The Next Big Thing — Lucy Felthouse

Catriona's life is spiralling out of control. One minute she's a successful investment banker with a flat by the Thames and a healthy bank balance; the next she's a famous author. Well, sort of famous. She's written a femdom novel under a pen name, so nobody actually knows it was her. Her publisher has gone marketing crazy, lauding her book “The Next Big Thing” -- much to her bewilderment. Especially since she hasn't done any of the things she wrote about.

On launch day, curiosity gets the better of her and she goes into a busy London bookstore to queue up for her copy -- despite the box of author copies stuffed into the bottom of her wardrobe. There she meets Elijah. When idle chit chat leads to him admitting he's interested in female domination, everything changes, and their chance meeting leads to a whole lot more, giving Catriona the opportunity to experience the things she's previously only fantasised about -- not to mention the inspiration she needs to write the sequel her publisher is clamouring for.

Note: This story has been previously published in an anthology.