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Beneath Me
Part of the First Time For Everything Daily Dose 2011 collection
Production Super Mark Hicks just wants to get through each day with zero safety violations. But the newspaper’s lead pressman, Ben Moody, wants to get through the day without taking orders from Mark. Stubborn, broad-chested, and respected by his men, Ben is in demand and always in control—and that’s what irks Mark about the arrogant, blue-collar Ben. Not that Mark can’t stop dreaming of spending his nights beneath that hard muscled body, completely at Ben’s mercy.
Production Super Mark Hicks just wants to get through each day with zero safety violations. But the newspaper’s lead pressman, Ben Moody, wants to get through the day without taking orders from Mark. Stubborn, broad-chested, and respected by his men, Ben is in demand and always in control—and that’s what irks Mark about the arrogant, blue-collar Ben. Not that Mark can’t stop dreaming of spending his nights beneath that hard muscled body, completely at Ben’s mercy.
24 pages, ebook
First published June 1, 2011
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About the author
Bryl R. Tyne
36 books97 followersBRYL R. TYNE is a wrangler by nature and a writer by choice. Balancing as many pronouns as hats, somewhere between the evil day job, editing, and helping a benevolent Sugar Daddy raise the last of seven kids, Bryl writes. Homoerotic romance is a favorite, but many of Bryl’s stories cross genres. Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-fi, even Westerns, Bryl writes them all.
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June 16, 2011
I liked the almost hidden sense of humor, the palpable tension between Ben and Mark as they slowly dance round each other before the final approach, and the details of their world that peek through.
Mark is a standoffish character who likes to keep himself apart form everyone 'beneath him'. He thinks he is now better than everyone else, just because he has advanced from pressman to manager. I didn't like that about him at all, but it made him very realistic. The way he treats Ben is pretty awful.
Ben is great: he knows what he wants and he is persistent. How he manages to put up with Mark's attitude, I have no idea, but I'm glad he didn't give up. From the way he treats Mark, you can see that there is a very loving soul underneath the somewhat rough exterior.
If you like stories with lots of details about an unusual setting, a slow build and interesting characters who are at odds with each other, you will probably like this book.
Mark is a standoffish character who likes to keep himself apart form everyone 'beneath him'. He thinks he is now better than everyone else, just because he has advanced from pressman to manager. I didn't like that about him at all, but it made him very realistic. The way he treats Ben is pretty awful.
Ben is great: he knows what he wants and he is persistent. How he manages to put up with Mark's attitude, I have no idea, but I'm glad he didn't give up. From the way he treats Mark, you can see that there is a very loving soul underneath the somewhat rough exterior.
If you like stories with lots of details about an unusual setting, a slow build and interesting characters who are at odds with each other, you will probably like this book.
July 8, 2011
It's hard for me to tell if I liked this one or not. For one, I didn't really like Mark. He was a hoity-toity kind of guy that would never 'go out with anyone beneath his status'. Even though he used to be one of those blue-collar kind of guys before he became a white-collar one. It got on my nerves.
But then again, this was a short, entertaining little story. I did like the fact Ben put Mark in his place and made Mark get all confused and agitated about being attracted to someone 'beneath him'.
I have to say, I never read the blurb before I read this so I was a little confused in the beginning. Could have also been because I've never once heard a journalist called a pressman before. *shrugs*
But then again, this was a short, entertaining little story. I did like the fact Ben put Mark in his place and made Mark get all confused and agitated about being attracted to someone 'beneath him'.
I have to say, I never read the blurb before I read this so I was a little confused in the beginning. Could have also been because I've never once heard a journalist called a pressman before. *shrugs*
May 7, 2015
This started out a bit slow for my taste, but when it heated up, it more than made up for it. I loved the chemistry between the two men, and the fact that the pretentious one out of the pair was constantly thrown for a loop by the cleverness and intuitive talent that was so evident within the mind of the "blue collar" worker...a type which he looked down upon. When the snob finally got over himself, he was able to concede that the other man held all the cards, and much to his surprise, he loved every minute of it!
Hot!
Hot!
June 16, 2011
Good teaser story. Would love to know what happens to Ben and Mark.
June 30, 2011
The story pops right into Mark’s first day on the job, when he sees Ben breaking some safety rules by climbing on the equipment, but everyone more or less tells him to relax, that Ben knows what he’s doing. And much to Mark’s annoyance he does. Yes, he finds the man attractive, but he doesn’t date blue-collar men (Mark’s job as boss marks him as white-collar in his eyes). Although they spend much time ignoring each other, eventually they start chatting and Mark gets sucked into Ben’s orbit. Everyone likes Ben, and Mark does too, if he’d just admit it.
Eventually Mark asks him out to dinner, and it’s mistakenly construed as a date by Ben, or is it. Mark’s confused and accidentally insults Ben, but they end up at Ben’s place while he changes, leading to naked kinky fun. I was a bit annoyed with Mark. He kept yammering on about “blue-collar men” and he didn’t like their type, and he knew that because he used to be one, and he wasn’t cut out for that rough life. Gee, look down your nose much at the working man? I grew up in a family of blue-collar workers, and they weren’t in bar brawls as he seemed to think. They were normal people. Hmm. Seems I took that a bit personally.
I also found Ben a bit hot and cold. One minute he’s coming on strong, the next minute he’s offended and has tears in his eyes, and the next he’s got Mark tied up to his specially-made-for-kink bed. You knew they wanted each other, but it’s only told from Mark’s point of view so you’re not sure why Ben found him attractive. I also just go so weary of him harping on about how Ben was beneath him, I kind of thought Ben should likely look elsewhere for a man, because Mark was not going to appreciate him.
So I just never really got where they were coming from, and was a bit mixed about their attraction. The setting though of a print-shop with ink, and the men, and machinery was well done, even Mark’s self-consciousness of his huge feet vs Ben’s little size 9′s came across well. I think the difference will be for those who don’t find Mark’s obsession with Ben’s “station” in life off-putting, the story will be more rewarding than it was for me.
Eventually Mark asks him out to dinner, and it’s mistakenly construed as a date by Ben, or is it. Mark’s confused and accidentally insults Ben, but they end up at Ben’s place while he changes, leading to naked kinky fun. I was a bit annoyed with Mark. He kept yammering on about “blue-collar men” and he didn’t like their type, and he knew that because he used to be one, and he wasn’t cut out for that rough life. Gee, look down your nose much at the working man? I grew up in a family of blue-collar workers, and they weren’t in bar brawls as he seemed to think. They were normal people. Hmm. Seems I took that a bit personally.
I also found Ben a bit hot and cold. One minute he’s coming on strong, the next minute he’s offended and has tears in his eyes, and the next he’s got Mark tied up to his specially-made-for-kink bed. You knew they wanted each other, but it’s only told from Mark’s point of view so you’re not sure why Ben found him attractive. I also just go so weary of him harping on about how Ben was beneath him, I kind of thought Ben should likely look elsewhere for a man, because Mark was not going to appreciate him.
So I just never really got where they were coming from, and was a bit mixed about their attraction. The setting though of a print-shop with ink, and the men, and machinery was well done, even Mark’s self-consciousness of his huge feet vs Ben’s little size 9′s came across well. I think the difference will be for those who don’t find Mark’s obsession with Ben’s “station” in life off-putting, the story will be more rewarding than it was for me.
July 13, 2011
Too Short!
June 16, 2011
funny short with a hint of kink !
June 20, 2011
Hot, sexy, fun read...would love to read more with these characters, for sure!
March 24, 2013
Short with a splash of kink, almost too short wished it was longer
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