And don't forget to leave a comment to be entered in the &lt;a href="http://thebloghopspot.com/event-page/"&gt;HOP&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vDxh0DeGh5s/TuJcO0yHoOI/AAAAAAAAAnM/1siZUhlyaVE/s1600/376393_187528164674058_100002506280778_387633_930060168_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vDxh0DeGh5s/TuJcO0yHoOI/AAAAAAAAAnM/1siZUhlyaVE/s320/376393_187528164674058_100002506280778_387633_930060168_n.jpg" width="213" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;“Do you think the body is buried deep enough?” &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/As-You-Are-ebook/dp/B002YQ2IMG/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;m=AG56TWVU5XWC2"&gt;Ethan&lt;/a&gt; asked.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;“He can’t hurt you anymore.” &lt;a href="https://spsilverpublishing.com/product_book_info/glbt-historical-c-53_55/a-wicked-encounter-ebook-p-270"&gt;Sam&lt;/a&gt; stroked Ethan’s cheek,cupping Ethan’s chin tight in his hand. “The day I met you I swore I wouldn’tlet him hit you again. He’s gone forever.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;“You’re too good to me.” Ethan stepped close to Sam and ranhis fingers down Sam’s bare chest, loving that lust fired in Sam’s eyes.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;“Someone will miss him.” Ethan toyed with the waistband ofSam’s underwear.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;“I’ve got it covered, babe.” Sam wrapped his arms aroundEthan, hugging him tight.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ethan pulled down Sam's underwear. “I’m ready.”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you enjoyed today's flash. Please thank &lt;a href="http://ethanday.com/"&gt;Ethan &lt;/a&gt;and &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/SammyJoHunt"&gt;SammyJo&lt;/a&gt; for being such good sports they had no idea what I had planned for the Flash or that they would be suspects in a crime investigation, but let's pray they actually did bury the body deep enough. &lt;a href="http://flasherfictionfriday.blogspot.com/2011/12/december-16-2011.html"&gt;Check out more Flash Fiction Friday.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ethanday.com/images/asyouare.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://ethanday.com/images/asyouare.jpg" width="133" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/As-You-Are-ebook/dp/B002YQ2IMG/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;m=AG56TWVU5XWC2"&gt;As You Are&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Operation Danny...that’s all bartender and recent college graduate Julian Hallowell has had on his mind the past year. Julian may have no idea what he wants to do with his life, but he definitely knows he‘s in love with the boy next door: the next door down the hall to be exact, housing his roommate and used textbook store owner Danny Wallace.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;While Julian has done his level best to make Danny fall for him, all his hard work has been in vain. Danny doesn’t seem to view Julian as anything other than a roommate and friend. So when new guy in town Andy Baker asks him out on a date, Julian can’t think of a good reason to say no.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Instead, he institutes a Reverse Operation Danny plan, which he’s positive will purge all thoughts of love and lust for his roomie out of his head. He’s ready to move on and start looking for his next Mr. Right, and Andy just might fit the bill. But has he given up too soon?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/196438_100471766704514_100002250721821_2011_3570163_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/196438_100471766704514_100002250721821_2011_3570163_n.jpg" width="133" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="https://spsilverpublishing.com/product_book_info/glbt-historical-c-53_55/a-wicked-encounter-ebook-p-270"&gt;A Wicked Encounter by SammyJo Hunt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Christopher Allwyne, Duke of Bellwood, stood to inherit a vast fortune. Still reeling from the loss of his parents and most recently, his Aunt Polly, the Duchess of Bellwood, the young noble found himself traveling in the dark of night to oversee Her Grace's funeral proceedings and to attend the reading of his aunt's will. Along the way, his carriage suffers a devastating accident, and a dark stranger comes to his aid and rescue. The Marquis Evan de Lombard, rich French nobleman, takes an instant interest in the handsome Christopher. Sharing a wicked encounter shortly after meeting, things look promising as love blooms between them. That is, until the Marquis reveals his true identity and purpose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once Christopher knows the truth, will he ever be able to forgive Evan and love him, despite the man's indiscretions? Torn apart by dishonesty, can love win out over betrayal and rise to the occasion, reuniting them for a lifetime of happiness? The cost for true love could be a price neither one is willing to pay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://thebloghopspot.com/event-page/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RdvV-llqcnY/Tuqr-cgDPuI/AAAAAAAAAos/4TLkW8iFQVo/s1600/blog-hop-button.jpeg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today is the first day of the Stuff Your Stockings Blog Hop. I'm giving away one $20 gift certificate to Amazon at the end of the hop to one lucky commenter. All you have to do is &lt;b&gt;leave a comment on today's post or any other post through the 18th.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you enjoy the &lt;a href="http://thebloghopspot.com/event-page/"&gt;Hop&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;set up by the lovely and talented &lt;a href="http://dreabecraft.com/"&gt;Drea Becraft.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;There are&amp;nbsp;Prizes Galore:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$450+ In Gift Cards to Amazon, B&amp;amp;N, ARe, and Other Publisher Sites&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;150+ In Ebooks of all heat levels&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jewlery, Gift Baskets, Christmas Ornaments, and all kinds of goodies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each participating author is going to hold a contest on their blog with so many treats up for grabs it’s enough to make every reader’s Christmas just that much happier! In each contest post the author will link the others participating in the blog hop to help you find each and ever stop to increase your chances to win.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The contest will start Friday, December 16, 2011 and go till midnight Sunday, December 18, 2011. &lt;a href="http://thebloghopspot.com/event-page/"&gt;Click here for more participants.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-2809294890973851310?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/2809294890973851310/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=2809294890973851310' title='60 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/2809294890973851310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/2809294890973851310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2011/12/flash-fiction-friday-with-ethan-day-and.html' title='Flash Fiction Friday with Ethan Day and SammyJo Hunt'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vDxh0DeGh5s/TuJcO0yHoOI/AAAAAAAAAnM/1siZUhlyaVE/s72-c/376393_187528164674058_100002506280778_387633_930060168_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>60</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-886410767967993536</id><published>2011-12-14T20:25:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T10:53:35.981-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Paw Prints - Now Available</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"&gt;What happens when twenty five writers get together with a story idea geared toward helping better one small corner of the world? &amp;nbsp;Meet Kylie Wright and Buster and find out this December in Paw Prints, a brand new story created by Rebel Writers with a Cause.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"&gt;Buster was a bait dog, the kind used to teach others like him to fight to the death. Left for dead on the side of an empty country road, Kylie Wright finds him and sets into motion a whirlwind of events that offer both she and Buster a second chance at life. With his new master and a handsome vet tech, Jason, at his side, Buster might have just found his very own Shangri-La. That is if the people who abused him, the very same people threatening both Kylie and Jason, can be brought to justice.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"&gt;Will Buster finally have the life and family he deserves or will fate deliver each of them at the feet of the cruel men running the death pit?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"&gt;Rebel Ink Press supports the mission of The Humane Society of the United States and a financial donation will be made to help support their cause. &amp;nbsp;Your support of our project is greatly appreciated and it is our sincere hope you'll help us spread the word regarding this worthwhile cause.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"&gt;Paw Prints will be available at these fine retailers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"&gt;All Romance ebooks.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Paw-Prints-ebook/dp/B006MRZI0C/ref=sr_1_6?s=digital-text&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1324054212&amp;amp;sr=1-6"&gt;Amazon.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"&gt;Barnes &amp;amp; Noble.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"&gt;Bookstrand.