Release Blitz & Giveaway- Josephine Myles -
Custom Fit (Tailor Made #2)
Author: Josephine
Myles
Release Date: August 23
2016
Length: 42,000
words
Blurb
Being “wrong”
has never felt so right!
Felix McAvoy is
having an identity crisis. No longer the bad boy of art college, he’s now
employed as a human billboard, roaming the centre of Bath dressed as a Roman
soldier while attempting to fight off his nicotine cravings. It’s a comedown
for the former conceptual artist, although there are compensations to the
costume. The skirt, for one…
While Felix
hasn’t made a secret of his desire to wear women’s clothing, he’s never dared
try it until now. He’s always been worried once he goes down that road, he
won’t want to come back, and the prospect of cross-dressing 24/7 terrifies him.
Of course, he can’t tell that to Andrew, who’s now busy making Felix a slutty
red dress.
Andrew Wheeler
loves coming home to Felix and their cosy city centre flat. He just wishes
Felix would let him know what’s bothering him. And maybe then, Andrew could
confide what he really wants. Felix might not see him as anything other than a
top, but Andrew’s yearning to switch things up.
Living together
is one thing. Actually plucking up the courage to talk about their secret
desires is going to be a whole other—and excruciatingly embarrassing—kettle of
fish.
Excerpt – NSFW!
Felix pulled on
the skirt and stared into the mirror. Okay, that wasn’t as bad as he’d been
expecting. The burgundy faux leather that Andrew had tutted over last night
felt cool against his legs, and the way it draped over his crotch was…
interesting. Felix gave an experimental twirl, watching in the mirror as the
heavy fabric flared out ever so slightly. Ooh, that was weird. But good weird.
Probably. Yeah, definitely.
Suited him too.
With his pale skin and dark hair, Felix always looked good in strong colours.
And the skirt would totally go with his cherry red Doc Martens. Shame they
weren’t part of his new uniform.
Felix cocked
his hip and pouted.
“Mmm, looking
good,” came Andrew’s voice from behind him.
Felix whirled
around. Andrew’s sleep-rumpled blond head was poking up from under the thin
cotton sheet. “Oh my God, I thought you were asleep.” He’d woken up extra early
what with it being the first day at his new job as a human billboard, but he’d
taken extra care to keep quiet while showering and getting dressed so Andrew
could enjoy his lie-in. “Sorry. Was I making too much noise?”
“I just
couldn’t sleep properly. It’s so hot in here.”
“Yeah, even
with the window open. Bloody seagulls woke me up. Noisy bastards.” Felix walked
over to the window and threw the curtain back. He stared out over the Bath
rooftops. The view from their new attic flat was amazing, which kind of made up
for the noise and the heat. And best of all, the central location meant he only
had to wake up about half an hour before starting work. Thinking of which… He
could hear Andrew getting up behind him. Why would anyone voluntarily get out
of bed on their day off? “I should go and make a cuppa,” Felix grumbled.
Andrew’s hands
landed on his waist, and then the whole hot length of him was pressed up
against Felix’s back. Talk about morning glory! Felix could feel that monster
trying to burrow its way up and under the pleather. He’d already managed to
persuade his own hard-on to give up, but he could feel it rousing again. He
wiggled his bum and Andrew thrust against him.
So good! “Uhh,
not fair. I have to get ready.”
“I’ll help
you.”
“I’d be quicker
on my own.”
Andrew’s voice
rumbled against Felix’s neck as he nibbled on the sensitive spot just under his
ear.
Mmm, that
always got him going. Sneaky bastard. “Yes, but it’ll be more fun this way.”
The protest on
Felix’s lips died as Andrew ran his hands up under the skirt.
“I like this
easy access,” Andrew said, grabbing hold of Felix’s dick. “Hmm, so does
somebody else by the feel of it.”
Felix thrust
into Andrew’s hand. “It feels weird, though.”
“Weird how?”
