Title: One Time Offer
Release date: 23rd April 2018
Author: Carrie Ryder
Length: 10k words
Price: $0.99 Amazon and Kindle Unlimited
Blurb
Offering
himself for a one-time only weekend of sex and fun to celebrate coming out and
his twenty-first birthday seems a great idea to Liam Woodleigh. His best
friend, Nic Taylor, is horrified by the idea and insists on being Liam’s
bodyguard for the five potential dates Liam chooses.
The day doesn’t go as planned and Liam despairs he’ll get to celebrate his birthday weekend, but Nic is there as protector and to entertain him between dates, insisting that maybe the next man will be the one. Liam follows Nic’s lead as he always has; ever hopeful he will find his weekend lover.
Teaser
One-time only
offer!
21st
birthday.
Seeks 48 hours of
sex and fun.
No strings
attached.
Leave a message.
Liam Woodleigh read his ad out loud
and looked up from his computer to gauge his friend’s reaction. Nic Taylor
stared at him open-mouthed. “What do you think?”
“Seriously? You want me to answer
that?” Nic sat cross-legged on Liam’s bed, game controller in hand. For the
first time in hours the soldiers stayed motionless on Liam’s large TV which
dominated one wall of his bedroom. “I thought you were going to arrange a night
out, not end up in some weirdo’s freezer.”
Liam frowned, not happy with Nic’s
reaction. “Not if I’m careful.”
“Being careful means not putting
yourself in danger in the first place, dumbass.”
“It’s my twenty-first birthday. I’m
not going to be twenty-one again. I want to live a little.”
“Then go to a club and pick up a guy.
Go to a supermarket and pick up a guy staring at the frozen chips. Do what the
rest of us do and go on a dating app.”
“It’s my twenty-first. I want to do
something different,” Liam said stubbornly. “Anyway, I might not get any
replies.”
Nic threw his hands up in the air in
disgust and managed to smack himself in the face with the controller. “Ow!
Fuck! You’re an idiot.”
“But you’re going to be my wingman for
the day, aren’t you?”
Liam batted his eyelashes at Nic who
actually growled at him. It was kind of cute. Nic was cute with dark tousled hair and bright blue eyes. Liam often
wondered if anything would happen between them, but they’d been best friends
since school and although Nic was openly bisexual he hadn’t shown any sign of
being interested in his friend. Liam guessed it was hard to be attracted to the
guy whose hair you’d held away from his face while he hurled up too many Porn
Star Martinis. He’d had his dreams about Nic in the privacy of his own bed, but
he’d never mentioned them out loud.
Nic made another noise of disgust. “I
need my head examined. What do you expect me to do?”
Liam beamed at him. “I knew you’d
help.”
He wriggled over to sit next to Nic
and showed him the screen. “I’ve sent the ad. Now I have to wait for replies.
Let’s play.”
It was going to be more than a little
embarrassing if no one answered his ad. The only thing he could do was wait and
see if anyone wanted to make a shy twenty-one-year-olds’ fantasies come true.
Review
One Time Offer is a most adorable and endearing story. It’s
sweet and funny and kept me smiling from start to finish. I had absolutely no
doubt where this story line would take me and I enjoyed every single moment and
word of the journey.
Liam is cuteness personified. He’s so
determined to lose his virginity and stunned when his little add receives
numerous replies. His best friend Nick is less surprised about the long list of
men volunteering for 48 hours of sex and fun. And he also appears to be acting
strangely, but Liam decides to ignore that. I loved how Liam bounced from
excitement to insecurity and second thoughts and back again. And Nick was
stunning as his wingman, despite the fact that he thought it was all a very bad
idea. Everyone should have a friend like Nick. J
Liam’s first three dates are disasters
and I found myself laughing out loud while also squirming for poor Liam. His
last date on the other hand … perfection.
Liam and Nick had the best-friends-forever
vibe going just about perfectly; that wonderful combination of care and banter.
This is a short story and requires a
little suspension of disbelief, but in a cute and almost fairytale-like
fashion. This is, without a doubt, a comfort read. It is also very well
written. I’m very happy there will be a second One Time Offer story coming in
the not too distant future. Where do I sign up?
Author bio
Carrie’s dream is to retire to a
cottage by the sea with her dogs, her computer, and a life-time’s supply of
chocolate. In the meantime, she works and writes. It’s a good life.
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