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://1.gvt0.com/vi/EdHvgnMsak0/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EdHvgnMsak0&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds" /&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /&gt;&lt;embed width="320" height="266"  src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EdHvgnMsak0&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-886410767967993536?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/886410767967993536/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=886410767967993536' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/886410767967993536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/886410767967993536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2011/12/paw-prints-coming-soon.html' title='Paw Prints - Now Available'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-2113963889953235605</id><published>2011-12-13T09:08:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-13T09:08:34.377-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Shhh, we're talking about the M word...Masturbation</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Masturbation – Self Love – Pulling the Wanker – Petting theCat&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;What ever you call it masturbation is a part of life. Somepeople call it a sin other’s think it’s dirty. “You’ll grow hair on your palms.”or “You’ll go blind” Remember those lies? For some strange reason some Christianpastors think masturbation is a form of homosexuality. Comparing masturbationto homosexuality is a huge stretch and totally wrong. And now since I’vebrought up homosexuality I have to pull out one of my favorite Jerry Seinfeldlines – Not that there’s anything wrong with that – the homosexuality of course,not the other junk about Christian pastors.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;If you masturbate you aren’t homosexual. Guys stroking offin front of a mirror, pulling their meat and watching their body react isn’thomosexual behavior. Girls slipping their fingers in their underwear, sliding theirthumb against their clit and feeling it grow hard between their fingers,there’s nothing homosexual about that.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Most men think of women when they are masturbating. If avariant image of a man pops into their head while they are all plumped up withnowhere to go but in their own hand that isn’t homosexuality either.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Of course anyone who knows me knows that I’m all fine withtwo guys stripping naked, pelvis to pelvis, hard cock to hard cock, their lipscome together tentatively at first then hungrily as they plunder each other’smouths, sucking and nipping as they take and give of their bodies. Slowly oneof them drops to his knees and smiles up at the other then his tongue dartsout, flicking the end of....Well you get the picture. Now if you’re ready tomasturbate over that scene, great. If you’re a heterosexual male or a lesbianI’m sorry, I’m just not good at doing female on female action.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;So why is masturbation seen so negatively. For some reasonpeople still see self-pleasure as a negative activity. People feel guilty ifthey masturbate. They think that they are defective or have something wrongwith them. None of that is true.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;I know I’m going to piss people off when I say this, but Goddoesn’t care if you masturbate. People will toss out ridiculous bible quotesthat are taken in the wrong context. Masturbate if you will, but God doesn’tcare.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;It’s none of your mother or father’s business if youmasturbate. Don’t spooge all over their furniture but your parents/grandparentor others in the line of ancestry shouldn’t care about your self-love and ifthey do, tough cookies for them.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So how do you talk to your kids about masturbation? If you have kids eventually you are going to have to bring up the subject. First off never make them feel like there is something wrong with them if they masturbate. If you watch any popular media or listen to the radio your kids have heard the word. Might as well get used to the idea of saying those words in front of them. Say it out loud now --Masturbation- If you're in a coffee shop just don't say it too loud, the other patrons might look at your funny.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Like I said, if your kids are older than 3rd grade and have watched TV or even left the house then they have heard the word. What do you want them to know about masturbation? If you're reading this and think masturbation is wrong I don't know what to say. Please seek&amp;nbsp;counseling. Masturbation is a part of growing up. Masturbation is cheap, easy and won't get you sick. Nowhere in the bible does it say masturbation is a sin. It does say don't whack off and go to church without cleaning up. I mean come on, who wants to smell fresh spunk at church.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your kids are going to do it anyways and who do you want them talking to about sex? Crazy Freddie from gym class or you? Crazy Freddie can hook them up with some sweet stuff but you can help them grow up with a healthy attitude towards sex.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some people masturbate to images or movies. Other’s like alittle action with another person and masturbate in groups or on chat lines.Some people have active imaginations and just go at it because of theirthoughts.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;If you’ve never masturbated and you want to try then move toa private room sit back and relax. Touch yourself and see what you come upwith. I guarantee it will be a good time.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://0.gvt0.com/vi/h50EVzzn5_g/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h50EVzzn5_g&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds" /&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /&gt;&lt;embed width="320" height="266"  src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h50EVzzn5_g&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Masturbation has been around since the dawn of time so I’veincluded a great scene from the movie Il Compleanno and listed of a few songs that highlight the glories of masturbation,ending with my favorite Longview by Green Day. So go bite your lip and closeyour eyes and slip on into paradise.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;13. Darling Nikki by Prince&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;12. Icicle by Tori Amos&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;11. Coin Operated Boy by The Dresden Dolls&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;10. Orgasm Addict by the Buzzcocks&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;9. Dancing With Myself by Billy Idol&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;8. The Keys to Her Ferrari by Thomas Dolby&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;7. Turning Japanese by The Vapors&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;6. All Revved up With No Place to Go by Meat Loaf&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;5. Epic by Faith No More&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;4. She Bop by Cindi Lauper&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;3. I Touch Myself by DiVinyls&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;2. Blisters in the Sun by The Violent Femmes&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;1. Longview by Green Day&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-2113963889953235605?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/2113963889953235605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=2113963889953235605' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/2113963889953235605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/2113963889953235605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2011/12/shhh-were-talking-about-m.html' title='Shhh, we&apos;re talking about the M word...Masturbation'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-7451013362616063375</id><published>2011-12-11T07:32:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-11T07:35:49.396-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Six Sentence Sunday it's Super Secret Shhh</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Heat from the fire was baking his brain throughhis helmet. They were going to call him back any second. The swirl of the fireand the intense heat meant only one thing—this building was about to collapse. Thestairs were engulfed in flames, blocking access to the upper floors. This hadto have been deliberately set.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="TEBContentfont-bookantiqua12pt"&gt;Zane's Inferno a part of His Hero Anthology - Available Janyary 16th&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-7451013362616063375?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/7451013362616063375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=7451013362616063375' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/7451013362616063375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/7451013362616063375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2011/12/six-sentence-sunday-its-super-secret.html' title='Six Sentence Sunday it&apos;s Super Secret Shhh'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XAE_7vx0Yqc/TttnVjASHxI/AAAAAAAAAms/iNSV_v9MCu4/s72-c/hishero_800.