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A Plump of Woodcocks
So this is another f**kton of gratuitous boning with the Venery boys.
That’s it, that’s the blurb.
“I had a horrible day," Tej said. "I mean, everything that could go wrong went wrong. And I saw you sitting in that booth and thought, Now there’s a guy I’d like to see bent over my bed. I think I’ll try to pick him up. End the day on a truly humiliating note.”
Jude slid his hands down Tej’s back and tucked his fingertips beneath the waist of his jeans. “Go back to the bent over your bed part?”
If you’re new here, you’ve been warned. This is pure, shameless smut. It doesn’t fit anywhere or take the place of anything in the Venery novels. It just is what it is. Smut for smut’s sake.
If you’re old here, welcome back and thank you for taking one for the team.
The bathroom was steamy and dark, a lit candle on the edge of the sink. Jav lolled in the tub, his hair slicked back. Stef brought in more candles and poured out two shots of rum to chug, then more generous tots to sip. He sat on the bathmat and read out loud. Jav rested an arm on the ledge of the tub, cheek on his bicep, damp fingers playing with a fold of Stef’s shirt. The walls of the little room drew close. Even the fixtures seemed to lean on their elbows and listen.
“This is nice,” Jav said softly, drawing up Stef’s neck and behind his ear.
Contains adults being nice to each other in adult situations using adult language. For those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they will like.
That’s it, that’s the blurb.
“I had a horrible day," Tej said. "I mean, everything that could go wrong went wrong. And I saw you sitting in that booth and thought, Now there’s a guy I’d like to see bent over my bed. I think I’ll try to pick him up. End the day on a truly humiliating note.”
Jude slid his hands down Tej’s back and tucked his fingertips beneath the waist of his jeans. “Go back to the bent over your bed part?”
If you’re new here, you’ve been warned. This is pure, shameless smut. It doesn’t fit anywhere or take the place of anything in the Venery novels. It just is what it is. Smut for smut’s sake.
If you’re old here, welcome back and thank you for taking one for the team.
The bathroom was steamy and dark, a lit candle on the edge of the sink. Jav lolled in the tub, his hair slicked back. Stef brought in more candles and poured out two shots of rum to chug, then more generous tots to sip. He sat on the bathmat and read out loud. Jav rested an arm on the ledge of the tub, cheek on his bicep, damp fingers playing with a fold of Stef’s shirt. The walls of the little room drew close. Even the fixtures seemed to lean on their elbows and listen.
“This is nice,” Jav said softly, drawing up Stef’s neck and behind his ear.
Contains adults being nice to each other in adult situations using adult language. For those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they will like.
70 pages, ebook
Published February 14, 2020
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About the author
Suanne Laqueur
28 books1,581 followersA former professional dancer and teacher, Suanne Laqueur went from choreographing music to choreographing words, writing stories that appeal to the passions of all readers, crossing gender, age and genre. As a devoted mental health advocate, her novels focus on both romantic and familial relationships, as well as psychology, PTSD and generational trauma.
Laqueur’s novel An Exaltation of Larks was the grand prize winner in the 2017 Writer’s Digest Book Awards and took first place in the 2019 North Street Book Prize. Her debut novel The Man I Love won a gold medal in the 2015 Readers’ Favorite Book Awards and was named Best Debut in the Feathered Quill Book Awards. Her follow-up novel, Give Me Your Answer True, was also a gold medal winner at the 2016 RFBA.
Laqueur graduated from Alfred University with a double major in dance and theater. She taught at the Carol Bierman School of Ballet Arts in Croton-on-Hudson for ten years. An avid reader, cook and gardener, she started her blog EatsReadsThinks in 2010.
Suanne lives in Westchester County, New York with her husband and two children.
Laqueur’s novel An Exaltation of Larks was the grand prize winner in the 2017 Writer’s Digest Book Awards and took first place in the 2019 North Street Book Prize. Her debut novel The Man I Love won a gold medal in the 2015 Readers’ Favorite Book Awards and was named Best Debut in the Feathered Quill Book Awards. Her follow-up novel, Give Me Your Answer True, was also a gold medal winner at the 2016 RFBA.
Laqueur graduated from Alfred University with a double major in dance and theater. She taught at the Carol Bierman School of Ballet Arts in Croton-on-Hudson for ten years. An avid reader, cook and gardener, she started her blog EatsReadsThinks in 2010.
