CHARLIE I was truly, madly, deeply, in love after one night. How was that even possible? He ticked the last box on my European bucket list. And I got more than I bargained for. Could this beary Daddy be the one?
My body craved Mr. Mystery Bear. I needed the care and attention he gave me, even if it was just for one more night. But first, I needed to find him.
DOMEN I met him through an app in a foreign country, and he was all I could think about. A sweet, teddy hugging little. Was he the missing piece I’d been searching for?
He had to be the one. I knew his body, his desires, his wants, yet I didn’t even know his real name. But when I find out, I’ll tattoo it on my heart.
Crossing paths again seems unlikely, but the Bears-4-U world is small.
A Daddy bear is in want of his teddy bear. Will they find their beary ever after?
Stuff Me is a low angst, high heat DDlb novel. It’s part of the Bears-4-U multi-author series. The Bears-4-U dating app is all about putting Bears and Teddy Bears together for their honey-sweet HEAs. Psst, no real bears involved. Each book can be read as a standalone, but why not snuggle up with all the bears?
Heya! I'm Joe Satoria, I write sweet and spicy MM romances.
I mostly write Daddies and D/s dynamics in my pairings... some soft and sweet, other dark and dangerous.
As a queer person using he/they pronouns, I am an own voices author, which means you're reading through the eyes of lived experience... only the gay relationships part, definitely not the dangerous Daddies... oops!
If you want to read a light undemanding story, this one is good, but unfortunately not for more. It wasn't so much that I was bored right from the start, I could have stopped at any time. No, I wanted to read this book because of the age-play and the promised teddy bears. While Daddy Domen and boy Charlie are good characters and the idea of the story is solid, the execution is unfortunately half-assed. 🙄 The first quarter of the book is wasted on the two not finding each other again. Then there's the first sleepover and the annoying best friend practically has to be there. Then the annoying friend is supposed to be paired up with Domen's brothers and Domen's family is annoyingly nosy. I just wanted the relationship to develop ... 😕 Well, and in terms of age-play ... there were a few nice cute scenes. The two stars are for the teddy tea party. That was all too short and without depth, but still, it was fun to read this.
I tried it specifically because I was interested in the kinks, but the writing wasn't working for me. I'll probably give the author and the series another shot down the line.
i really wanted to love this book. dom/charlie were cute together, but everyone else i could have done without. dom’s family, as well as charlie’s bff, estelle, were so annoying that i ending up skimming the pages whenever they were around.
If you are a fan of insta-love vibes, you will enjoy this read. I am not one of those people so I found myself completely removed from the characters. I did enjoy the friendship aspect between each MC and their besties, so 3⭐️ for vibes.
A typical "lonely teddy bear seeking Daddy bear" story with one new twist; "teddy bear" Charlie encounters "Daddy bear" Domen, by chance on a vacation in Europe and the chemistry is hot and immediate. But Charlie and Domen fail to get the other's name AND phone number upon parting.
The remainder of the book is divided between the two men attempting to locate each other in the U.S.A. and their attempt to nurture a deeply desired relationship.
Everything in this tale is no better than average. Plot, dialogue, characters and world-building were all average. Numerous editing errors deducted .25 stars from the rating.
I know characters are into some kinky practices, but a grown, supposedly mature, man wearing a onesie with teddy bears on it throughout nearly the entire book, no matter the occasion? A bit over-the-top for me.
Unlike most Daddy/little romances, this one starts out steamy and builds the daddy/boy relationship after they reconnect... I honestly wasn't sure if I was going to like this when it was so in your face sexy to begin with, but Joe brought the sweet really well and made me love their relationship!
Stuff Me was a great start to this series and I can't wait to see how the other nine authors incorporate the Bears-4-U theme into their stories!) One new book every Friday!
I did not like the way this was written. The dialogue was stilted, especially in the sex scenes. I didn't buy that the two men felt any kind of connection. Just a big nope for me.
4,5 stars Stuff Me by Joe Satoria is part of the Bears-4-U series by multiple authors. This book is about Charlie and Domen. They met in a different country without knowing each others names. Now that they are back in the USA can they find each other.....
I loved their story. It was sweet, sexy, full of feels and very well written. It's my favorite Joe Satoria book now!! Swoon!!
This was my first read from Mr. Satoria. The story was super cute and rather steamy.
This book gets into the "littles" kink, a relatively new concept for me. I'm on the small size of average myself, and I love those guys you see who are absolute beasts. You know the kind, barrel-chested, 6" 4' and full of muscles, thick beards, and fur poking out everywhere? Yeah, that's a 'dear god I'm melting' scenario.