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-3593574769131095843</id><published>2011-12-09T03:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-09T03:00:04.839-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Flash Fiction Friday :Em Woods</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z-a_9MhaaJE/Tt4sNkEcR3I/AAAAAAAAAnA/YV47X4IU_UE/s1600/317741_178508392242645_100002504569047_353414_1854780639_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z-a_9MhaaJE/Tt4sNkEcR3I/AAAAAAAAAnA/YV47X4IU_UE/s320/317741_178508392242645_100002504569047_353414_1854780639_n.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Welcome to another Flash Fiction Friday. I hope you enjoy my take on this photo. And please welcome&lt;a href="http://authoremwoods.com/"&gt; Em Woods&lt;/a&gt; who I've taken liberties with and placed her in the center of the action.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://authoremwoods.com/"&gt;Em Woods&lt;/a&gt; had signed up for the photo shoot because sheneeded the money but what she really wanted was to be back home with her guys.She couldn’t get enough of &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jacks-Way-ebook/dp/B005XMEUPQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1323185357&amp;amp;sr=1-1"&gt;Ben Morillo or Jack Marr&lt;/a&gt;. They’d come into her lifeand taken over everything.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;She did another ridiculous pose for the photographer, allthe while thinking of Ben and Jack getting it on without her. They weremischievous men who got into trouble way too often.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Em vowed to spend more time with the pair next week. Getting down and dirty with the pair couldn't come soon enough.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;You can find &lt;a href="http://authoremwoods.com/"&gt;Em Woods here&lt;/a&gt; and find her&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;search-alias=digital-text&amp;amp;field-author=Em%20Woods"&gt; books here&lt;/a&gt;. She was such a good sport and had no idea what I would write about her. I hope you enjoyed this weeks FFF and enjoy Em's books. For more &lt;a href="http://flasherfictionfriday.blogspot.com/"&gt;FFF go here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Blurb for Jack's Way&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: #f7f6ff; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;When a down-on-his-luck architect meets a closeted cowboy with a cranky horse, can they find common ground or will ghosts from the past destroy their future?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: #f7f6ff; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Ben Morillo, a prominent architect, has a good life. He works for one of the leading firms in New Hampshire, owns his flat and stays out of the lime light. That is until his ex-lover shows up at his work months after their violent break-up, making a scene that gets Ben fired.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: #f7f6ff; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Jack Marr, ranch owner and closeted cowboy, can’t believe his bad luck when he has to pick up the handsome friend of his veterinarian. Convinced Ben won’t stick around, Jack struggles to protect his heart before the attraction between them leaves him broken.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: #f7f6ff; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;When Ben’s old boss tracks him down, he’s called back to New Hampshire to complete the job he was working on when the firm let him go. While Ben is determined to make Colorado his home, Jack is just as determined to consider Ben gone.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: #f7f6ff; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;Ben and Jack must feel their way through an amused veterinarian, a cranky horse and too many misunderstandings, but in the end, will Ben be able prove that Jack’s way is the only way for him?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;search-alias=digital-text&amp;amp;field-author=Em%20Woods"&gt;You can find Em Wood's books on Amazon.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-3593574769131095843?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/3593574769131095843/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=3593574769131095843' title='23 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/3593574769131095843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/3593574769131095843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2011/12/flash-fiction-friday-em-woods.html' title='Flash Fiction Friday :Em Woods'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z-a_9MhaaJE/Tt4sNkEcR3I/AAAAAAAAAnA/YV47X4IU_UE/s72-c/317741_178508392242645_100002504569047_353414_1854780639_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-4931633794059647449</id><published>2011-12-07T19:27:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-07T19:28:37.133-06:00</updated><title type='text'>How Sexy is Your Sex?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;There seems to be some misperception and misunderstandings aboutsex. I’m not talking about how men think they should get a try before they buyand women don’t want to give it up before marriage. I’m talking about girls whoput out before the “I do’s” then they don’t.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;I’ve been married for over twenty years to the same man.Yes, the same man and I have been having sex for two decades without bringinganyone else in or seeking loving outside just the two of us. So I can’t saythat if I found myself suddenly single I wouldn’t sleep with a guy before westarted getting serious. I’ve grown accustomed to having sex a couple of timesa week and I’m not sure I could go without. Anyways, my point being that ifyou’re going to have sex a certain way before the marriage then after themarriage you should perform the same way.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;That doesn’t mean that if the sex before marriage is boringyou have to stay boring after marriage. After marriage you can get freaky withyour partner. Go wild, buy toys or tie each other up. See how long you can playwith the other person before they reach orgasm. Stretch it out on those nightsthat you have time so you and your honey are totally exhausted. One thing youshould never do is tone it down after marriage. If you had supper sexy sexbefore you walked down the aisle then after you walk the sex should be even sexier.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Acting one way before the “I do” and another way after the“I do” is false advertising. This goes for both men and women. If the men aresuper nice and loving before the wedding then turn into jerks that’s not right.They have no right to demand anything from their wife. Likewise, if the woman playsfun sex games before the marriage and after the marriage won’t let the crown ofher husband’s penis pass her lips then shame on her.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Catching a husband or a wife isn’t a game, it’s real life.Your future spouse deserves to know the truth about what you will and won’t doand how you will and won’t act. Fixing the problem is going to take more thanone blog post, it’s going to take people actually caring about other people intheir lives.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;One of the basic misperceptions is that sex with anotherperson is about you getting off. It’s not. You can get off by yourself. Thereis nothing wrong with masturbation. It’s easier for everyone and can be doneanytime just not anywhere though. Masturbation is easier on your checkbook, nodates required. It’s easier on your health, no chance of getting a STD andeasier on your emotional state, especially if you accidently hook up with apsycho.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Sex with another person is about showing the other personhow much you care. Sadly most people miss that point and it’s the mostimportant point dealing with sex. Having intercourse with another is about youmaking sure they feel cared for. They may or may not reach orgasm but did youcare for them. For me to have sex with someone I would have to care for themfirst. Too many people don’t get what sex is about. They mistakenly think it’sall about them but life is rarely about you and in relationships it is neverabout you.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-4931633794059647449?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/4931633794059647449/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=4931633794059647449' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/4931633794059647449'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/4931633794059647449'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-sexy-is-your-sex.html' title='How Sexy is Your Sex?'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-4730869125714157323</id><published>2011-12-05T18:04:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-05T18:26:45.212-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Why I stopped reading</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;I no longer read romance books with men and women in them.It’s not that I’m not heterosexual but I can’t stand reading the M/F storiesthat are out there now because I don’t identify with the women in these books. I’mnot being too picky and I’m not bashing women, I think women get bashed enoughas it is and I think most authors of M/F books aren’t helping. There are someauthors who write M/F that I will read everything they put out. Every JanetEvanovich book that comes out with Stephanie Plum as the main character I’llread but I probably won’t pick up another M/F romance book again for a longtime.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;M/F romance books seem to have this unfortunate habit ofmaking the female stupid or a total bitch. And I don’t just mean a littlestupid I mean a lot stupid. The woman does totally idiotic actions with stupidreasons backing them up. They are up one second then down the next, it’s likethey all need a dose of Prozac to even them out.