Sunset. The sky is on fire with gold, pink and red as the sun begins it’s decent into sea. The air is warm as I watch from the balcony, sea-birds dance in the last rays of the day and I can just make out lovers spread out over the beach as they watch the daily spectacle. I’m impatient, willing for the sun to be gone and for the last rays of the day to disappear so that she can join me. I sigh deeply and lean onto the glas...

“You’re not freaking out are you?” My friend Amy asked looking frantically at me. She had just told me her biggest secret; she ‘belonged’ to a woman named Nina whom she lived with and had a dom/sub relationship with – big deal.“No I’m fine,” I laughed, hitting her playfully across the shoulders. Amy relaxed and smiled at me; I could see the relief in her face.“Good, because I really want you to come over but they said I h...