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Waiting For You
Mike Davenport was seventeen when he ran away from his home in London. He took the first coach available and ended up on the streets of Manchester as a rent boy. Maybe once he could have gone home, but after losing his best friend, Simon Marchwell, when he professed his love and suffering an assault at the hands of the first man he “dated,” Mike doubts returning to his parents will end any happier than the rest.
Christmas is nearly here, and Mike is freezing his arse off near the bus station, when a battered Ford Fiesta crawls past, not once, but three times. Mike thinks his luck is in, but when the window rolls down and he comes face to face with Simon, Mike's world changes again.
A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2014 Daily Dose package "Mended".
Christmas is nearly here, and Mike is freezing his arse off near the bus station, when a battered Ford Fiesta crawls past, not once, but three times. Mike thinks his luck is in, but when the window rolls down and he comes face to face with Simon, Mike's world changes again.
A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2014 Daily Dose package "Mended".
48 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 31, 2014
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About the author
K.C. Wells
172 books1,858 followersK.C. Wells lives on an island off the south coast of the UK, surrounded by natural beauty. She writes about men who love men, and can’t even contemplate a life that doesn’t include writing.
The rainbow rose tattoo on her back with the words 'Love is Love' and 'Love Wins' is her way of hoisting a flag. She plans to be writing about men in love - be it sweet and slow, hot or kinky - for a long while to come.
If you want to follow her exploits, you can sign up for her monthly newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cNKHlT
You can stalk – er, find – her in the following places:
E-mail: k.c.wells@btinternet.com
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Twitter: @K_C_Wells
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And for those who like things a little hotter?
There's KC's alter ego, Tantalus, who writes gay erotica.
The rainbow rose tattoo on her back with the words 'Love is Love' and 'Love Wins' is her way of hoisting a flag. She plans to be writing about men in love - be it sweet and slow, hot or kinky - for a long while to come.
If you want to follow her exploits, you can sign up for her monthly newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cNKHlT
You can stalk – er, find – her in the following places:
E-mail: k.c.wells@btinternet.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KCWellsWorld
Twitter: @K_C_Wells
Website: https://www.kcwellswrites.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/k.c.wells
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/k-c-w...
And for those who like things a little hotter?
There's KC's alter ego, Tantalus, who writes gay erotica.
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July 12, 2016
*** 3.5 Stars ***
Dear K.C. Wells,
I hereby request that you increase the sexy and turn down the angst in your next story. Because honestly?! This story right here? This shit just ain't fair.
You've conditioned me to associate your name with panty-melting collars and cuffs-type action not pulverize my heart into a mushy pulp and leave me with splotchy, tear-stained cheeks kinda stories. I mean, yeah, I know that the boys will eventually end up living happily ever after in some English seaside town wearing grandpa sweaters and guzzling gallons of tea from a Wallace and Gromit teapot, but after learning about all six years of Mike's pain and suffering, I either needed a scorch-the-sheets sex scene or a fluffstastic ending that would make my heart feel like it was being cuddled by Shemar Moore and about a dozen tiny, adorable, wiggling golden retriever puppies.
Instead I got a bit of cutesy dialogue filled with hope for the future.
It was cute, but it was not wiggling golden retriever puppies cute. That's all I'm saying.
xoxo
Catherine
Dear K.C. Wells,
I hereby request that you increase the sexy and turn down the angst in your next story. Because honestly?! This story right here? This shit just ain't fair.
You've conditioned me to associate your name with panty-melting collars and cuffs-type action not pulverize my heart into a mushy pulp and leave me with splotchy, tear-stained cheeks kinda stories. I mean, yeah, I know that the boys will eventually end up living happily ever after in some English seaside town wearing grandpa sweaters and guzzling gallons of tea from a Wallace and Gromit teapot, but after learning about all six years of Mike's pain and suffering, I either needed a scorch-the-sheets sex scene or a fluffstastic ending that would make my heart feel like it was being cuddled by Shemar Moore and about a dozen tiny, adorable, wiggling golden retriever puppies.
Instead I got a bit of cutesy dialogue filled with hope for the future.