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Of the M/F book’s I’ve read recently the female’s emotionsare so whiplashy that it makes me sick to follow what they are doing. I can’tbelieve that women are writing these books. Do they really think women are thatstupid? It pisses me off that the women in these books are written to act likeidiots. They freak out, have sex with anyone, sabotage their lives andotherwise act like total buffoons all for weak reasons and threadbare excuses.Their motivation is thin and it totally ruins the book for me.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;M/F books have gotten so cliché that it’s like the blondegirl who runs upstairs in a horror movie only to be cut in two by the scarykiller. Why are women authors sinking so low that they are creating characterswho are too stupid to live or too bitchy to survive.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Unfortunately some M/F romance authors are beginning towrite M/M books that have characters that are nothing more than chicks withdicks. The men act like women instead of men.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;I know there are all types of people out there. I’m femaleand I don’t necessarily act like other women. I hate shopping, I approachsubjects logically, and I’m much better with money and directions than myhusband. I know some women couldn’t find their way out of a paper bag with amap in hand but there are plenty of men who suck at directions too. Men andwomen have issues with balancing their checkbook and men and women have issueswith depression, that’s not what I’m talking about. I’m talking about menwritten into stories that are so feminine that they have thoughts women haveand do actions women would do.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Most M/M books are great. I love GA Hauser stories and LauraHarner writes awesome books about men too. Both Laura and GA are women. They doa great job of writing men into their stories with solid motivation. I alsolove the total male feel of Damon Suede’s books. Hot Head was so full of masculinecharacters and it was awesome. The men in GA’s, Laura’s and Damon’s storiesdon’t always make the best choices but their motivation is true. These authorsdon’t make their characters into caricatures.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Most M/F books the motivation is so weak it’s pathetic Ican’t stand reading them anymore. I hope that more authors start writing believablestrong women who aren’t so stupid that they make you want to throw up or sobitchy that you hope they die before page five.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;If you are reading this and you write M/F then take a goodlook at your characters and see if they need a does of Prozac. Characters don’tneed to be caricatures. It’s fiction, not a soap opera. If you write M/M booksthen don’t write a chick with a dick. Men act different than women. When youwrite male characters make sure they are actually male characters not a femalecharacter with a penis.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-4730869125714157323?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/4730869125714157323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=4730869125714157323' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/4730869125714157323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/4730869125714157323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2011/12/why-i-stopped-reading.html' title='Why I stopped reading'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-4795871964245796708</id><published>2011-12-04T06:28:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-04T19:16:40.388-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Six Sentence Sunday - Surprise Sleep Over - Second post</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/authordetail.asp?A_ID=169" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YJiEMu0SN58/TeeU2LXXxxI/AAAAAAAAAGg/yKxJC_1xUmg/s320/surprisesleepover_800.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p1" style="text-align: left;"&gt;“Oh God, I didn’t mean to run into you.” The man stepped back, grasping Nick’s upper&amp;nbsp;arms in his hands.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p1" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p1" style="text-align: left;"&gt;For a moment Nick fought the stranger’s grip. Fear shot around his thoughts before he&amp;nbsp;realised the man holding him was James from accounting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p1" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="p1" style="text-align: left;"&gt;“I didn’t know anyone was still here.” His heart still hammered in his chest and his&amp;nbsp;breathing was erratic, but he wasn’t sure if it was from the fright or the fact that James was&amp;nbsp;touching him.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-4795871964245796708?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/4795871964245796708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=4795871964245796708' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/4795871964245796708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/4795871964245796708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2011/12/six-sentence-sunday-surprise-sleep-over.html' title='Six Sentence Sunday - Surprise Sleep Over - Second post'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YJiEMu0SN58/TeeU2LXXxxI/AAAAAAAAAGg/yKxJC_1xUmg/s72-c/surprisesleepover_800.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-7247223827625480354</id><published>2011-12-02T23:33:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-02T23:33:01.057-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Story Orgy Breaks in And Takes Over</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.breathlesspress.com/word-play" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m7QSxdFFArA/TtkIAxbugyI/AAAAAAAAAmk/R6pWIV4wMlo/s320/WordPlay600x900.jpg" width="213" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Havan)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;*jimmies lock and opens door to the talented Sara York's blog* All right…we'rehere! *looks behind me at my reluctant Story Orgy family: The Goddess EmWoods…her muse JR Boyd…my muse Lee Brazil…the brilliant Hank Edwards (I'm his#1 Hankie!!!)…and my beautiful yin Jade Baiser*&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Lee)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt; *peersaround* Are you sure about this?&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;JR)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt; *snugglesinto my muse's side, pointing and whispering* Ohh! Look, Em. The carpet isgorgeous!&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Em)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt; *looksover shoulder* Yep, looks great. Can we hurry up? I don't want to get busted.That would ruin my "white as snow" innocence. *blinks*&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Havan)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt; Oh comeon, I wouldn't lie to you, Sara said we could play on her blog today! *grabsLee's hand and pulls him behind me while motioning for the others to follow*Wow! Her blog is so big and pretty like! And look—plenty of chairs andloveseats to go around! So…what do you guys want to do now? &amp;nbsp;*starts thecoffee pot and pulls out the bag of cookies I snagged from Lee's kitchen*What?!? Didn't I ask for these…ooops. *giggles*&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Lee)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt; Oh, byall means, my cookies are your cookies!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Havan)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt; *hugsmy muse and sighs happily*&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;JR)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt; *licksLee's cookie* So, does that mean this one's mine?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Lee)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt; *blushes*&amp;nbsp;ummm...&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Em)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt; All yours,my muse. *smh*&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Havan)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt; *hipbumps Lee and winks at JR* Alrighty then…you know, I was asked the other day toexplain the Story Orgy to a friend…they had seen our 5 part interview on: Our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #7030a0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://havanshawthaven.blogspot.com/2011/10/playing-with-story-orgy-pt1.html"&gt;Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #7030a0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://authoremwoods.com/2011/11/04/the-story-orgy-spills/#comment-632"&gt;Writing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #7030a0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://leebrazilauthor.blogspot.com/2011/11/story-orgy-talks-part-3.html"&gt;Sex&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #7030a0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://hankedwardsbooks.com/blog/?p=716"&gt;Favorite Things&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;…and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #7030a0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://jr-boyd.blogspot.com/2011/11/story-orgy-reminiscing-about-christmas.html"&gt;Christmas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;. Plus they had seen our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #7030a0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/SOGroup"&gt;Facebook page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;…but they were still wondering exactly what we were andhow we got to be where we are.