Homebodies

Out of Uniform #4.5

by Annabeth Albert

Wes and Dustin from WHEELS UP are back in action! This 6,000 word short ficlet featuring the two heroes of WHEELS UP is best read as extension of that story and not as a stand-alone! Wes and Dustin navigate their new lives as HOMEBODIES. No spoilers for other Out of Uniform books besides WHEELS UP!

Genres: M M Romance, Romance, Military Fiction, Contemporary, LGBT, Short Stories, Novella

35 pages, ebook

First published July 10, 2018

About the author

Frequent tweeter, professional grammar nerd, and obsessive reader, Annabeth Albert is also a Pacific Northwest romance writer in a variety of subgenres.

Emotionally complex, sexy, and funny stories are her favorites both to read and to write. In between searching out dark heroes to redeem, she works a rewarding day job and wrangles two toddlers.

Reviews

[Imme [trying to crawl out of hiatus] van Gorp · Rating 4 out of 5]

|| 3.5 stars ||

"Wes, will you marry me?"

Aww, this gave me such good vibes!!
I love seeing Wes and Dustin being together; happy and thriving.
Their relationship is still so good and so sweet and so hot!
The dynamic they have just works so well!

"I always thought I'd be single forever. And kid-free. But then I met you and everything changed. Now I love having a home together, somewhere to come back to. And yeah, I keep having these stray thoughts about what our future might look like. Years down the road. That sort of thing. Because I want to be with you forever, and thinking about growing older together makes me really happy."

They not only have amazing chemistry together, they honestly have true love.


'Out of Uniform' series:
4. Wheels Up - 4.5 stars
4.5. Homebodies - 3.5 stars
7.5. Mr. Strauss & Mr. Lowe - 2.0 stars

[Erth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wes and Dustin from WHEELS UP are back in action! short ficlet featuring the two heroes of WHEELS UP is best read as extension of that story and not as a stand-alone! Wes and Dustin navigate their new lives as HOMEBODIES.

[~✡~Dαni(ela) ♥ ♂♂ love & semicolons~✡~ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sex and kitties! (But not the same time.)

I love Dustin and Wes, so seeing their HEA is very satisfying.

The POV shifts were a little confusing, but, hey, this is a free shortie.

Three stars because this is a five minute read, and I wanted more. Not a standalone. Read book 4 first.

[Elsa Bravante · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un short muy agradable para los que nos gustó la pareja protagonista :)

[Mariah · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

[Floripiquita · Rating 3 out of 5]

Novella muy cortita que funciona como un epílogo de la historia de amor entre Dustin y Wes.

[Annery · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dustin & Wes are making a life for themselves away from the worlds they've always inhabited as adults. No army life no Oregon, no California, no North Carolina. They've moved to D.C. for work and it's also a neutral city where they can forge a life that's purely their own. Fur baby included. I had a good time and so did the guys.

[K. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Trigger warnings: nothing? It's like 30 pages long.

This was...fine? It features my least favourite couple of the series, but it also features a proposal and a kitten being adopted. What more do you need?

[Santy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this shortie

[Ami · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

A free short update about Wes and Dustin from Annabeth Albert's Wheels Up. I found the novel to be boring. But this short story is sexy and sweet. I didn't remember that Wes and Dustin enjoy a rather kinky sex, so that was quite a nice surprise. Also, the fact that Dustin prefers to own a cat than a dog as pet is HUGE PLUS POINT in my eyes *laugh*

[CrabbyPatty · Rating 3 out of 5]

My bad. I read this ficlet, didn't recognize anyone in the story .... and then realized that I hadn't read the corresponding book in the "Out of Uniform" series - Wheels Up.

[Marthea · Rating 4 out of 5]

To tak naprawdę jak epilog do głównej książki o Dustinie i Wesie - taki, który balansuje na granicy HFN/HEA 😉

[Tina J · Rating 4 out of 5]

HOMEBODIES is a short and steamy between-the-numbers followup on Wes and Dustin after they've moved to DC with plenty of heart to be had. This is not a stand-alone, Wes and Dustin have already been given their story. This is a quickie ficlet to let the readers catch up on what they've been up to since their book came out.

As always, Ms. Albert kindly and graciously offers these shorts to her readers for free via instafreebie.
Thank you, Annabeth Albert, for that generosity and for keeping us up-to-date on our beloved characters!

[Ashley (Red-Haired Ash Reads) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Series: Out of Uniform #4.5
Rating: 4 stars - It was really good

This was a wonderful little bonus story with Dustin and Wes. I loved seeing them get their first pet and their engagement.

You can also find my reviews at Red-Haired Ash Reads.

[Elsbeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like these free-short stories just as I like Wes and Dustin!!

~The End~

[Becca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good short for this series. With a kitty!

[Teffy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me hubiera gustado más romance. x'D

[Nicole Field · Rating 2 out of 5]

Honestly, this is the first of the Out Of Uniform shorts that I didn't love, and I've been trying to think about why that is. I mean, obviously, it has different characters. Dustin was never my favourite character, and I remember Wes being what saved Wheels Up for me. In this story, Dustin came across to me as annoyingly cocky and, at times in the first half particularly, very fake. That is to say, I liked him even less in this short than I did in the full novel.

My favourite part of this one was them talking together about how they were going to be cat parents together. And the teeny tiny white cat that immediately stole their hearts.

[Dani Hodge · Rating 5 out of 5]

#OutofUniform #Novella #Homebodies #MM #DustinandWes

I am so in love with this series, and I loved getting this little extra addition to Wes and Dustin's story! I also loved Dustin's love for LeeLoo! And the ending! AH! I can't wait to see who Annabeth Albert brings to us next in this series! If you haven't started the Out of Uniform Series, I highly recommend them all! I couldn't put these books down!

[Melanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wheels Up is my absolute favorite of the Out of Uniform series. There's just something about Dustin and Wes and their long journey to a HEA that I can't get enough of. So, I squealed with joy when I saw that they were getting a ficlet! In this story we get a tiny little snippet of the guys living life in DC and I was so happy to see them happy and in love. Swoooon. I would take a second book for this couple in a heartbeat!!!

[Melanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wes and Dustin in suits, adopting a cat and a marriage proposal?! Yes please!
Only rating it 4 instead of 5 stars because of how Wes reacted to the proposal. Listen, it’s not them or the author, it’s me. 😩 I get why Wes was reluctant at first but it destroyed the whole atmosphere for me and made me feel bad for Dustin, who put so much love and thought into this moment.
However, all in all, cute little ficlet and a must-read in the OOU series.

[Denise · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute short story featuring Wes, Dustin, and an adorably fluffy cat... and maybe possibly perhaps some jewellery of a certain kind. These two aren't really one of my favourite couples from the series, but this was an enjoyable little piece of fluff (with a dose of sexy goodness, of course).

[Siobhan J · Rating 5 out of 5]

For some reason I hadn't realized that there was an extra short story with possibly MY FAVOURITE COUPLE EVER in it. So when I was made aware of this, you can bet that I smashed through spacetime just to get my hands on it.

This was lovely. A really sweet short story, that provided excellent closure for my OTP. It was lovely to see them working together, it was lovely to see them still having fun in bed and it was more than lovely to see them getting a goddamn kitten. Not long, but definitely what I needed.

[Flor Teijeiro · Rating 2 out of 5]

"Él ya sabía cómo iba a terminar este día, pero amaba tanto a este hombre. Él ya había sacrificado mucho para que estuvieran juntos. Ambos lo habían hecho, en realidad. Tal vez no podía predecir el futuro, pero podría decir que lo recibía con agrado, no podía esperar a ver cómo sus vidas se moverían y cambiarían con los años".

[LGO · Rating 3 out of 5]

Una historia corta que funciona como un epílogo para la historia de Wes y Dustin. Tienen los dos un nuevo trabajo en la seguridad privada donde son felices y trabajan como equipo. Se han mudado a DC para estar más cerca de la familia de Wes. No ha sido mi pareja favorita de la saga, pero la adopción del gato y la pedida de matrimonio me ha gustado mucho.

#M-M-romance #Military-romance #BDSM

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed "Homebodies" by Annabeth Albert. These short "behind the scenes" type novellas are a great addition to the series. What a fun way to stay up to date with what our favorite characters are up to in between books. Keep them coming and I'll keep reading!
Enjoy!

[Bobbi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Homebodies, An Out of Uniform short book 4.5 by Annabeth Albert. I just read my first book by this author and loved it. So I looked to see if I had anything else by her in my TBR pile. Loved the short story! I might have to lookup the other stories in this series. Loved the characters.

[Jess M. Samuels · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love Wes and Dustin and was glad they managed to find a way to have a HEA (without too much risk of being court marshaled). It was nice to see them settled in their new on the east coast, and enjoying their life together. Wanted more of course - but glad to even get this shortie.

[Bookworm · Rating 2 out of 5]

An M/M short story that is a sequel to Wheels Up.
Dustin and Wes are finally together in the open and learning to live and work together. And even take it a bit further.

The steam meter is the usual moderate level for my taste with a touch of D/s! No switching though.

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great revisit with these two!