Deirdre O'Dare

Young widow and artist Keely must reinvent her life after her husband’s sudden death. Her first step is to move to a new town.<br><br>When her landlady hires a couple of itinerant painter-handymen to refurbish the house, Keely begins to awaken from her grief-spawned isolation. Inspired by the two good-looking workers, she explores a new focus for her art and discovers the exotic pleasures of a ménage for the first time.

Paint a New Scene

Back in Arizona, she hadn’t dared. It would have been too painful, awkward and difficult to run into people she and Mike had been friends with when she was with someone else—even if the chance had come up, though none had. It was almost as if everyone expected her to don black dowdy clothes and become a recluse! Divorce was one thing, but widowhood seemed to be a whole different scene. She wasn’t quite sure why, unless it was an archaic fragment of old traditions. While it seemed like everyone had been through at least one divorce, widowhood for a thirty-something woman was outside the norm.


Chapter 6