Hi Andrew,
during these couple weeks, I've managed to read three of your stories, not because I took a long time to read, but because the lack of time I had :)
Anyway, the stories are "Money, Beauty, or Love", "Life Starts at 25" and "Akim, Akim...". I would like to say that I enjoyed the three of them.
In "Money, Beauty, or Love", I was kind of surprised with the conflict at the end, it was rather unpredictable, and I liked the twisting, even though it ended happily.
"Life Starts at 25" was better, because I love Jacques' character. It was predictable though, but it's okay :)
And the last one, "Akim, Akim..." was okay. There were just too little conflict between Akim and Piero, but I loved how your pictured their first sex encounter. It was lovely.
Well, sorry for my rambling. And I will read your other stories too :)
dizzy