Thrills and Gloom

Thrills and Gloom is a vivid, contemporary tale about a sixty-something woman who was finding love as much of a minefield as ever, its challenges more daunting in a society obsessed with youth and beauty. Highly charged and unafraid to take us into the sexual world, Thrills and Gloom is intelligent and thought provoking. Divorced, unattached and solvent, Ruby Blue had managed to get her act together after a turbulent marriage and traumatic divorce from Alex Dunbar, father of her four sons. Shed relocated, had enjoyed ten years with a man half her own age, and single again, flourished in an exciting social scene with a wide circle of friends. Life was good and she was in control, until, Hi. Orlando Gloom, forty-one, was a talented stonemason. He lived on his partially restored boat with an overriding goal to get it seaworthy again. Classically handsome, but moody and reclusive, Orlando was known as a loner. He didnt want a relationship and was definitely not interested in older women. But he had stolen Rubys heart. Against the odds, she was compelled to make a bid for his..... Free spirited, fun loving Ruby challenges societys stereotypes in an exciting, erotic and engaging look at life.