Am I frigid? Or am I merely unfulfilled?Lexi wrestles with these questions every time her husband Dean comes near her. They used to have such a good time together, but after a few years of marriage, their bedroom activities became dull. Perfunctory. In and out, over and done. Dean doesn't seem to care at all about her needs, and he resists her efforts to make things right. He even pulls back from the most innocent touches. Through it all, he tells her she's too needy and f...

Maya has kept two secrets from her husband. Her first secret is that she was only technically a virgin on their wedding night. She'd loved someone deeply and passionately before she even met her husband. The second secret is that this masterful boyfriend, Roger, taught her to crave a type of lovemaking that preserved her purity pledge but not her innocence.Despite pledging that they would always be together – pledges that Maya believed – Roger disappeared from her life without a wo...

Ava knows her husband Cal is 99% perfect. Smart, kind, generous, devoted – he has almost every good quality any woman could ask for. And that 1% of him that's imperfect? It's not his fault but a problem of anatomy. She knew before they were married that he had primary impotence. She married him willingly, and she knew what she was getting into.Despite that 1% imperfection, Cal has always seen to it that they have good marital relations. He has a strong libido and a great imaginatio...

Miranda loves her husband, no doubt about it. She would really like to be able to show him that love in the bedroom. But a serious heart condition means her husband is banned from this type of activity until a donor heart can be found. For over a year now, Miranda has struggled to support her ailing husband and suppress her own needs, and it's starting to take a toll.The women in Miranda's book group have noticed a change in her, and it's getting worse as the sex ban drags on. They...

Marry in haste, repent in leisure. It was an old expression, but one that Carly lived every day. Three days after burying her mother, in a fog of grief and helplessness, she had met Richard. Two months later, they were married.Eventually, she emerged from the grief and realized what she'd done. She was married to a man who didn't respect her and preferred her to be sad and dependent. She tried to make it work and to find a way to coexist, but as time dragged on, she became ever mor...