It was cute, but it was not wiggling golden retriever puppies cute. That's all I'm saying.
xoxo
Catherine
June 4, 2014
Little shortie from KC, part of the Dreamspinner Daily Dose 'Mended' anthology. 4 stars.
Rent boys, unrequited love, tears and finally getting together with the boy of his dreams....what's not to like??
Rent boys, unrequited love, tears and finally getting together with the boy of his dreams....what's not to like??
June 15, 2014
Short but sweet story of second chances. Mike's story choked me up, especially knowing there are too many young people whose fear of family rejection lead to bad choices. Emotional and hopeful, I would read more of Simon and Mike in a heartbeat.
June 3, 2014
4.5 stars - This was a lovely, emotional short story. I love KC Wells, she's my favourite M/M author, and this was such a nice little read. The only thing that stopped me from rating this five stars is the ending - I was like... there's more, right? Then turned the page to find the author bio and I nearly died. I wanted to see everything! I wanted to see him be reunited with his family, to start a relationship with Simon, to start his new life with his family and Simon by his side... I needed so much more! But yeah, great little short ;)
June 6, 2014
K.C never disappoints. Lovely little freebie.
March 30, 2018
Multiple tissues may be required.
June 19, 2014
REVIEWED FOR PRISM BOOK ALLIANCE
This little book of 48 pages packs a huge punch. It is the story of 2 friends and a misunderstanding that changed their lives. A misunderstanding that takes years to clear up, will take even more time to get over and affected a family, leaving them heartbroken and without answers.
Best friends Mike and Simon tell each other everything. When Mike confides in Simon that he is gay it doesn’t go down quite the way he imagined and he is left reeling. If one person he loves reacts like that then why not everyone else? Mike keeps his sexuality away from his family through fear of their reaction. With a fake ID and his friend alcohol for confidence he decides to explore being a gay man first hand by hitting a gay bar and finding a man. This ends badly. With fear and guilt consuming him he runs away. He is a child, living out on the streets, with no protection and no love....heartbreaking but for so many a reality.
This story is packed with raw emotion and left me tearful. At seventeen your world is just beginning but when fraught with fear, anxiety and confusion it is very easy to assume how people will react or judge you. Mike is left floundering and this leads and lands him on a downward spiral that will leave him doing things he never imagined for the next few years.
When a battered old car passes him on a cold street in Manchester he hopes his luck might be in. When the window rolls down and he finds his old best friend staring back at him his luck changes but for very different reasons.
What follows is a night of revelations, tears, laughter and a big dose of hope. The fear, doubt and sheer feeling of hopelessness that Mike has built up into a monster in his head may not be quite as scary as he thinks.
This little book of 48 pages packs a huge punch. It is the story of 2 friends and a misunderstanding that changed their lives. A misunderstanding that takes years to clear up, will take even more time to get over and affected a family, leaving them heartbroken and without answers.
Best friends Mike and Simon tell each other everything. When Mike confides in Simon that he is gay it doesn’t go down quite the way he imagined and he is left reeling. If one person he loves reacts like that then why not everyone else? Mike keeps his sexuality away from his family through fear of their reaction. With a fake ID and his friend alcohol for confidence he decides to explore being a gay man first hand by hitting a gay bar and finding a man. This ends badly. With fear and guilt consuming him he runs away. He is a child, living out on the streets, with no protection and no love....heartbreaking but for so many a reality.
This story is packed with raw emotion and left me tearful. At seventeen your world is just beginning but when fraught with fear, anxiety and confusion it is very easy to assume how people will react or judge you. Mike is left floundering and this leads and lands him on a downward spiral that will leave him doing things he never imagined for the next few years.
When a battered old car passes him on a cold street in Manchester he hopes his luck might be in. When the window rolls down and he finds his old best friend staring back at him his luck changes but for very different reasons.
What follows is a night of revelations, tears, laughter and a big dose of hope. The fear, doubt and sheer feeling of hopelessness that Mike has built up into a monster in his head may not be quite as scary as he thinks.
June 6, 2014
You can't ever go back in time and fix something you regret. But sometimes, life gives you the opportunity to clear the air and to start over. You can't get back the time that was lost, but you can move forward and make new memories. This is the story K.C. Wells has to tell in 'Waiting For You'. Two young men who each made their own choices and now, six years later, getting the opportunity to begin anew.
