MOTHER FIGURE

Cassie never knew her real mother who left the family when she was very young. Then her father began seeing Julia. Cassie wasn't happy about her Dad seeing someone new, especially when Julia moved in with them. At first, Cassie did everything she could to make her feel very unwelcome. But then, with Julia's patience and understanding, Cassie eventually warmed up to Julia. Even though Julia never married her father, in time Cassie began to looked upon her as a sort of mother figure. Then Julia and her father split up and Cassie was devastated. Cassie's relationship with Julia was strained for a time, but then they eventually patched things up. Julia invited Cassie to come stay with her and work as her intern at her business after she graduated from high school. Cassie jumped at the chance to be with Julia again. However, after catching Julia in bed with another woman, Cassie begins to question not only her own sexuality but her true feelings towards Julia and whether or not she looks upon her as more than a mere mother figure.

Here is the first chapter of Mother Figure:

 Chapter One

Julia was not my actual mother. She was never even my stepmother since she never married my Dad, but she was the closest thing to a mom I ever had. My own mom left me and my dad when I was only three. When I was older, I asked Dad why mom left. He would only tell me she just up and left for no apparent reason. I asked him if he could elaborate but he only got agitated so I stopped asking him. Not that anything he would have told me would have justified her leaving the way she did.

Then came Julia.

Dad started dating Julia when I was five. The first thing that struck me about Julia, even at that young age, was how young she was. She was twenty when she started dating Dad. She looked like she was barely out of high school. But it didn't matter how young or old she was. I was sore as hell that he started dating her. I still hadn't gotten over my mother leaving and now he was bringing this strange woman into our home without my permission. And it probably goes without saying things didn't improve when she moved her ass into our house; again, without my permission. Dad tried to smooth things over with me just before she moved in, but I was having none of it. To say I was hostile towards Julia when she first moved in would be an understatement. I hardly ever missed an opportunity to make her feel unwelcome. When Dad wasn't around and it was just me and her I would kick and punch and scream at her. Looking back on my shameful behavior now, I was surprised she did in fact stay with Dad. But Julia, God bless her, had the patience of a saint. Dad would scold me about my behavior towards Julia and warn me to straighten up or else, but even that didn't stop me from trying to force Julia out of our house and out of our lives for good.

Then Julia sat me down one day and had a heart-to-heart talk with me. She told me she knew where I was coming from, that her own mother had left when she was younger. She went on to tell me how she was raised by her aunt since her own father was an alcoholic and was in and out of either rehab or jail and was therefore unable to properly raise her. All of a sudden I felt bad about being such a little brat to her. I mean, at least I had my own Dad around to raise me. Julia told me how she left her aunt's place the day she turned eighteen. She was a waitress at the local diner when she met Dad. Julia didn't tell me then, but she told me later that what attracted her to my dad was his kindness. She said she didn't go out with him the first time he asked because of their age difference. But then she relented the more he persisted. And she didn't even hesitate when he asked her to move in with him, she also told me, mainly because she was crashing on a friend's couch and she really needed a decent place to stay even if he did have a kid.

Anyway, after our little heart-to-heart, I did soften towards her at least a little bit. I still threw my little fits and temper-tantrums at her, but there weren't nearly as loud or as frequent as they had been. I didn't fully stop until I realized I wasn't really lashing out at Julia but rather my own absentee mom. Plus I saw that Julia wasn't going anywhere and Dad seemed really happy when he was around her. So, because she made Dad so happy, I decided to give her a chance. Though it did take a little time, I came to feel happy when I was around Julia. She just had this presence about her that made everyone around her really, really like her. As the years went by, I came to look upon Julia as my friend, my best friend even. And, yes, I looked at her as a type of mother figure as she was the closest thing to an actual mom I ever had. And then, just when I thought Julia would be in our lives forever, the proverbial rug was yanked out from under me.

