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Tonight
David has loved his older brother Derek's BFF, Wiley, since the first day he met him, five long lust-filled years ago. But, as Derek never hesitates to point out, Wiley is straight. When Wiley has a falling out with his roommate and winds up crashing on David and Derek's couch for a month, he's a 24/7 reminder of what David wants but fears he'll never have. Until one afternoon when David has a major art project to finish and a model who's a no-show. Wiley offers to pose for him---and it sure feels like the heat between them is mutual. Could Derek have been wrong about his best friend for all these years? Would David's dreams about Wiley finally come true? The only thing David knows is that one way or another he'll find out for sure...tonight.
71 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 28, 2015
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Karen Stivali
47 books359 followersKaren Stivali is a prolific writer, compulsive baker, and chocoholic with a penchant for books, movies, and fictional British men.
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July 4, 2015
~4.25~
Hot cover, hot college boys: long-standing crush on your older brother's best friend, heated glances, frantic frotting, passionate kisses, tight boxer briefs, and one seriously awesome kitchen coming-out scene.
SWEET, SEXY, ROMANTIC, an all-around enjoyable story.
All that AND French toast!
Hot cover, hot college boys: long-standing crush on your older brother's best friend, heated glances, frantic frotting, passionate kisses, tight boxer briefs, and one seriously awesome kitchen coming-out scene.
SWEET, SEXY, ROMANTIC, an all-around enjoyable story.
All that AND French toast!
December 19, 2016
This was such an adorable, short, 48-page free read. I absolutely loved it.
It ticked off the majority of my "yes, please" check boxes. : )
Now 21, art major David has been in love with his jock brother's best friend, Wiley, since meeting him at 16 years old.
But, as David's brother, Derek, has repeated for the past 5 years, ad nauseam, Wiley is straight.
Then Wiley needs a place to stay and ends up living on David and Derek's couch, which drives David mad having the object of his affection so close.
So what happens when Wiley fills in for a no-show still life model that helps David complete drawings for an important art assignment?
You'll have to read the book to find out, but I will tell you that there are a ton of feels packed into this short, free read and I wholeheartedly recommend it.
There is an HEA and the sexy bits are pretty steamy.
A well-deserved 4.5 *I-wouldn't-change-a-damn-thing* stars for this sexy and fun short story.
June 29, 2015
“Where do you want me?”
Oh Jesus. On the floor… in the tub… on my bed… on me…
One of the hottest tropes is falling for the older brother's best friend. *grunts*
This isn't my first time reading Ms. Stivali, I know she can deliver new adult smexy feels.
And that she did. :)
“I like looking at you. And wondering if you look at me the same way.”
David is 21, out and proud, shares an apartment with his older brother, Derek and in love with Derek's best bud, Wiley, whom David emphatically declares is "straight". David has been in love with Wiley from the first moment he saw him five years ago at 16 and still carries a torch. Nothing he tries can cure his feels. The heart wants what it wants and David's heart wants 6'2" rugby jock/grad student Wiley.
I'm just going to paste this here as Wiley's stand-in:
Wiley moves in with the brothers when he has a blowup with his roommate. Just great right? It'll be a bunch of laughs and bros hanging out. Like this:
“Can you learn to dry off when you get out of the shower?”
“Sorry, I usually let the girl take care of that.”
“Lovely.”
“I return the favor. Tit for tat, so to speak.”
“Well I can’t wait for Lily’s semester abroad to end, so her tits can keep you from dripping all over the floor.”
There were a couple of laughs. But there was even more sexual tension...
"My cock plumped any time Wiley was around. I’d taken to wearing compression shorts in the morning so I didn’t embarrass the shit out of myself while I was cooking breakfast."
Poor David and his cock got quite the tease with Wiley living with him. He has his mini-me standing up at attention and his brother whispering in his ear anytime they're alone that Wiley is straight.
Wanna see which brother was right?
Check this hot little number out. Nothing that is new to the theme but certainly well written and true the desperation/lust the prompt called for.
I'll leave you with one of my favorite quotes and anpther picture of stand-in Wiley. *licks lips*
Thick and tall, with a perfect, full crown. Silky tan skin at the base, deepening in shades of red up to the crimson tip. If his cock were a building, it would be the Empire State Building, lit up for Valentine’s Day.
*quelts* My thanks to the author and the team behind the this event!
September 13, 2015
Two guys who have been HOT for each other for years getting down and dirty one night...hell yes !!
David has been in love with his brothers best friend for years.His brother keeps telling him to keep away because Wiley is straight but that doesn't stop David having hot thoughts about him.
