Title: Two Men
Series: 1Night Stand series
Author: Kate Richards
Genre: MM / Contemporary
Length: Short Story
Publisher: Decadent Publishing (March 2013)
Reviewer: Thommie
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥2.5~3 Hearts
Blurb: Forest ranger Rex has never been with a man, but his overwhelming feelings toward his best friend are driving him to distraction. After catching Paul in an intimate moment, he flees, but determines to find a way to get his friend in his bed.
Paul is a ladies’ man from way back, always making jokes, never being serious about anything but his job as a fire fighter. But after many years of friendship, he is surprised to find himself watching Rex cross a room and imagining him naked, under him. But does he really want to make love to a man? Or will he make a fool of himself?
A 1Night Stand in the beautiful Caribbean may hold the answer to both their questions.
Product Link: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/300469
Review: This is a short story about two men who have been friends for years. High School, College and now rooming together. both have been into women, but not one of them has been successful in having a serious relationship as something is amiss. Until one day Rex comes home to find Paul masturbating on the couch in the living room. The image is so intense and has Rex reeling, but even more, he finds the image more arousing than any of his former dates has ever been. As for Paul, he has always had a crush on his best friend.
Both characters here in this story are virgins when it comes to male/male relationships. In an attempt to find more about himself and to see if the crush can lead to something more substantial, Paul arranges himself a blind date through !Night Stand agency. Little does he know that Rex finds the link in his pc and arranges to attend the date and see if there can be more than friendship between them.
The story is quite the stereotypical gay-for-you and friends-to-lovers type. While I didn’t exactly dislike it I was left
uninterested in the whole idea. Not quite the appeal for me. The guys were too adventurous in their first attempt of m/m sex and somehow it struck me as odd. What was even weirder was the constant mention of their common female friend, Andie. Digging deeper Andie features in another story with the pair, so I assume this was the way for the author to bring her in the plot and seed another installment. Yet in this particular story she took way too much room in the text for never making an appearance.
As it is the sexual part of the story since this is an erotica was from mild to even fun. Although, as I mentioned, a bit adventurous if we keep in mind both guys were virgins to anal or oral. And while I liked their personas I didn’t get too much into them. The eroticism and sensuality I would prefer weren’t there. The end itself was not really satisfying as well, as it left you wondering what the heck happened.
It is however a nice short story for a quick read in the bus or train, and if you are so inclined there is a follow-up for Rex and Paul with the addition of Andie in another story in the series.