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Diving In
Being the pool boy makes it easy for Max Jansen to ogle his long-time crush, water polo player Everett Caldwell. Never mind the fact that Max owns the company and is overqualified for the task of monitoring chlorine and cleaning skimmers. He’s just happy to watch his unattainable dream play—until one day Everett invites him over and suddenly Max is his platonic plus-one for everything from movie nights to racy industry parties. Then Max learns the one-time Olympian isn’t as straight as everyone assumes, and he isn’t sure how long he can hold out before his crush grows much deeper.A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2013 Daily Dose package "Make a Play".
50 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 31, 2013
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Bru Baker
43 books122 followersBru Baker writes sophisticated gay romantic fiction with strong characters, real-world problems, and plenty of humor.
Bru spent fifteen years writing for newspapers before making the jump to fiction. She now balances her time between writing and working at a Midwestern library in the reference department. Whether it’s creating her own characters or getting caught up in someone else’s, there’s no denying that Bru is happiest when she’s engrossed in a story. She and her husband have two children, which means a lot of her books get written from the sidelines of various sports practices.
Bru spent fifteen years writing for newspapers before making the jump to fiction. She now balances her time between writing and working at a Midwestern library in the reference department. Whether it’s creating her own characters or getting caught up in someone else’s, there’s no denying that Bru is happiest when she’s engrossed in a story. She and her husband have two children, which means a lot of her books get written from the sidelines of various sports practices.
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June 25, 2018
I think I can't give more than 3 stars. It is the 1st book I read by Bru Baker but it is a short story and the shorts one aren't always good. This means I might read other books by Bru Baker. I will judge her when I read a book with more than 100 pages.
April 14, 2018
This is a really simple story confused by a lot of extraneous stuff. We didn't need so much of daddy's porno business and harem. Or particularly the zany female friend. Or the sport aspect - but that's my lack of interest.
I hoped to see some of the fake-dates, perhaps optimistic considering the story length. Instead it was cute fumbly guy meets cute sporty guy and get together, and I couldn't figure out why it wasn't open obvious dating from the start.
My rating might be harsh, the book isn't in itself awful so much as really not working for me.
I hoped to see some of the fake-dates, perhaps optimistic considering the story length. Instead it was cute fumbly guy meets cute sporty guy and get together, and I couldn't figure out why it wasn't open obvious dating from the start.
My rating might be harsh, the book isn't in itself awful so much as really not working for me.
June 28, 2013
A Hearts On Fire Review
4.25 STARS--Bru Baker's short story from Dreamspinner's 2013 Daily Dose: Make a Play anthology features sports themed stories with men loving men. To me it's a win-win and in Baker's story, "Diving In", she definitely did not disappoint.
We are introduced to Max Jensen, a business owner moonlighting as a pool boy only for a specific client, a client that is captain of a local water polo team, Everett Caldwell. Oh did I mention Everett is not only fine (I mean just search up male water polo players, their bodies are sculpted!) but the heir to a heterosexual porn dynasty. He's good looking, built and rich, the dream guy of so many but pretty elusive with the media. Max sort of stalks (it's innocent!) Everett's games to watch him and his teammates in action.
He didn't think Everett would notice because he must be straight? I mean all of the topless female porn models is proof positive for Max. So he just stealthily looks from the sidelines. Not bringing attention to himself, he just treats the water polo team's pool at a Playboy-esque mansion. But he has caught the eye of Everett.
And it made for one great story. The length was actually good enough to develop both main characters. They were adorable. And though the blurb might sound like a set up for one smoking PWP, it was not a smutfest. The characters became friends first and I loved that! I smiled I think for the entire story.
There were no major issues. I enjoyed the pace. If the story was longer, I would have griped about the repetition of Caldwell's hetereo porn business. I got the memo. Luckily the story ended when it did. Also Everett did have a few moments with being a jerk but he definitely was not in the end.
