"Faith ran away from husband and home, desperate to find relief for the burning need that consumed her nether parts, but she couldn't find it. Not until the appearance of the mysterious woman whose strength rivaled any man's and whose hands finally quenched Faith's fires. When the burning returned, Faith knew she would pay any price to be allowed to stay by the woman's side -- even her soul.
Note: This story is included in the author’s anthology, Whetting the Appetite."
Crises of Faith By Elizabeth L. Brooks The c**k churned in her and Faith made the noises the c**k’s owner expected, but in truth, she barely felt it. It couldn’t touch the burning, couldn’t slake the need. She’d tried, God’s witness, she had. The burning had come on her along with her moonblood, but she’d pushed it from her thoughts, concentrated on her crafts and her skills and her lessons, and she’d held it off two full years before her oldest brother had caught her trading kisses with one of his cronies behind the gooseberry patch. She hadn’t lied, not quite, but she’d let Thom and their parents think it had gone further than that, and before another year was out she’d been wed to Nicholas. The first weeks had been jolly, but then Nick had lost interest and Nick’s mam had started or