Tag: contemporary romance

  • Undercover Lover – Part 18

    The conversation between Saige and Ben deteriorated rapidly to a shouting match. Is there anything left to salvage? Does Saige even want to try? Ben revealed that Brodie’s ex-girlfriend told him Saige was having sex with Brodie in his office. You can imagine how well she took that. “Oh my GOD! And you believed Psycho…

  • Undercover Lover – Part 17

    Saige gets home to find out that her mother has invited Ben over for dinner, hoping to get them back together. Unfortunately, the evening doesn’t go quite as she’d planned. “Who was that, Saige?” Her mother asked when she got back in the house. “That was Romy.” She proceeded to tell her a slightly embellished…

  • Undercover Lover – Part 16

    Saige has finally made up her mind about Stan and Brodie. Deciding that their friendship is more important than whether any of them get laid, she reluctantly declines to get involved with either of them. Though disappointed, both men accept her decision. Saige leaves the bar and heads home. Saige’s mother was a little chilly…

  • Undercover Lover – Part 15

    Saige’s conversation with Stan takes a turn for the bizarre. She doesn’t want to hurt him or Brodie, but finds herself attracted to both men. Never one to be shy, Stan puts his best moves out there. He puts forth a good argument, but Saige still isn’t convinced. “Pretty much, yeah. So, if I tell…

  • Undercover Lover – Part 14

    Saige’s encounter with Romy is a little confusing, but strangely comforting at the same time. Not knowing where else to go, she heads to Kelley’s to see who’s there and runs into Stan. He hasn’t quite given up on the idea of starting a relationship with Saige and she hasn’t quite decided to say no….…

  • Undercover Lover – Part 13

    Ben’s gift of flowers makes Saige cry.  She wonders again if breaking up with him is a mistake. Should she get back together with him? Or should she take up one of the many other offers she’s had in the last couple of days? “Honey, is it really worth all this? Would it be better…

  • Undercover Lover – Part 2

    Saige Ingalls has just broken up with long time, live in boyfriend Ben. After a long and heated argument, he threw her out of her apartment and tossed her belongings onto the street below. Thanks to her kind neighbors, her things are safe, but what about her heart? Julia’s three grandsons loaded her belongings into…

  • Excerpt from “Reed”

    This is another experiment in first person. This time, the character is a young woman. Ianna Eaton is an art student. She’s very shy, reserved, quiet. She works in a bar part time to help pay her bills. One night at work, a gorgeous man takes refuge from the rain. He needs to make a…

  • A Special Night Out

    Mara Cross is a successful architect who has never made room in her life for a relationship. She’s finally taking a much needed vacation to the Virgin Islands, where she meets Cole & Red on the beach when their volleyball lands in her lap. To apologize, they ask her out to dinner. This scene takes…

  • Quote of the Week from “Tangled Web” coming soon from Second Wind

    Zoe Hamilton lives a quiet life.  She has her day spa business and is a homeopathic practitioner.  Everything is going pretty well until one night a man from her alarm company calls to tell her there’s been a robbery at her store.  Concerned about her, Rhett Archer calls her the next morning to check up…