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Flinch
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David Bourdon isn’t over his ex.
He misses their old life. He misses Ann-Marie’s laugh, her sultry voice, the way she swears like a sailor.
He had good reasons for leaving her. She can do better than him. He’s messed up; she’s not.
But now Ann-Marie wants him back. On one condition: he has to be honest with her, for the very first time. About what he likes. What he wants her to do to him.
He thought leaving her took all the courage he had. He was wrong.
David Bourdon isn’t over his ex.
He misses their old life. He misses Ann-Marie’s laugh, her sultry voice, the way she swears like a sailor.
He had good reasons for leaving her. She can do better than him. He’s messed up; she’s not.
But now Ann-Marie wants him back. On one condition: he has to be honest with her, for the very first time. About what he likes. What he wants her to do to him.
He thought leaving her took all the courage he had. He was wrong.
28 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 7, 2016
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L. Setterby
3 books11 followersL. Setterby writes gritty, suspenseful contemporary romance. As London Setterby, she also writes modern-day Gothics and fantasy romances. Under both names, she writes across the LGBTQ+ spectrum. London lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and toddler. She is usually covered in cracker crumbs.
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January 28, 2019
It's short, so I wasn't definitively convinced in the reunited romance trope - but as an erotic short story featuring a masochist hero (hard to find in Romancelandia!) it worked very well for me. A good introduction to the author's style and voice. I loved her novel Breathe, so naturally I really liked this.
May 11, 2019
I'm not a big short story person when it comes to romance, but Wendy the Super Librarian loves Setterby and suggested Flinch as an introduction to her work. And who am I to complain when it's free and I have a long flight ahead of me?
It's truly a short story, clocking in at under 30 pages, and as a result there's not much story here. David needs pain in order to enjoy sex, but he never told his ex that. He tells her when they meet by chance, leading to an erotic hotel room encounter.
On the good side, masochistic men are thin on the ground so I'm glad to see one as the hero. The writing is fine, the sex scene is fine, it's.. fine.
Flinch didn't blow my mind, but it's unfair to expect that at this length. I liked it enough enough to try out Setterby's novels in the future, so there's that.
It's truly a short story, clocking in at under 30 pages, and as a result there's not much story here. David needs pain in order to enjoy sex, but he never told his ex that. He tells her when they meet by chance, leading to an erotic hotel room encounter.
On the good side, masochistic men are thin on the ground so I'm glad to see one as the hero. The writing is fine, the sex scene is fine, it's.. fine.
Flinch didn't blow my mind, but it's unfair to expect that at this length. I liked it enough enough to try out Setterby's novels in the future, so there's that.
November 17, 2018
BLESS authors who generously provide free novellas.
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