It all happened shortly after I turned fifteen. I came home from school one afternoon and Dad and Julia were sitting in the living room waiting for me. I immediately got this uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach when I saw the serious looks on their faces. At first, I thought one of them had gotten a serious medical diagnosis, but then Dad told me what was really going on: that he and Julia were splitting up. I went numb. First it was my mom and now this. They tried to explain to me why they decided to go their separate ways, but I was just too upset at that point to listen. To be honest, I didn't really care what the reasons for Julia leaving were. All I knew was that she was leaving. It turned out she wasn't going far as she was moving to the next city just a few hours away. But she could have been moving across the street as far as I cared. She was still leaving Dad, and, most of all, she was leaving me. I felt as if my whole world was crashing down around me.

Julia tried to smooth things over with me, but I was having none of it. I was sore as hell with Julia and I stayed that way with her for a while. I didn't even bother saying goodbye to her when she left. For the next few weeks, I felt devastated and alone. I spent a good chunk of my time laying in my bed and crying. Dad tried to console me as best I could, but, to be honest, I also kind of blamed him for Julia leaving. I even asked him at one point why he let her leave. He just shrugged and told me he didn't feel it was right to try to force her to stay.

Somehow that didn't help much.

Julia, patient as always, e-mailed me a bunch of times, but I never read them. As a matter of fact, I deleted them all as soon as I saw them. Then she sent me an e-mail with the subject line “Please Read This”. Reluctantly, I opened the e-mail and started to read it. She started off by saying how she hoped I was doing well in spite of everything that happened. Then she proceeded to apologize to me if her leaving had hurt me, adding how that was never her intention. She stressed once again that her leaving had absolutely nothing at all to do with me. She told me in her e-mail how, wherever she is in this world, she will always love me and care about me and how that will never change. She concluded by saying that, although I wasn't her biological daughter, she did look upon me as if I were her very own. I teared up while I was reading her heartfelt message. It reminded me of when she sat me down when I was a little girl when I was being such a little bitch to her and she told me in her own gentile way how she understood why I was so angry with her and how she wasn't trying to replace my mom. I think Julia would have made an excellent diplomat.

After reading Julia's e-mail, I quickly replied by apologizing for not responding to her sooner. I admitted I was angry with her for leaving, as she already knew. I added how I knew deep down she didn't leave because of me but it still hurt. I told her I looked upon her as if she were my real mother and how I, too, would always love and care about her no matter what. After we made up, Julia and I corresponded through e-mail on a regular basis and occasionally chatted over the phone. Julia told me in her e-mails how she had gotten jobs as both a waitress and a bartender. She was taking business courses online in her spare time with the hope of starting her own business.

I, too, was making changes to my life. I had gotten my driver's license, for one, and I wanted to get my own car. Dad made pretty decent money as a plumber, but he wanted me to save up money to buy my own car. That was one of the things I both loved and hated about my Dad. Anyway, I ended up getting a part-time job as a waitress at this little restaurant called Miller's Diner. It was owned by a nice older couple named Martin and Debbie Miller. Me, Dad and Julia ate there a few times. The food wasn't bad. In any case, I was happy to have the job so I could save up to buy a car. As it was, I either had to rely on Dad to drive me around or, when he was unable to, I had to resort to taking public transportation. I'm not necessarily knocking public transportation, mind you, but, every time I got on the bus, I kept thinking in the back of my mind how totally sweet it was going to be to get my own wheels so I can drive myself around.

It took me a while, but I saved up enough to buy me an older model cherry-red Nissan from an ad I found on Craigslist. (Cherry-red was my absolute favorite color!) Dad went with me to look at the car in case the seller turned out to be some type of weirdo. The seller was in fact this kind-hearted elderly gentleman who wanted to sell this old car he had bought for his grandson years ago. After a test drive and a little haggling, we struck a deal, I paid him the cash and the car was mine! The car was dinged up in a few places and the engine sometimes didn't purr like a kitten, but it got me from point A to point B. And, most of all, I didn't have to rely on my dad to drive me around or public transportation. I was so proud of my first car I even sent a picture of it to Julia who e-mailed me back: “Nice!”

