Cake with the King

by Megan Derr

A lonely king, an infatuated bodyguard, a slice of fancy cake.

Note: This was a cute, short bit written on tumblr for fun, and published here for the convenience of readers.

Genres: Fantasy, M M Romance, Romance, Royalty, LGBT, Short Stories, Ebooks

8 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 14, 2018

About the author

Megan is a long time resident of queer romance and keeps herself busy reading and writing it. She is often accused of fluff and nonsense. When she’s not involved in writing, she likes to cook, harass her wife and cats, or watch movies. She loves to hear from readers and can be found all over the internet.

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@meganaderr

Reviews

[Ami · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute. Wouldn't mind to see it being expanded to a longer story.

[CARISSA E · Rating 1 out of 5]

12/2/2018- Could have been a cute short story but the wording killed it for me. The main character is Jaya a guard for the king. He refers to the king as him and he but refers to himself as they, them, and their. As if he's more than one person. It was so damn ANNOYING and therefore I hated this even though I usually love Megan Derr......

[Rebs ✿ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very cute, very short story centered around cake. What more could you ask for.

[⭐Toonasa⭐ •Romance Book Lovers' Haven• · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a super short (only ~10 pages) MX story which I found as it originated a meme/plot idea 😌. I didn't even realise & I'd completed it in like 10min 🤣.

It's in 3rd person POV, Jaya is King Akhil's bodyguard. The lonely king loves food & sweets, so this time he asks his loyal & dear bodyguard for taste tasting! Yeah, that's it— it's bonus 😂 sized. It's cute, with (seemingly) mutual crushes.

This was my intro to the author & it's cool that MCs' names are Indian (like me). Everyone else uses he/she but Jaya (while a female name, coincidence?) uses they/them & I hate that other readers had issue with that. Only couple lines are confusing & even then easily understood by context (while yes, 1st person POVs are better for it). I loved the genderfluid/enbi rep ❤️.

I wonder if this will get expanded. I got it for #free on #smashwords! I didn't expect it on #Goodreads but cool it is, helped my reading challenge 😆.

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[Relly · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.75 ⭐️

Very short story. I didn’t fully get into it as it was only 1 scene and finished just as it began. What was there was cute but it needed to be longer

[Shelba · Rating 2 out of 5]

First, the cover is gorgeous.

Second, while this was cute, it was really just way to be considered anything but a vignette. I would have loved to see this expanded upon like with The High King's Golden Tongue. This would have made a lovely short story.

Third. I don't think I've read a book with a character that uses they/them/their pronouns. I have read ze/zir before and would have preferred that, because the use of "they" pronouns in this short scene was confusing at first, as the way it was used wasn't clear if they was a singular or plural persons.

[Sev · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short, sweet & cute. Quite good too, the only reason I didn't give more stars is because it's a tease. Gets an appetite all worked up, now where's the rest of the book? Because I would so read more about these two ... if only there was more. 3 and a half stars.

[Lillian Francis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet.

[Monique · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short and sweet, perfect!!

[ren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exactly as advertised.

It's tiny. It's sweet. And it's thoroughly enjoyable. Took me less than five minutes to read. Free on amazon, so it costs you nothing to see if I'm right.

[Katherine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This really is best described as a tiny bite of sweet! With some very cute and innocent flirting over some delicious cake, it was a simple and sweet little read that is well worth the time!

[Rissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this author's works! Every time I read something from her, I always want more. I'm making a resolution this year to read more of her books.

[Seregil · Rating 2 out of 5]

super short, so really nothing much going on

[Luce · Rating 4 out of 5]

Why wasn’t it longer 😢

[Viv · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was so cute and, coming to think of it, maybe the first story out of a they/them perspective I read. Which I loved.

This super short story was originally posted on tumblr.

I'm going to find myself more Megan Ferr now.

[(╯`▭´）╯︵ ǝɔnɒꓷ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too short. But still super cute.

[Vii · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty cute.

[Natalie H · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super short and belongs in an anthology more than as a single. Not much to say about this one. Guess it was sweet.

[Sky · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sweet but way to short, just as it was about to rlly start the book ended :/

[Delena666 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not really a story, not even a chapter of a story, just a sketch of a scene.

[Nix Buttons · Rating 3 out of 5]

It took not even five minutes to read, which makes it difficult to rate. Though I would love to see Derr expand it, this titbit has potential.

[HanakaLu · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 cute ⭐️

It was soooo cute omg 😳 !
I would’ve like it to be longer... 🙊🧐

But, yeah, I loved it ! 🥰