They say write drunk, edit sober ... or get someone else to edit for you. From the imagination of Nickie Jamison, these four short stories span different genres, but they all have one thing in common -- hot lust and delicious romance. Travel to a New York brownstone in “The Sorcerer’s Assistant” as a magical detective gets more than he bargained for while hunting a mischievous spirit. In the steampunk tale “Heart Stone,” journey to the center of the earth ... and the center of desire. ”Saving Grace” is a high seas adventure full of pirates and passion. And the view in the bedroom is pretty good, too, in the contemporary romance, “Penthouse.”

Drinker with a Writing Problem

Moisture, my own or condensation—it mattered naught—collected between my palms and the pipe. My wool skirt and petticoat flapped about my dangling legs. As I hung so close to ruin and willed myself to not envision the nasty fall that would soundly break my body should I lose my grip, I reflected upon Jasper. If I was doomed to have a single thought before I died, I wished it to be of him.


Chapter 6