I soaked in Julia's praise like I did when I was younger and I brought home a good grade or something and Julia would put it up on the refrigerator after telling me how proud she was of me. I realized then I still looked upon Julia預nd loved her預s a mother figure.

Here is the Amazon link for Mother Figure: 

https://www.amazon.com/Mother-Figure-Angel-Ray-ebook/dp/B0777LM8KV

NOT THAT INNOCENT

Leonardo Morgan—Leo to his friends—was known for two things: running a Website geared towards younger single men and being a notorious womanizer. Leo had affairs with many of his female assistants and he made no apologies for it. That is, until he hired his newest assistant Sara Griffith. Sara was an “innocent” farm girl trying to make it in the big city. Or so Leo thought. An unexpected night of passion between them made him rethink his first impression of Sara and that she might not have been as “innocent” as he initially thought. Their relationship blossoms both in and out of the bedroom. Eventually Leo realizes that his feelings for Sara go beyond merely sexual and that he has genuine feelings for her. He wonders—he hopes—she shares the same feelings for him. Can Sara tame this notorious and shameless womanizer?

Here is the first chapter from the book:

Chapter 1

Leonardo Morgan needed a new assistant. His last assistant was a twenty-year-old named Amy who was far more interested in texting her friends and posting selfies to Facebook than she was in being his assistant. Of course, what she lacked in assistant skills she more than made up for in the bedroom! Amy wasn't his first assistant that he slept with, which he saw nothing wrong with.

Leonardo—Leo to his friends—ran his own website LastMenStanding.com. Along with the usual clickbait headlines meant to drive online traffic, the site featured articles on proper grooming along with articles on sports, cars and other typical guy stuff. The site was pretty popular and seemed to be getting more popular all the time.

Leo wasn't looking forward interviewing for another assistant. The way he figured it, he had much better things to do with his time than to sit and interview a bunch of self-absorbed teens and twenty-somethings who were more than likely just there to get their parents off their back about finding a job instead of sitting around all day texting to their friends and posting selfies to Facebook like Amy did. However, his mind immediately changed on the matter when she stepped into his office.

She was one of the most beautiful women Leo had ever laid eyes on. She had long wavy blond hair and a smile that just wouldn't quit. She was wearing a simple light-blue blouse and matching slacks. Even her shoes were plain flats. Extravagance was apparently not in the girl's vocabulary. Maybe that was one of the reasons her found himself so attracted to her since her was so different from the women he normally associated with both in and out of work.

This interview was certainly going to be interesting!

He offered her his hand, and her shook it eagerly. Her hand felt soft and warm and suddenly he pictured those soft warm hands of hers rubbing all over his naked body. But then he immediately shook the image out of his horny little mind and brought himself back to reality. He motioned at the chair in front of his desk and said, “Please, sit down.”

“Thank you,” her said quietly.

She handed him her resume without looking directly at him. In fact, he noticed she hadn’t made direct eye contact with him ever since she came into his office. He looked over his resume and saw that she, like his previous assistant Amy, was also twenty-years-old. He was thirty-one. Everything about this girl screamed innocent, which made her all the more enticing to him. He quickly shook the thought out of her dirty little mind since this was a job interview and he, of course, had to remain professional.

“It says on your resume that your name is Sara Griffith.”

“Yes,” she nodded, still not looking right at him.

He grinned back as her looked back over her resume. “Your resume lists your previous employment as farmer.”

“Yes. I worked on my family’s farm.”

“Really?” He seemed genuinely intrigued. “What made you decide to come to the big city to find work?”

She shrugged. “My aunt Beth persuaded my Dad to let me come up here. I’m living with her right now.”

“What does she do, if you don’t mind my asking?”

“She has her own flower shop up here called Beth's Flowers & Gifts. Have you ever heard of it?”

He shook her head. “No, I can’t say I have.” A look of disappointment flashed across her face. “How come you’re not working there?”

