Don't Read in the Closet volume one
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Don’t Read in the Closet
An M/M Romance Collection
Volume One
an M/M Romance Group Publication
©
2011
edited by Diane W.
Introduction
The stories you are about to read celebrate love, sex and romance
between men. They are the product of the
Hot Summer Days
promotion sponsored
by the Goodreads M/M Romance group and are published as a free gift to you.
What is the
Hot Summer Days
promotion?
The M/M Romance group invited members to choose a photo and pen a
letter asking for a short M/M romance story inspired by the image; authors from
the group were encouraged to select a letter and write an original tale. The
result was an outpouring of creativity that shined a spotlight on the special
bond between M/M romance writers and the people who love what they do.
Over 100 stories were submitted and published as a four volume
set titled
Don’t Read in the Closet
; this edition is volume one.
A written description of the images that
inspired each story is provided. If you’d like to view the real deal, please
feel free to join the Goodreads M/M Romance group (www.goodreads.com) and visit
the discussion section:
Hot
Summer Days Letters.
Whether you are an avid M/M romance reader or new to the genre,
you are in for a delicious treat.
Words of credit and
caution…
The stories in this collection are sexually explicit and intended
for adult readers. The ebook is distributed free by the M/M Romance Group and
should not be offered for sale. Each story appears courtesy of its respective
author and should not be reproduced without express written consent from the
author.
This ebook is published by the M/M Romance Group and is not
directly endorsed by or affiliated with Goodreads Inc.
Dedication
As you can imagine, coordinating over 100 authors, proofing their
work and publishing it both online and in eprint
for free
involved hundreds of hours of (volunteer) work.
First and foremost, this project never would have happened
without the tireless dedication and leadership of M/M Romance Group moderator
Jen McJ
. Jen managed every stage of an unmanageable
project and spun order out of chaos. That level of focus and organization is
unnatural and we should fear her.
A good leader starts with a good team. Jen’s team of co-moderators
Moderatrix Lori,
Jason
and
Juniper
had to endure reading and proofing nearly two thousand
pages of hot, steamy man-on-man action, those poor lucky bastards! And group
member,
Diane
who fed over one
million words of text into her alchemy machine and pulled out volume after
volume of mobi/Kindle, ePub,
PDF
and Html ebooks.
Finally, this book is dedicated to all the authors who put pen to
paper (or more accurately fingers to keys) and created the wonderful original
stories you are about to read. Thank you.
ebook navigation
This ebook can be navigated through the Table of Contents which
lists the authors, their story title and its overall genre or theme. Any time
you see the words “Dear Author” or “THE END”, you can click on the link and be
transported back to the TOC.
Enjoy.
Jade Archer – CUPID’S
BEAU (Fantasy/Friends to Lovers)
5
J. P. Barnaby – END OF
THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (First Love)*
.
34
Sarah Black –
SUCKER–PUNCH (Athlete/Hurt-Comfort)
46
Scarlet Blackwell –
BREAKING WAVES (Surfing/Angst)
79
Penny Brandon – FINDING
JACK (Cowboys/Mild BDSM)
94
Lee Brazil – BE A BAD
BOY (First-time/Family Drama)
112
Cardeno C. – WOMAN WITH
A DILDO (Friends to Lovers)
144
L.C. Chase – OPEN
TACKLE (Friends to Lovers)*
.
154
Kim Dare – MASOCHISM
101 (BDSM)
170
S.J. Frost – A LITTLE
BIT COUNTRY (Musicians/Rivals to Lovers)
189
Jeanette Grey – HEART
AND SOUL (Friends to Lovers)
258
Jambrea Jo Jones – WILD
BLUE YONDER (Military/Coming out)*
.
281
Pender Mackie – DOG
DAYS OF SUMMER (Blue Collar/First Date)
291
KM Mahoney – SHOW &
TELL (College/First-time)
314
JL Merrow – BEAR NAKED
(First-time/Bears)
332
M.J. O'Shea – BRIDGES
(First Love)*
.
340
Neil S. Plakcy – PHOTO
BOOTH (Cowboys/FBI)
374
Dustin Adrian Rhodes –
STORM OF PASSION (Friends to Lovers)
385
Jaime Samms – MOURNING
(Hurt/Comfort)*
.
404
Justin South –
REFLECTIONS (First Love/Hurt-Comfort)
421
Zach Sweets – LUSCIOUS
LOVE (Coming out/Food Kinky)
433
Piper Vaughn – WANTING
(First Love)*
.
