Who doesn’t like a few fireworks? Shooting into the night sky, they inspire awe and wonder. Fairs and celebrations, good food and friends, that’s what a fireworks shows are all about, and so are the three stories in this collection!
Vic Winters’ Fingerstains is all about Jaime, a migrant worker who meets the man of his dreams at a fair, a man whose hands are just as stained as his from hard work. BA Tortuga brings back Sonny and MJ from Racing the Moon for explosive distractions, proving a bored MJ is a scary thing. And Sean Michael’s Little Explosions proves that even a cop and a doctor can find fun on the Fourth of July. Don’t miss these hot tales! Light your fuse today!
Heat in real life is the bane of Vic’s life, whose favorite season is winter, and Vic’s life is far more mundane than fiction. And when it comes to fiction, the hotter the better is Vic’s motto. Make it romantic, make it sexy, make it erotic, but definitely make it hot.
Explosive Distractions by B.A. Tortuga - Half a star. Only later I'd learn that it is part of a series; definitely, it's not a standalone, this was absolutely unintelligible for me. It would must have had a prior warning. Maybe I'll go back to this shortie and modify my score after reading the series, some day.
Three very short story about love and fireworks, better about a love that is better than fireworks and sparks like that
Fingerstains by Vic Winter: This is my favourite. Jaime is a young mexican worker (with the fingers stained by his work as berry picker) who meets Seth, one of the man who works for the fireworks. Seth has the fingers stained by the gunpower, and this fact links him to Jaime. Jaime is very young and innocent and the tale is tender and natural. Vic Winter manages to write a complete story in only few pages.
Explosive Distractions by BA Tortuga: MJ and Sonny from Racing the Moon take a little vacation in Florida to see the fireworks. But it's MJ who sets the fire not the fireworks.
Little Explosions by Sean Michael: Dan and Bruce, doctor and cop in an holiday day. They have to work hard and take a double shift but at the end they meet and share a need of life and joy that overwhelm the tireness. Maybe is the start of something more, maybe it's only an huge firework that will be consummed the day after, but it fires hard in the meantime.
In this three tale the passion flames soon and mighty and sets a fire in the men around. After the passion it's up to love to feed the fire.
A very enjoyable fast reading to take a lovely break.