Suanne lives in Westchester County, New York with her husband and two children.
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February 3, 2020
4.5
Well,this was something I wasn't expecting and didn't know I needed.
My gorgeous men...
Well,not mine but as a reader you kind of think they are yours,right? I've got nothing but admiration for Authors whose characters get inside their heads and they share them with us.
This was delighted,sexy(as hell),touching and damn,if this Author doesn't make me cry every single time...
Firstly,a few chapters from Tej and Jude and it was what I wanted(who knew?).Remember when they met...in the bar...I always wanted more...
And,hello....talk about dirty!!
The rest of the book is dedicated to Stef and Jav.I say dedicated because you can feel this Author's love for these two.And again,there are chapters here I didn't know I wanted,turns out I did.Honestly I really want to say more but I won't-no spoilers here.If you've read the Venery series you won't want to miss this little gem.
I don't think I'll ever not want to read about this Author's men.Her words,as usual,move me every time.One of the best at writing oh so dirty sex and at the same time with so much feeling and love.
Highly recommended.
Review copy-for which I'm so grateful.
Well,this was something I wasn't expecting and didn't know I needed.
My gorgeous men...
Well,not mine but as a reader you kind of think they are yours,right? I've got nothing but admiration for Authors whose characters get inside their heads and they share them with us.
This was delighted,sexy(as hell),touching and damn,if this Author doesn't make me cry every single time...
Firstly,a few chapters from Tej and Jude and it was what I wanted(who knew?).Remember when they met...in the bar...I always wanted more...
And,hello....talk about dirty!!
The rest of the book is dedicated to Stef and Jav.I say dedicated because you can feel this Author's love for these two.And again,there are chapters here I didn't know I wanted,turns out I did.Honestly I really want to say more but I won't-no spoilers here.If you've read the Venery series you won't want to miss this little gem.
I don't think I'll ever not want to read about this Author's men.Her words,as usual,move me every time.One of the best at writing oh so dirty sex and at the same time with so much feeling and love.
Highly recommended.
Review copy-for which I'm so grateful.
February 4, 2020
I’ll never get tired of the characters from the Venery universe. NEVER! The author says that writing these characters feels like home. Well Suanne Laqueur’s writing and storytelling feels like home to ME.
Whenever I start a book of hers I get swept up in the emotions that are pouring out from each and every word. Her writing is effortless to me. I’m back with my people immediately. This time it’s a collection of deleted scenes from her recent release A Scarcity of Condors and A Charm of Finches. The blurb says there’s a fucktn of gratuitous boning. I’m all for it but it’s so much more than boning. The love between these characters makes the boning more intimate and vulnerable. Suanne Laqueur is a master of writing witty and clever dialogue that makes the characters feel real and relatable to me. Makes me want to just stay in their world forever.
Jude, Tej, Stef and Jav are proof of that. A Plump of Woodcocks is a perfect addition to the Venery scenes.
5 Home Stars
I received an ARC
Whenever I start a book of hers I get swept up in the emotions that are pouring out from each and every word. Her writing is effortless to me. I’m back with my people immediately. This time it’s a collection of deleted scenes from her recent release A Scarcity of Condors and A Charm of Finches. The blurb says there’s a fucktn of gratuitous boning. I’m all for it but it’s so much more than boning. The love between these characters makes the boning more intimate and vulnerable. Suanne Laqueur is a master of writing witty and clever dialogue that makes the characters feel real and relatable to me. Makes me want to just stay in their world forever.
Jude, Tej, Stef and Jav are proof of that. A Plump of Woodcocks is a perfect addition to the Venery scenes.
5 Home Stars
I received an ARC
February 2, 2020
Damn! 🤤🤤🤤
I should've read this very slowly but it was so fcking good. I literally devoured it. When it comes to Jav & Stef, I can't hold myself... 😁😁
*ARC kindly provided by author in exchange for an honest review. ❤
I should've read this very slowly but it was so fcking good. I literally devoured it. When it comes to Jav & Stef, I can't hold myself... 😁😁
*ARC kindly provided by author in exchange for an honest review. ❤
March 27, 2020
Suanne did say this was pure smut, although I quite liked revisiting my old friends, especially Alex Lark-Penda!