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Lee)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt; Iremember reading Em's post on FB- a beautiful little story about a painting anda first snowfall. &amp;nbsp;I knew I wanted to try it right away. &amp;nbsp;So I askedher if she wanted company, and she said sure, that made prompt writing evenmore fun!&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Jade)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt; Iremember it perfectly. I received a message from Em, who I didn't know thatmuch at that time, asking me if wanted to help the group by finding pics toillustrate their stories. I was flattered and agreed right away!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;JR)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt; I don'tthink I ever felt as honored as I did the day I joined Story Orgy. I'll neverforget it. Lee gave me a chance by presenting the idea to Story Orgy before Ieven knew about it. That day changed my life. I gained another loving family.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Havan)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt; I forone was just trying to be like my muse…I'm a follower you know *giggles*…I sawLee having fun working it with Em and I just had to try it myself—this wastechnically before we became the Story Orgy. But after my first posting with Emand Lee I was hooked.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Hank)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt; Em metme on Facebook and invited me to join the group, and I fit right in. My dash ofsass (or two) and my back catalog of sizzling fiction, plus I really loved tohave the chance to post on a weekly basis. I've written two or three novellasout of it, all posted in chapters on my blog, everything from ghost stories, tomobster muscle in love, to sea monsters. While it's a challenge because there'sno chance to go back and edit to make the beginning of the story, startedweeks, or even months, ago, match the ending, it's pretty exciting!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Havan)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt; *leansover, sticks finger to Hank's arm and pulls back quickly…shaking finger* dudeyou really do sizzle! *bounces on loveseat*&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;JR)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt; *holds mymuse's hand* Em, you are indeed an angel. Yep. An angel indeed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Em)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt; Oh wow. Really,it was easy to agree to writing with you guys. You are all so talented...it wasa no-brainer for me. And I couldn't be happier that we've made our writinggroup succeed!&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Havan)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt; Sothere—in a nutshell the Story Orgy is a group of six individuals who alone aretalented and terrific...but put us all together and we can move mountains andcause a little trouble ... um ... okay maybe a lot of trouble - but only thegood kind! *giggles* We write every Monday on our blogs using all differenttypes of prompts - whether they are picture, dialogue, three words or justsentence prompts. The SO is more than just a group of talented authors tocoattail with…it is a family with whom to grow and thrive with. *blushes*Sorry, I tend to get a tad bit mushy every now and then. hehe&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;You know—strolling down memory lane with you all is afave pastime of mine! So…let's talk about Word Play! This is the SO's firstever publication with Breathless Press. We were gifted with a terrific editorand the whole process was just smooth as honey being drizzled over the yummiestbody parts imaginable! *winks*&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;JR Boyd&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Off the Beaten Path&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Best friends, Mitch Sterling and Colby Merritt have spenttheir whole lives together in a small town in the Hill Country of Texas. Attwenty-four, the two entrepreneurs run a small landscaping company. Mitch worksout in the field, leading&amp;nbsp;the landscaping crews and getting his handsdirty. Colby uses his college education to handle the business aspect of thecompany from their office.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Outside work, the two can always be found together. ASaturday morning drive leads them to a dirt road that neither has evertraveled. With the help of a few beers, the hot Texas sun, and a secludedcountry pond, Mitch and Colby find themselves exploring new territory Off theBeaten Path.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Lee Brazil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;The Park at Sunrise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;First they were three, now there are two.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Can Jason and Morgan make a relationship work withoutPaul?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;For years the three of them had been inseparable, firstas friends, then lovers. It's been ten years since they parted for what wassupposed to be a year apart to pursue their dreams.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;This isn'tthe reunion they planned then.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;It's nine years too late for onething, and they are one man short for another.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;In the years since Paul's death, Morgan hasn't exactlybeen waiting for Jason to reach out to him.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;He's beentoo busy trying to forget, to move on.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Until Jason sends the rightmessage. Is the painting just an excuse to see his ex again?&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Hank Edwards&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Wicked Reflection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Kirk Stanford’s realtor never mentioned certain featuresof his new home during the walk through, such as mysterious rooms and brutalsecrets. All Kirk knows is he has a lot of unpacking to do and a handsome, badboy neighbor seems to have taken an interest in him.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;But then the warnings begin to appear, written in steamon the bathroom mirror. At first, Kirk dismisses the messages, but when aprowler attempts to break into his house, and a handsome private detectiveshows up asking questions, Kirk realizes how much danger he is in. He’sinvested too much money in his new house to just walk away, so his only choicenow is to figure out for himself who the prowler is and what he still wants outof his house.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Havan Fellows&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Harlan's Ryde&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Ryder Halloway made a life changing decision about hisrelationship with Harlan when he was young and stupid.&amp;nbsp; Thanks to one rashmoment, he lost it all.&amp;nbsp; He lost the only man he would ever love, hisdrive to even try to finish college and his zest for life.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Seven years later finds him in front of Harlan's housepreparing to take back what he lost with a vengeance. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;He'sprepared to use all the tricks in his arsenal to plow through every wall,protest and excuse Harlan might come up with.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Of course, he never expected Harlan to put him in thehospital …&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Harlan Mychels had his heart broken in college by thepopular Ryder.&amp;nbsp; He learned his lesson about love and since then hasn'tallowed anyone even remotely close to his heart.&amp;nbsp; Then one morning heturns and sees the one person able to tear his walls down and destroy what isleft of it.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;He uses every defensive tactic in his possession to keepRyder at arm's length, but Ryder is&amp;nbsp;persistent.&amp;nbsp; Harlan's not sure ifhe can stay safe from heartache … and he starts wondering what the real heartacheis – letting Ryder in again … or letting him go for good.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Em Woods&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Harper's Discovery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;When Harper Evans discovers his boyfriend in yet anotherbar with yet another Joe, he makes the final break and kicks him out. Morerelieved than heart-broke, Harper turns his attention to the letter burning ahole in his pocket that could mean a fresh start across the country.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: white; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;Pitt Mullen has been looking for just such an opportunityand pounces on it - and Harper - when it shows up. But not everything is as itappears. When Pitt gets a late night call and rushes to another, will Harperunderstand or cut his ties before he listens to the truth?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Purchase Story Orgy -&lt;a href="http://www.breathlesspress.com/word-play"&gt; Word Play here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-7247223827625480354?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/7247223827625480354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=7247223827625480354' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/7247223827625480354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/7247223827625480354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2011/12/story-orgy-breaks-in-and-takes-over.html' title='Story Orgy Breaks in And Takes Over'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m7QSxdFFArA/TtkIAxbugyI/AAAAAAAAAmk/R6pWIV4wMlo/s72-c/WordPlay600x900.