Mike made some bad decisions as a kid which have left him working the streets of Manchester as a rent boy. He can't go back home even though he misses his parents so much. He ran away, too afraid to tell them he was gay and that he was raped in a club one night. Mike was just so ashamed, so he ran and ended up on the streets. Now, his childhood best friend, Simon, has found him and the revelations Simon has completely shock Mike. Can he go home again? More importantly, can he finally have the love he's wanted his whole life?
I'm quite fond of this author’s work and I would've loved to see more of this tale. Mike and Simon are worth reading their love story and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you, K.C.
NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews.
Mike made some bad decisions as a kid which have left him working the streets of Manchester as a rent boy. He can't go back home even though he misses his parents so much. He ran away, too afraid to tell them he was gay and that he was raped in a club one night. Mike was just so ashamed, so he ran and ended up on the streets. Now, his childhood best friend, Simon, has found him and the revelations Simon has completely shock Mike. Can he go home again? More importantly, can he finally have the love he's wanted his whole life?
I'm quite fond of this author’s work and I would've loved to see more of this tale. Mike and Simon are worth reading their love story and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you, K.C.
NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews.
June 12, 2014
Second chances are rare, and sometimes they are hard to accept as well. In this story Mike gets to revisit some of the decisions he has made, but he isn't eager to accept the opportunity to fix things. Shame is what stopped him going back to his parents six years ago, and it is still with him now. He will need to learn to accept himself and what he has done before he can move on.
Simon is the boy who was Mike's best friend, the first boy Mike fell in love with, and the first boy to reject him. Simon also has some major regrets, but they didn't destroy his chances to get an education. Amazingly, Simon has decided to wait for Mike (as the title says), but what he doesn't know is whether Mike will be able to forgive himself.
Full of emotion, confessions, and a ton of hope, this is a heartwarming story about second chances and the human capacity for selfless love.
NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review.
Simon is the boy who was Mike's best friend, the first boy Mike fell in love with, and the first boy to reject him. Simon also has some major regrets, but they didn't destroy his chances to get an education. Amazingly, Simon has decided to wait for Mike (as the title says), but what he doesn't know is whether Mike will be able to forgive himself.
Full of emotion, confessions, and a ton of hope, this is a heartwarming story about second chances and the human capacity for selfless love.
NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review.
June 25, 2014
Okay this shorty is truly terrible. I mean, really Mike had to run away just because he was ashamed of being raped? And what kind of parents did he have in his mind, that he couldn't even tell them what happened to him? This story is absolutely idiotic! Sure I understand IF Mike would had a reason to run away from home, LIKE IF his parents were religious bigots, or something, but NOT loving, caring parents who loved their son, as in his case. So no, this story is wrong in every way! I wont even start with Simon.... WORSE EVEN!
July 13, 2020
More HFN than HEA ... but at the same time, this being a short story, it's probably a more suitable ending. I was rather annoyed with Simon for though
June 16, 2014
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Mike Davenport made a major mistake when he was seventeen. Panicking, he leaves home for a life that he never expected nor wanted. If only things had gone right between him and his best friend, Simon, maybe his life would not be this desperate?
Simon had made a mistake when he was seventeen, but he never expected his best friend to up and disappear and his parents trying to find and get him back. Noticing a rent boy that looked very much like his lost best friend, he decides to investigate. When he discovers that it is Mike after all, he does everything he could to convince him to go home with him and maybe, just maybe, leave the nasty life he was living.
What a lovely, lovely, sweet, short, light read this is. Stories of rent boys and them getting their second chances are not too common, but it is a thought that I wish were all so true in real life. What if all these runaways were given their second chances, and be mended like Mike? It would make the world such a better place.
I am happy this reads the way it did, it pulled at my heartstrings and made me tear up. That it ended the way it did, I am happy again that these two young men still had their heads sitting squarely on their shoulders. They both now have a chance at a better life, maybe they will be together in the future, who knows? What is certain: both young men found each other once more and gave their lives and love a second chance.
Mike Davenport made a major mistake when he was seventeen. Panicking, he leaves home for a life that he never expected nor wanted. If only things had gone right between him and his best friend, Simon, maybe his life would not be this desperate?