Cute story, great dialogue, lovable characters and interesting premise. Plus the right amount of sexual contact in book. I liked the story so much that if all the main characters did was shake their hands for the entire story, I was good with it. So any amount of sexual contact was just cake, for me. :D (When a story can do that for me, I felt like I hit the jackpot) And I'm not a sports fan, I just like to ogle hot sports players. ;P This story was not bogged down with sports terms. Also a score for me.
Bru Baker, I have got my eye on you. Looking forward to see if you can carry a full length story (I think you can) which is being released later this summer.
4.25 STARS--Bru Baker's short story from Dreamspinner's 2013 Daily Dose: Make a Play anthology features sports themed stories with men loving men. To me it's a win-win and in Baker's story, "Diving In", she definitely did not disappoint.
We are introduced to Max Jensen, a business owner moonlighting as a pool boy only for a specific client, a client that is captain of a local water polo team, Everett Caldwell. Oh did I mention Everett is not only fine (I mean just search up male water polo players, their bodies are sculpted!) but the heir to a heterosexual porn dynasty. He's good looking, built and rich, the dream guy of so many but pretty elusive with the media. Max sort of stalks (it's innocent!) Everett's games to watch him and his teammates in action.
He didn't think Everett would notice because he must be straight? I mean all of the topless female porn models is proof positive for Max. So he just stealthily looks from the sidelines. Not bringing attention to himself, he just treats the water polo team's pool at a Playboy-esque mansion. But he has caught the eye of Everett.
And it made for one great story. The length was actually good enough to develop both main characters. They were adorable. And though the blurb might sound like a set up for one smoking PWP, it was not a smutfest. The characters became friends first and I loved that! I smiled I think for the entire story.
There were no major issues. I enjoyed the pace. If the story was longer, I would have griped about the repetition of Caldwell's hetereo porn business. I got the memo. Luckily the story ended when it did. Also Everett did have a few moments with being a jerk but he definitely was not in the end.
Cute story, great dialogue, lovable characters and interesting premise. Plus the right amount of sexual contact in book. I liked the story so much that if all the main characters did was shake their hands for the entire story, I was good with it. So any amount of sexual contact was just cake, for me. :D (When a story can do that for me, I felt like I hit the jackpot) And I'm not a sports fan, I just like to ogle hot sports players. ;P This story was not bogged down with sports terms. Also a score for me.
Bru Baker, I have got my eye on you. Looking forward to see if you can carry a full length story (I think you can) which is being released later this summer.
June 14, 2013
This is a fun short story with a very interesting play on the hetero porno scene and pool boys!
The pool boy is Max, who actually owns the pool servicing company. As the boss he is entitled to the perks and his perk is to watch the water polo team, one player in particular, practising.
Everett is the son of the man who owns the pool. His father runs a company producing porn so the pool is always surrounded by half-naked women. Everett is on the water polo team which use his dad's pool for practice.
Max is eyeing Everett and of course, Everett has been secretly crushing back. Cute story! It was quite funny to see the boys trying to avoid the girls at a pool party "Maybe if we stand by a wall? It's a more defensible position. That way they can't keep sneaking up behind us."
3.5 stars
The pool boy is Max, who actually owns the pool servicing company. As the boss he is entitled to the perks and his perk is to watch the water polo team, one player in particular, practising.
Everett is the son of the man who owns the pool. His father runs a company producing porn so the pool is always surrounded by half-naked women. Everett is on the water polo team which use his dad's pool for practice.
Max is eyeing Everett and of course, Everett has been secretly crushing back. Cute story! It was quite funny to see the boys trying to avoid the girls at a pool party "Maybe if we stand by a wall? It's a more defensible position. That way they can't keep sneaking up behind us."
3.5 stars
June 10, 2013
3.5*
Cute light short story.
Max might have started as a pool boy but with his degree in chemistry and as the owner of the company, he really shouldn't be doing that job anymore.
