Young Love...
(by Cathryn Fox)

Sweaty palms, racing heart, butterflies erupting in the stomach...Ah, young love. There's nothing like it.

We write about it, we read about it, and we talk about it, but there is nothing like the excitement of experiencing it first hand. It's these cherished moments that we carry with us for the rest of our lives.

The other day I was invited to a friend's house for dinner. While I was there, I met their daughter Becky who is only thirteen weeks away from getting married--yes, she's counting.

She talked about the wedding with such excitement and enthusiasm that I couldn't help but get caught up in all the flurry.

It wasn't until I saw Becky with her fiancé that I remembered how truly wonderful it was to experience young love. We were all sitting around the table chatting after dinner when her fiancé walked in. Becky jumped from the table and bolted across the room and into his arms. His face lit up with emotion as he gathered her into his embrace and swung her around. The chemistry between the two was explosive, and the love so tender, innocent, and delicate, that it could be felt by everyone in the room.

My heart began to beat a little faster, and I couldn't help but smile as I watched them, drawing on my own experiences. It's those exciting, yet sweet and gentle moments, that I try to capture when I'm writing about falling in love.

In my latest release, PLEASURE EXCHANGE, Cat and Sam might have agreed to a physical relationship only, in the name of science and journalistic investigation, but when they begin to experience sweaty palms, racing hearts, and butterflies, it's not hard to tell that their pleasure games have turned into the real thing...