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-1765929320773547218</id><published>2011-12-02T00:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-12-02T00:00:02.365-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Flash Fiction Friday - View Through The Lock</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ww1WLwqzz_8/TtfRYAaK8PI/AAAAAAAAAmY/zqJ1NyHUufM/s1600/381717_178499998910151_100002504569047_353388_808587364_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ww1WLwqzz_8/TtfRYAaK8PI/AAAAAAAAAmY/zqJ1NyHUufM/s320/381717_178499998910151_100002504569047_353388_808587364_n.jpg" width="206" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;Yum, it's more Flash Fiction and today we're flashing big time. For more Flashing fun &lt;a href="http://flasherfictionfriday.blogspot.com/2011/12/friday-december-2nd.html"&gt;visit my friends.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Hope you enjoy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;For fifteen years that picture hung on the back wall the diner. Lucyhad never even given it a second glance until Mike said the woman looked likeher. Lucy stood near the back booth studying the&amp;nbsp;picture. She could barelymake out the woman's face. It might be her mom, Anna, but who was the guy?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;She couldn't ask her mom now. The funeral had been yesterday. Whyhadn't she ever looked at this before?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lucy took the picture off the wall and turned it over. The inscription said 'Anna and James.' Oh crap, her long lost father too.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;For more Flashes &lt;a href="http://flasherfictionfriday.blogspot.com/2011/12/friday-december-2nd.html"&gt;view these blogs.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-1765929320773547218?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/1765929320773547218/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=1765929320773547218' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/1765929320773547218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/1765929320773547218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2011/12/flash-fiction-friday-view-through-lock.html' title='Flash Fiction Friday - View Through The Lock'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ww1WLwqzz_8/TtfRYAaK8PI/AAAAAAAAAmY/zqJ1NyHUufM/s72-c/381717_178499998910151_100002504569047_353388_808587364_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-5447793438686708228</id><published>2011-11-30T19:54:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-11-30T20:08:02.078-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Getting pissed on</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;We took our dogs, Jackie and Bandit, to the dog park lastweekend. Our house is up for sale so we are doing the open house thing. Badpart, the dogs can’t stay at home while we go out to play during the openhouse. Good part, our city opened a new dog park only a few miles from ourhouse.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z6ebZxw0HkE/TtbfeurxUYI/AAAAAAAAAmI/T95D5t-Pk4Q/s1600/IMG_3961.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z6ebZxw0HkE/TtbfeurxUYI/AAAAAAAAAmI/T95D5t-Pk4Q/s320/IMG_3961.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Jackie, the wonder puggle&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Our dogs were beside themselves with excitement. They had somuch fun playing with the other dogs on the first day. They ran so much out girl dog’s feet weresore. They made fast friends and were good with all of the dogs at the dog park on the first day. Then we went back onSunday. This time our little pug, Bandit, couldn’t behave.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;It’s not like he attacked another dog or bit anyone. No, hedid something much more devious and disturbing. He peed on another dog. I haven’tlaughed so hard in a long time. I lost my breath and was crying as I tried torecover from seeing my sweet boy dog pee on a fluff ball. I couldn't even&amp;nbsp;apologize&amp;nbsp;for the incident because I was laughing so much.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UF9smNfphyM/TtbgNvjQ1gI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/5DF0GYHbGYQ/s1600/IMG_0567.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UF9smNfphyM/TtbgNvjQ1gI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/5DF0GYHbGYQ/s320/IMG_0567.PNG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Bandit, the crazy pug who pisses on other dogs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;The owner of the fluff ball handled it rather well. She just said, “Well, okay.” That was all. Nothing else. She didn’t lash out at my dog or demand to know who owned the stupid pug that lifted his leg on her dog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m sure she was mad, but what can you do when an animallike my Bandit pisses on your dog? So it got me to thinking. Are you wastingyour energy fighting with people who are pissing on you? Do you get angry andfight back when some idiot makes a mess of your life?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Some people you can talk to and get them to understand thattheir actions are totally unacceptable. Your energies aren’t wasted on them butother people just don’t get it. They will piss all over you and have no clue whyyou’re angry with them. You can spend all of your emotional energy trying to “fix”them and nothing is accomplished. It ruins your sleep, your attitude and yourrelationships all because you are so mad that this one person doesn’t get whyyou are angry.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;The woman could have kicked my dog, yelled at me and threw afit but Bandit would never understand why she was angry. He’s not the brightestdog in the world but he's super sweet and almost never pisses on other dogs, except when he does. He goes pee when he needs to and if a dog is standing in hisway then so be it, but yelling at him won’t help.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Don’t get angry and lose your cool at stupid people. Theywill never understand why you are yelling. You can try to help them bycorrecting them kindly but once you see they don’t get it just let it go. Itwill do your heart and your peace of mind some good.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8712367405819514954-5447793438686708228?l=sarayork.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/feeds/5447793438686708228/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8712367405819514954&amp;postID=5447793438686708228' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/5447793438686708228'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8712367405819514954/posts/default/5447793438686708228'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sarayork.blogspot.com/2011/11/getting-pissed-on.html' title='Getting pissed on'/><author><name>Sara York</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11693545261437024671</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5cyPcl5zPc/Tp46DxxxjkI/AAAAAAAAAak/Iq3eVJsfgbg/s220/Photo%2B3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z6ebZxw0HkE/TtbfeurxUYI/AAAAAAAAAmI/T95D5t-Pk4Q/s72-c/IMG_3961.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712367405819514954.post-306919962263758313</id><published>2011-11-28T00:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-11-28T00:00:02.481-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Arthur or Martha, does it really matter? - Lisa Worrall</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt; 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I hope you enjoy her guest blog today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;I know there have been a lot of pros andcons discussed for same sex marriage.&amp;nbsp; Iam in no way interested in the bigotry surrounding the politics of thelegislation, and my own view is that you should be able to stand up in front ofyour family and friends to make a commitment to the person you want to spendyour life, and create your home with.&amp;nbsp;Whether it’s Arthur or Martha is of no consequence, love is love, nomatter what form it takes.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;This video has been seen a lot on facebookand other social media networks over the last few days and I wanted to put itout there again, simply because I agree with its sentiment… it really is time.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;v=_TBd-UCwVAY#!"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;v=_TBd-UCwVAY#!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/images/cover_images/UnshakeableFaith.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/images/cover_images/UnshakeableFaith.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;BLURB&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Of all the bars in all the towns in all theworld, the stranger walks into Brody Tyler’s. With no memory and a name hechose from a newspaper, Nash is a gamble—one Brody is willing to take. It isn’tlong before Brody and Nash fall in love, but then a tragic accident shatterstheir cozy world, resetting Nash’s memory once again.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;The “new” Nash Walker is a businessman witha bottom line, and he doesn’t care what or who gets stomped on. Waking up in ahospital bed after a hit-and-run with no idea where he’s been for the past sixmonths is bad enough, but someone trying to kill him is even worse. Enter BrodyTyler, accidental bodyguard.