No Strings

By Aline Hunter

Diane and Zeke have one tragic thing in common—they’ve lost their spouses. Despite years of group therapy, neither has been able to move on with their life.

So when Zeke suggests a one-night, no-strings fling, Diane decides she has nothing to lose.

It will take a passionate evening to reawaken desires, fantasies and sexual pleasures they’ve long forgotten. And before the sun rises, they’ll discover letting go isn’t as bad as it seems.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Aline Hunter
• Release date: Mar 9, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005346492

Aline Hunter

Aline Hunter is a multi-published author who has written stories featured in horror magazines, zombie romance anthologies, and flash fiction contests. Her work has a dark undertone, which she credits to her love of old eighties horror films, tastes in music, and choices in reading, and have been described as “full of sensual promise,” “gritty and sexy” and “a breath of fresh air.”Currently she is penning projects within the urban fantasy, erotic and contemporary, and paranormal romance genres.

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No Strings

Aline Hunter

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Second Edition February 2021

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Chapter One

The small circular area created by plastic chairs with metal legs became crowded as people rose from their places and started retrieving their things. It was the end of another Friday night of sharing pain, of tasting someone else’s tears, of listening to the outpouring of grief that came from loss. For a little over two years, Diane had been coming here. It was a safe place to speak about the senseless robbery in a gas station that had taken her husband and turned her world upside down. One minute, she was a wife anxious to start a family; the next she was consumed by grief with nowhere to go.

Then she found a support group for grieving spouses.

The first few months, she listened. It felt too personal to break down and cry in front of strangers. She’d wondered how so many of the people who came to group could unload so easily, without any hesitation or embarrassment. It wasn’t until her wedding anniversary came, went, and she returned to the men and women who knew her by name that everything had clicked. No one could possibly understand her anguish, her fury, or her desolation better than those who’d experienced it themselves.

Her first good cry broke down the walls, but it hadn’t made things easier.

Only time was capable of mending her heart.

Weeks had turned to months and months became a year.

Now it was nearing that pivotal turning point. Everyone was allowed to remain in the group