But really, the mens water polo team practice, how can he not um..clean their pool?
Max has been crushing on Everett the team captain for a while and enjoys his few minutes of being able to admire him while he checks the pool.
Then Everett asks him to dinner and ..things progress.
It was a quick fun story and I enjoyed it.
Cute light short story.
Max might have started as a pool boy but with his degree in chemistry and as the owner of the company, he really shouldn't be doing that job anymore.
But really, the mens water polo team practice, how can he not um..clean their pool?
Max has been crushing on Everett the team captain for a while and enjoys his few minutes of being able to admire him while he checks the pool.
Then Everett asks him to dinner and ..things progress.
It was a quick fun story and I enjoyed it.
April 16, 2018
4.0 Stars
Sometimes you run across a short story that has everything and yet it still leaves you wanting more...and that is definitely the case with this one. I'm not sure that's necessarily a bad thing, either. And even if that epilogue hadn't come with a heaping helping of hot sex, I'd have still really liked it!
Oddly enough, it's info on the dad that I would have loved more of. I love that the only child of the straight porn entrepreneur is gay; and we're told it's not an issue. I wish we could have heard that from him. Also, part of me wishes we knew whether this guy was sleeping with all these women, taking advantage of his wealth & notoriety & being owner of the magazine, because he was a sleaze-ball...or because of the grief of losing his wife.
Not that this would have impacted the story we are told here with Max & Everett...just something that tickled the back of my brain as the tale progressed.
But...can anyone tell me why the cover looks to be set at a practice/park/school baseball field rather than the backyard of a mansion with a beautifully designed & enormous pool? I mean, a pool? That is where water polo is played, right? Although, I do have to admit that the whole time I read this I kept thinking about the "horses" in water polo jokes...
Sometimes you run across a short story that has everything and yet it still leaves you wanting more...and that is definitely the case with this one. I'm not sure that's necessarily a bad thing, either. And even if that epilogue hadn't come with a heaping helping of hot sex, I'd have still really liked it!
Oddly enough, it's info on the dad that I would have loved more of. I love that the only child of the straight porn entrepreneur is gay; and we're told it's not an issue. I wish we could have heard that from him. Also, part of me wishes we knew whether this guy was sleeping with all these women, taking advantage of his wealth & notoriety & being owner of the magazine, because he was a sleaze-ball...or because of the grief of losing his wife.
Not that this would have impacted the story we are told here with Max & Everett...just something that tickled the back of my brain as the tale progressed.
But...can anyone tell me why the cover looks to be set at a practice/park/school baseball field rather than the backyard of a mansion with a beautifully designed & enormous pool? I mean, a pool? That is where water polo is played, right? Although, I do have to admit that the whole time I read this I kept thinking about the "horses" in water polo jokes...
July 8, 2018
This is a lovely short story between Max and Everett;
It is fun crush romance with the added bonus of water polo.
Good stuff.
It is fun crush romance with the added bonus of water polo.
Good stuff.
January 26, 2018
Max has a crush on Water Polo player, Everett. Despite owning the pool maintenance company and not doing pool cleaning/maintenance anymore, he makes the exception for Everett's pool so he can watch him practice. Unbeknownst to Max, Everett also has a crush on Max and finally invites him to dinner. This was so super cute and I really enjoyed watching Max and Everett get to know each other.
June 9, 2013
4 Stars
Diving In is a sweet, fun light read with very likeable characters that are remarkably well developed despite the short length of the story.
