In The Texaco Two Step Alicia is a 50-year-old virgin spinster who notices a handsome man who frequents the same Texaco station she does. When he doesn't show up one morning, she finds her romantic daydream is really something more and she misses their casual encounter. But as fate would have it, when Seth arrives at Alicia's work to pick up a printing job, he is happily surprised to find his client is none other than the lovely mature woman from the gas station. He invites her to dinner and from there begins a sexual odyssey that fulfills all of Alicia's expectations.

In The Dreamcatcher; a minor accident results in Jenny meeting up with Sam, a retired firefighter and Navy man. It is attraction at first sight and Sam cooks Jenny a dinner followed by an evening of passion she will never forget.

The Contract was probably the most thought provoking of the stories with an on-line budding romance resulting in a contract of sexual gratification that will bind Diane to Mike for a night of specific sexual positions.

Deep In The Heart of Texas recounts the meeting of Mary and Steve and their long-term devotion culminating in a sensuous massage. I enjoyed the story even with the error of messages used in place of massage.

Love Your Neighbor recounts how Marsh's misspent youth resulted in eight years of prison time. He has inherited his parent's house and finds the neighbor Bonnie more than a little attractive. After a fire at Bonnie's, Marsh takes her in and wears down her defenses. But can Bonnie get over his incarceration and past? This is the story of two people learning to trust one another and overcoming their history.

I try not to deduct for editing errors unless it interferes with the enjoyment of the story or pulls me out of the story. In this case there were some repetitious descriptions and words used over and over that could have used some editing or rewriting. Also POV changes were obvious and jarring. And there were a few glaring errors. Foremost was in The Contract. At the beginning where Diane sees Mike at a seminar and answers a question he poses to the crowd. In her opinion he is the handsomest man she has ever seen. Then when they meet after communicating through e-mails it is stated in the story she has never seen or even heard his voice before. That was a major faux pau since they had obviously met prior. Then on the last page Diane becomes Diana. Little enough error, except it was enough to pull this reader from the story for the second time. And the fact the error occurred in a POV switch where Mike considers the love of his life and gets her name wrong.

And in Love Your Neighbor, Marsh was very sensually about to take Bonnie from behind while suckling her breast. A bit of a choreography error there.

Overall the author used colorful and visual descriptions, albeit a few repetitious ones. If it weren't for the glaring errors I would have rated this work higher for the refreshing angle of older woman meets older man.

Overall rating:
Sensuality rating: Explicit

Reviewer: Torie West
October 29, 2004