About Between Want and Need To
by Kris Dylan
127 pages / 61500 words
ISBN: 1-934166-12-X, 978-1-934-166-12-3
Available file types - html, lit, pdf, prc
Finn Dixon is a confused professional photographer who reluctantly finds himself shooting a catalogue for a mail-order company in the mountains of Glacier National Park. On the shoot he finds himself drawn to a gay set stylist, Josh Kinney.
His attraction to Josh forces Finn to deal with issues in his past and to finally come to terms with his sexuality and his life. Can these two find their picture perfect ending?
Review
Alexa Snow, author of Clear Cut, writes : Between Want and Need To is a story of true romance. It's not all hearts and flowers, but in the end it leaves the reader with a feeling of immense happiness and satisfaction.
Finn Dixon had a degree in photojournalism and wants to be taking Pulitzer Prize winning, artistic photographs. Instead, he's working as a camera-carrier in the field of fashion photography. Joshua Kinney is a stylist on one of the same shoots as Finn when they meet, and soon they're deeper into a relationship than Finn has ever been. With a history of sexual abuse darkening Finn's past, there are more obstacles in the path to their happiness than most couples, but they've got honesty and determination on their side.
This story made me smile many times; even though there are times when the characters experience less than smooth sailing, deep down I believed that everything was going to be okay for them whether they ended up together or not. The writing is deft and quick, and the dialogue so realistic that I was instantly swept up in the story.
Definitely recommended.
Sample
Prologue
The clock says 5:45 A.M. We're early risers and we're usually up by now, but we hit a few clubs last night. Josh got drunk, and now he's lying on his stomach with his arms curled and tucked under the pillow, sleeping like a baby, naked under the greenish-gray cotton sheets. He looks so cute. I sit against the headboard and watch him for a few minutes, just taking him in, his freckled shoulders, his lean back, his silky red-gold hair falling over his face. The mounds of his ass are plump and tempting under the sheets, and I start to get an erection.
It's time for him to wake up anyway, I reason to myself. Sliding over, I grab the corner of the sheet and inch it off him, trying not to wake him, until it falls free and his beautiful curved butt cheeks and long legs are exposed. I position myself on my knees straddling his legs, looking down at the huge scar on his right thigh and hip where the skin grafts took hold. He hides them from most people, but I think they're beautiful. I lightly put my hands on his cheeks. He shifts in his sleep and lets out a little grunt, starting to surface. Grinning, I use my hands to gently spread his ass, exposing his tight pinkish hole. Before he can ease awake, I lean down and start licking the tender skin.
"Jesus, fuck!" Josh is instantly awake, uttering his favorite filthy exclamation of shock and pleasure, while my tongue circles his cute butt hole. His taste and his scent overwhelm me. I have no hesitation about doing this now. It's not something I do daily, but when I do, I make sure
I do it right. His hands grip the bed as he whimpers and lifts his ass to my face, spread out under me, writhing on the sheets. I stiffen my tongue into a hard spear and push it in, past the ring of his sphincter that tightens, flexes, and allows me in eagerly. Slowly, I move it in and out, teasing.
"Oh God," he breathes. "Don't stop; don't stop."
I laugh softly, pulling away long enough to speak. "Good morning."
"Fuck, yes, it is," he chokes.
"Like it, baby?"
"Oh, yeah..."
"Want me to make it even better?"