Max Jansen is the owner of Jansen & Sons, the pool maintenance company he inherited on the sudden death of his father a few years previously. Since taking over the helm, Max has used his education and knowledge to expand the business into other areas, but retains the core business his father started. While he generally leaves the pool cleaning up to his employees, there's one job he can't resist taking on himself: the pool maintenance at the Caldwell residence during water polo season. The reason for that is in the form of one sexy Everett Caldwell, Olympian and current centre for Forest Glen's Water Polo Team. Which is how said polo team ended up training in the Olympic regulation standards pool at the mansion of the owner of soft-core magazine, Flesh and father of Everett, Hal Caldwell. Of course it's a complete fluke that Max always manages to start his job just before practise finishes and the athletic men in their speedos jump out of the pool. Ok, maybe not such a fluke. And it's Everett in particular that has Max's fantasies working overtime.
The story very much focused on the romance between the two MCs. The sport of water polo in itself wasn't really a feature of the story, mainly only used as background. Although having said that, it was nonetheless believably incorporated into the story as a part of Everett's character, and the practicalities of things like travel weren't conveniently ignored. The secondary character of Nikki Adams, Everett's friend and the assistant art director at Flesh, is just as clearly defined as the main characters. She's forthright and funny and I loved every appearance she made. Even the character of Brenna, Max's sister-in-law, felt like a fleshed out character and we don't even actually meet her. Both of them have well developed and likeable personalities. There was quite a bit of humour throughout the text, but it's not in your face. There, without being over the top hilarious. The only fault I found with the story was I didn't really understand Max's persistent lack of self esteem when it came to Everett's interest in him. He had a good, supportive upbringing, he's intelligent, and he's not socially awkward, so it felt a little out of place. It was emphasised just a shade too much and seemed unnecessary to the story, but it really is a very small thing in a well-crafted and very enjoyable story. It was rather amazing how the author managed to inject such a lot of personality into the characters despite the relatively short length of story.
Diving In is a sweet, fun light read with very likeable characters that are remarkably well developed despite the short length of the story.
Max Jansen is the owner of Jansen & Sons, the pool maintenance company he inherited on the sudden death of his father a few years previously. Since taking over the helm, Max has used his education and knowledge to expand the business into other areas, but retains the core business his father started. While he generally leaves the pool cleaning up to his employees, there's one job he can't resist taking on himself: the pool maintenance at the Caldwell residence during water polo season. The reason for that is in the form of one sexy Everett Caldwell, Olympian and current centre for Forest Glen's Water Polo Team. Which is how said polo team ended up training in the Olympic regulation standards pool at the mansion of the owner of soft-core magazine, Flesh and father of Everett, Hal Caldwell. Of course it's a complete fluke that Max always manages to start his job just before practise finishes and the athletic men in their speedos jump out of the pool. Ok, maybe not such a fluke. And it's Everett in particular that has Max's fantasies working overtime.
The story very much focused on the romance between the two MCs. The sport of water polo in itself wasn't really a feature of the story, mainly only used as background. Although having said that, it was nonetheless believably incorporated into the story as a part of Everett's character, and the practicalities of things like travel weren't conveniently ignored. The secondary character of Nikki Adams, Everett's friend and the assistant art director at Flesh, is just as clearly defined as the main characters. She's forthright and funny and I loved every appearance she made. Even the character of Brenna, Max's sister-in-law, felt like a fleshed out character and we don't even actually meet her. Both of them have well developed and likeable personalities. There was quite a bit of humour throughout the text, but it's not in your face. There, without being over the top hilarious. The only fault I found with the story was I didn't really understand Max's persistent lack of self esteem when it came to Everett's interest in him. He had a good, supportive upbringing, he's intelligent, and he's not socially awkward, so it felt a little out of place. It was emphasised just a shade too much and seemed unnecessary to the story, but it really is a very small thing in a well-crafted and very enjoyable story. It was rather amazing how the author managed to inject such a lot of personality into the characters despite the relatively short length of story.
June 29, 2013
This review can be found at Brief Encounters Reviews.
I haven’t read very many of the Daily Dose stories, yet, but I found the length of this one much more rewarding than some of the super-short stories that I did read. It gave a lot more latitude for the relationship to develop rather than just be a set-up to a relationship.
