TUESDAY TALES - WRITERS WRITING TO THE PROMPT "FREE"

Welcome! Our word prompt this week is "free". Click on the writer's name to go to their blog and read their story.
JEAN JOACHIM (Sports Romance)
Griff approached the house slowly. The pug cowered then  raised his lip to show his teeth. 
TRISHA FAYE (Contemporary Fiction) 
“Nine hours? The little things are lucky to be alive still.” Dealing with Clyde Owens and his demands was now the furthest thing from Rosemary’s mind.
IRIS BLOBEL (Sports Romance) 
With her hands fisted in his shirt, she looked up and met his gaze. “Can’t you pretend for just one night that you like me?”
JILLIAN CHANTAL (Contemporary)
They continued deeper into the darkness.
V. L. LOCEY (M/M Historical Romance) 
“Can you boys tell me where we can find the home of Caldwell Emerson?” I asked.
KAREN CINO (Contemporary Romance)
“I have to admit I’m a tad bit jealous of your new beginning.” 
“Why?”
“The adventure...the thrill of being free...the newness...”
MORGAN K. WYATT (Contemporary Romance)
 It felt as if she’d swallowed a fireworks factory. Levi was definitely the match. 
SHERRY GLOAG (Fiction) 
Children ran up and down, carefree in the no-car zone street, which yesterday had been packed with vehicles.
TRICIA ANDERSEN (Sports Romance) 
Here he was cradling her in his arms after saving her from falling, his lips dangerously close to hers.  They looked like they belonged on the front of a romance novel.
STEFAN ELLERY (Thriller) 
Karol pulled the SD card from her camera and shoved it into her computer.She brought up the pictures she had taken.
DAVEE JONES (Contemporary Romance)
Nothing was free, even happiness, it sometimes seemed.
KATHLEEN BALL (Western Romance)
Maverick rode Rumble over the terrain wishing he had more information about Anora and Andy. What woman in her right mind would believe her husband owned her?