Erotica writer Seelie Kay's newest published short story collection starts innocently enough.

“Laura McClintock sighed as Carmen Marinaldo stalked toward the jury with the exquisite grace of a panther.” By sentence two, Kay hints a bit more at what her writing has to come: “The mass torts lawyer exuded power, sexual heat and passion. He held everyone in the courtroom in his thrall.”

Kay takes 13 pages to build to a graphic sex scene between the female law student and the male litigator—but not before the characters analyze merits in a class action case against a drug manufacturer, and discuss how their relationship might breach workplace sexual harassment policy.