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Jeanie Johnson and Jayha Leigh
www.beautifultroublepublishing.com
Adjusting the Balance:
Cleo Versus Ändreas
Jeanie Johnson and Jayha Leigh
The Bible Scriptures quoted [Song of Solomon 6:3 and Ruth 1:16-17]
are from the NRSV of the Holy Bible.
Copyright © April 2008, 2010 by Jeanie Johnson and Jayha Leigh
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and historical events; however, names, characters, places and
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To all the men who put it down in their own special ways. And
to Dréa who asked: “will you marry me and be my non-sexual
life mate and write me erotic tales?”
And since we’re talking about Dréa, we recommend you check
out her prose. If you want to suck up to her before she goes all
Hollywood and then no longer has time for you plebes, drop
by her website.
http://drearileyandlauraguevara.com/
Dréa Riley’s books:
• “Fit to be Tied” in the Smack It, Flip It, Rub It Down
anthology
• “Flippin’ the Script” in the TAG! You’re Writ, volume 2
anthology
• “How do Firemen make Love” in the FLAME ON!!!
anthology
• “It’s all Fun and Games until Someone Falls in Love” in
the Tag! You’re Writ, volume 1 anthology
• “Private Dick” in Ride It Like You Stole It anthology
• “Tropical Storm” in Second Helpings—Stormy Weather
Lovin’
• It’s all Fun and Games until Someone Falls in Love
(single story from the Tag, volume 1 anthology)
• Tempted & Torched (available at lulu.com)
• Tzara’s Heart (available at lulu.com)
Thank you Aunt Donna for the information on Georgia and
thank you Chandra for the information on Switzerland.
Note about eBooks
eBooks are NOT transferable. Re-selling,
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CAVEAT
This work of erotica contains adult language
and sexually explicit scenes, which are
smoking hot. This book is intended only for
adults, as it is defined by the laws of the
country in which the purchase is made. Keep
this book out of the hands of under-aged
readers.
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Authors Foreward
Not that I (Jayha) am admitting any guilt, however
the character Ändreas Tomaschett, may have, in the
heat of the moment been allowed to be dibsed by
Nicole, which was a violation of the original dibs of
Dréa Riley. In lieu of Jayha settling this dispute by
killing off a whole series of books which will not only
endanger the sanctity of Dréa’s eBook hero harem
but might also result with several readers having to
be busted out of foreign prison, the following
agreement has been made and agreed to:
In exchange for acknowledgment that Ändreas is hers
and hers alone, Dréa will relinquish the remaining
three swankers (Loic von Leuzinger, Sébastien
Götsch, and Yves Reiman) along with one of her
other coveted dibs—not a clone but the full-fledged
dibs to Nicole. In addition, we will create a hero for
exclusive dibs by Nicole.
Prelim Work
Like the rest of the residents of Delice-Patrale,
Georgia, Luxor “Cleo” Winston was the bee’s knees
when it came to education, fucking people up, and
not giving a damn when she did. Unlike the rest of
the residents, she was a bona fide, died-in-the wool
weirdo. Now outsiders might say all the residents of
Delice-Patrale were weirdoes, and they’d have a
point, but only Cleo was a weirdo who defied
explanation, hence the tagline, “Don’t Fucking Ask.”
Of course people did ask, and they were always sorry.
Always.
Nothing about Cleo was normal. Not her hat
collection, which was best described as “a damn
shame.” Not her career, which people described as
“that shit with guns.” Not her nickname, which
contrary to popular belief wasn’t short for Cleopatra.
In fact, Cleo wasn’t short for anything.
Christened Luxor by a momma who had an
Egypt fetish (her brothers were named Cairo,
Memphis and Thebes), it would’ve made way more
sense for her to be named Alexandria, but her
momma had fallen in love with the Valley of the
Kings, and thus her name was Luxor. And while
Luxor was nice, being named Luxor was a burden in
the South, where people nicked your name simply
because it was a day that ended in “y.” And the only
way you could halfway nick Luxor was to call her
Luke. While she didn’t have anything against the
name Luke, having had a serious crush on Bo Duke,
there was no damn way in anybody’s hell that she was
going to allow anyone to call her Luke. At five years
old, she’d decided to rename herself. She’d picked the
name Cleo because she saw it on some literature her
momma had. It was only after she had the art of
reading down that she realized CLEO was actually an
acronym for Council on Legal Education
Opportunity. But it didn’t matter by then, because
ever since that day she’d asked her momma what that
word was, she’d refused to answer to anything but
Cleo.
She might refuse to answer to anything but
Cleo, but damn if she ever stopped talking. She never
ran out of shit to ask, never stumbled across a “why”
she was afraid to ask, a gun she didn’t like, or a
challenge that made her back down...which was why
her daddy threw himself a party when she’d survived
to adulthood…and every year she managed to not kill
herself in some kind of misadventure.
And make no mistake about it—Cleo’s whole
life was a misadventure, starting with her secondary
job. Despite the fact that she had a Ph.D., and she
