Bargaining

by Rhianne Aile, Madeleine Urban

“How do I know you know what you’re doing?”

Les and Weber are finally together, in each other’s arms… and they run right into an unexpected problem: neither man bottoms. They’ll need to find just the right combination of trust and lust to help them find their way through this new venture of pleasure.

Genres: M M Romance, Contemporary, Romance, Short Stories, Erotica, Gay

13 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Rhianne Aile has an unhealthy relationship with her computer, iced tea, and chocolate. Growing up, she split her time between Oklahoma and Chicago, making her equally fond of horses, skyscrapers, cowboys, and men in well-tailored suits. Facilitating retreats for women and authors keeps her traveling enough to stay happy.

Reviews

[Major English (Laura) · Rating 2 out of 5]

First off, this story is just one long sex scene (and not even a hot one at that!) about two "tops" who "bargain" (see title) with each other to bottom for each other. So this is not a story, but just a long sex scene about the men agreeing to bottom for each other.

And while the idea that this story just describes sex sounds very simple, I thought the story was confusing. The language and action in the story suggested that these were two gay men who were friends who have finally decided to have sex together, even though they had fooled around some in the past..

Then about halfway through, it is suggested it is a "gay for you" experience...

At one point Weber says, when placing a finger into Les, "Fuck, you feel so much tighter than a woman." And this line just threw me off completely. Why would Weber say that? From their lingo in the first part of the story, they talked about always topping and not bottoming, so they must have had sex with men before... And they knew very specific details as to have sex with men... So I'm confused, why would Weber compare Les to a woman?

There was so little detail in this story, I have no idea as to these two men's relationship with each other or their sexual orientation or anything else about them for that matter.

Also, this story is definitely a case of misused pronouns, so that when the word "he" was mentioned, I didn't know if the narration meant Les or Weber.

Also, I found the names of Les and Weber incredibly distracting. I just kept of thinking of Weber Charcoal Grills. Or I would combine Les and Weber and think of "Wes."

Whatever, I didn't really like it. It wasn't romantic, it wasn't cute. It wasn't hot. I didn't get the feeling that these people were friends. It was very novice-like writing.

[Chris · Rating 2 out of 5]

Steamy short m/m romance about two friends who finally get together, only to discover they're both tops. This story will work best for those unconcerned about realism in refractory periods or condom use.

[Kelly (Maybedog) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting question, one I’ve thought about a lot. I was in a seminar once where a guy said that he and his partner were both bottoms so they never had penetrative sex. I’ve never understood that. Is it that repulsive that they can’t sometimes give in when they love someone? I guess so. I guess a lot of women won’t have anal sex. (I actually like it but I had to try it to figure that out and that was because my partner desperately wanted it. He tried stuff I wanted as well.)

The thing I didn’t like about this story was that it started out of thin air. Only a little was revealed during the course of the encounter through their small amount of comments. I would have preferred a page or so of them getting ready to jump into bed and some of the basic story coming out then. It could be done with minimal telling.

The sex was hot, even if they did come way too many times in a very little time period, and it was a cute, if predictable, ending.

[Zaa · Rating 4 out of 5]

menarik juga membaca novel pendek kolaborasi 2 author wanita - Madeleine Urban & Rhianne Aile ini.
Mengisahkan tentang Les dan Weber, dua sahabat yang sejak lama saling memiliki ketertarikan satu sama lain, hingga pada suatu saat mereka memutuskan untuk tidur bersama.
Yang menarik, keduanya sedikit berdebat tentang posisi dalam hubungan sexual. Keduanya sama menginginkan menjadi pihak yang Top, bukan yg Bottom :p
Dengan segala upaya Les mencoba merayu Weber seraya memintanya berkompromi (win win solution. Hasilnya, Weber boleh menjadi pihak yang Top asalkan Les juga diberi kesempatan yang sama.

"I want nothing less than your ass. I'll bottom for you-if you'll bottom for me." LOL
dan tanpa menunggu persetujuan Weber lebih lanjut les pun memulai aksinya terlebih dahulu.
Hingga menjelang akhir buku, kedudukan keduanya seimbang: dalam arti mereka bergantian posisi sexual.
Lucunya, keduanya kembali berargumentasi sesaat setelah menuntaskan hasrat, hanya saja yg menjadi persoalan baru adalah kali ini keduanya menginginkan posisi bottom :D

Bargaining merupakan kompilasi antara sentuhan humor & erotisme. madreleine dan Rhianne seakan memberikan kesan didalam buku ini, bahkan erotisme kental yg ditemukan dalam bukupu bisa terasa ringan dan lucu untuk dibaca.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a short, hot and sexy little story about best friends turned lovers. They start out arguing who gets to top due to them both being afraid to bottom for the first time. After "Bargaining," they take turns and find out they love bottoming so much, they don't want to top. There isn't a lot of plot substance to this story. It's mainly sex, but enjoyable none-the-less.

[Nene · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a cute little pwp with two guys who both want to do the naughty, but neither wants to be the bottom. So they make a bargain...very hot, and made me grin at the end which is a bonus. :D

[Mountie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two best friends, too horny, two tops. Let the fun commence. :-)

[Ro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short and funny sex scene between two best friends who are now falling in love.

[Sasha Devlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This surprised me. It's a rather short story but it packs a lot in. It was also funnier than I expected and sweet. I really enjoyed this one.

[Penny · Rating 2 out of 5]

I needed more background on the characters and, therefore, I wasn't able to really connect with the story.