November 9, 2023
✰ 3.5 stars ✰
“Stef?”
“Yeah?”
“I’m falling in love with you.”
Stef exhaled and curled his head into the curve of Jav’s neck.
He moved on top of him again and his back shuddered as he pulled Jav’s legs around his waist. “Put your arms around my neck,” he whispered. “Now hold still. Don’t fall anymore.
Just be right here in love with me.”
SLQ summed up what A Plump of Woodcocks is all about perfectly - 'But at the end of the day, it’s these two. Writing them always feels like coming home'. It's the two of them, at home - whether it's pure, shameless, smut or at their most vulnerable and honest and open - it is Jav and Stef - Friends, lovers, mates and husbands - with every fiber of their being, wholly in love - Truebloods in love. 🥺🥺
“You’re mine,” he said. “Good, bad or twisted. Once you walk into our place, all of it’s mine. I know what to do with it.”
Stef’s fingers curled in the sheets. “Javi.”
“They don’t get any more of you. Not you best, not your worst. You’re home and it all belongs to me now. Say it.”
“It’s yours.”
“Which parts of it?”
“All of it. It all belongs to you.”
“Who else can get to you right now?”
“Nobody.”
It is a special couple that makes you want to revisit them time and time again - so in love, so in tune, so perfect together - through the rough times and the special times - they have each other's back and each other's hearts - forever devoted - forever belonging - tender or soft - rough or passionate - 'loving you is so fucking easy'. Why wouldn't it be? When they're the ones they've been searching for all along, and finally found each other... ❤️🩹 ❤️🩹
“Stef turned his face, eyes closed. “There’s no one else I can bring it to,” he whispered. “My whole life . . . you’ve been the only one I can tell.”
“I’m gonna keep being that only one. Every day. The rest of your life.”
🥹🤍🥹
“Stef?”
“Yeah?”
“I’m falling in love with you.”
Stef exhaled and curled his head into the curve of Jav’s neck.
He moved on top of him again and his back shuddered as he pulled Jav’s legs around his waist. “Put your arms around my neck,” he whispered. “Now hold still. Don’t fall anymore.
Just be right here in love with me.”
SLQ summed up what A Plump of Woodcocks is all about perfectly - 'But at the end of the day, it’s these two. Writing them always feels like coming home'. It's the two of them, at home - whether it's pure, shameless, smut or at their most vulnerable and honest and open - it is Jav and Stef - Friends, lovers, mates and husbands - with every fiber of their being, wholly in love - Truebloods in love. 🥺🥺
“You’re mine,” he said. “Good, bad or twisted. Once you walk into our place, all of it’s mine. I know what to do with it.”
Stef’s fingers curled in the sheets. “Javi.”
“They don’t get any more of you. Not you best, not your worst. You’re home and it all belongs to me now. Say it.”
“It’s yours.”
“Which parts of it?”
“All of it. It all belongs to you.”
“Who else can get to you right now?”
“Nobody.”
It is a special couple that makes you want to revisit them time and time again - so in love, so in tune, so perfect together - through the rough times and the special times - they have each other's back and each other's hearts - forever devoted - forever belonging - tender or soft - rough or passionate - 'loving you is so fucking easy'. Why wouldn't it be? When they're the ones they've been searching for all along, and finally found each other... ❤️🩹 ❤️🩹
“Stef turned his face, eyes closed. “There’s no one else I can bring it to,” he whispered. “My whole life . . . you’ve been the only one I can tell.”
“I’m gonna keep being that only one. Every day. The rest of your life.”
🥹🤍🥹
February 10, 2020
Sweet, tender and hot!! I loved the extra look at Tej and Jude but Stef and Jav have a special place in my heart. If Suanne Laqueur wants to write them forever, I’ll be happy to read them forever. 😍
February 7, 2020
First, I have to say sorry Suanne but you lied in your introduction. You said, "This is pure, shameless smut." I have to respectfully disagree. It is so much more than that. Yes, there is smut in it but there is also an abundance of intimacy and love in it too. Those scenes with Stef and Jav had me all up in my feelings. Stef better be alright! Why would you do that to me? Sure, you kept reassuring me, but I DO NOT feel reassured AT ALL! lol 🤣
Second, this book was great. It is a short read with our favorite boys from the Venery series. It is compiled of "extra scenes" with Jude and Tej and also Jav and Stef. I enjoyed it very much.