Circumstances find Wiley sharing David and his brothers home,sleeping on the couch.David is tortured with Wiley being so close and so unattainable...so he thinks.
David is an Art student and one day when his still life model doesn't turn up,Wiley offers to pose for him.David is beyond flustered( I was as well) and can't get himself together.
It turns out Wiley has,had the exact same thoughts as David all these years...let the fun begin.
The sex is steamy and sweet ....
As the title suggests it's only One Night so it's a short story but a good one.
Dropped a star because I would have loved more of their story than just one night.
If your a fan of M/M action and have a couple of hours to kill,definitely give this a go !!
David has been in love with his brothers best friend for years.His brother keeps telling him to keep away because Wiley is straight but that doesn't stop David having hot thoughts about him.
Circumstances find Wiley sharing David and his brothers home,sleeping on the couch.David is tortured with Wiley being so close and so unattainable...so he thinks.
David is an Art student and one day when his still life model doesn't turn up,Wiley offers to pose for him.David is beyond flustered( I was as well) and can't get himself together.
Who cares?My cock screamed on it's direct line to my brain.
We'll get to stare at him.Do it.Do.It.
It turns out Wiley has,had the exact same thoughts as David all these years...let the fun begin.
The sex is steamy and sweet ....
As the title suggests it's only One Night so it's a short story but a good one.
Dropped a star because I would have loved more of their story than just one night.
If your a fan of M/M action and have a couple of hours to kill,definitely give this a go !!
September 13, 2015
David has loved his older brother Derek's BFF, Wiley, since the first day he met him, five long lust-filled years ago.
David knows he has no chance with him, because, as Derek never hesitates to point out, Wiley is straight.
But Derek is mistaken…
A sweet and mildly steamy friends-to-lovers story. Loved it!
David knows he has no chance with him, because, as Derek never hesitates to point out, Wiley is straight.
But Derek is mistaken…
A sweet and mildly steamy friends-to-lovers story. Loved it!
“I’m no artist or anything, but don’t you have to look at me at some point?”
Heat spread from my neck through my cheeks. Fuck. I was afraid if I looked at him for more than a second, he’d see all the non-artist thoughts that were swirling in my brain. Not professional. Not friendly. Most of them pornographic. Some illegal in a few states.
July 6, 2015
4.5 Stars!
This is one of my favorites of this whole "Love is an Open Road" series. It was very sweet with a little helping of sexy at the end.
I thought the "I Love You's" were a bit abrupt but I got over it. Sometimes unicorns and rainbows are just what a girl needs!
This is one of my favorites of this whole "Love is an Open Road" series. It was very sweet with a little helping of sexy at the end.
I thought the "I Love You's" were a bit abrupt but I got over it. Sometimes unicorns and rainbows are just what a girl needs!
September 9, 2015
David has a crush on his older brother’s best friend who, as his brother always said, is straight. Derek is a great big brother and friend. But he might be wrong about his friend's sexuality.
“It’s been making me crazy. I can’t even think straight when you’re around.”It's a sweet, hot and really enjoyable story with a great photo prompt!
“No pun intended.”
October 23, 2015
What an amazing book. I loved it!
David has been crushing on his brother’s best friend for the past 5 years. But as his brother Derek keeps saying to him.
”He’s not gay, you know.”
Well, it turns out Derek doesn’t know everything!
And what do you know, HOT HOT HOT man on man action happens.
David has been crushing on his brother’s best friend for the past 5 years. But as his brother Derek keeps saying to him.
”He’s not gay, you know.”
Well, it turns out Derek doesn’t know everything!
And what do you know, HOT HOT HOT man on man action happens.
June 24, 2018
Tonight. It was just one word, but it set off a thousand different fantasies.
also known as my exams start in eight hours and instead of cramming all i'm doing is sitting here reading gay erotica.
"Where do you want me?”
Oh Jesus. On the floor… in the tub… on my bed… on me…
but anyways, back to the review! this book was exactly what i asked for - short, sweet, and distracting. 21-year-old David has been in love with his older brother's best friend, Wiley, for five years. and each time he catches him swoony-eyed, his older brother Derek has painstakingly reminded him that Wiley most certainly isn't gay.
until one day when David desperately needs a model for his art portfolio, and Wiley offers to pose for him. it quickly turns into something more, and everything goes up from there, with lots of (hot) sex and boys goofy-eyed for each other.
there's no drama in this book at all, just a cute love story, albeit one that spans only around 50 pages.
