The air was thick with the scent of pine, smoke, and sweat. The firepit in the clearing behind the old Elk Ridge Tavern roared tall, crackling and spitting embers into the starlit sky. Cars and trucks were parked haphazardly around…

The morning sun spilled through the gauzy curtains of the Hartleys’ guest bedroom, catching in Maddie’s tousled blonde hair as she stretched languidly in bed. Her body still thrummed with the electricity of the night before—Carter’s raw desire, Vanessa’s commanding…

Maddie barely heard the creak of the front door over the panting, the wet slap of skin against skin, and the muffled cries she couldn’t keep in. Her body arched, the swell of her breasts gliding against the cool surface…

It was just past noon when Jack heard the familiar sound of tires crunching up the gravel drive. He glanced up from his workbench, wiping sweat from his brow with the back of his forearm. Another hot, still summer day…

It was a crisp autumn evening when I received an invitation to my first fraternity party. I was a shy, inexperienced freshman, having just started my first semester of college. The idea of attending a wild party filled with frat…