Stolen Moments (38 page)

Sherry Michaels
is one of those night-owl creatives living in the land of the great Dust Bowl. When not working furiously to feed her two dogs, one cat, and iTunes habit, she often dreams of a house in the country, a couple of horses, and having an intelligent and beautiful girlfriend by her side, not necessarily in that order.

Cliodhna
O’Bannion
lives in Seattle, where she works as a journalist and publishes in a variety of forms. She enjoys spending time with her girlfriend and lives comfortably with two cats (and somewhat uncomfortably with a long list of things to do). Her passions include bicycling, watching Euro pro bicycle racing, reading, the night sky, and orca watching.

Meghan O’Brien
is a twenty-six-year-old software developer who lives in Brighton, Michigan.  She’s happily domesticated with her partner of over six years, Ty, and their many cats.  She loves video games, writing, and, of course, women. Her first novel is
Infinite Loop
(2005).

Karen Perry
lives happily in the shadows of Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains. When not writing or romping through the woods, she enjoys photography and slaving away in her flower gardens. Life is shared with her partner of eleven years and their two dogs. Professionally, Karen is an advocate for students with learning differences. This is her first published piece.

RM Pryor
was born Rhiannon-Marie Pryor in 1979 in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. Currently living in Newcastle, she moved out of home at fifteen to fuck up, flip out, have fun, and find love. She thinks she succeeded.

Radclyffe
,
having practiced surgery for thirty years while writing for pleasure “on the side,” established Bold Strokes Books, Inc, a lesbian publishing company, in 2004 and retired from the practice of medicine to write and publish full-time in May 2005. She is the author of numerous short stories and over twenty novels.

Jean Stewart
was born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  She loves books, music, dogs, and people who laugh. She earned her living as a teacher and coach in her early years, but left education to pursue a writing career.  She lives near Seattle, in the beautiful Pacific NW with her partner Susie, three badly behaved dogs, and a reclusive Maine Coon cat named Emily Dickinson.  She has published five Isis books and a stand-alone novel, and has had stories published in numerous anthologies.

Renée Strider
is a researcher, translator, and editor who lives with her partner and their dog on a big honking lake in Canada. Her interests include languages, history, and art history. Occasionally she writes articles about art and lesbian fiction. This is her first lesbian fiction submitted for publication. Write her at [email protected].

T. Szymanski
is the author of the Motor City Thrillers/Brett Higgins Mysteries, including the Lammy finalist
When Evil Changes Face.
She’s also edited
Back to Basics: A Butch/Femme Anthology
and
Call of the Dark: Erotic Lesbian Tales of the Supernatural
. She has shorts in more than a dozen anthologies and has a novella in the notorious
Once Upon a Dyke: New Exploits of Fairy Tale Lesbians
. An award-winning playwright, she’s ridiculously proud of using the word
damselling
in her novella
A Butch in Fairy Tale Land.

KI Thompson
states, “This is the first time I’ve ever written fiction, so any and all feedback is appreciated ([email protected]).  I never dreamed I could or would write something like this, and the fact that I have done so at all is because of two people.  Thank you, Radclyffe, for the encouragement and honesty.  And to Kathi, thank you for believing in me.”

Saskia
Walker
is a British author who has had short erotic fiction published on both sides of the pond. She has selections in
Seductions: Tales of Erotic Persuasion
(Dutton);
Sugar and Spice, More Wicked Words
and
Wicked Words 5
and
8
(Black Lace);
Naughty Stories from A to Z, 3
and
4
and
Naked Erotica
(Pretty Things Press);
Taboo
and
Three Way
(Cleis Press); and
Sextopia
(Circlet Press).  Her first full-length erotic novel,
Along for the Ride
, is due for publication in 2005. www.saskiawalker.co.uk.

Kathryn Wolf
fell into fanfic literally by accident several years ago and, after receiving much encouragement, began to write it. She states, “I have always wanted to write, and this seemed the best way for me to pay my dues, as it were. I have several stories posted to the Net, though time and real life have been against me, so two remain unfinished.”

Forever Found
by JLee Meyer. Can time, tragedy, and shattered trust destroy a love that seemed destined? When chance reunites two childhood friends separated by tragedy, the past resurfaces to determine the shape of their future. (1-933110-37-6)

Sword of the Guardian
by Merry Shannon. Princess Shasta’s bold new bodyguard has a secret that could change both of their lives.
He
is actually a
she
. A passionate romance filled with courtly intrigue, chivalry, and devotion. (1-933110-36-8)

Wild Abandon
by Ronica Black. From their first tumultuous meeting, Dr. Chandler Brogan and Officer Sarah Monroe are drawn together by their common obsessions–sex, speed, and danger. (1-933110-35-X)

Turn Back Time
by Radclyffe. Pearce Rifkin and Wynter Thompson have nothing in common but a shared passion for surgery. They clash at every opportunity, especially when matters of the heart are suddenly at stake. (1-933110-34-1)

Chance
by Grace Lennox. At twenty-six, Chance Delaney decides her life isn’t working so she swaps it for a different one. What follows is the sexy, funny, touching story of two women who, in finding themselves, also find one another. (1-933110-31-7)

The Exile and the Sorcerer
by Jane Fletcher. First in the Lyremouth Chronicles. Tevi, wounded and adrift, arrives in the courtyard of a shy young sorcerer. Together they face monsters, magic, and the challenge of loving despite their differences. (1-933110-32-5)

A Matter of Trust
by Radclyffe. JT Sloan is a cybersleuth who doesn’t like attachments. Michael Lassiter is leaving her husband, and she needs Sloan’s expertise to safeguard her company. It should just be business– but it turns into much more. (1-933110-33-3)