"Good. Because I was thinking, if I don’t do that again, I might die.” “Do wh—” His mouth landed on mine before I got the word out. Holy Christ.
oooh. what a welcome distraction from my economics graphs!
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March 7, 2018review removed
October 1, 2016
First of all.....thanks Susan for the rec, I really enjoyed this one !!! <3
It was short, sweet, sexy, steamy, romantic and oh so funny. I can't believe there was so much in such a short story. I wish there was more.
Very entertaining. I liked all characters and David's inner voice really made me laugh.
Did I mention it was hot ??
5 Stars for making me feel so much with so little ;)
June 6, 2017
Gawd this trope does it for me every single freakin time!
This was sprinkled with a touch of angsty, but funny, pining.
This had delicious UST with an absolute fabulous finish!
This was just HAF and I want the sequel or the epilogue or an addendum!
Go download this now!!
This was sprinkled with a touch of angsty, but funny, pining.
This had delicious UST with an absolute fabulous finish!
This was just HAF and I want the sequel or the epilogue or an addendum!
Go download this now!!
July 24, 2016
3.5 Sweet Stars
Tonight is a sweet, drama free friends to lovers romance. David's had a huge crush on Wiley, his brother's insanely hot best friend, since he was a teenager. Unfortunately, as David's brother is fond of saying "Wiley's not gay."
I don't want to ruin the surprise, but there's a slight chance Wiley might be crushing on David, too.
These two are so cute together and I always enjoy a friends to lovers story. I would've enjoyed this more if it were longer, given how much I enjoyed Wiley taking the leap with David, but it worked as an in betweener despite its teeny tiny size.
Tonight is a sweet, drama free friends to lovers romance. David's had a huge crush on Wiley, his brother's insanely hot best friend, since he was a teenager. Unfortunately, as David's brother is fond of saying "Wiley's not gay."
I don't want to ruin the surprise, but there's a slight chance Wiley might be crushing on David, too.
These two are so cute together and I always enjoy a friends to lovers story. I would've enjoyed this more if it were longer, given how much I enjoyed Wiley taking the leap with David, but it worked as an in betweener despite its teeny tiny size.
July 6, 2015
So this was me during lunch-break!! (practicing Poker-face)
This was sweet and verrryyy entertaining… I loved it.
Davey has secretly been in love with his brother's best friend Wiley since he was sixteen years old. But his brother Dereks keeps telling him he's not gay!!
Since Wiley has been living on his and his brother’s couch, Davey has a hard time keeping his feelings under control.
After a model bailed out on Davey, Davey is in desperately need of someone to help him complete his art project.
Wiley volunteers for the job and some pretty funny situations happen.
Davey’s innervoice made me giggle.
“He really wanted to do this? More importantly, could I do this? Could I stare at him and still remember how to use a pencil? Would the sketches come out so sexual it would be obvious to anyone with eyesight that I had the hots for my subject?
Who cares? my cock screamed on its direct line to my brain. We’ll get to stare at him. Do it. Do. It.”
“Where do you want me?”
Oh Jesus. On the floor… in the tub… on my bed… on me… “How about by the window? There’s good light over there.”
“I’m no artist or anything, but don’t you have to look at me at some point?”
But is Wiley so straight as Davey thinks he is?
This story is a free story from Goodreads M/M Romance Group
(MM Romance Group - Love is an Open Road Stories 2015)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Picture and prompt
September 29, 2015
Sweet friends-to-lovers tale. I'm a sucker for those.
June 29, 2015
This was simply perfect. David has always had a crush on his older brothers best friend. But his brother has always insisted his best friend, Wiley, isn't gay.
Well, that might not be true.
This was such a nice story! It was short and sweet and I loved the characters, including Derek, David's brother.
Well, that might not be true.
This was such a nice story! It was short and sweet and I loved the characters, including Derek, David's brother.
July 12, 2018
excuse me but this was ADORABLE
i love crushes. i love having them and i love reading about them. i especially love crushes that go unrequited for long periods of time but have a HAPPY ENDING.
and i really fcking love sweet little novellas. they usually disappoint me but this one didn't. totally recommend if you like a lil male on male smutty smut.
i love crushes. i love having them and i love reading about them. i especially love crushes that go unrequited for long periods of time but have a HAPPY ENDING.
and i really fcking love sweet little novellas. they usually disappoint me but this one didn't. totally recommend if you like a lil male on male smutty smut.
March 13, 2022
2.5 ⭐️ - didn’t feel it
January 2, 2016
I don't know if it's more from my abject disappointment in most of the other stories this year that's helping to color in how very, very much I enjoyed this...but screw it. I enjoyed the hell out of this!