So now imagine yourself - a small little bear (a 'pocket bear' if you will) - finding yourself with one of the beasties - and snuggling in...there - you got yourself a little scenario.
Satoria takes it one step further by adding in some age regression scenes as well. This sent up some potential taboo flags, but Satoria danced the line extremely well. While we were exploring tea parties with teddy bears and protectionism vs caretaking, I never got the impression of this verging into inappropriate territory...so well done!
If you like the idea of massive arms wrapping themselves around you, cute fluffy teddies, and surprisingly adorable goats (yes, there are goats!), then get yourself a little and a monster bear. Cuddle up with your best stuffie, and a blanket, and relax into a sweet adorable read.
Daddy Domen Finally Gets His Teddy Bear Loving Little In Charlie
A hookup in a different country was wild and unforgettable. Daddy Domen had a wonderful hookup but ran out without getting his little name or number. Then loses his phone and had no way of getting in touch with Charlie. Luck was with them to meet up again in New York. It was a wild ride for them to make their relationship work but when it's true love it has a way to work out in the end.
Charlie is a new college student, just starting out at the business that makes his beloved teddy bears. Domen is in the family business of goat farming and maple syrup. They meet in a hook up while on vacation in Madrid, having a one night stand, leaving each other without even thier names. Fate seems to have other plans. A little more on the gratuitous sex for me, but still the relationship won me over. Also loved all the side characters, and family in this one. Lust, Love and HEA....
Soul mates will come together, even when they meet out of their normal living area. Take these two for example. Met in Europe, find each other again while on another trip in New York (finally get there names and numbers, and know they live 2 hours from each other). Bears are this little's as life, his best friend learned to understand that. His Daddy bear knew it instinctively. Family and goats can't keep them apart, read it to find out their story.
I loved this book. Charlie knew it was supposed to be one night strings attached. But he cant stop thinking about the man with no name who could be his beary daddy. Domen had one night with a sweet little in a foreign country. Can they find each other again and fall in love?
It's the story of Charlie, a lonely "teddy bear sub", who, while in Europe on vacation, makes a kink website connection with Domen, a handsome "Daddy bear/Dom". The two guys share one night of heat...well, not an entire night...which seemed a bit odd...but hey, it's a story:) Not the heat part, but the way the Daddy bear/Dom behaved afterwards. It seemed that the encounter took all of 5 - wonderful minutes for both of them and then he was out the door. They both knew they were both Americans...both were only on vacation and not residing permanently, in this foreign country, yet they didn't bother to exchange phone numbers or indulge in any type of conversation afterwards??? Where are you from? How long have you been here? What do you do for a living? I had a great time...CAN I CONTACT YOU AGAIN??? That would have been something I would think that anyone that had had any type of encounter...especially a good one... would have wanted to do. Certainly, more than "let's do the deed and don't let the door hit you on the way out".
The character's behaviors frustrated me more than anything else. I began to like Charlie and Domen more after they finally found one another after returning home.... but that was another badly handled thing on Charlie's part for not contacting the subway office to see if someone had turned his lost bag in that had his phone inside. The one character that I didn't like and had no use for, was Charlie's friend, Estelle. She was an unnecessary addition to the story. yes...she was his roommate...but who takes their female, or male for that matter, roommate to a hook-up with their boyfriend, gay or straight? She was everywhere, kept turning up like a "bad penny". Clingy, and obnoxious best describes her.
I like Joe Satoria's writing, and this was by no means a "bad book". I really did enjoy a great deal of it, especially all of Charlie's "stuffies". I want my romance books to have a happy ending, and I did get that. Domen turns out to be the best character in the book though.... even if he wasn't "stuffed":)
Charlie used the Bears-4-U app when he was on holiday in Europe and met a Daddy where they shared one night of passion and aftercare. Having got back home to the US he craved the man he met but they hadn't shared full names or numbers and so he needed to find him. Domen had met the sweet teddy-hugging Little in Europe but he was all he could think about. Crossing paths again seems unlikely but all he can do is keep looking for him and hope that they can meet somehow.
Domen was such a great guy and determined to give Charlie every opportunity to have his chosen career even if it meant they had to live a couple of hours apart. I loved the mutual respect they had for each other and that even though they were a Daddy and a Little they were also two grown men who could work together and have a fulfilling life and career. Easy to read, feel and understand. This MM story contained MM content with a BSDM-like DDLB relationship.
IIntéressante relation amoureuse et familiale. Mais un oeu soulant. J'ai décroché à un moment.
📖 À la recherche d'un adorable papa ours.