Sweet Creek
by Lee Lynch. A celebration of the enduring nature of love, friendship, and community in the quirky, heart-warming lesbian community of Waterfall Falls. (1-933110-29-5)

The Devil Inside
by Ali Vali. Derby Cain Casey, head of a New Orleans crime organization, runs the family business with guts and grit, and no one crosses her. No one, that is, until Emma Verde claims her heart and turns her world upside down. (1-933110-30-9)

Grave Silence
by Rose Beecham. Detective Jude Devine’s investigation of a series of ritual murders is complicated by her torrid affair with the golden girl of Southwestern forensic pathology, Dr. Mercy Westmoreland. (1-933110-25-2)

Honor Reclaimed
by Radclyffe. In the aftermath of 9/11, Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts and Blair Powell close ranks with a trusted few to find the would-be assassins who nearly claimed Blair’s life. (1-93311018-X)

Honor Bound
by Radclyffe. Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts and Blair Powell face political intrigue, a clandestine threat to Blair’s safety, and the seemingly irreconcilable personal differences that force them ever farther apart. (1-933110-20-1)

Protector of the Realm: Supreme Constellations Book One
by Gun Brooke. A space adventure filled with suspense and a daring intergalactic romance featuring Commodore Rae Jacelon and the stunning, but decidedly lethal, Kellen O’Dal. (1-933110-26-0)

Innocent Hearts
by Radclyffe. In a wild and unforgiving land, two women learn about love, passion, and the wonders of the heart. (1-933110-21-X)

The Temple at Landfall
by Jane Fletcher. An imprinter, one of Celaeno’s most revered servants of the Goddess, is also a prisoner to the faith–until a Ranger frees her by claiming her heart. The Celaeno series. (1-933110-27-9)

Force of Nature
by Kim Baldwin. From tornados to forest fires, the forces of nature conspire to bring Gable McCoy and Erin Richards close to danger, and closer to each other. (1-933110-23-6)

In Too Deep
by Ronica Black. Undercover homicide cop Erin McKenzie tracks a femme fatale who just might be a real killer…with love and danger hot on her heels. (1-933110-17-1)

Course of Action
by Gun Brooke. Actress Carolyn Black desperately wants the starring role in an upcoming film produced by Annelie Peterson. Just how far will she go for the dream part of a lifetime? (1-933110-22-8)

Rangers at Roadsend
by Jane Fletcher. Sergeant Chip Coppelli has learned to spot trouble coming, and that is exactly what she sees in her new recruit, Katryn Nagata. The Celaeno series. (1-933110-28-7)

Justice Served
by Radclyffe. Lieutenant Rebecca Frye and her lover, Dr. Catherine Rawlings, embark on a deadly game of hideand-seek with an underworld kingpin who traffics in human souls. (1-933110-15-5)

Distant Shores, Silent Thunder
by Radclyffe. Dr. Tory King–along with the women who love her–is forced to examine the boundaries of love, friendship, and the ties that transcend time. (1-933110-08-2)

Hunter’s Pursuit
by Kim Baldwin. A raging blizzard, a mountain hideaway, and a killer-for-hire set a scene for disaster–or desire–when Katarzyna Demetrious rescues a beautiful stranger. (1-933110-09-0)

The Walls of Westernfort
by Jane Fletcher. All Temple Guard Natasha Ionadis wants is to serve the Goddess–until she falls in love with one of the rebels she is sworn to destroy. The Celaeno series. (1-933110-24-4)

Change Of Pace:
Erotic Interludes
by Radclyffe. Twenty-five hot-wired encounters guaranteed to spark more than just your imagination. Erotica as you’ve always dreamed of it. (1-933110-07-4)

Honor Guards
by Radclyffe. In a wild flight for their lives, the president’s daughter and those who are sworn to protect her wage a desperate struggle for survival. (1-933110-01-5)

Fated Love
by Radclyffe. Amidst the chaos and drama of a busy emergency room, two women must contend not only with the fragile nature of life, but also with the irresistible forces of fate. (1-933110-05-8)

Justice in the Shadows
by Radclyffe. In a shadow world of secrets and lies, Detective Sergeant Rebecca Frye and her lover, Dr. Catherine Rawlings, join forces in the elusive search for justice. (1-933110-03-1)

shadowland
by Radclyffe. In a world on the far edge of desire, two women are drawn together by power, passion, and dark pleasures. An erotic romance. (1-933110-11-2)

Love’s Masquerade
by Radclyffe. Plunged into the indistinguishable realms of fiction, fantasy, and hidden desires, Auden Frost is forced to question all she believes about the nature of love. (1-933110-14-7)

Love & Honor
by Radclyffe. The president’s daughter and her lover are faced with difficult choices as they battle a tangled web of Washington intrigue for...love and honor. (1-933110-10-4)

Beyond the Breakwater
by Radclyffe. One Provincetown summer, three women learn the true meaning of love, friendship, and family. (1-933110-06-6)

Tomorrow’s Promise
by Radclyffe. One timeless summer, two very different women discover the power of passion to heal and the promise of hope that only love can bestow. (1-933110-12-0)

Love’s Tender Warriors
by Radclyffe. Two women who have accepted loneliness as a way of life learn that love is worth fighting for and a battle they cannot afford to lose. (1-933110-02-3)

Love’s Melody Lost
by Radclyffe. A secretive artist with a haunted past and a young woman escaping a life that has proved to be a lie find their destinies entwined. (1-933110-00-7)

Safe Harbor
by Radclyffe. A mysterious newcomer, a reclusive doctor, and a troubled gay teenager learn about love, friendship, and trust during one tumultuous summer in Provincetown. (1-933110-13-9)

Above All, Honor
by Radclyffe. Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts fights her desire for the one woman she can’t have–Blair Powell, the daughter of the president of the United States. (1-933110-04-X)