Reviewed by Chris

TITLE:  Locked Out

AUTHOR:  Josephine Myles

PUBLISHER:  Self-Published

LENGTH:  60 pages

RELEASE DATE:  February 9, 2016

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Getting accidentally locked out of his hotel room on Valentine’s Day night is embarrassing enough for teacher Martin Cooper, but the fact he’s stark naked makes it even worse. It doesn’t help that the one person he runs into is Rod, the gorgeous man he’d been checking out earlier in the hotel pool. But when Rod offers Martin a refuge, the night heats up. Now if only Martin could get the hang of this seduction business…

Previously published as part of the Brit Boys: On Boys anthology.

REVIEW:  

You know when you are reading about two characters sitting in a hot tub, admiring their pedicures, and you think this seems awfully familiar. Then a hot dude in a speedo walks up to the pool and you’re now thinking definitely ringing some mighty fine bells. And then your MC finds himself drunkenly ejecting himself from his own hotel room, sans clothes, towels, or even an itty-bitty hand cloth and you are positive that you’ve done this all before?

All that and a bag of chips (salt and vinegar if you got ’em!).

So it turns out that I’ve read this before. If you haven’t already guessed that. I’ve even reviewed it for the blog when it was part of the Brit Boys: On Boys anthology. Granted it took a man nakedly stumbling ’round a hotel floor for me to remember, but I did finally catch on! And since the review I wrote before was rather short (as most antho reviews tend to be with me) here is the new and improved version. With bonus wordiness!

While travel-writer would not be my go-to for an alternate (seducing) personality, I have to admit that I like how Martin was able to act his way into a most deliciously toppy one-night-stand. Maybe he needed to be someone else for a bit, maybe he just needed to stop focusing on the inconsequential shit for a bit, but when Martin decides to let it all fly it does fly far and hard. It also gets its toes sucked almost to the point of nuclear explosion. Which, not a kink of mine, but one well written enough that I could definitely see the fun in it.

That bonus personality does tend to lead to some rather embarrassing consequences (of course it does!). But all’s well that ends well… And it ends very very well. Without giving away any spoilers, Rod is quite a nice character and I do enjoy watching him work. Too cute. Plus, it led to a very nice wrap up to very amusing (if a bit embarrassing for Martin) situation.

Like I said last time, I really enjoyed this short story and I totally recommend it. It is well rounded, has great characters, and has enough steamy bits to keep you on your toes!

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