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Insubordination
For the sake of their lives and careers, Josh and Peter agreed to put their need for one another behind them. But then a luxurious and sensual dinner together becomes foreplay, leading Josh to an act of insubordination that Captain Peter Kenyon will never forget.
17 pages, ebook
Published January 1, 2008
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Alex Beecroft
43 books301 followersSpaceships and galaxy spanning empires, conversations with angels, viking villages, haunted mansions and forbidden love in the Age of Sail... I love a good strong plot in an exotic setting, with characters you can admire, and a happy ending.
If you make a venn diagram of genres, including historical, fantasy, gay romance and mystery, I occupy the space in the middle where they overlap.
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BTW, if you're thinking my reviews on here are a bit mean, most of the books I really enjoy will get a 4 star. I am saving 5 stars for books I find genuinely life changing. 4 is still "this was really really good, you should read it." 5 is "OMG, my mind is blown and my life will never be the same again."
If you make a venn diagram of genres, including historical, fantasy, gay romance and mystery, I occupy the space in the middle where they overlap.
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BTW, if you're thinking my reviews on here are a bit mean, most of the books I really enjoy will get a 4 star. I am saving 5 stars for books I find genuinely life changing. 4 is still "this was really really good, you should read it." 5 is "OMG, my mind is blown and my life will never be the same again."
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Displaying 1 - 9 of 9 reviews
August 4, 2009
Short but very nice sequel to Captain's Surrender Josh and Peter were trying to play safe which means in 18th century navy not to indulge their relationship. But two naval officers missed the point and figured out that sometimes insubordination is not that bad at all.
November 8, 2013
Had it cut off two lines earlier, i would have given it one more star. As it is, the rating is a strong stars, despite it being free and hot.
May 8, 2018
Extraordinarily short PWP featuring Peter and Josh, two characters belonging to a story that I haven't read yet. So this didn't do much for me insofar as advancing a story, but it was pretty hot. I got the gist of how things were without needing to read the story, so that's pretty great for such a short story. Still, the ending was really, really abrupt.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 10, 2022
Veeeeery short PWP outtake from Captain's Surrender
June 11, 2010
The characters have – for reasons that hardly need explaining to any reader of gay historical fiction – decided to cease their affair, but Josh – beautifully in character – is finding this hard to deal with. So is Peter, but being the more controlled of the two would rather snap in half than admit it as readily as Josh does. Josh pushes the matter in this wonderful speech
“Despatches from London. Butcher’s bill from the
Seahorse. Sightings of the Avenger and the Cruel Bones.
Papers containing news of the war, and incidentally, Sir, I
still love you. Why not take an evening off from being
respectable? I’m owed a chance to bugger you for a
change, don’t you think?”
If you love UST, or if you don’t quite know what it is, or if you need help writing it – I can do no better for you than to point at Alex’s writing, especially here as the tension she writes is exquisite, almost painful and you find yourself screaming at the page for them to stop bloody fooling themselves and get on with it because you know they want to.
And that’s the point, really. They do want to, but Peter’s infuriating good sense and understandable fear gets in the way. He feels that he’s dallying with Josh, that he’s risking Josh’s life over something that he can control, can stop, and after all there’s no future in it, he thinks – and it’s Josh who is the key to this, Josh who is the one who needs take the control away from Peter, to show Peter how much it all means and that it’s all worth the risk.
The writing is exquisitely crisp, perfectly in tone and the details of the period, the food, the crystal, the uniforms are all done with the deftness and expertise that you’d expect from Alex if you’ve read her work before. The sex is perfect, never overdone, just enough to leave a warm smile on your face.
If you haven’t read Captain’s Surrender, then I recommend this little freebie because it will convince you that you need to, and if you have, this will not help you, because it will leave you wanting more.
“Despatches from London. Butcher’s bill from the
Seahorse. Sightings of the Avenger and the Cruel Bones.
Papers containing news of the war, and incidentally, Sir, I
still love you. Why not take an evening off from being
respectable? I’m owed a chance to bugger you for a
change, don’t you think?”
If you love UST, or if you don’t quite know what it is, or if you need help writing it – I can do no better for you than to point at Alex’s writing, especially here as the tension she writes is exquisite, almost painful and you find yourself screaming at the page for them to stop bloody fooling themselves and get on with it because you know they want to.
And that’s the point, really. They do want to, but Peter’s infuriating good sense and understandable fear gets in the way. He feels that he’s dallying with Josh, that he’s risking Josh’s life over something that he can control, can stop, and after all there’s no future in it, he thinks – and it’s Josh who is the key to this, Josh who is the one who needs take the control away from Peter, to show Peter how much it all means and that it’s all worth the risk.
The writing is exquisitely crisp, perfectly in tone and the details of the period, the food, the crystal, the uniforms are all done with the deftness and expertise that you’d expect from Alex if you’ve read her work before. The sex is perfect, never overdone, just enough to leave a warm smile on your face.
If you haven’t read Captain’s Surrender, then I recommend this little freebie because it will convince you that you need to, and if you have, this will not help you, because it will leave you wanting more.
February 6, 2013
It was fun to revisit Josh and Peter since its been awhile since I read their book.
There is a tense build up of expectation that could go either way for Josh when he sits down to dinner with Peter after delivering to him a heated invitation.
There is a tense build up of expectation that could go either way for Josh when he sits down to dinner with Peter after delivering to him a heated invitation.
September 4, 2016
Nice little free extra scene for Captain's Surrender featuring Peter and Josh. Well done.
Get it here: http://alexbeecroft.com/freebies/
Get it here: http://alexbeecroft.com/freebies/
March 13, 2024
An enjoyable little period PWP.
August 3, 2014
3.5 stars
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