Max runs a successful family pool business, but insists on remaining the pool boy at the estate of a straight porn mogul, only so that he can watch the man’s son and his water polo team practice. One day he discovers that the pool needs some chemicals, but because practice is just starting he promised to come back in the evening to take care of it. To his surprise Everett has dinner waiting for him and invites him to attend the birthday party of his father’s current girlfriend (who likes ponies, Popsicles and pools *snort*). He also tells Max that he’s gay which shocks Max, putting an out of reach crush into close territory.
At the party, to avoid the crush of women hoping to score with the mogul’s son, they fake a threesome with another woman who works behind the camera and sneak off to watch movies. Soon the three are spending a lot of time together, and Everett seems to be using his relationship with Max to ease into being fully out to the world, which sits a bit wrong with Max, who doesn’t want to be used as a method to ease Everett into openly being gay.
I quite enjoyed the relationship between Max, Everett and Nikki. She was a good friend, one of the boys, and there was no jealousy, but she would take Max out drinking, they shared hotel rooms, they were just best friends. Given that Max always felt like a geek, it was nice to see him finding really fast friends. Because of the length of the book it gave time to see Max and Everett grow closer and besides Nikki, Everett was also a bit snarky, but confident in himself, even while mostly hiding his sexuality from his father’s business interests. It was also interesting to see a gay man who’s a photographer for straight porn. A career that doesn’t usually come up. :-)
So I really enjoyed this one. It wasn’t overly angsty, but was nicely paced and I enjoyed the touches of humour such as the guys trying to work the gauntlet of potential starlets. Definitely one I would recommend.
I haven’t read very many of the Daily Dose stories, yet, but I found the length of this one much more rewarding than some of the super-short stories that I did read. It gave a lot more latitude for the relationship to develop rather than just be a set-up to a relationship.
Max runs a successful family pool business, but insists on remaining the pool boy at the estate of a straight porn mogul, only so that he can watch the man’s son and his water polo team practice. One day he discovers that the pool needs some chemicals, but because practice is just starting he promised to come back in the evening to take care of it. To his surprise Everett has dinner waiting for him and invites him to attend the birthday party of his father’s current girlfriend (who likes ponies, Popsicles and pools *snort*). He also tells Max that he’s gay which shocks Max, putting an out of reach crush into close territory.
At the party, to avoid the crush of women hoping to score with the mogul’s son, they fake a threesome with another woman who works behind the camera and sneak off to watch movies. Soon the three are spending a lot of time together, and Everett seems to be using his relationship with Max to ease into being fully out to the world, which sits a bit wrong with Max, who doesn’t want to be used as a method to ease Everett into openly being gay.
I quite enjoyed the relationship between Max, Everett and Nikki. She was a good friend, one of the boys, and there was no jealousy, but she would take Max out drinking, they shared hotel rooms, they were just best friends. Given that Max always felt like a geek, it was nice to see him finding really fast friends. Because of the length of the book it gave time to see Max and Everett grow closer and besides Nikki, Everett was also a bit snarky, but confident in himself, even while mostly hiding his sexuality from his father’s business interests. It was also interesting to see a gay man who’s a photographer for straight porn. A career that doesn’t usually come up. :-)
So I really enjoyed this one. It wasn’t overly angsty, but was nicely paced and I enjoyed the touches of humour such as the guys trying to work the gauntlet of potential starlets. Definitely one I would recommend.
June 11, 2013
Sometimes appearances can be deceiving, and this story shows the best way forward, to avoid the misunderstanding lingering. The tone is light, the details amusing, and the small amount of angst on Max's side is certainly understandable. After all, it's not every day that a hunky water polo player takes an interest in a geeky pool boy, even if that pool boy actually owns the company.
Max is a great guy. He is also extremely shy, and almost professional-level stalker. He has an enormous crush on Everett, but thinks the man is straight, and would never be interested in him anyway. I loved that he actually owns and runs the company and only pretends to be a pool boy during summer, and only at Everett's house. It's all an elaborate ruse to be able to ogle Everett practice with his team.