CHARLIE __ J'étais vraiment, follement, profondément amoureuse après une nuit. Comment était-ce possible ? Il a coché la dernière case de ma liste de choses à faire en Europe. Et j'ai eu plus que ce que j'avais prévu. Est-ce que ce papa ours pouvait être l'homme qu'il me fallait ? Mon corps avait envie de M. Mystery Bear. J'avais besoin des soins et de l'attention qu'il me donnait, même si ce n'était que pour une nuit de plus. Mais d'abord, je devais le trouver.
DOMEN __ Je l'ai rencontré via une application dans un pays étranger, et je ne pensais qu'à lui. Un petit être adorable et câlin. Était-il la pièce manquante que je cherchais ? Il devait être celui-là. Je connaissais son corps, ses désirs, ses envies, mais je ne connaissais même pas son vrai nom. Mais quand je le saurai, je le tatouerai sur mon cœur. Il semble peu probable que nous nous croisions à nouveau, mais le monde des Bears-4-U est petit.
Un papa ours est à la recherche de son ours en peluche. Retrouveront-ils leur ours pour toujours ? 📚
I tried, but I just couldn't get into this book. The MC's do an app meet up, jump straight into bed & wham, bam, thank you beary Daddy, then hightails it out of there (poorly given advice from friends). Then we read about them wanting to find each other because they felt a connection. However I just didn't feel any real connection between them. From there it drones on individually about their jobs & I ended up skimming because I was bored. This book seems to have garnered several 5 star reviews, so maybe it was just me. If you choose to read it, the I hope it gives you the 5 star feel.
Interesting story. The writing needs an editor...it's pretty sloppy. Run on sentences, rambling paragraphs, and dangling modifiers.
Here's a favorite :
"Undressing him from his spot on the bed, I took care of his entire body, make sure to massage at every inch of his skin as he slowly became naked with more items of clothes removed."
(I hadn't noticed the "make" instead of "making.") ""As he slowly became naked with more items of clothes removed." That cracks me up. Anyway, I love that people put their stories out there. I just wish the world valued editing.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
This book has a cute premise but is overly rushed. I can handle sexy first then working into a relationship which seem to be common in many books of this type but it simply is not well executed and not well thought out in detail. It doesn’t need to be overly complicated but just simply giving the reader more than quick frilly is helpful in getting someone captivated. I have read other daddy/boy books but this author isn’t doing it for me.
The Bears 4 U series is so sweet! And teddy bear loving Charlie is the perfect little. Domen is a Daddy bear of a man and after being matched with Charlie while both on vacation in Europe, he knows that the man he hooked up with was special. But a lost phone and neither getting the others name caused both men to search for the other wherever they were.
This HEA is a sweet read and Joe Astoria is one of my favorite authors!
A sweet and fluffy story. Charlie and Domen have a spicy yet anonymous hookup while they were both vacationing in Spain. Back home neither guy can get the other one out of their mind. By a crazy coincidence they met again and this time they are not letting go. I enjoyed the plot and how Charlie and Domen get to know each other. Domen's family is a hoot and Estelle is a fun character.
I loved everything about this story. The love between them was so obvious. I did worry that they would have a harder job reuniting but I needn't have worried as that happened very quickly. All the teddy bears and goats were fun too. Altogether a sweet love story with a hea
I enjoyed Domen and Charlie’s story. It’s sweet, low angst, and a good start to the Bears-4-U collection. I did have to suspend my disbelief quite a bit to believe even fate could have the MCs reconnect by accident back in the U.S., but I suppose stranger things could happen
Such a cute and fun story of love finding a way! Dom and Charlie had to let go before they could find each other again. I enjoyed the way the characters were written, the deep friendships they had, Dom’s familial relationships. I truly enjoyed the light and sweet storyline. Sometimes I just want the happy ending!
Fluffy!!! It's a very fluffy story! It has all Joe's sweetness, hotness, comfyness plus teddy bears and goats. What else could want? Can't wait to read the next one in this series. I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.
A cute little , a big manly bear, and goats! What a lovely,funny combination! This story was funny and hit you in the feel goods. I really wanted more about this wonderful group of characters!
An accidental loss of his phone may prevent Dom from finding Charlie after a brief, intense encounter in Madrid. But Charlie’s the one! Even if Dom succeeds in finding him will Charlie be interested in a man who milks goats? Enjoy!
This was just a sweet no angst lovely daddy /little book. I would consider it daddy lite because he spends more time big then little,there is little time just not tons,great book to step your toe in if you havent yet ,also no abdl.
This was a sweet, easy read. A little bit of fate and a whole lot of magic brings these two back together after sharing a half hour of sexy time on vacation. In Vermont, playing with goats in sweaters is where it’s at.