There was a huge explosion sending smoke throughout our squad. Through the ensuring chaos, I now realized how little I got paid and maybe I shouldn’t have waited to take those piano lessons I always wanted to. On a seemingly normal day that wasn’t, everything changed. In an instant, lives were transformed and their youthful […]

Adah’s goal in life was to be independent. Convinced by her sisters and a jealous classmate at school that she was less than adequate to become a wife, she decided at a young age that she would never marry. Without the guidance of a loving mother, she relied on her father and a caring housekeeper […]

After her father and her older brother die of an infectious fever, and an unscrupulous sea captain abandons Rose Armistead in Port Royal, Jamaica, she must find safe passage home. When she meets a handsome mariner with his own ship, in an establishment of ill repute, she pays him to carry her, her mother, and […]

There was no doubt in his mind that he had to have her. He had to possess her. But first, he would have to train her. ALLISON: I always felt like something was missing in my life. Something was off. It wasn’t until I was at work did it become clear. I needed to be […]