Everett, even though he is clearly a rich boy, never sounded conceited to me. He's pretty down to earth, and I loved that he tried to woo Max with a home cooked meal. He is really sweet, and very determined to get Max to become his boyfriend, but he is clearly also shy, since he doesn't ask outright until they are well into their time of secret and less secret dates.
If you like stories with a summery feel, if you enjoy reading about eye candy at pool parties, and if you're looking for a read that is as sweet as it is hot, then you will probably like this short story.
NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review.
Max is a great guy. He is also extremely shy, and almost professional-level stalker. He has an enormous crush on Everett, but thinks the man is straight, and would never be interested in him anyway. I loved that he actually owns and runs the company and only pretends to be a pool boy during summer, and only at Everett's house. It's all an elaborate ruse to be able to ogle Everett practice with his team.
Everett, even though he is clearly a rich boy, never sounded conceited to me. He's pretty down to earth, and I loved that he tried to woo Max with a home cooked meal. He is really sweet, and very determined to get Max to become his boyfriend, but he is clearly also shy, since he doesn't ask outright until they are well into their time of secret and less secret dates.
If you like stories with a summery feel, if you enjoy reading about eye candy at pool parties, and if you're looking for a read that is as sweet as it is hot, then you will probably like this short story.
NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review.
February 28, 2015
short and fun
May 16, 2018
3.5 *
June 10, 2013
Diving In is a sweet, fun light read with very likeable characters that are remarkably well developed despite the short length of the story.
Max Jansen is the owner of Jansen & Sons, the pool maintenance company he inherited on the sudden death of his father a few years previously. Since taking over the helm, Max has used his education and knowledge to expand the business into other areas, but retains the core business his father started. While he generally leaves the pool cleaning up to his employees, there's one job he can't resist taking on himself: the pool maintenance at the Caldwell residence during water polo season. The reason for that is in the form of one sexy Everett Caldwell, Olympian and current centre for Forest Glen's Water Polo Team. Which is how said polo team ended up training in the Olympic regulation standards pool at the mansion of the owner of soft-core magazine, Flesh and father of Everett, Hal Caldwell. Of course it's a complete fluke that Max always manages to start his job just before practise finishes and the athletic men in their speedos jump out of the pool. Ok, maybe not such a fluke. And it's Everett in particular that has Max's fantasies working overtime.
The story very much focused on the romance between the two MCs. The sport of water polo in itself wasn't really a feature of the story, mainly only used as background. Although having said that, it was nonetheless believably incorporated into the story as a part of Everett's character, and the practicalities of things like travel weren't conveniently ignored. The secondary character of Nikki Adams, Everett's friend and the assistant art director at Flesh, is just as clearly defined as the main characters. She's forthright and funny and I loved every appearance she made. Even the character of Brenna, Max's sister-in-law, felt like a fleshed out character and we don't even actually meet her. Both of them have well developed and likeable personalities. There was quite a bit of humour throughout the text, but it's not in your face. There, without being over the top hilarious. The only fault I found with the story was I didn't really understand Max's persistent lack of self esteem when it came to Everett's interest in him. He had a good, supportive upbringing, he's intelligent, and he's not socially awkward, so it felt a little out of place. It was emphasised just a shade too much and seemed unnecessary to the story, but it really is a very small thing in a well-crafted and very enjoyable story. It was rather amazing how the author managed to inject such a lot of personality into the characters despite the relatively short length of story.