450
Silvia Violet – TIME TO
TELL (Military/Friends to Lovers)
501
Deanna Wadsworth –
UNSCHEDULED MAINTENANCE (Office Sex)
509
Stuart Wakefield – THE
ELEMENTS OF LOVE (Sci-Fi/Ménage)
526
Alex Whitehall – HOLD
ME TIGHT (Hurt-Comfort/BDSM Light)
536
Lisa Worrall – JUST ONE
KISS (Gay-for-You/Cops)
554
Connor Wright – GONE TO
PIECES (Sci-Fi/Mild BDSM)
571
*encore appearance of a
story included in the
GayRomLit Retreat
2011 Special Edition
.
Archer – CUPID’S BEAU (Fantasy/Friends to Lovers)
Selected by Jade Archer
Meet Cupid a.k.a –
Dashiel Rose. He has a real mischievous streak when it comes to firing those
arrows of his, but lately he’s been feeling lonely creating so much love but
getting none in return. Give Dashiel a run for his money with a little tease
all of his own and let him see how it feels to experience the shot of a cupid’s
arrow for himself.
[PHOTO: A dark-haired, shirtless man with defined abs leans against a
waist-high white wall. He wears black low-rise jeans and knee-high leather
boots. A compound bow in his right hand rests on his hip. His left arm is bent
over his head, hand grabbing the string.]
Sincerely,
Casey
Genre:
Fantasy
Tags:
long-lost-friends-to-lovers,
sexy-immortals/gods, coming-out-in-love, fuck-me-boots
Words:
10,116
CUPID’S BEAU
by Jade Archer
Meet
Cupid a.k.a – Dashiel Rose.
He
has a real mischievous streak when it comes to firing those arrows of his, but
lately he’s being feeling lonely creating so much love but getting none in
return. Give Dashiel a run for his money with a little tease all of his own and
let him see how it feels to experience the shot of a cupid’s arrow for himself.
Dashiel watched the
silly human from his ethereal perch high above the mortal realm. Ivy Leaguer.
Power suit. More starch per square inch than the average Idaho Russet. His
current target was sharp as a tack… and about as likely to find love.
Constantly making sure no one dismissed her for not having been born with a
dick as she powered her way to the top, he’d have felt sorry for her if the
extra large stick up her ass didn’t make her a snotty, self-opinionated,
elitist jerk a lot of the time.
Still, with any luck,
that was all going to change. She was about to get a very big wake-up call.
Dashiel allowed a
merciless smirk. This was going to be fun. He’d been waiting weeks for the
opportunity to introduce Ms. Prim-and-Proper-High-Priced-Lawyer to love… and
humility. And Todd was just the guy for the job.
Right on time, Todd the
UPS guy rounded the corner—all happy smiles and easy going attitude—and slammed
right into Ms. Prim.
The legal folders she’d
been carrying slipped to the floor, as did the package Todd had been taking to
her office. Immediately, Todd bent to retrieve both. And so did Ms. Prim.
“Oh hey! I’m sorry. I
didn’t see you there,” Todd rushed out.
“Why don’t you watch
where you’re
go
—?”
Ms. Prim looked up into
Todd’s eyes. And Dashiel shot her right in the ass with one of his special
issue, gold tipped Cupid’s Legion arrows.
“Oooo… that was just
plain nasty, Dash!”
Dashiel spun around to
see Korey—best friend and occasional partner in crime—standing behind him
watching the scene play out.
“Love should never be
too easy,” Dashiel replied
,
turning back to make sure
his special brand of poison was working. “Where would be the fun in that?”
Korey looked over at the
woman currently flustered and fluttering in the most un-lawyer like of ways.
“She’s going to fight it all the way, isn’t she?”
Dashiel shrugged without
an ounce of remorse. “Probably.”
He sensed Korey’s sharp
green eyes drilling into him—as always seeing far too much. “Feeling a little
peevish, are we?”
Ignoring him, Dashiel disconnected
them from the mortal realm with a sharp click of his fingers now that his work
was done. He could always watch the fireworks later.
But, like a terrier with
a well loved squeaky toy, Korey wasn’t to be distracted so easily. “You know
,
if you just got your head out of your ass and got laid—”
“Screw you,” Dashiel
grunted, adjusting his quiver and settling his bow across his back once more.
“Not likely…
unfortunately,” Korey grumbled back.
Dashiel didn’t rise to
the bait. They both knew Korey wasn’t serious. Not really. They were much
better friends than they’d ever been lovers. Unfortunately, Dashiel had been
going through a dry spell that rivalled the Sahara over the last few decades
where lovers were concerned. And Korey knew it.
“I could always set you
up with this guy I know—”
“No!”
Korey cocked his head to
the side in that considering way that always made Dashiel squirm. The truth was
,
he wasn’t interested in a quick hook-up. Not anymore. And
that, more than anything, was the problem. He wasn’t about to let Korey know
that though. He’d make life a living Tartarus. It was practically in his job
description.