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Brody’s determined to help Nash rememberand bring back the man he loves. Nash thinks Brody’s a drop-dead gorgeous painin the ass. If only he could remember….&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;EXCERPT:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;BRODY turned the glass over in his hand andheld it up to the light, checking for smudges before rubbing them away with theclean bar towel. He smiled as he glanced around the empty bar—his bar. Brodyhad practically grown up on the stool behind the bar. Tyler’s had been hisgrandfather’s place and his great-grandfather’s before that, and where he’dspent most of his summers. When he was a little boy, his pappy had let him putthe peanuts into the little dishes for the tables. Then, as the years passed,he was given a cloth and allowed to clean the tables, then the bar and,finally, he graduated to a summer job mixing cocktails and opening beerbottles. “Money ain’t worth nothing if you ain’t worked for it, Brody. Youremember that,” Pappy said time and time again in his harsh, Texan bark. “Justbecause you come from money, son, doesn’t mean you don’t have to earn yourown.”&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Brody knew he was fortunate to have grownup in one of the wealthiest families in San Antonio, but Pappy’s words hadstruck a chord with him, and he’d never coasted through life on his parents’shirttails. He’d decided against taking the easy route and stepping into atailor-made role at the successful Tyler home-improvement chain, insteadworking his way through college and grad school to pursue his love ofarchitecture.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;He’d only been out of grad school for threeweeks, the ink on his degree barely dry, when his grandfather had beendiagnosed with cancer. Spending hours by Pappy’s bedside, they’d sharedmemories, Brody had read&amp;nbsp;To Kill a Mockingbird&amp;nbsp;to him, and more oftenthan not, they just sat in silence, each garnering the comfort they needed fromthe other’s presence. During one of those long days, Pappy had told Brody hewas leaving the bar to him, but that he wanted him to sell the place and usethe money to set up his own firm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Ten days later he held Pappy’s hand as hetook his final breath, and after they’d buried him beside Grams, Brody had leftthe wake at his parents’ house. He’d had no idea where he was going—maybe hissubconscious had been guiding him, maybe it was Pappy himself, he didn’tknow—but he found himself standing outside Tyler’s, the key in his numbfingers.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Inside, gazing around the empty room,inhaling the familiar smells and assaulted by a myriad of memories, Brody knewhe could never part with it. He’d taken off his black suit jacket, picked up abar towel and a glass… and he was still doing the same thing six years later.Not many twenty-seven-year-olds had their own successful business, and he knewhow lucky he was. He’d already had a large clientele of regulars, and aftersome modernization, word of mouth had made it one of the most popular bars intown. It might not have been the life he’d envisaged, but he wouldn’t have hadit any other way.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Stacking glasses on the shelf behind him,he glanced up at the mirror when he heard the bell indicating the arrival of acustomer. Unable to contain the breath that escaped his lips or the suddenspeeding up of his heartbeat, his gaze tracked the man’s path to the bar.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;The stranger looked to be about the sameage as him, and probably around six feet tall. But it wasn’t his height and agethat had Brody’s cock twitching in his pants. The guy was basically the mostbeautiful thing he had ever seen, man or woman. Putting the last glass on theshelf, Brody picked up the towel and began to rub down the sleek wood of thebar top. He failed dismally in his effort not to stare as the man settledhimself on a stool, and cursed inwardly at the press of his wayward dickagainst the denim of his jeans when the man ran a shaking hand through short,light-brown hair, causing his tight T-shirt to cling to the muscles of his leanchest.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;For God’s sake, snap out of it,Brody!&amp;nbsp;He threw the towel over his shoulder and pushed hischocolate-colored bangs out of his eyes.&amp;nbsp;Could you be any more obvious?Stop drooling over the poor guy and go serve him. Brody squared his shoulders,grabbed a beer mat, and walked toward the end of the bar, hoping desperatelythat the butterflies flapping up a storm in his stomach weren’t about to flyout of his mouth.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“Hey,” he said brightly, slapping the beermat down on the bar in front of Tall and Gorgeous. “What can I get you?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Brody’s stomach hit his shoes when thestranger lifted his gaze and he looked into the prettiest green eyes.&amp;nbsp;No,not green, too ordinary. They were the deep sea-green of a stormy ocean,splattered with gold flecks and rimmed with long dark lashes, and he would havebeen more than happy to spend the rest of his life gazing into them.&amp;nbsp;Yeah,thank you, Oprah—just get him a drink!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Green-eyes scanned the array of alcohol onthe shelves behind Brody and shrugged. “I’m not sure.”&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Brody’s brow furrowed at the weight ofthose words, as if it had taken an incredible effort to voice them. When theman glanced at the rows of beer and then back at him, Brody was sure his heartactually skipped a beat at the innate sadness in his eyes. “Hey.” He reachedout without thinking and placed his hand over Green-eyes’ hand where it lay onthe bar. “Are you okay?” His breath caught in his throat at the well of tearsin the gaze that flitted to his and then away.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“I don’t know,” he mumbled.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Brody glanced at the clock on the wall andmade an executive decision.&amp;nbsp;You’re the boss, dumbass, every decision youmake is executive. Ignoring his inner voice, he tossed the bar towel into thebasket beneath the bar, grabbed two bottles of beer from the shelf, put onedown in front of the stranger, and smiled reassuringly.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“Here you go,” he said softly. “You looklike you need someone to talk to. And who better than your friendly bartender?I’m a good listener, honest. You have to be or they won’t let you intobartending school.” He felt something warm unfurl in his gut when the man’slips twitched. “Listen, I’ve got a couple of hours before this place startsfilling up, so what do you say I turn over the closed sign and we chew the fatfor a while?” He held up his right hand as if to swear an oath. “I promise I’mnot an axe murderer, and they assure me the insanity has skipped a generation.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Brody waited as Green-eyes seemed to weighup the suggestion for a few moments and then nodded. Brody’s smile grew widerand he strode across the room to turn the sign on the door, flick up the lock,and pull down the blind. He noted the way Green-eyes nervously studied thelabel on the bottle of beer, and frowned in concern when the man started asBrody sat on the stool next to him.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Picking up the second beer, he took a longdraw before turning on the stool to face the other man. “Hi, I’m Brody, BrodyTyler, the owner.” He held out his hand and his gaze snapped up when longfingers folded around his and he felt a sharp shock of static pass betweenthem. Judging by the man’s intake of breath, he’d felt it too. Clearing histhroat, Brody tried not to drop the hand he held as though it were a hot potatoand raised an eyebrow in question. “And you are?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“I don’t remember.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“Excuse me?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“I said I don’t remember,” Green-eyesreplied in a tired voice. “I have no idea who I am.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;HALF an hour later Brody sat opposite himin one of the booths against the wall, both of them drinking their second beer.Brody had listened, his gaze widening more and more, while the other man gavehim the condensed version of his last three months. Told him how he’d beenfound in an alley with a knife in his side and a fractured skull. His face sobadly beaten that it had taken a couple of months for the swelling to go downand the bruising to fade, and for him to even resemble a human being.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Brody sipped on his beer as the soft Texasdrawl explained how he’d woken up in the hospital after surgery, scared andalone, with no idea who he was. There’d been no wallet or driver’s license inthe suit jacket he’d been wearing, so the police assumed he was a victim of abrutal mugging—the wrong place at the wrong time. They were unable to findanyone fitting his description on their database, and had put his picture onthe local news station, but no one came forward to claim him.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“I woke up in that hospital and I’d neverbeen so terrified in my entire life,” he said on a smile. “Or at least Idon’t&amp;nbsp;think&amp;nbsp;I had—how would I know? Maybe I wake up in the hospitalall the time.” His lips lifted in a wry smile. “Sorry, thinking about this cankind of make you go a little crazy.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“I can’t even begin to imagine how terriblethis must have been for you,” Brody said, shaking his head in disbelief. “Youdon’t remember a single&amp;nbsp;thing? You’ve not had any flashes, you know….” Heshrugged, aware he was babbling but unable to stop himself. “Feelings of déjàvu?