Some people can make being bad seem so very good. Lee Hayes, the critically acclaimed author of Passion Marks, A Deeper Blue, and The Messiah, returns with a delightfully wicked spin on what constitutes a âbad seed.â
The wildly entertaining duo of novellas are sure to intrigue and titillate readers with their exploration of risquĂ© themes. âI Guess Thatâs Why They Call It The Bluesâ is about a cosmetically beautiful but emotionally damaged young man who marries a wealthy older man to go from rags to riches. After beginning an illicit affair with his husbandâs attorney, he decides that he would rather enjoy the amenities of limitless money minus the husband. He will stop at nothing to see his husband six feet under so that he can dance on his grave, toasting with expensive champagne.
In âCrazy in Love,â a hyper-sexual seventeen-year-old high school boy develops a fatalistic crush on his reclusive high school English teacher. When the teacher rebuffs the boyâs advances, all hell breaks looseâand the upstanding teacherâs life is put on the line. Hell hath no fury.