Second, this book was great. It is a short read with our favorite boys from the Venery series. It is compiled of "extra scenes" with Jude and Tej and also Jav and Stef. I enjoyed it very much.
January 3, 2022
Ok here's the thing you got an novella that is basically more well-written than thousands and thousands of full-length books. I'm not even kidding.
You can't read this novella as a standalone, you have to have read all of them beforehand especially a Charm of Finches and a Scarcity of Condors.
Now...thisnis basically smut. But it is beautiful smut. You can see from the Blurb what the author says it it: It's basically boning and yeah it was it was that but it was even more intimate than many many books that I've read.
The intimacy, love and sweetness between the characters, especially Javi and Steph, who will always be one of my top ever couples just pours out of these pages.
A 76 page novella that packed enough punch to get you to swoon and tear up and smile and probably have a cold shower afterwards. It was that good.
I'm just amazed that this author is not as famous as other authors. No offense to anyone but she's just so talented and she deserves more recognition. Those high ratings you see of her books? They're 100% deserved. Do yourself a favor and read her books.
Suanne, I just love your words.
You can't read this novella as a standalone, you have to have read all of them beforehand especially a Charm of Finches and a Scarcity of Condors.
Now...thisnis basically smut. But it is beautiful smut. You can see from the Blurb what the author says it it: It's basically boning and yeah it was it was that but it was even more intimate than many many books that I've read.
The intimacy, love and sweetness between the characters, especially Javi and Steph, who will always be one of my top ever couples just pours out of these pages.
A 76 page novella that packed enough punch to get you to swoon and tear up and smile and probably have a cold shower afterwards. It was that good.
I'm just amazed that this author is not as famous as other authors. No offense to anyone but she's just so talented and she deserves more recognition. Those high ratings you see of her books? They're 100% deserved. Do yourself a favor and read her books.
Suanne, I just love your words.
February 7, 2020
Is it possible to miss Fictional people like they're REAL?
#AskingForMe!
I've actually craved the Venery Boys like an addict. I wanted to be with them like a voyeur in the room, thankfully Suanne decided to throw us some scraps from her writing table and I'm right there to catch them before they hit the ground.
I've fallen in love with ALL the couples in the series. Since I read it backwards and out of sequence, the first ones I met was Tej & Juleon (Jude)
“It’s Westling,” Jude said. “His Royal Highness Daniel Westling.”
I swoon over this nerdy, bespectacled guy and I stewed prunes Just For Him and I'm SOOOOOOO envious Tej gets to touch him and crook his finger at him
"Come in. Come in more. All the way in. More. Further. Deeper. "
The next outtake is from my most fave couple- Stefan Finch and Javier
What did I tell her "Be nice to me?"
But does she listen?....Nooooo
And she posts a disclaimer saying I DON'T KNOW
Then WHO knows Susan?...I mean Suanne?
My heart just dropped to my toes,I swear
Another interesting snippet was about a What If scenario
"How many people are walking around with the wrong mate because of a tragedy?
How many are walking around with the right mate for the same reason?"
And then I couldn't sleep at night thinking about it...who am I with?!🤔
Well Suanne, the scraps aren't enough to whet my appetite, they're like Amuse-Bouche.
I need more!!!
5 stars for Business finished. Stories continued. Life uninterrupted.
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I've actually craved the Venery Boys like an addict. I wanted to be with them like a voyeur in the room, thankfully Suanne decided to throw us some scraps from her writing table and I'm right there to catch them before they hit the ground.
I've fallen in love with ALL the couples in the series. Since I read it backwards and out of sequence, the first ones I met was Tej & Juleon (Jude)
“It’s Westling,” Jude said. “His Royal Highness Daniel Westling.”
I swoon over this nerdy, bespectacled guy and I stewed prunes Just For Him and I'm SOOOOOOO envious Tej gets to touch him and crook his finger at him
"Come in. Come in more. All the way in. More. Further. Deeper. "
The next outtake is from my most fave couple- Stefan Finch and Javier
What did I tell her "Be nice to me?"
But does she listen?....Nooooo
And she posts a disclaimer saying I DON'T KNOW
Then WHO knows Susan?...I mean Suanne?