Simon had made a mistake when he was seventeen, but he never expected his best friend to up and disappear and his parents trying to find and get him back. Noticing a rent boy that looked very much like his lost best friend, he decides to investigate. When he discovers that it is Mike after all, he does everything he could to convince him to go home with him and maybe, just maybe, leave the nasty life he was living.
What a lovely, lovely, sweet, short, light read this is. Stories of rent boys and them getting their second chances are not too common, but it is a thought that I wish were all so true in real life. What if all these runaways were given their second chances, and be mended like Mike? It would make the world such a better place.
I am happy this reads the way it did, it pulled at my heartstrings and made me tear up. That it ended the way it did, I am happy again that these two young men still had their heads sitting squarely on their shoulders. They both now have a chance at a better life, maybe they will be together in the future, who knows? What is certain: both young men found each other once more and gave their lives and love a second chance.
June 21, 2014
The synopsis scared me away from this story, I was expecting something completely different and I was delightfully surprised how much I liked this.
Mike is walking the street of Manchester when his former best friend enters his life again. The story was very romantic and sweet, well written, well thought. Maybe the reasons why Mike walked away from his life with his parents seemed to me a little difficult to understand, but I wouldn't say it was implausible after all I do know that fear can drive us in weird ways.
The ending was just right, full of hope.
Mike is walking the street of Manchester when his former best friend enters his life again. The story was very romantic and sweet, well written, well thought. Maybe the reasons why Mike walked away from his life with his parents seemed to me a little difficult to understand, but I wouldn't say it was implausible after all I do know that fear can drive us in weird ways.
The ending was just right, full of hope.
June 30, 2014
This story started out quite sad with Mike freezing while looking for a trick. He's hungry and out of money and a car passes him twice before stopping on the third pass. Turns out it's his best friend Simon from before he ran away.
So many bad decisions Mikey made! Rejected by his best friend, Mikey got into a situation he couldn't handle and he didn't feel like he could go to his parents so he just ran away. Honestly the story could have been SO much worse. After reading the awful stories last week about the human trafficking and freeing so many people, it's just heartbreaking what can happen to those who don't have a support system.
Luckily in this instance there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Sad but ultimately hopeful story.
So many bad decisions Mikey made! Rejected by his best friend, Mikey got into a situation he couldn't handle and he didn't feel like he could go to his parents so he just ran away. Honestly the story could have been SO much worse. After reading the awful stories last week about the human trafficking and freeing so many people, it's just heartbreaking what can happen to those who don't have a support system.
Luckily in this instance there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Sad but ultimately hopeful story.
October 19, 2014
Despite what appears to be a dark beginning this turns out to be a sweet romance. Two men who haven't seen each other in years has each left his mark on the other in ways neither one of the could predict. It was great to see them take the chance and move to reconnect and move on no matter what Mike has done in the past.
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June 28, 2014This doesn't work for me at all. Made it up to 50% and I'm rather proud of me :) I realize I still have one book of this author on my TBR, but I think that's finally the last one for me. This authors writing is not for me, obviously.
June 1, 2014
3.75 stars
June 5, 2014
So freaking cute I just wanted it to be longer. Like way, way longer! Great short though.
October 25, 2017
Well enough written, but I missed the emotional part of this subject, it was unrealistic and too short, which meant that I didn't connect with the characters.
June 12, 2014
2.5 stars
June 4, 2014
I SO want more of this story! Very emotional story, loved the writing and characters, but yeah...gimme more! Another great read from one my my favorite authors!
October 26, 2014
3.5 stars
A little heartbreaking but ultimately hopeful, Waiting for You will make you believe in second chances; no steam on page but plenty of tenderness. Tissues recommended.
A little heartbreaking but ultimately hopeful, Waiting for You will make you believe in second chances; no steam on page but plenty of tenderness. Tissues recommended.
June 18, 2014
Pretty Woman with a reunion trope, simple and unrealistic but pure romance.
October 23, 2014
This book was sweet and well written, I just wish there was more to it. I got into the story and wanted to know more about the characters. A short, feel good story.
