The Captain's Story (The Diaries of a Trollop #1)

Doctor Robert Thomas Temple is a man of many parts. Born into poverty and violence, he works his way out of an urban combat zone to build personal prosperity. Finishing university as an engineer and inventor, he goes to war in Vietnam as an Air Force Lieutenant and intelligence analyst. He soon becomes known to grunts in the bush as “one scary dude” for his sniper skills and the speed of his martial arts movements. More than one Viet Cong partisan will have reason to call him “the Tall Assassin” in their own language.

Starting at an early age, Bob becomes a man who loves women – and more than one of them love him. Lessons learned from his first intimate teacher will draw many to his bed, for good or ill. One ex-wife hates him, though her mother would happily give him references. His business partners call him “Colonel” or “Doctor”, but to the women who live with him he is “The Captain”... and they'll be more than happy to sail or serve under him.

Now, another young woman wants to enter the Captain's life. Having fallen for one of his lady lovers, Marie decides that if she's to be with Desiree, then she'd better meet the man that Desiree goes home to and adores. When Desiree and her co-mistress Renate propose to add an 18 year old Library Science major to the Captain's stable of eager mares, he lays down the law: Marie must first research and write his biography – without their help. She needs to know him as a person and a friend in all of his many parts, before playing bedtime games. “Sex with strangers may sound like thrills... but more often than not, it's a lonely business.”

The person that Marie discovers in her research and shared time will become one of her “life teachers”, shaping the person she becomes as an adult, even as she falls in love again. She will learn many things from the Captain and his women – and from others for whom she cares.

Set against a turbulent backdrop of 50 years, The Captain's Story is a journey through war and remembrance, love and loss, and learning the oldest lesson: “The more we love, the more we can love.”

The Captain's Story is intended for mature audiences.