There's no reinvention of the wheel here. It's pretty much an unrequited becomes requited love story. With a really good sex scene thrown in. Yum. Sweet, and (thank god) in no way stalker creepy, David's loved Wiley since he was sixteen and his brother, Derek, first brought him home.
When Wiley and his roommate have an argument that leaves Wiley in need of a place to crash for the month before his lease is up he ends up crashing on Derek and David's couch.
Love ensues.
I will definitely be checking out Karen Stivali's other work.
There's no reinvention of the wheel here. It's pretty much an unrequited becomes requited love story. With a really good sex scene thrown in. Yum. Sweet, and (thank god) in no way stalker creepy, David's loved Wiley since he was sixteen and his brother, Derek, first brought him home.
When Wiley and his roommate have an argument that leaves Wiley in need of a place to crash for the month before his lease is up he ends up crashing on Derek and David's couch.
Love ensues.
I will definitely be checking out Karen Stivali's other work.
July 14, 2015
I loved, loved, loved this story. It was pretty much all of my favourite things in one short, sweet package.
Though technically Wiley is David's brother, Derek's, best friend, he has been a family friend for so long that he's good friends with David too. So, basically, I'm counting this as friends-to-lovers - which floats my boat.
It had it all, yearning, feelings, hot 'n' sexy times and oh-so-yummy romantic moments. The whole kit 'n' caboodle of what I want to read in a short story was found in these pages. Perfect!
Though technically Wiley is David's brother, Derek's, best friend, he has been a family friend for so long that he's good friends with David too. So, basically, I'm counting this as friends-to-lovers - which floats my boat.
It had it all, yearning, feelings, hot 'n' sexy times and oh-so-yummy romantic moments. The whole kit 'n' caboodle of what I want to read in a short story was found in these pages. Perfect!
August 3, 2015
5 X-Ray vision stars
This was an amazing short read. I loved it!!!
This was an amazing short read. I loved it!!!
June 28, 2015
Thanks to the author for participating and offering this freebie.
Light, sexy, fun. It's all a very familiar trope, exactly what was requested by the prompter with no surprises, but it's done well.
I really liked the dynamic between the two boys, and the friendship between brothers.
Light, sexy, fun. It's all a very familiar trope, exactly what was requested by the prompter with no surprises, but it's done well.
I really liked the dynamic between the two boys, and the friendship between brothers.
June 29, 2015
*3.5 stars*
This was a lovely short. Light and so much sexy.
Great job!
This was a lovely short. Light and so much sexy.
Great job!
August 16, 2015
Adorable and hot as hell. Recommended.
October 29, 2020
David is in love with his brother Derek’s best friend, Wiley. This love has started five years ago when he met him for the first time. Derek always knew about his brother’s feelings for his friend but he always kept saying to his brother that the guy is straight and that he should look somewhere else. When Wiley has a fight with his roommate he ends up staying with the guys and sleeping on the couch. This becomes torture to David as he will keep seeing his love in front of him every morning without being able to do anything about it. One day Wiley helps David with his assignment that needs a model to pose for him and that is the day everything changes for both. The night of that day is the night David has been waiting for for a long time. The story consists of six chapters and is narrated from David’s point of view.
The story has three characters and all three are very likable. David is a kind and helpful guy. His relationship with Derek is adorable. It is good to read a story in which two siblings get along very well even when they are sexually different. The chemistry between the two main characters is really cute. I feel these are characters that every reader will root for them. The sex in this story is light and soft, nothing hardcore. I guess the author wanted to focus more on the romance than the erotic physical side. For me, the biggest problem with this story is the trope where the two protagonists are in love with each other for a long time (five years in this story) but both doing nothing about it. This trope never works for me. I don’t find it believable especially when it is between two males. I feel if it was one of them being in love and the other not and just realizing it now is a more believable situation. I find instant love is more convincing than this trope as well. Despite not being a fan of this trope I still think Tonight is a very good M/M story and let us not forget to mention that it has a sexy cover too!
The Review
The story has three characters and all three are very likable. David is a kind and helpful guy. His relationship with Derek is adorable. It is good to read a story in which two siblings get along very well even when they are sexually different. The chemistry between the two main characters is really cute. I feel these are characters that every reader will root for them. The sex in this story is light and soft, nothing hardcore. I guess the author wanted to focus more on the romance than the erotic physical side. For me, the biggest problem with this story is the trope where the two protagonists are in love with each other for a long time (five years in this story) but both doing nothing about it. This trope never works for me. I don’t find it believable especially when it is between two males. I feel if it was one of them being in love and the other not and just realizing it now is a more believable situation. I find instant love is more convincing than this trope as well. Despite not being a fan of this trope I still think Tonight is a very good M/M story and let us not forget to mention that it has a sexy cover too!