Review written for Live Your Life, Buy The Book
Max Jansen is the owner of Jansen & Sons, the pool maintenance company he inherited on the sudden death of his father a few years previously. Since taking over the helm, Max has used his education and knowledge to expand the business into other areas, but retains the core business his father started. While he generally leaves the pool cleaning up to his employees, there's one job he can't resist taking on himself: the pool maintenance at the Caldwell residence during water polo season. The reason for that is in the form of one sexy Everett Caldwell, Olympian and current centre for Forest Glen's Water Polo Team. Which is how said polo team ended up training in the Olympic regulation standards pool at the mansion of the owner of soft-core magazine, Flesh and father of Everett, Hal Caldwell. Of course it's a complete fluke that Max always manages to start his job just before practise finishes and the athletic men in their speedos jump out of the pool. Ok, maybe not such a fluke. And it's Everett in particular that has Max's fantasies working overtime.
The story very much focused on the romance between the two MCs. The sport of water polo in itself wasn't really a feature of the story, mainly only used as background. Although having said that, it was nonetheless believably incorporated into the story as a part of Everett's character, and the practicalities of things like travel weren't conveniently ignored. The secondary character of Nikki Adams, Everett's friend and the assistant art director at Flesh, is just as clearly defined as the main characters. She's forthright and funny and I loved every appearance she made. Even the character of Brenna, Max's sister-in-law, felt like a fleshed out character and we don't even actually meet her. Both of them have well developed and likeable personalities. There was quite a bit of humour throughout the text, but it's not in your face. There, without being over the top hilarious. The only fault I found with the story was I didn't really understand Max's persistent lack of self esteem when it came to Everett's interest in him. He had a good, supportive upbringing, he's intelligent, and he's not socially awkward, so it felt a little out of place. It was emphasised just a shade too much and seemed unnecessary to the story, but it really is a very small thing in a well-crafted and very enjoyable story. It was rather amazing how the author managed to inject such a lot of personality into the characters despite the relatively short length of story.
Review written for Live Your Life, Buy The Book
June 7, 2013
Beans: I adored this story. I loved the pool boy persona Max maintained to catch a glimpse of his crush, Everett. But what drew me in was Everetts pursuit of Max. At first as friends, and then later as lovers. Max was caught off guard by Everett’s sincerity and friendship and I enjoyed the interplay between these two men. A good read.
Nina: I liked this one. Fun, cute premise, a bit of a lead in so it didn't feel like a hook up, but like these two have a chance. These guys are adorable together first as friends and then as lovers. I enjoyed what their friendship with Nikki added to the dynamic, she cracked me up every time she showed up.
Nina: I liked this one. Fun, cute premise, a bit of a lead in so it didn't feel like a hook up, but like these two have a chance. These guys are adorable together first as friends and then as lovers. I enjoyed what their friendship with Nikki added to the dynamic, she cracked me up every time she showed up.
June 7, 2013
Normally would be a bit fluffier than I prefer but was the perfect antidote for angsty, fairly depressing book just finished. Well written with surprisingly well-developed characters for so short a story.
June 7, 2013
I liked the start into this story. Max's interest in Everett and this extra work on cleaning the pool at Everett's place, just to see Everett in his speedo, was comical. But the side story about them becoming friends and then lovers, was just to plain unromantic and easy.
March 25, 2015
Max an pool boy but now owner of the company falls for Everett water polo. So when he has a job to do at Everett, things progress from there. it was short and sweet wouldve like more like most stories.
back-burner-for-now
June 11, 2013June 10 release of 2013 Daily Dose: Making a Play.
June 2, 2013
3.5 stars. Sweet and sexy!
October 9, 2014
3,5 stars
March 9, 2016
A nice light easy read
June 21, 2013
I loved the perfect relationship between Max and closeted Everett. A gay man being the heir to a hetero porn business was a fun play. This was a well written, sexy short.
June 24, 2013
Once again, Bru has proven herself to be a talented writer. Her stories are always a pleasure to read and a must have for those rainy days in!
July 10, 2015
3.5 stars
June 12, 2015
This was a really cute romance. I really like Bru Baker's writing. I need to find one of her novels to read now.
June 3, 2013
3.5 stars
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