H.L. Holston

Recruited: 1 Star. A police officer is recruited to join an “elite” agency (at which, apparently, new agents are recruited by having sex with them) (if it sounds like a bad porno, well, you got it in one). “Recruited” reads like the first chapter of a novel, not a short story, and is riddled with typographical and/or grammatical errors.
The Last Easy Day: 3 stars. Navy Seals in training, in service, and in love. Sweet. Much better researched than the final story, “Training Buds” (which is also about BUD/S training but very vague on the details).
Love Undercover: 3 Stars. DUC cop whose biker gang finds a patrolman snooping on their property.
Hand to Hand: 2 Stars. Not much to this readable but forgettable H/C romance between an officer and his subordinate.
One More Time: 1 Star. Gay-for-you romance, only tangentially related to law enforcement, about small-town cop who can’t possibly be gay, even though he lusts after a (barely legal) neighbor. We’re back with the bad grammar.
Training Buds: 1 Star. Two gay sailors in BUD/S training (spelled BUDs in this story). Very vague on the details of the training (compared to “The Last Easy Day”).… (mehr)

I was hoping the title would be a sign that this was humorous, or witty, or starring NPH, but unfortunately it fell short. Dante and Chris are best friends. When Dante hears that he isn't likely to get a role because he's a reckless playboy (my words, not the story's), he concocts a plan for Chris to be his pretend boyfriend. Chris goes along with it reluctantly, but eventually it turns to more. I'm not quite sure how or when it turned to more. Much of the story was Dante being a jerk and Chris forgiving him. Other than them being best friends, I don't see what Chris saw in Dante, especially since he has up until here been straight. I wasn't wowed.… (mehr)

Out today, 4 March 2013! A great collection of stories about emergency workers and the men they fall in love (or lust) with. Yes, one of the stories is mine. "Please, Doctor" is about Patrick, who is obsessed with doctors... A serious-looking man in a white coat gets him hot enough to do…anything to please the physician.

And, to celebrate the anthology, today only, all M/M titles are 25% off at Total-E-Bound.
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