My heart just dropped to my toes,I swear
Another interesting snippet was about a What If scenario
"How many people are walking around with the wrong mate because of a tragedy?
How many are walking around with the right mate for the same reason?"
And then I couldn't sleep at night thinking about it...who am I with?!🤔
Well Suanne, the scraps aren't enough to whet my appetite, they're like Amuse-Bouche.
I need more!!!
5 stars for Business finished. Stories continued. Life uninterrupted.
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November 27, 2024
When an introduction says that the book is a fuckton of gratuitous boning then I know it’s my kind of book.
Throw in a Finch, Tej rhymes with page, Alex with glasses on, and a beautiful ex-escort and I’m all in. ALL IN!
I love these little outtakes. The extras that didn’t make the books. The scenes that didn’t quite fit. The add ons that Suanne couldn’t help but write. But we are going to have words lady! I’m giving you a Paddington stare! Don’t mess with my Finch! Write another one right now to explain yourself and make everything right with the world. Sit down, pen out, I insist.
I loved every sexy minute of boning and the bits that didn’t involve boning. Just my sweet boys loving each other and being loved in return. My heart is full.
My little trip to Tumblr was worth it too as I found a new blog to follow that, you guessed it; is full of gratuitous boning.
December 2023 addition - I need all the gratuitous boning but don’t hurt my Finch. Do not hurt my Finch. He’s fine. My pony is ok. It’s all cool. This is the outtakes. Didn’t happen.
Isn’t it bizarre that you love book characters so much that your skin hurts when they are in pain? Anyway - less pain, more boning.
Throw in a Finch, Tej rhymes with page, Alex with glasses on, and a beautiful ex-escort and I’m all in. ALL IN!
I love these little outtakes. The extras that didn’t make the books. The scenes that didn’t quite fit. The add ons that Suanne couldn’t help but write. But we are going to have words lady! I’m giving you a Paddington stare! Don’t mess with my Finch! Write another one right now to explain yourself and make everything right with the world. Sit down, pen out, I insist.
I loved every sexy minute of boning and the bits that didn’t involve boning. Just my sweet boys loving each other and being loved in return. My heart is full.
My little trip to Tumblr was worth it too as I found a new blog to follow that, you guessed it; is full of gratuitous boning.
December 2023 addition - I need all the gratuitous boning but don’t hurt my Finch. Do not hurt my Finch. He’s fine. My pony is ok. It’s all cool. This is the outtakes. Didn’t happen.
Isn’t it bizarre that you love book characters so much that your skin hurts when they are in pain? Anyway - less pain, more boning.
February 3, 2020
Reading about my Venery boys is like coming home. I could happily sit back and watch these guys boil eggs, read the paper, vacuum the house, grocery shop. Doesn't matter, I'd happily spend time with them. And here we get a LOT of hot times, sexy interactions. But most of all, we get to wrap ourselves in their pure love for each other - Jav and Stef (my most favorite), Jav and Flip, Jude and Tej. I'm just grateful I got to some more time with these guys!!!
June 8, 2021
2/5
I've never read the Venery series that's probably why I had no idea WTF was happening. It was supposed to be a stand-alone but having no history and no background of the people and their relationships it was hard for me to connect with the book.
Even the sex scenes were overwhelming in a bad way. Too much talking and when they were about to do the dirty you suddenly lost interest because they would not SHUT UP.
If I ever read the Venery series I would give it another try.
I've never read the Venery series that's probably why I had no idea WTF was happening. It was supposed to be a stand-alone but having no history and no background of the people and their relationships it was hard for me to connect with the book.
Even the sex scenes were overwhelming in a bad way. Too much talking and when they were about to do the dirty you suddenly lost interest because they would not SHUT UP.
If I ever read the Venery series I would give it another try.
February 6, 2020
I read this in one sitting and now I’m craving more of everyone. It was such a treat to revisit these characters and seeing them happy and in love... sigh. Perfection. Really made me want to reread alllll the books!
February 9, 2020
A delicious treat from the master chef of hotness. If you’ve read The Venery series, you need to indulge in this. It was yummy.