Andrew sounded
genuinely interested, so Felix did his best to explain the half-formed thoughts
and feelings swirling around inside him. “Weird in a way that makes me kind of
worried. I don’t know, like I might like it too much? And you know, it’s kind
of feminine. More than a kilt, anyway. People might laugh at me.”
“I think once
you’ve got the rest of the costume on you’ll be fine. It won’t look feminine
when you’re kitted out like a Roman soldier. And besides, it’s not that girly a
skirt. It’s got pockets. Womenswear hardly ever has pockets. The girls at
college complain about it all the time.”
Andrew should
know all about that kind of thing seeing as how he was on a fashion design
course, but that wasn’t quite what Felix had been getting at. Mind you, he
still wasn’t entirely sure he understood what he was feeling, so he gave up
trying to explain. Instead he wiggled his arse some more. “Think we’ve got time
for a quickie?”
My thoughts
To say I was
delighted when I discovered Andrew and Felix from Tailor Made would make a
second outing, would be a gross understatement. I had so much fun spending time
with them in the first book that I couldn’t wait to see what might be in store
for them next.
The blurb gives you
a pretty good, and very enticing, idea of what the story is about. But it
doesn’t tell you everything. This book is about far more than Felix coming to
terms with his desire to wear women’s clothing and Andrew’s fear when it comes
to bottoming. This is the story about two men learning how to be in a
relationship together, discovering how to give and take, finding out what they
can and can’t compromise on and, more than anything, finding the courage to
trust that they are good enough for each other just and exactly as they are.
The journey they
undertake towards that feeling of safety within their relationship is not
without its obstacles. Felix, who’s breezed his way through college like a free
spirit without a concern in the world, has a hard time coming to terms with the
fact that sharing an flat and life means boring things like jobs with a fixed
income and regular working hours. Andrew on the other hand is an expert when it
comes to regulating his life and has to try and get his head around the fact
that Felix is not as organised and money conscious as he is. And then there’s
the fact that Andrew can’t convince himself that he might be good enough for
Felix, as well as exactly the man Felix needs. Felix on the other hand isn’t
sure Andrew will accept his desire to wear women’s clothing, basically because
he hasn’t accepted it himself yet, and ends up keeping secrets from Andrew.
Anybody who’s
followed my reviews will know that characters not talking to each other about
important issues is one of my pet peeves. But in this book it works. Andrew and
Felix are still so new to each other they just don’t feel safe enough to share
their deepest thoughts and desires, or to press for answers. What’s more, any
and all issues were dealt with in an adult and sensible way.
Before you think
this book might be heavy reading, allow me to reassure you. Felix and Andrew
are fun, the banter between them is smart and at times laugh-out-loud funny and
together they made my kindle steam with their sexy times.
If you enjoy your
stories well told, truly English, funny, and with depth I strongly advise you
to pick up Tailor Made and Custom Fit. You won’t regret it.
Author Bio
English through
and through, Josephine Myles is addicted to tea and busy cultivating
a reputation for eccentricity. She writes gay erotica and romance, but finds
the erotica keeps cuddling up to the romance, and the romance keeps
corrupting the erotica. Jo blames her rebellious muse but he never listens
to her anyway, no matter how much she threatens him with a big stick.
She’s beginning to suspect he enjoys it.
Jo’s
novel Stuff won the 2014 Rainbow Award for Best Bisexual
Romance, and her novella Merry Gentlemen won the 2014 Rainbow
Award for Best Gay Romantic Comedy. She writes for publishers but has also
been known to edit anthologies and self-publish on occasion, although she
prefers to leave the “boring bits” of the ebook creation process to
someone else. She loves to be busy, and is currently having fun trying to
work out how she is going to fit in her love of writing, dressmaking and attending
cabaret shows in fabulous clothing around the demands of a preteen with
special needs and an incessantly curious toddler.
Twitter:
@JosephineMyles
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