The TrunkSimone Adan is living a lie. Engaged to a man she doesn’t love and disillusioned with the hand that fate has dealt her, she knows she was meant for something more. Then, one day, everything changes when she stumbles into a magical antique shop and comes across an old steamer trunk. Adorned with faded stickers of its past travels—Madrid, Africa, Italy, Morocco—the trunk’s timeless beauty is matched only by the mystery of its origins. When Simone buys the trunk and has it shipped to her home in Chicago, she has no way of knowing the extraordinary chain of events she has set into play.
Meanwhile, one hundred years ago in 1923 New York, Vivian Oliver is on a similar journey. A brilliant anthropologist, college professor, and frequent party girl, Vivian decides she wants more out of life than champagne socials and one-night stands with beautiful women. Accepting a position on an archaeological dig in Kenya, she is determined to build a new future for herself. But on the way to Africa, Vivian’s cherished steamer trunk disappears—taking with it her clothing, her dig tools, and her private journals—only to resurface a century later in a faraway place. Through a series of inexplicable dreams, and drawn together by the enigmatic trunk, Simone and Vivian meet. Each is trapped in their own timeline—Simone in 2023, and Vivian in 1923—but despite the hundred-year barrier between them, they forge a bond strong enough to bridge the gap across time and space . . . changing their destinies forever. |
The Pages of AdeenaIt's the summer of 1952 and Adeena Kahlo (Addie) loves her life in Chicago where she helps to run her close-knit family’s nightclub on the south side of the city. But Addie has a dream that she is determined to make a reality; she will attend college in New York and become a published author. Through a blind date she meets Alan, who becomes her best friend and closest confident; they share a secret that they can never divulge to anyone else.
Together, they discover a door that opens to a magical place that leads to other worlds, and times past and future; Cafe du Temp, a nightclub like no other. At Cafe du Temp they listen to soulful jazz, drink fancy cocktails, champagne, and slowly begin to understand that its elegant opulent and stunning ambience means something unique and special to each person who enters its doors. It’s here, in this strange and elegant place, that Addie meets and falls in love with the beautiful poet, Isabelle Androsko. Their chemistry is immediate and powerful. Despite this, they soon discover that their vastly different worlds pose near impossible obstacles to the life they want to build together. Addie believes that the mysterious Cafe du Temp, and its serendipitous existence in their lives, is the catalyst to their future, and this belief transcends time and heart break to bring her to her ultimate destiny. |
Sabina: A Lesbian Erotica Short StorySabina is a successful houseware designer in Chicago. Her specialty shop is on the cusp of breaking into the big leagues. When she meets her new client, Becca Santana, she is stunned by her beauty and poise. Will Sabina maintain her professional distance, or will she allow herself to bend to Becca's will?
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