October 23, 2020
I am wreck. Last insert from A Plump of Woodcocks killed me. Why is Stef in hospital and had surgery? They married in hospital?? And I am thinking: was more about Jav and Stef in #2.75 The Voyages Of Trueblood Cay? - the only book I decided I won't read due to Paranormal genre which is really not my thing - and now I missed something out?? I am sooo confused. Or was this last insert just another event which popped out of Suanne imaginary world?
Otherwise A Plump of Woodcocks is another »behind the scenes« short book with short inserts about characters we met in Venery Series. Definitely worth reading! I give it 5 stars as overall conclusion to this series.
P.S.:
Woodcock is A BIRD. Of course it's A BIRD. English is not my mother language. If English is not yours either and if you had any dirty thoughts about word WOODCOCK – you are not the only one 😊😊😊
Otherwise A Plump of Woodcocks is another »behind the scenes« short book with short inserts about characters we met in Venery Series. Definitely worth reading! I give it 5 stars as overall conclusion to this series.
P.S.:
Woodcock is A BIRD. Of course it's A BIRD. English is not my mother language. If English is not yours either and if you had any dirty thoughts about word WOODCOCK – you are not the only one 😊😊😊
March 7, 2021
Fabulous, Suanne Laquer has the ability to wring every drop of emotion from her characters.
Reading snippets of Jav and Stef, Jude and Taj was everything I wanted on a Saturday ( or any day really) afternoon.
If you haven't read the Venery series you are missing out
Reading snippets of Jav and Stef, Jude and Taj was everything I wanted on a Saturday ( or any day really) afternoon.
If you haven't read the Venery series you are missing out
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February 3, 2020This was like eating cake...
July 20, 2024
More and more love for Stef and Jav, even in the lasts confusing chapters… I know it’s lost chapters with no relation to the book, but I feel like I know then and was a bit strange to read something we can’t pinpoint. But…. These dudes omg they take intimacy to the next level and there’s no shame, just feel! So beautiful, I could read them forever🙏🖤
Ari baby, you are the most precious of precious 🥹
Finally some true steam from Jude and Tej🥵
Ari baby, you are the most precious of precious 🥹
Finally some true steam from Jude and Tej🥵
February 10, 2020
This book could basically be called 'Scenes I'd love to see' .The boys from the Venery series, how we've missed them. Tej & Jude, Jav and Flip, Ah bless, what might have been, and above all Jav and Stef. Somewhere in the midst of all the sexy times Suanne still managed to give us a kick to the chest, I was not expecting a hit on my emotions with this one but there you go! A side dish of lust, filled with love and emotion.
March 15, 2020
*4,5 stars*
So so beautiful.
Jav and Stef 4ever. That's all I can say.
As always, these two just totally turn me inside-out.
The way they support and love each other is truly epic.
These short scenes from their life together feel like so much more than just a glimpse.
Brilliant.
So so beautiful.
Jav and Stef 4ever. That's all I can say.
As always, these two just totally turn me inside-out.
The way they support and love each other is truly epic.
These short scenes from their life together feel like so much more than just a glimpse.
Brilliant.
February 14, 2020
A Joyfully Jay review.
5 stars
A Plump of Woodcocks is extended scenes featuring the men of the Venery series by Suanne Laqueur. Laqueur offers a simple synopsis for this book that goes like this: “So this is another f**kton of gratuitous boning with the Venery boys.” While the book does contain many intimate scenes, that is not all this book is. Every single story is layered with deep emotions that make this series shine. Laqueur acknowledges Stef and Jav by saying that, “Writing them always feels like coming home,” and this is evident in every scene, as the care she gives to these men is astounding. The author uses the same words as everyone else, but she certainly dips them into something truly special. The title of this book follows along with the terms of venery seen throughout the series, and this title still makes me laugh. This book should be read as a companion to the Venery series and not as a standalone.
I cannot recommend this series, and this book, enough and I’ll give it five stars, and then five more. It’s early in the year, but this book is already a highlight.
Read Michelle's review in its entirety here.
5 stars
A Plump of Woodcocks is extended scenes featuring the men of the Venery series by Suanne Laqueur. Laqueur offers a simple synopsis for this book that goes like this: “So this is another f**kton of gratuitous boning with the Venery boys.” While the book does contain many intimate scenes, that is not all this book is. Every single story is layered with deep emotions that make this series shine. Laqueur acknowledges Stef and Jav by saying that, “Writing them always feels like coming home,” and this is evident in every scene, as the care she gives to these men is astounding. The author uses the same words as everyone else, but she certainly dips them into something truly special. The title of this book follows along with the terms of venery seen throughout the series, and this title still makes me laugh. This book should be read as a companion to the Venery series and not as a standalone.
