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Lax. That was the initial conclusion enigmatic security specialist Max Douglas had drawn of Michael “Finn” Finnegan—Dalton Prep’s beloved English ... read full description

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May 30, 2010
Jimmy rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Finally! A "Men of Smithfield" novel with real emotion between the characters!! *dances happily*

Now, that that's out of the way ... Michael/Mikey/Finn [everyone has their own name for him - it's kind of funny:] is a charming character with just enough kick and snap to balance out his more subdued tendencies. Max comes off detached, separated, and yet there are hints here and there of who he really is. So by the time he [as HE stated:] was "not working" the startli More...
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Oct 20, 2009
Katie(babs) rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Cover Me is the third book in LB Gregg’s Men of Smithfield series. I found the past two books by this author, Gobsmacked and Happy Endings, to be fun and light reads. Cover Me still has some light moments but LB has also written a great suspense mystery in between the pages. If you were a fan of LB’s other books, you will feel the same with Cover Me.

Michael Finnegan is a teacher at the Dalton Boarding School. Over the summer he tutors to make some extra money. He’s having a hard time More...
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Oct 14, 2009
Desert Rose rated it: 3 of 5 stars

This is the 3rd book in the Men Of Smithfield series.

I bought this book from Aspen Mountain Press as a ebook but be warned it's a Male/Male erotic thing :)

Michael Finnegan is hired to tutor Kyle Douglas in some of his studies during the summer.. But then he has and encounter with Kyle's brother, Maxwell that ended up with him firing Michael 'Finn'.

Devastated and hurt he goes back to his school job trying to forget what happened during the summer..
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Oct 07, 2009
Erotic Horizon rated it: 4 of 5 stars
4.25 Stars

When Michael “Finn” Finnegan is fired by security specialist Max Douglas under less than ideal circumstance, he had no idea that a few months later they would be sharing rooms in the same boys dorm.

Finn a drama teacher in a private prep school takes his job as seriously as any teacher would who happen to be responsibly for a bunch of boys. With little to break up their days Finn and the boys gets on like a house and fire, so when he finds out one evening that More...
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Jan 28, 2010
Smokinhotbooks rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Favorite Scene:

Max to Finn (Mike)

Can I F*ck You? {Max says to Mike}

Mike: And like the good teacher I was I said in a sexy whisper "I don't know can you?"


This was recommend to me by EroticRomanceReader and boy am I glad I picked this one up. This is easily one of my favorite books of all time. If you really enjoyed Gobsmack, this is right up there with witty dialouge and interesting characters.

Finn is a teacher that is t More...
Mar 17, 2010
Tiffany rated it: 3 of 5 stars
I must say that I really love L.B. Gregg’s writing style. I enjoyed this installment of the series (tho I use the term loosely, the stories are mostly stand alone) but I have to admit I liked Gobsmacked better.

Cover Me is told from the perspective of Michael “Finn” Finnegan, a college english and drama teacher. While tutoring one summer he meets Max, a sexy security specialist, and they have a crazy hot scene on an office desk. Yet something goes awry and Michael storms out of there More...
Jul 04, 2011
Molli rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Maybe a third of the way into this book, I was pretty sure I'd be leaving a negative review for it. I really didn't care for one of the main characters (Max) and I wasn't sure how the author would bring him around or make him palatable. But I just finished, and I have to say that I maybe liked this better than either Gobsmacked or Happy Ending, at least as far as the story itself goes. It was tense and exciting, and when it ended, I was disappointed that there wasn't more. I was also pretty surp More...
Oct 17, 2009
Jenre rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Cover Me is the third novella in LB Gregg’s ‘Men of Smithfield’ series. It takes place, not in the town of Smithfield itself, but in an exclusive preparatory school for the children of the rich and famous, situated on the outskirts of the town. This lent itself to rather an insular setting which was perfect for this story of stalkers and scary goings on in the small community of the school.

The story begins with a scene set a few months before the start of the main story with an all More...
Feb 05, 2011
Yvonne rated it: 2 of 5 stars
I never warmed up to Max, mainly because there wasn't much to warm up to. He was just too cold a character. I just kept picturing (very, very old reference here) Sergeant Carter from Gomer Pyle, and this is not an image that makes you think romantic hero. The super macho, non communicative man with the emotional, impulsive capricious woman is a cliche in hetero romance fiction & one of the reasons I stopped reading so many of them. I don't really need to see this cliche repeated in the m/m rom More...
Apr 14, 2011
Wendy rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Second time was a charm for me! I started this book last year and for some reason, it just didn’t grab me at the time and I ended up abandoning it. Well, thanks to a reading challenge that I’m participating in, I decided to give this one another go and I’m glad I did.

