A Different Class

1Night Stand #209

by Leigh Ellwood

FDR High Class of 2004 graduate, Glenn Carson contacts fellow alumni to get a list of who will be attending the upcoming festivities. One call to a disgruntled former student leaves him shaken—apparently, not everyone is looking forward to the reunion. Hoping to ease his frustration, he contacts the 1Night Stand service for a relaxing and passionate encounter.

Known as “Mumbles” to former classmates, Rod Maloney would prefer to focus on the present and his successful business. However, past tragedies continue to haunt him, so he requests Madame Eve find him a man to show him a hot time and help him forget his troubles.

Will their one night together lead to a reunion after all?

Genres: M M Romance, Contemporary Romance, Short Stories, M M Contemporary, Contemporary

43 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 6, 2014

About the author

I write, and I love to read.

Reviews

[Sadonna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I always seem to like these 1NightStand stories. In this one, Madame Eve sets up two guys who went to high school together but never knew each other. Their first contact 10 years later is somewhat cold, but then things really heat up :) I really liked both Glenn and Rod. The secondary characters of the supportive friend and sister were a nice add on too. Out of a defining tragedy, these guys have the opportunity to maybe build something, if they can get past that.

[Penumbra · Rating 3 out of 5]

A Different Class is part of the ‘1Night Stand’ series. A short story, it’s about Glenn Carson and Rod ‘Mumbles’ Maloney, who hook up through Madame Eve’s dating service. The story is told through Glenn and Rod’s pov.



If you’re looking for a fast and easy read, this is it. Although, I consider it a bit rushed. The plot would’ve worked out better if the story were twice as long. The book doesn’t really have any angst and the characters are enjoyable. I did have a problem in figuring out whose pov it was at times, and had to re-read. But, I didn’t notice any head hopping so I don’t know why I crossed the characters sometimes.

Glenn and Rod attended the same high school although they didn’t actually know each other. Glenn is helping with the reunion and ends up calling Rod who yells at him that he’s not attending because of the jerks in high school. Glenn searches out who this ‘Mumbles’ is and becomes fixated on him. He hopes that Madame Eve matches him up with someone like Rod. Little does he know…

Both men are very attracted to each other, instant lust. But, Glenn hides the truth of who he is from Rod because he recognizes Rod and knows how Rod reacted to him on the phone. The rest is about them talking, having sex and then Glenn feeling ashamed from hiding the truth.

Suspend belief with how quick these two make up. Because Rod was very angry about attending the reunion and then voila! He has a change of heart, and suddenly they are boyfriends without talking it over. Next thing we know, they’re in love, without any real connection other than the sex. Very hard to believe. But A Different Class was a decent read, it just needed to be longer considering how rushed it was. I don’t feel like I wasted my time, however. I give this book 3 Stars.

[Ro · Rating 3 out of 5]

This entry into the One Night Stand series focuses on Glenn, working on organizing his high school ten year reunion when he calls Rod “Mumbles” Maloney and gets an angry earful about the bigots and haters that attended the school. Glenn doesn’t even remember Rod but he is attracted to the voice and feels bad for whatever Rod had gone through in high school. Couldn’t have been anything good.

To alleviate the tension, Glenn sets up an appointment with Madame Eve for a 1Ns. He’s been single for a while and he is just looking for “A one-night stand with Prince Well-Hung” until he’s ready to try the boyfriend thing again. Of course, being Madame Eve, you know who he’s going to end up with!

This one has a lot of sex right away with these two and they get to share their stories. Rod’s in particular was so sad, no wonder he hated those people. The ending is a little bit picture perfect, but isn’t that what Madame Eve is all about?

[Suze · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have enjoyed a number of these 1NS shorts, and this was way up there too!

I liked that the initial meet was problematic and that when they were on the date, Glenn knew who Ray was but Ray just thought he was his hot date!
Yes, it all panned out nicely but it is a nice, complete, hot, short read

[Katy Beth Mckee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Touching Reunion

Touching Reunion

Like others in the series this is a shorter story. An upcoming reunion brings up some old feelings and fantasies. Add in Madam Eve and this reunion can only get better.

[blub · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a nice short read. There wasn't much that I could say was memorable but it was a nice easy read.The relationship between the two MCs really developed too quickly for my liking and it being a short story it was hard to connect to the characters.

[Simone · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Amanda Gard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable read with a realistic problem that was handled well. I really liked both characters and the sex was steamy.

[Karmella · Rating 4 out of 5]

Too short