Some arguments are just desire in disguise.
In these five charged and sensual stories, the tension between two people finally breaks open, and what spills out is nothing like either of them expected.
A woman waits on her knees in candlelight for the long-distance lover who has been worth every mile, wearing a diamond collar and ready to give him everything he came for, and to take everything she has been craving. An established couple of six years rediscovers each other the slow way: lips, hands, and every inch of skin between them, until the joining of their bodies feels like the first time and the thousandth time at once. A red-haired photographer and her neighbor's visiting friend negotiate a set of rules for an afternoon together, then spend the next two hours finding out exactly where those rules bend. A man watches a film for the second time in one afternoon and finds himself drawn by a beautiful stranger into a darkened encounter he will never forget, and a St. Christopher medal that is the only proof it happened. And in a theater company friend's basement, a woman finally turns the tables on the man who left her tied and alone a year ago, with a blindfold, a willing audience, and a slow, complete reckoning that ends in an entirely different kind of surrender.
Five arguments. Five long-burning fuses. Five moments where the only way forward is straight into each other.
The Argument is for readers who know that heat this good never really starts with hello.