“Well, I have been working there off and on. My aunt says I should try to do as many different things as possible while I’m here.” She gave him an awkward grin. “Plus sometimes being around all those flowers aggravate my allergies.” She giggled a little, which made her seem all the more endearing.

“What led you to apply for this job?”

She shrugged, still not making direct eye contact with him. “It’s where the employment office sent me, so I figured I’d give it a try.”

He looked over her resume once again. There honestly wasn’t much there: she graduated from high school and her only job thus far was working on the family farm along with working “off and on” at her aunt's flower shop. However, peering at her once again, he could easily see that she had other . . . qualifications. Quickly shaking those thoughts out of his horny head, he stood and offered her his hand. Finally making eye contact with him, thus giving him the chance to see her beautiful blue eyes, she also stood and shook his hand.

Oh, he thought, those soft hands!

“Thank you for coming in, Miss Griffith,” he told her while shaking her hand. “I’ll let you know.”

She gave him a quick nod. “Thank you.”

She turned to walk out of his office. His eyes zeroed in on her oh-so-sexy posterior. Nice, he thought. Very nice indeed! Working all those years on the family farm had definitely paid off!

And Leo realized after she closed the door behind him that her could never hire her she was just too innocent for his tastes.

Here is the Amazon book link for Not That Innocent:

https://www.amazon.com/Not-That-Innocent-Angel-Ray-ebook/dp/B0773QYZMS/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

WHEN LOVERS MEET

 When Lovers Meet is about a “freelance” bouncer named Dalton Ewing who is a mysterious man with mysterious secrets. And former lawyer Vanessa Calla is determined to find out just what those “secrets” are. Vanessa and Dalton begin a passionate affair after he rescues her one night from a gang of drunken thugs where he’s currently working as a bouncer called Lucky’s. As their romance blossoms, Dalton shares with Vanessa not only his bed but also the memories and secrets of his painful past, a past which causes him not to get too close to anyone or stay in one place for too long. Vanessa likewise lets down her guard and allows herself to be loved again after her own painful past involving her ex-husband Brett who left her for another woman and her estranged father Joseph, himself a powerful attorney, who left her beloved mother Deborah for a younger woman. Vanessa is determined to show Dalton that he can allow someone into his heart (and not just his bed) without being emotionally devastated in the process.

Here is an excerpt from When Lovers Meet:

    “I’m Dalton Ewing,” the man said calmly yet sternly. “I’m the head bouncer here.”

Vanessa looked directly at the man who had so valiantly stopped this drunken oaf from putting his grubby fingers all over her. Her jaw nearly dropped to the floor when she saw the hero who had stopped this drunken ruffians from accosting her. He stood at about six feet tall, maybe a little taller, and was way more muscular than the other man. He had short brown wavy hair and chiseled features that a handsome Hollywood actor might possess. Even in her frightened state, Vanessa felt an immediate attraction to this tall, dark and very handsome stranger who was coming to her rescue.

   And Vanessa loved it.

   “You’re the head bouncer, huh?” the guy told him in a mocking tone. Dalton didn’t move or say anything, Vanessa noticed. He just stood there facing down this buffoon like he was Clint Eastwood. Or maybe John Wayne! “Well, keep messin’ with me, Jack, and you’ll be the dead bouncer.”

   “Dead bouncer. That’s cute,” Dalton said in his own mocking tone. “Did ya think of that one all by yourself there, Skippy?”

   “Look, man,” the guy said, losing his cool, “this is between me and the lady here. This ain’t got nothin’ to do with you. So why don’t you just back off before someone gets hurt, aw’ight?”

Dalton shook his head. “No can do, Skippy. From where I was standing, it looked like you were harassing the little lady here and I can’t have that.” He stepped closer to him as he doubled up his fists. “I won’t have that.”

