A visit to a Sunday morning car boot sale has unhappy repercussions for Andrew when he comes face to face with an object from his past. Bad memories begin to resurface with a vengeance.Driven by guilt and self-loathing he leaves his authoritarian partner Thomas and takes flight in order to avoid confronting his fears.Thomas sets out to find Andrew and help make him face up to his demons

Simon Putney has never been in love and it suits him fine. He likes life and relationships to be simple and straightforward, no ties, no emotional complications. There's friendship and there's sex, what has love got to do with anything?A move to a new apartment brings him into contact with the eccentric, but sweet Dee-Dee Walters with whom he strikes up a friendship.Dee-Dee's unconventional upbringing has influenced his ideas about love and what constitutes the perfect relationship. What he wants is an old fashioned alpha male to rule his heart and his home.Simon thinks Dee-Dee is hankering after something that doesn't exist beyond the pages of fiction.When Dee-Dee gets tired of waiting for love and decides to launch a quest to find his perfect mate, Simon warns him he's likely to find only disappointment, and perhaps even danger.

Lin starts brewing up a storm after a visitor to Sandstones lets slip some unwelcome news.David is unhappy with the turn of events and takes strict action when Lin refuses to keep things in proportion. He makes a decision that leaves Lin in shock.Tensions mount between them after Lin tries to reverse the decision. David makes clear he won't tolerate being manipulated.The weather does nothing to help matters as the heat rises culminating in a ferocious storm that endangers both men.

'Fresh from the Sea' introduces David Jordan and his temperamental partner Linval Larkin, a culinary writer and ex-celebrity chef.David and Lin own a bed and breakfast establishment called Sandstones, formerly a seventeenth century smugglers inn, from which they also run The Transit of Venus, the smallest seafood restaurant in England.In this first story Lin is having a stressful day. He encounters prophetic bees, a mysterious sea mist, an irksome guest, and an irate partner.Worse - when the main ingredient for several of his planned and advertised dishes turns against him, he becomes distraught because it looks like the restaurant will have to remain closed. He fears being dishonoured as a chef.

Sometimes the typical Happily Ever After isn't what you're looking for. Sometimes you want it quick. You want it erotic. You want it dirty. Sometimes you. Want. It. Now. Sometimes, you want something to make you sWet. Bored. Donovan was so goddamned bored. Everything in his life is quiet, and simple. From his job to his wife. Sex between them has been relegated to a closed door, lights off, missionary obligation that's lost its spark, its passion. So its no surprise that his eyes go straying to the mahogany skinned, buxom girl next door. His interlude with her leaves him feeling as though he needs to finally be honest with himself. But it also leaves him wondering when his wife is going to be honest with HIM?    

A seasonal short story. An embarrassing chance encounter in a department store at Christmas leads to something special for two men, Tay and Julian.