May 14, 2020
3,5*
PLEASE READ MY RATING SYSTEM!!!
To my ratings:
A 3,5* is clicked with a 4* but in review marked as 3,5*:
5* - very very good and rare (it would be a Blow-Away-book like ‘Jesse's Smile’ or ‘Joey’ from Angelique Jurd, ‘Save the the kids’ series
from EM Leya, ‘Love’s Tethered Heart’ from C.L. Etta or ‘Liberty’ from Seth King),
it's like an A+
4* - very good and will be often reread and is a WOW-book with interesting plot and surprises (like most of Andrew Grey books and Davidson Kings 'Haven Hart'-series)
it's like an A
3,5* - a really good book, which will be reread a few times (most romances where you can enjoy for relaxing and during waiting times in
hospitals). I can recommend them definitively!
It's like an B+
3* - it could be more then a one-time-reader (2-3 times a year),
it's like a B
2* - it was ok to read, but it's more a one-time-reader (I wouldn't recommend it heartily, but it was ok)
It's like a C-, D
1* - sorry, but that isn't really a book for me (too many mistakes, not nice plot, illogical, so an absolute NO-GO). It's like failure in the
whole line, dismissed, repeat the class
PLEASE READ MY RATING SYSTEM!!!
To my ratings:
A 3,5* is clicked with a 4* but in review marked as 3,5*:
5* - very very good and rare (it would be a Blow-Away-book like ‘Jesse's Smile’ or ‘Joey’ from Angelique Jurd, ‘Save the the kids’ series
from EM Leya, ‘Love’s Tethered Heart’ from C.L. Etta or ‘Liberty’ from Seth King),
it's like an A+
4* - very good and will be often reread and is a WOW-book with interesting plot and surprises (like most of Andrew Grey books and Davidson Kings 'Haven Hart'-series)
it's like an A
3,5* - a really good book, which will be reread a few times (most romances where you can enjoy for relaxing and during waiting times in
hospitals). I can recommend them definitively!
It's like an B+
3* - it could be more then a one-time-reader (2-3 times a year),
it's like a B
2* - it was ok to read, but it's more a one-time-reader (I wouldn't recommend it heartily, but it was ok)
It's like a C-, D
1* - sorry, but that isn't really a book for me (too many mistakes, not nice plot, illogical, so an absolute NO-GO). It's like failure in the
whole line, dismissed, repeat the class
September 19, 2017
In a well told story, the characters' actions flow from who they are. There is a progression that is seamless because the characters respond in a consistent way. In a mediocre story, the characters do one thing one minute and something contradictory the next, as if to appease the author and not to act within character. I'm at 30% and fear this book is the mediocre kind of story.
And, yeah. It was meh. 2.5 stars because I did finish it.
And, yeah. It was meh. 2.5 stars because I did finish it.
November 8, 2021
This needs to be a full length novel 🙈🙈🙈 I need more details
July 4, 2018
Short story but super super sweet!
March 6, 2016
This book was just "okay" for me. For one thing I was madder than Mike and wanted him to be a little madder as well. I didn't really like Simon. I felt some resentment on Mike's behalf that everything went so well in Simons life while Mike's was so messed up. I would've loved to seen how the author might explore that resentment and how Mike and Simon might resolve it.
For another thing, I was looking forward to seeing
At the end of the story I felt like there was a lot more to be told. Although, it didn't end in a cliffhanger or anything like that. I just really wanted an epilogue of some kind.
Overall, this wasn't a bad little book at all. It just wasn't my favorite by this author or in the holiday MM romance short story genre.
For another thing, I was looking forward to seeing
At the end of the story I felt like there was a lot more to be told. Although, it didn't end in a cliffhanger or anything like that. I just really wanted an epilogue of some kind.
Overall, this wasn't a bad little book at all. It just wasn't my favorite by this author or in the holiday MM romance short story genre.
August 17, 2015
So very sweet
Wow, this short story just ripped my heart out. Marks story is so believable. It makes you wonder how many boys and girls are out there because of something like this. You need a tissue when you read this story.
Wow, this short story just ripped my heart out. Marks story is so believable. It makes you wonder how many boys and girls are out there because of something like this. You need a tissue when you read this story.
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