Michael/Mike/Mikey/Finn/Mr. Finn was a great character and I laughed at both his spoken and unspoken thoughts. Max was a much harder character to like. He got better towards the end of the book, but it seemed like More...
Oct 30, 2010
Elisa added it
Living in a small town has its advantages, like knowing who is gay and who is not, or better who could be. Michael “Finn” Finnegan is an English teacher and he is tutoring Max Douglas’s younger brother; Max is Finn’s forbidden fantasy and one afternoon, when Max asks him to remain overtime to talk, Finn thinks it’s time to act upon his attaction… only to being fired soon after he managed to seduce Max in his office.

That is not really a good starting point for a relationship, and whe More...
Aug 17, 2011
Barb rated it: 5 of 5 stars
I don't want to spoil this for anyone, so I'll just say this is a first rate book. Not only is a great little romance, it's funny enough to have you laughing all the way through it! The banter between the two main characters is hilarious, set up because of their completely different personality types. I would absolutely reccommed this as a "must read" book!
Feb 06, 2010
Lori rated it: 4 of 5 stars
I thoroughly enjoyed Gobsmacked but skipped the second 'Men of Smithfield' book because it didn't have great reviews, so I was glad to see this one receiving better ratings and was glad that I picked it up. Really enjoyed this fun read.
May 19, 2010
Lisa rated it: 1 of 5 stars
i just could not get into this book. loved the first two installments, but Cover Me just did nothing for me. It also did not help that I guessed the culprit by the end of the second chapter.
Oct 11, 2009
Wren rated it: 4 of 5 stars
LB Gregg continues a great series. I really enjoyed the characters and the development of their relationship. I loved Michael's narration and his inability to maintain control around Max.
Dec 26, 2011
Ivan rated it: 4 of 5 stars
I did have a little trouble warming up to one of the heroes thus the 4 stars instead of 5. He was a bit too douchy for my tastes
May 18, 2011
Wicked rated it: 3 of 5 stars
I liked this the best out of the series so far. Still not all warm and fuzzy about the characters but liked Max more than I thought I would.
Nov 08, 2010
Susan rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Laughed, cried, put it on the read this again shelf. Is there anything else that needs to be said? Oh, I just added this author to my auto buy list. :)
Apr 22, 2011
Sarah rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Slightly different to the first two this is more of a thriller but with some great humour thrown in after reading four books by L B Gregg I can honestly say I love her sense of humour and looked forward to reading more works by her. Finn is a teacher at an exclusive boarding who has a run in with the past when one of his students needs protecting from a stalker. I fid figure out quite early on who the villain of the piece was but that didn't take any of the enjoyment away from the story and tru More...
Jul 25, 2011
Elizabeth rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Fun, easy to read, a little bit hard to understand at times (the first chapter especially was hard to make sense of), but ultimately an enjoyable read. I've read Smithfield 3 and 4 so far, and I'm inclined to give the other two a try.
Dec 18, 2011
Lady*M marked it as to-read
To reread.
Mar 22, 2010
Tracy's Place rated it: 4 of 5 stars
4.25 out of 5
Dec 29, 2011
Eiko rated it: 5 of 5 stars
面白かった! 主人公Finnが明るい性格でユーモアがあって、一人称の語りがすごく楽しい。読んでいて何度か吹き出してしまった。ストーリーとは直接関係ないけど、映画俳優の名前とか食べ物の名前とか固有名詞がわりと出てくるので、たとえが分りやすいし、知らないものをググると楽しかった。他のシリーズも読みたいな。
Jan 01, 2012
Page rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Absolute Love...

As a teacher, I am a sucker for a good teacher novel, but it was the wry voice of the main character and narrator that really got me. I definitely let out some not-sexy guffaws while enjoying this.

Great build up, excellent secondary characters, and a very realistic portrayal of the glamorous life of a teacher :)
Feb 12, 2012
Sascha rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Feb 08, 2012
Mina rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Feb 06, 2012
Nan marked it as to-read
Feb 02, 2012
Jay marked it as to-read
Feb 02, 2012
Bitchie rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Jan 28, 2012
Bogusia rated it: 5 of 5 stars