I cannot recommend this series, and this book, enough and I’ll give it five stars, and then five more. It’s early in the year, but this book is already a highlight.
Read Michelle's review in its entirety here.
February 14, 2020
This steamy novella is the perfect treat for fans of this author. Whether you are looking to warm up from the cold winter temps or for a wordy version of foreplay n the romance release date (2/14), this is sure to have you fanning yourself.
While the three books in the Venery series are considered standalone's, this novella is for fans of those books. Call it bonus material for your spank bank. All the main couples are referenced, but Stef and Jav are featured most prominently (book 2, A Charm of Finches). The chapters within highlight this couple's growth and undying love for one another.
It is hot.
It is sexy.
And yes, it is also a little sweet.
*An ARC was received for an honest review.
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Worth checking out!
*An ARC was received for an honest review.
While the three books in the Venery series are considered standalone's, this novella is for fans of those books. Call it bonus material for your spank bank. All the main couples are referenced, but Stef and Jav are featured most prominently (book 2, A Charm of Finches). The chapters within highlight this couple's growth and undying love for one another.
It is hot.
It is sexy.
And yes, it is also a little sweet.
*An ARC was received for an honest review.
For more reviews, visit
Worth checking out!
*An ARC was received for an honest review.
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March 21, 2020Lo dejo. Después de la intensidad y calidad de los libros, no necesito escenas de sexo gratuitas que no me aportan nada.
February 4, 2020
A short and ooh-so sexy offering from the author of the Venery series, catching up with guys in all their glory was more than fulfilling. I’ll let you decide for yourselves whether my not so subtle pun is fitting. Diving into Jude, Jav, Stef and friends’ with benefits lives to find out what goes on behind closed doors aroused feelings of excitement. Not surprising since Laqueur’s words in A Plump of Woodcocks are beyond titillating. Gasps of delight and a blush or three she certainly got out of me! And I’d even go as far to say that this read bursting with steaminess not only beat the book slump, but also brought on the smiles and heartfelt sighs. Honestly, there were moments when I was really in a hot pickle.
“I love your body. I’ll never look at you and not get turned on.
“Even when I’m being a moron?”
The one-sentence blurb has to be the shortest I’ve ever read. And I totally loved it. Since there’s no room to let on, our curiosity is piqued and more often than not, we succumb to the temptation. However, before you dive in, I do recommend reading the Venery series first. Not in the mood? No worries ‘cause once you’ve had a taste of what’s what, you’ll most likely be itching to find out what all the noise is about. And believe you me, this series with all the feels is truly read-worthy.
“This isn’t a spontaneous, in the moment thing. This has a past. And a present. And a future.”
Plumb...woodcocks...the title—perfect for this series which rolls within the family saga, lacking the nailbiting sit on the edge of your seat drama I’d read in previous books. But don’t me wrong. A Scarcity of Condors was one of my fave 2019 reads. The cover. I’m not awfully keen on it but I can’t argue that it’s apt. Suanne let me have a peek into her most inner-thoughts and wowed my pants off in the process! This novella is a special treat, albeit for my liking and please don’t judge me, I could have read a lot more where this came from.
‘Take my secrets, take my treasures, take my words and my soul. Take me into your merciful heart and take everything I have. ’
The Spanish phrases. Spot on here! It’s my second language and if there’s one thing that irritates me more is poor translation. The author’s cool introduction, her prose and the flowing dialogue captured my attention from the word go and as her musings unfolded, showed me how the characters felt in a third-person narrative, too. To sum up, categorising A Plump Of Woodcocks as smut fiction is way off the mark. It’s just pure and utter gorgeousness. Bravo, Laqueur!
“I love your body. I’ll never look at you and not get turned on.
“Even when I’m being a moron?”
The one-sentence blurb has to be the shortest I’ve ever read. And I totally loved it. Since there’s no room to let on, our curiosity is piqued and more often than not, we succumb to the temptation. However, before you dive in, I do recommend reading the Venery series first. Not in the mood? No worries ‘cause once you’ve had a taste of what’s what, you’ll most likely be itching to find out what all the noise is about. And believe you me, this series with all the feels is truly read-worthy.
