Arden Forrest

Samantha struggles to maintain her life as a respected member of society in a small town, while desperately seeking a female lover. Barry, Sam’s husband and best friend, encourages her to explore and fulfill her dreams and desires, until Sam meets Valerie.<br><br>Valerie is everything Sam is not. Sam quickly succumbs to Valerie’s sexual magnetism, tumbling into a volatile weekend relationship with hard core, aggressive Valerie. Soon, Sam’s life spins out of control. Barry spends more and more weekends alone with her children, while Sam gets drawn into Valerie’s unsavory lifestyle.<br><br>Sam is determined to fit Valerie into her life, but unable to recognize Valerie’s destructive behavior. If Sam can’t find the love and peace she’s looking for with Valerie, where will she go?

In All the Wrong Places

“Hey,” Sam said into the phone. “Are you okay? And where are you?” Sam was aware Emily and Sam’s sister Linda were both listening. Alex sounded tired and frazzled.


“Oh, Sam, I’ve had the worst time today! First I had a flat tire, then when I was halfway there, my momcalled and said one of the boys was really sick and I needed to come get him. And now I’m at the emergency clinic.” Sam tried to be sympathetic, but all she felt was disappointment and a vague sense of dread.


She finished the conversation quickly, with the possibility of stopping to see Alex and Jake on the way back from their wedding trip. She was pretty sure Emily and Linda bought the idea she had been worried about Alex’s safety, and Emily wanted to know more about what was wrong with Alex’s son. Barry, of course, probably had some idea of what was really happening in Sam’s head, although he couldn’t realize the depth of her anxiety.


Chapter 22