Here is the book link to When Lovers Meet: https://www.amazon.com/When-Lovers-Meet-Angel-Ray-ebook/dp/B073HJ5B2K/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

MISTRESS X & THE GAME

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MAMA'S BOY NO MORE (Cougars & Cubs Book II)

Madison Avery, a divorcee nearing forty, is hesitant to get back into the dating scene until she meets David Mayers, a much younger man, through an online dating site. He is kind of on the nerdy side, but she doesn’t mind. However, there is one problem—David is a devout “mama’s boy,” who still lives with his overbearing mother while he goes to college.

At first, she doesn’t feel this is a deal breaker, especially since her ex was a bit of a “mama’s boy” himself with an overbearing mother of his own. But then she has a nasty first meeting with David’s mother, Debbie, and she begins to wonder if their relationship is worth the trouble, especially given their age difference. However, Madison discovers she has true feelings for David.

Will she find a way they can be together in spite of his overbearing mother and make him cut the apron strings once and for all?

Here is an excerpt from Mama's Boy No More:

Madison unlocked the front door to her house and walked in. David followed her into the house and stood to the side as she closed the door behind him. Then, without warning, she grabbed David and kissed him full-on on the lips. David was startled beyond belief as he just stood there and allowed her to manhandle him the way she was doing. He still didn’t stop her when he felt her tongue slide into his mouth and entwine with his. He loosened up and returned her kiss. This wasn’t his first time kissing a girl, but it was by far his most passionate kiss with a woman. Madison drew her head away from his and gazed lustfully at him.

“David,” she cooed, “have you ever made love to a woman before?”

David was taken aback by her question. At first, he didn’t want to answer her, but then he glanced away and gave a terse shake of his head. Feeling emboldened, she drew her face closer to his and said in an even sultrier tone, “Would you like to make love to me?”

Again, David wasn’t sure what to say, so he just stood there and gawked at her like a horny idiot.

“Please say yes,” she said to him, her face so close to his he could feel her warm breath hitting his face.

Before he realized what he was saying, he muttered, “Y–yes.”

She grinned widely at him. “Good boy!”

She stepped away from him and pointed in front of her. “Go stand over there.”

He did as she told him to do and walked until she told him to stop. She walked up and grabbed him from behind. She slowly rubbed her hands up and down his chest while she placed her chin on his sturdy shoulder. Madison wasn’t expecting to get lucky on this date tonight, but David’s innocence and naiveté had turned her on so much, and, damn it, she was horny as hell as she hadn’t gotten laid in a long, long time. And, while using her trusted vibrator felt good enough, there was nothing like the incredible feeling of having a man inside of you. And, at that moment, David was man enough for her!

“Were you honest with me that you’ve never been with a woman, David?” she pressed him.

He blushed yet again and nodded his head.

“That’s okay, sweetie.” She rubbed her hand across his sturdy chest. “Everyone’s a virgin.” She kissed his cheek. “Once.”

Here is the Amazon book link for Mama's Boy No More: https://www.amazon.com/Mamas-More-Cougars-Cubs-Book-ebook/dp/B01759SQH2/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

MR. INNOCENT (Cougars & Cubs Book I)

Lexi Gifford is the editor-in-chief of a popular women’s magazine named Innocent. Lexi needs a new assistant and a new lover, and she finds both in Theodore Logan—a rather naïve and virginal farm boy from Iowa.

At first, Lexi is hesitant about getting involved with Theodore—who goes by Theo—because of a bad previous relationship. There’s also the age difference, because Lexi is thirty-two and Theo is eighteen.

However, any hesitation on her part flies out the window when he winds up modeling for an upcoming issue of Innocent, when a model doesn’t show for the shoot. Unable to resist seeing his hunky farm boy frame clad only in a pair of form-fitting bikini bottoms, she ravishes Theo.

Their relationship blossoms both in and out of the bedroom, and eventually Lexi realizes that her passion for Theo goes beyond the merely sexual and that she has genuine feelings for him.

