Screw the Fags

By Josephine Myles

Resisting temptation has never been so much fun!
When Cosmo Rawlins makes a special request for his upcoming birthday, his toppy boyfriend strikes a deal with him: if Cosmo gives up smoking, Alasdair will buy him a car. What Alasdair doesn't realise, however, is that a week of keeping a close eye on his bratty submissive will test the very limits of his libido.

Warning: written in British English, where "fag" has an entirely different definition than it does in the States.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Josephine Myles
• Release date: Feb 21, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301848256

Josephine Myles

English through and through, Josephine Myles is addicted to tea and busy cultivating a reputation for eccentricity. She writes gay erotica and romance, but finds the erotica keeps cuddling up to the romance, and the romance keeps corrupting the erotica. Jo blames her rebellious muse but he never listens to her anyway, no matter how much she threatens him with a big stick. She’s beginning to suspect he enjoys it. Jo now has over a dozen novels and novellas under her belt. Her novel Stuff won the 2014 Rainbow Award for Best Bisexual Romance, and her novella Merry Gentlemen won the 2014 Rainbow Award for Best Gay Romantic Comedy. She loves to be busy, and is currently having fun trying to work out how she is going to fit in her love of writing, dressmaking and attending cabaret shows in fabulous clothing around the demands of a preteen with special needs and an insatiably curious toddler. Website and blog: http://josephinemyles.com/  Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/hrQ4s  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/josephine.myles.author  Twitter: @JosephineMyles 

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Resisting temptation has never been so much fun!

When Cosmo Rawlins makes a special request for his upcoming birthday, his toppy boyfriend strikes a deal with him: if Cosmo gives up smoking, Alasdair will buy him a car. What Alasdair doesn't realise, however, is that a week of keeping a close eye on his bratty submissive will test the very limits of his libido.

Warning: written in British English, where fag has an entirely different definition than it does in the States.

Author’s note:

This is a follow-up short story intended to be read after the novel, Screwing the System. However, I know some readers won’t have read the novel yet, so I’ve done my best to avoid any spoilers should you then want to go on and find out more about how Cosmo and Alasdair first get together.

Praise for Screwing the System

Myles’ humorous and skilful portrayal of this unique and authentic couple will please a lot of her fans immensely and will warm up new readers for her other excellent work... She also proves once again that she’s capable of creating an unforgettable couple with an electrifying chemistry.

~ Janna at Rarely Dusty Books

A sexy, romantic read that immediately captured my attention kept me enthralled with it until I finished the last page. I loved everything about this book. Between the interesting, well-written characters and the intriguing story they told, Screwing the System has a permanent place on my keeper shelf.

~ Gabbi at Top 2 Bottom Reviews

One of the most enjoyable BDSM lite romances I have ever read… I really really loved how Cosmo and Alasdair were shown to be two people falling in love, stumbling along the way, both of them making mistakes and learning from them… I already reread it three times and without skipping a single sex scene, which is not something I do with too many books… Highly recommended.

~ Sirius at Reviews by Jessewave

Screw the Fags

A Screwing the System short

by Josephine Myles

Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2013 by Josephine Myles

Cover Art by Lou Harper

Smashwords License Statement

Thank you for downloading this free ebook. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced, copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form. If you enjoyed this book, please visit Jo’s website to find out about her other published works. Thank you for your support.

For Jamie, Lou, Angharad, Ione, Tam, Phil and Donna. Thank you all for the feedback on my early draft, and helping to make this a better story than I’d have been able to on my own.

Screw the Fags

I want a motorbike, Cosmo announced first thing on Monday morning, before taking another forkful of his omelette.

Alasdair sighed into his coffee. He’d known it would probably be a huge mistake to ask Cosmo what he’d like for his upcoming birthday, but he just hadn’t been able to think of anything suitably... Romantic wasn’t the word he was after. It was bad enough the lad’s birthday was this coming Friday. Valentine’s Day, no less. Alasdair might need Cosmo like he needed oxygen, but he wasn’t about to start getting all mushy with red roses, jewellery and the like. Not unless the jewellery came with a padlock.

No, he might not want to buy something romantic, but he definitely wanted to get Cosmo something suitably dramatic. A bike was dramatic,

Reviews for Screw the Fags

[crtsjffrsn · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Cosmo wants a car for his birthday. His boyfriend, Alasdair, decides to make it a quid pro quo situation: Cosmo can have a car if he quits smoking. Knowing it's not an easy feat, Alasdair brings Cosmo with him to the office and finds some creative ways to keep his mind off his cravings.

I'm not sure if I'm missing something having not read the first book in this series (though I've seen many people say it doesn't tie too much into the previous installment, and as a short, I'm guessing it probably doesn't), but I really couldn't get into this too much. It's definitely well-written and the characters are dynamic and engaging, but the situations they're in and how the story plays out was a bit too outlandish for me, personally.

[vampkiss · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

4 stars. Loved another glimpse into Cosmo and his sweet leather daddy's life.

[fiordiligii-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a nice follow up story which revisists Alisdair and Cosmo about ten months into their relationship. Cosmo is trying to give up smoking and Alisdair is challeneged to detour Cosmos's oral fixation *g*. What I truly appreciated is that this story is not all about sex, but again shows us the love and dynamics between the couple, the ups and downs and their development as a person. Lovely done and thanks for the free read!

[bea_writer · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A perfect short story follow up.

[katybethmckee · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I love another visit with Alasdair and Cosmo. They seem to be a perfect match. Cosmo has just enough brat to make him a whole lot of fun.