Paradise and Other Stories

T-Fury. Andromeda and Stephan meet at a club and are immediately attracted to each other. As their intimacy develops, it is threatened by revelations from their pasts.
Happily Ever: Jefferson has been infatuated with his Aunt Beth since they were teenagers. Much later in life, because of a chance encounter, he confesses his feelings, and she is open to a relationship. However, the road to happiness is strewn with emotional debris from her past. In order to live happily ever after, he is forced to make a bold move.
Love and Time. Brian and Marcia’s empty marriage leads them both to seek other romantic partners. Brian finds someone from his past. Marcia discovers unknown issues from her past that prevent her from loving her husband, Brian, and her new lover, Rob. She must face the issues and resolve them.
Paradise: Dave is a shy, lonely middle-aged man who picks up 16-year-old hitchhiker. She refuses to speak. She will not tell him about herself, where she came from, or where she wants to go. He takes her home to his sister, Marjorie. The girl trusts her and reveals a horrifying ordeal. They want to go to the police but she is afraid. Everything changes when the place she came from ends up on the news.
Debbie: Coming home exhausted from a business trip, she discovers her boyfriend and roommate having sex, and feels betrayed. She storms out and calls a friend who lives in an all-women building, with a vacant apartment. She can have the apartment, but only after the other residents meet and evaluate her. She at first is uncomfortable, but as she meets the liberated women, she discovers she fits right in.