Dirty Pirate (Dirty Shorts) by Kyle Adams.

We’re having ourself a #freefictionFriday!

This story was so much fun! I was scrolling through my Goodreads feed and saw Dirty Pirates. I read Dirty Cop some time ago, probably a couple of years now. I’d written a filthy short about a cop and one of my beta readers read it and said ‘yeah, it’s good but it’s almost exactly the same as Kyle Adams’ cop story – so I had to read it, and sadly it was pretty much the same LOL.

But, I enjoyed Dirty Cop, so when I saw Dirty Pirate I figured I had to read it (and I’ve read Dirty in Drag too).  I realised there are many Dirty Shorts that I haven’t read –  yay!

Quinton’s sister blackmails him into getting a roommate so he writes a ridiculous ad, but Eric needs a place to stay so he tells Quinton he can live with the no inviting vampires rule and signs the contract.

When Quinton babysits his nephew he dresses up as a pirate and has a pink parrot, but none of that scares Eric off. Instead, he flirts with Quinton, but Quinton is convinced Eric is straight…until Eric decides it’s time show Quinton just how not straight he is.

It’s short, it’s hot, and it’s funny!

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This cute and quirky story requires suspension of all belief. It’s a silly little story written based off these prompts:

Story elements: Haunted shower curtain, a pink stuffed parrot, a magic wand, bucket of chicken, a burnt Pop-Tart, and Batman.

Main characters: One loves chicken, it is all he talks about. Other character wears an eyepatch because he thinks he’s a pirate.

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The Wrong Man (Right and Wrong #2) by Lane Hayes.

A few days ago, I did a post about The Right Words, the first book in the Right and Wrong series. In that story, we got to meet Brandon Good, Luke’s friend. Here he is the main character.

I enjoyed this more than I did the first book in the series, and the reason may or may not be a 13-year-old golden retriever.

Brandon lives in the present, he really really tries to convince himself and everyone around him that’s the case. Really tries. But when he comes face to face with the man who broke his heart many years ago it’s hard to stay convinced.

This is adorable. One slow step at a time Brandon finds himself by Jake’s side once again. It’s only to help out with Max, Jake’s dog, of course. Bran is not giving Jake a second chance, he isn’t…except…

A great reunited story!

Oh, and did I say Jake is a firefighter?? It seems like a point I should make LOL. It can be read as a standalone, no need to read the first one unless you want to.

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Successful owner of an upscale boutique in fabulous West Hollywood, Brandon Good swears by his personal edict to “live in the present.” After a bad breakup, he agrees to dog-sit to keep his mind off his ex. Never did he expect the dog to belong to a man from his past, the only man to ever truly break his heart.

When Jake Westley relocates to join the WeHo fire department, the last thing he anticipates is reuniting with his secret high school love. Thrilled with the prospect of reconnecting with Bran, Jake feels no guilt in using his charming old dog as an unwitting matchmaker. As he and Bran rekindle their friendship, it becomes clear the intense attraction they once felt is stronger than ever. But as hard as they try to leave the past behind, painful memories resurface. Bran will have to confront his fears and consider the possibility that the man he swore was absolutely the wrong one might be perfect after all.

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I’m a sucker for hurt-comfort stories so I thought I’d have me a little peek at The Right Words (Right and Wrong #1) by Lane Hayes.

Luke has managed to get out of an abusive relationship and is trying to build a new life for himself as an interior designer. He can’t believe his luck when he is offered to remodel Michael Martinez’s – the famous soccer player (the rest of the world calls it football, but whatever) – beach house.

But things don’t always turn out the way you first think, and Mikael’s girlfriend has failed to inform her fiancé that Luke is coming.

That’s not the only thing that goes wrong. It turns out the girlfriend isn’t a girl at all and he (the not girlfriend) is blackmailing Mikael. Things go from bad to worse and Luke is caught right in the middle of it all.

There are many things I liked about this story, the slow burn, the hurt-comfort, the friends around the main characters. Sadly, I didn’t like Luke all that much. He behaves like a child and more or less demands that Mikael should come out despite it meaning he might ruin his career (a bit harshly put maybe, but not too far from how it happened.)

But, when Luke wasn’t behaving like a spoiled brat, I enjoyed the story and I’m thinking I might just continue this series…

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Escaping an abusive relationship left Luke Preston anxious and spouting panic-induced poetry. Desperate for a fresh start, Luke accepts a job remodeling a tired old beach house for a professional soccer player and his model girlfriend. While his passion is literature, not sports, focusing on the renovations eases his anxiety. Until the job he signed up for turns out to be more complicated than advertised.

Sidelined with a serious injury, soccer star Michael Martinez decides his beach house is the perfect place to recuperate. Remodeling might be the diversion he needs to keep his mind off his busted knee. Falling for the pretty designer with some quirky habits wasn’t on the drawing board. Unfortunately, Luke didn’t build a big enough closet for Michael to hide in. Having a star-powered sports career used to be all Michael lived for, but he’ll have to reevaluate his plans and find the right words if he wants to build more than a beach house with Luke.

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