Ma, I'm just trying to get going on those grandchildren you want.

Pamela Palmer's stories catch you, captivate you, and never let you go.

We're lucky." He slipped his hand around her waist and splayed it in the small of her back. "Most couples have only one first kiss. We'll have two.

A princess always takes care that her words are honeyed, for she may have to eat them

I intend to marry Michael, and squander all his money and run his life, and make sure he never again consorts with wicked women or gambles with licentious men. I promise I will henpeck him until he has no life beyond what I allow him, and when we die, I will lie in his arms through all eternity.

Are you a man?'' The question slipped out, and she regretted it. Regretted injecting reality into this delicate, lovely dream of passion. ''I thought I had conclusively proved my manhood to you. Shall I do it again?

Don't just aim high, reach it and grab some happiness along the way.