Playing With Fire

Mara thought comfort was the reward for a good marriage.

A shared life. A steady love. Predictable days that were supposed to feel like enough.

But comfort has a way of going stale when desire is ignored.

At a quiet neighborhood block party, a harmless suggestion from her husband Eli opens a door neither of them expected to walk through. A little flirting. A reminder that Mara is still seen. Still wanted. Still capable of lighting up a room. What begins as play quickly turns into something deeper when Dylan, the new neighbor with a steady presence and a dangerous ease, enters their orbit.

With Eli’s full awareness and encouragement, the spark between Mara and Dylan is allowed to burn — not in secret, not in shame, but in honesty. As boundaries blur and passion ignites, Mara is forced to confront the woman she used to be… and the one she still is.

Playing with Fire is a sensual, emotionally charged hotwife romance about trust, consent, and rediscovering desire inside a loving marriage. This story explores what happens when a couple chooses openness over fear, connection over control, and allows desire to exist without destroying the love that came first.

*** Novella approx 15,000 words ***