Here is an excerpt from Mr. Innocent:

It happened on the day of the cover shoot for the upcoming issue of Innocent. Pam Houston, the photographer who shot most of the pictorials for the magazine, was waiting in the rented studio for their model, Tyler Faith, to arrive along with Lexi and Theo. After waiting for Tyler to arrive, and with Lexi getting more and more impatient, since this was, after all, costing her money. Lexi’s cell phone rang. It was her secretary Mindy with some very bad news. Lexi angrily shut off the connection.

“What’s the matter?” asked Pam.

Lexi let out a long sigh before answering, “You’re not going to believe this.”

“What?”

“That was my secretary. She said she just got a call from Tyler’s agent. He won’t be able to do the shoot today.”

“Did she say why?”

“Apparently, he checked himself into rehab today.” She let out another long sigh as she started pacing around the studio. “Can you believe this shit?”

“Well,” Pam began, “it was rumored that he had a pretty bad drinking problem.”

“Well, whatever the hell his problem is, it’s costing me a hell of a lot of money, you know?”

“Yeah,” Pam agreed, nodding her head, “I know.”

Lexi rubbed her forehead in frustration. “Now who are we going to get for a cover model?”

Pam glanced over at Theo who had been standing off to the side, watching the whole thing with a bemused expression on his gorgeous face.

“What about him?” Pam said.

Lexi stopped pacing to look at Pam. “Him, who?”

“Him.” She nodded at Theo.

Lexi turned her head and gazed at Theo, who seemed all the more bemused. She gazed back at Pam and exclaimed, “You mean my assistant?”

“Yeah,” Pam said, nodding. “Why not?”

“He’s not a model!”

“So?” She shrugged. “He’s as good-looking as any model I’ve ever shot.”

“Well,” Lexi began, giving a blushing Theo the once-over, “he is that.”

“So how about it? You’ve already rented out the studio for the day, and you got me and the hair and makeup stylist here.”

Lexi nodded in agreement. “Well, you do have a point.” She looked over at Theo who was still blushing. “So, Theo, what do you think? Would you like to be a model for a day?”

Theo shrugged. “I don’t know,” he replied quietly. He looked directly at her, something he did not normally do, and asked, “What does it pay?”

Well, Lexi thought to herself with a grin, maybe farm boy is not so naïve, after all!

After pausing for a moment, Lexi stated, “Five-hundred.”

Theo raised his eyebrows at what Lexi had just told him. Even Pam gave her a look. Models who shot for Innocent were generally paid about $150-$200. Some models got paid about $300 if it was a top model, and it was a cover shoot. But no model, who had ever shot for Innocent had been paid that much money. But that was one of the perks of being editor-in-chief of her own magazine. Lexi could pay whatever she wanted, and no one could really say anything about it. Besides, the way she figured it, it would be well worth the five-hundred to see hunky Theo parading around for a few hours, wearing nothing but a pair of tight, form-hugging bikini bottoms, and that oh-so-sexy smile of his that she had grown quite accustomed to seeing.

“So what do you say?” Lexi asked Theo.

“Well,” Theo began to say, hesitating, “I don’t know. I don’t think anyone in my family would approve of me doing this.”

“Come on,” Lexi said, trying to convince him. “Honestly, Theo, do you know of anyone in your family who reads my magazine?”

“Well, my younger sister might.”

She gave him a look. “Do you honestly think your younger sister would buy a copy of a magazine with a picture of her smiling, half-naked brother on the cover?” Before he could answer, Lexi added, “Besides, your parents don’t strike me as the type who would allow your sister to read my magazine.”

He grinned awkwardly. “No, you’re right, they wouldn’t.”

“So what do you say, Theo?” Lexi asked him again after a pause.

After giving it some thought, Theo looked right at Lexi again, and said with that trademark smile of his, “Okay, I’ll do it.” He offered her another awkward grin, and added, “I could really use the money.”

Lexi returned his smile, and said with a nod, “Good.”

Here is the Amazon book link for Mr. Innocent: https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Innocent-Cougars-Cubs-Book-ebook/dp/B00LICLH5Q/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8