“This isn’t a spontaneous, in the moment thing. This has a past. And a present. And a future.”
Plumb...woodcocks...the title—perfect for this series which rolls within the family saga, lacking the nailbiting sit on the edge of your seat drama I’d read in previous books. But don’t me wrong. A Scarcity of Condors was one of my fave 2019 reads. The cover. I’m not awfully keen on it but I can’t argue that it’s apt. Suanne let me have a peek into her most inner-thoughts and wowed my pants off in the process! This novella is a special treat, albeit for my liking and please don’t judge me, I could have read a lot more where this came from.
‘Take my secrets, take my treasures, take my words and my soul. Take me into your merciful heart and take everything I have. ’
The Spanish phrases. Spot on here! It’s my second language and if there’s one thing that irritates me more is poor translation. The author’s cool introduction, her prose and the flowing dialogue captured my attention from the word go and as her musings unfolded, showed me how the characters felt in a third-person narrative, too. To sum up, categorising A Plump Of Woodcocks as smut fiction is way off the mark. It’s just pure and utter gorgeousness. Bravo, Laqueur!
February 9, 2020
If you have read the synopsis for A Plump of Woodcocks, you know exactly what you are in for when you open this novella to read it. Suanne Laqueur has written a no-holds-barred look into the intimate lives of her Men from the Venery Series. It is bold, unfiltered, and exquisite.
Even if you have not met Jude, Tej, Jav, or Stef, this novella is still completely comprehensible and enjoyable. It is a feast for the senses that commands you to go back and meet each of these amazing men. This brief glimpse into their lives lets you know the journeys they have taken to connect with each other were complex and unforgettable.
Suanne Laqueur has written an erotic masterpiece that highlights several levels of intimacy. Her words constantly remind the reader that the strong emotional, mental, and spiritual bonds these couples share supersedes and enhances their physical connection. Their connection all levels is what fuels and drives the beauty of their love and devotion to each other.
A Plump of Woodcocks is a lesson in what love truly is. It is a beautifully written work art that will leave you wanting to read or reread the Venery Series in its entirety.
Even if you have not met Jude, Tej, Jav, or Stef, this novella is still completely comprehensible and enjoyable. It is a feast for the senses that commands you to go back and meet each of these amazing men. This brief glimpse into their lives lets you know the journeys they have taken to connect with each other were complex and unforgettable.
Suanne Laqueur has written an erotic masterpiece that highlights several levels of intimacy. Her words constantly remind the reader that the strong emotional, mental, and spiritual bonds these couples share supersedes and enhances their physical connection. Their connection all levels is what fuels and drives the beauty of their love and devotion to each other.
A Plump of Woodcocks is a lesson in what love truly is. It is a beautifully written work art that will leave you wanting to read or reread the Venery Series in its entirety.
February 9, 2020
This book was hot, molten hot but it wasn’t just about sex, although there was a lot of it. It was about relationships. This book concentrated mainly on the sexual part of the relationships of the couples involved, Tej (rhymes with page) & Jude/Jav & Stef and how they gave their all to each other. There was trust and vulnerability woven through their most intimate moments. They gave and they took knowing if it became too much they could trust their partner stop or to go, go, go even further. All the while there was love. It was a soul deep kind of love. It was knowing when to give space or when to share kind of love. It was I get you, I understand you, I want you, I need you, I breathe you, I taste you, I’m here for you always kind of love. Everything was reciprocal. There are no one way streets in this book.
This was a side street in the Venery world where I lingered as a more than interested onlooker and it was full of stars. I counted at least 5.
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book.
This was a side street in the Venery world where I lingered as a more than interested onlooker and it was full of stars. I counted at least 5.
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book.
April 10, 2020
A behind the scenes look at some favorite books... and what happened between the sheets when we weren’t looking.
July 20, 2024
Stef and Jav are perfection ❤️ I could read about them being in love forever
March 2, 2020
Uf, no sé, agradezco el smut, pero ha sido un poco raro en general
Eso sí, leer sobre Javier y Stef de nueve, no tiene precio
Eso sí, leer sobre Javier y Stef de nueve, no tiene precio
October 13, 2024
Jav and Stef's love gives me forever life
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