The Review
July 1, 2016
Tonight
by Karen Stivali is a quick and dirty read. It was published and sponsored by the Goodreads M/ M Romance Group for their Love is an Open Road event. You could get it for free thanks to the author and to the said group. I accidentally found it on the Kindle Store.
It tells the story of David, a gay, art student living with his older brother, Derek. He has been in love with his brother’s best friend, Wiley, since the day they first met. For years, Derek has been reminding him again and again that Wiley is straight, so David never took a chance to confess his true feelings for him.
Wiley gets into a fight with his roommate, which leads him to staying in Derek and David’s apartment, and sleeping on their couch. Things start to get heated when he volunteers to pose for David’s major art project - which needs to be finished, when the model doesn’t show up.
This book is adorable! I was grinning as I was reading it because the characters are just so cute, especially David whom I have really liked since the very first page. It was also a bonus that David’s an art student. I love artist characters because somehow I could relate to them and what they are talking about in that particular subject.
The way the three guys treat each other looked so fun and they were really like a family. They seemed so close with each other, so David’s love for Wiley was something that could either make or break things for the three of them. It was exciting!
The story gradually turns from cute to steamy and hot. It will keep you reading, without a pause, until you reach the ending.
The writing was good and simple. It was easy to follow. The only problem I had with it was that it kept on emphasizing the title. Maybe it was just me who noticed that but, please, stop saying ‘Tonight’. I got it already.
I really enjoyed this! I recommend this to those who would want to read a short but steamy gay romance, and to fans of the New Adult genre.
It tells the story of David, a gay, art student living with his older brother, Derek. He has been in love with his brother’s best friend, Wiley, since the day they first met. For years, Derek has been reminding him again and again that Wiley is straight, so David never took a chance to confess his true feelings for him.
Wiley gets into a fight with his roommate, which leads him to staying in Derek and David’s apartment, and sleeping on their couch. Things start to get heated when he volunteers to pose for David’s major art project - which needs to be finished, when the model doesn’t show up.
This book is adorable! I was grinning as I was reading it because the characters are just so cute, especially David whom I have really liked since the very first page. It was also a bonus that David’s an art student. I love artist characters because somehow I could relate to them and what they are talking about in that particular subject.
The way the three guys treat each other looked so fun and they were really like a family. They seemed so close with each other, so David’s love for Wiley was something that could either make or break things for the three of them. It was exciting!
The story gradually turns from cute to steamy and hot. It will keep you reading, without a pause, until you reach the ending.
The writing was good and simple. It was easy to follow. The only problem I had with it was that it kept on emphasizing the title. Maybe it was just me who noticed that but, please, stop saying ‘Tonight’. I got it already.
I really enjoyed this! I recommend this to those who would want to read a short but steamy gay romance, and to fans of the New Adult genre.
July 9, 2015
I read this a while ago, so my review may be a bit barren, but I till want to note that I thoroughly enjoyed this. It was hot and sexy with just a dash of secretiveness that makes me so excited. I do wish it had been longer and I think it could be expanded quite a bit, but for the length that it was, it was quite nice.
Also, I am a firm believer that there needs to be more brother/brothers best friend stories out there. Deeeelicious.
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I'll review later.
After I've gotten food.
And a life.
So maybe a little while later.
Who knows?
ANYWHO.
Onward, heathen soldiers!
Also, I am a firm believer that there needs to be more brother/brothers best friend stories out there. Deeeelicious.
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I'll review later.
After I've gotten food.
And a life.
So maybe a little while later.
Who knows?
ANYWHO.
Onward, heathen soldiers!
October 13, 2015
Loved this! It was a sweet, romantic, sexy story! I'm usually a bit 'meh' when it comes to frottage being the only sex scene, but this one really was very sexy, lots of passion which was HOT!
Loved that we got a little story with David and Wiley as well. I loved David's infatuation with Wiley and how he knew all these little things about him.
Loved that we got a little story with David and Wiley as well. I loved David's infatuation with Wiley and how he knew all these little things about him.
July 30, 2015
Adorable.
July 7, 2015
This contribution to the Love is an open Road event on GR is a nice romance... an entertaining written feel-good short-story. Recommended. :)
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