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“Well there are two things I know forcertain,” he replied. “I don’t like Jell-O, in any flavor, but I&amp;nbsp;dolikebeer.” He smiled and took another sip from his bottle.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Brody laughed boisterously and chinkedtheir bottles together before downing the remainder in his own. “What about aname?” Brody voiced one of the many thoughts racing around his brain. “Surelythey had to call you something for the last three months?”&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Green-eyes shrugged. “They called mePaul—one of the nurses who took care of me, Anna, came up with it—but I don’tlike it. It doesn’t feel right, you know what I mean?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“How come they let you out if you stillcan’t remember who you are? Did they say if you’d ever remember anything?”There was something about the man in front of him that made Brody want to wraphim up and keep him safe. He couldn’t explain it. Never had he felt such aninstant connection with a guy. Sighing, he mentally shook his head.&amp;nbsp;Jesus,Brody, you don’t even know if he’s gay. Hell, he probably doesn’t even know ifhe’s gay. He watched from beneath lowered lashes as the other man drank therest of his beer before answering, and heat uncurled in his lower belly asthose beautiful, full lips closed around the lip of the bottle.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Shit. I am so screwed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Noting the suddenly nervous way his gazeflitted from Brody’s face to where his fingers were picking at the label on thenow-empty bottle, Brody reached out and placed a hand over the scratchingfingers, stilling their movement. “What? What happened?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“They had no reason to keep me. I mean, I’mhealed, just not up here.” He tapped his forehead and his lip curled upderisively. “They have no idea if I’ll ever get my memory back. They said Imight wake up one morning and remember everything, or it could be gone forever.But two days ago—” he paused and looked around as if he were making sure theywere still alone, “—I was in the john down the hall from my room, when I heardthe doctor and two nurses talking about me. They said they couldn’t give me theprolonged care I needed and they should refer me to a ‘specialist’rehabilitation center,” he said, using finger quotes.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“A specialist rehabilitation center?” Brodyasked, suddenly realizing that he still held the man’s fingers in his own. Hewithdrew his hand as casually as he could and leaned back against the cushion.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“That set off alarm bells in my head. Theywere going to send me to some nut house and I… I couldn’t let them.” Histear-filled gaze locked with Brody’s. “I’m&amp;nbsp;not&amp;nbsp;crazy. I just forgot afew things, like my name, where I’m from, and anything to do with, oh, I don’tknow, forever. But I’m&amp;nbsp;not&amp;nbsp;crazy, so….” He dropped his gaze again.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“So?” Brody prompted.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“I stole the guy in the next room’s clothesand some money out of his wallet,” Green-eyes said on a rush of breath. “Iwrote down his name and address, and I’m going to pay him back, honest. Then Isnuck out. That was the day before yesterday.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“Jesus.” Brody drew out the word, feelingthat the moment warranted it. “Wait.” He frowned as his brain caught up. “Theday before yesterday? Where did you sleep last night?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Green-eyes blushed and muttered, “In analley. I didn’t have a choice.” He groaned at the incredulous look on Brody’sface. “I didn’t have enough money for a motel. I washed up in the bus stationbathroom this morning. What’s so funny?”&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“I was just thinking. You’re not a verygood thief. Couldn’t you have stolen a wallet with a credit card in it?” Brodychuckled softly as Green-eyes’s lips twitched in response to the tease.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“He only had fifteen dollars, so I left himfive. I think it’s safe to say that whoever I was, it wasn’t a criminalmastermind.” Green-eyes smiled and put his hands flat on the table as if topush himself to standing. “Well, thanks for the beer, Brody, and the shoulder.But I think I’ve taken up enough of your time. I guess I should be going.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“Where?” Brody asked, his eyebrows risingso high they disappeared beneath his bangs. “To another alley? Or a shelterwhere they’ll take what’s left of your ten dollars?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“What else am I supposed to do?”&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Brody checked the clock; he was going tohave to unlock the door soon. Willow and Kristie, his cocktail waitresses,would be arriving any minute. Thoughts bounced around his head like a pinballas he stared at the man opposite him. He had no idea what the hell he wasdoing, but one thing kept flashing in his head like a neon sign:&amp;nbsp;Don’t lethim leave!&amp;nbsp;The thought of this lonely, scared man going out alone into aworld he no longer knew had anxiety sending a shot of acid up Brody’s gullet.He wanted to help him—no,&amp;nbsp;needed&amp;nbsp;to help him. In his mind’s eye,Brody suddenly saw him huddled against a wall, desperately trying to fight offdegenerates who were trying to steal his clothes, or worse—his virtue.&amp;nbsp;Hisvirtue, Tyler?&amp;nbsp;He didn’t have time to reply to his subconscious as hereached out and grabbed the other man’s arm, pulling to make him sit back down.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“Wait! This is totally crazy, but….” Brodytook a deep breath. “I’m guessing you need a job, and a place to stay, right?”He waited for Green-eyes’ nod before continuing. “Well, I need anotherbartender. I had to kick our last one to the curb a few weeks ago and I’mstruggling up there by myself. You won’t get rich, but your meals are included,and—” he swallowed hard, knowing he was going to get an earful from Wyatt forwhat he was going to say next, “—I live above the bar and I have a spare room.It’s yours if you want it.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Green-eyes stared at him in disbelief.“Brody, you don’t know me. Good God,&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;don’t even know me. How do youknow&amp;nbsp;I’m&amp;nbsp;not an axe murderer? I can’t, it’s too much—”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Keeping his voice soft and low, Brody gazedinto the other man’s eyes. “I know it sounds nuts, and you’re right. I don’tknow you and you don’t know me. But I tend to go with my gut, and I thinkyou’re a good guy who’s had an awful thing happen to him. Besides.” He tiltedhis head and unleashed his dimples. “My Momma would kill me if I didn’t helpyou out.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Brody watched a whole gamut of emotionscross Green-eyes’ face as he deliberated the offer. He understood hisapprehension, how could he not? The guy had no idea who he was, where he belonged,whether there was anybody missing him. Then a complete stranger offers him ajob and a place to stay as if it’s no big deal.&amp;nbsp;Everything&amp;nbsp;for thisman was a big deal right now, he surmised. Everything must be so confusing in aworld he suddenly didn’t belong in. Jesus, he was wondering what in the hell hewas doing&amp;nbsp;himself; he could only wonder at what must be going through theother man’s head. Keeping his face as impassive as he could, Brody sat back andlet the other man think it through in silence.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“Okay,” he eventually said, his lipscurving into a smile. “We must&amp;nbsp;both&amp;nbsp;be nuts, but okay, yes.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“Great.” Brody smiled, fighting the urge tofist-pump the air and do the Snoopy dance on one of the tabletops. “But beforewe do anything else, we have to find you a name you actually like.” WhenGreen-eyes raised his eyebrows in answer, for the first time Brody noticed thesmattering of freckles across his nose that were, quitefrankly,&amp;nbsp;fucking&amp;nbsp;adorable. Pushing himself out of the booth, he strodeacross the room and grabbed the newspaper out of the rack on the wall. “Here,find yourself a new name,” he said, tossing it to him with a grin. His grinwidened as the other man opened the newspaper, and he walked across the room topull up the blind, turn back the sign, and unlock the door.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“That’s it! That’s the one!”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Brody tried to catch the glass he washolding as it slipped from his fingers at Green-eyes’ shout. Stepping back toavoid the shards of glass flying across the floor, he looked up as the otherman waved the newspaper at him as he crossed the room. “I take it you’ve foundone,” he said on a chuckle, grabbing the dustpan.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“Oh, shit, sorry.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;“It’s a bar, glasses get broken all thetime, don’t worry about it,” Brody reassured, quickly sweeping up the glass andthrowing it in the trash can. He looked into eyes that, for the first time,glowed with something other than fear and despair—excitement and hope. As hehad done when Green-eyes had walked into the bar, Brody grinned. “Hi, I’mBrody.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span
