smashwords, Amazon
Category:
Mainstream
Publisher: Smashwords
Type: Fiction
Pages: 271
Copyright: June 2008; November 5, 2012
Price: $5.99 (eBook)
Along with recipes, insights into those galling Gauls, plus the real merde not found in any guidebooks this sharply observed, witty narrative presents a sometimes poignant and often funny view of what it’s like to live and love in a foreign land.
My Life as a Concubine is the lively account of a savvy, New York City woman, never married, not looking to be, who suddenly falls in love with a Frenchman. After several enchanting years together, Jean-Loup tells her that he must return to France. She is in a quandary—stay on the isle of Manhattan where she has work, friends and speaks the lingo or depart for Paris with the utterly adorable frog prince? There is one teensy-weensy problem, Jean-Loup hasn’t asked her to go with him. When he finally pops the question, it certainly isn’t the one she expects.
Excerpt
"Let me tell you what I'm going to do to you, Jean-Loup."
My voice was soft—husky with sex. Slow as an escargot, I began to lower the zipper of my snug, silk dress. With a little bump and grind, I shimmied out of its black bonds. I hadn't bothered with a bra. Clad only in garter belt, stockings and stilettos, I removed the combs from my hair, tossed my head, and let the raven cloud settle about my shoulders. I stared into his eyes—their intensity scorched my body like a firebrand. It took all I had to restrain myself from jumping his bones. Instead, I released a stocking from its garters, then stepped out of my heels. Placing a foot atop his nightstand, I slowed peeled the black mesh down my leg.
Skimming the whispery strip over his body, I asked, "Like the feel of it, Jean-Loup? Imagine my lips following the same course."
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