Batteries Not Included

By JL Merrow

How would you react if you woke up one morning to find you were in bed with your favorite rock star? More to the point: how would the rock star react?

Animal rescue worker Sam is content to dream of rock sensation Cain Shepney. Trouble is, his meddling mother Lillith thinks he deserves to have all his dreams come true -- and she isn’t above performing a little magic to achieve her ends! Sam’s shocked to wake up one morning to find himself actually in bed with his celebrity crush -- but that’s nothing to how Cain feels about it! Suddenly Sam’s got to deal with an irate, naked, and very distracting rock star in his bed.

Cain has it all -- he’s good-looking, famous, and adored by millions. But his life takes a turn for the surreal when he wakes up in bed with Sam. Expecting everyone to be worried sick by his disappearance, Cain’s horrified to find his manager -- and even his mum -- insisting he’s an imposter, and the real Cain Shepney is right where he belongs.

Sam just wants to help, but with Cain convinced he’s a crazed, celebrity-kidnapping stalker, Sam’s got his work cut out for him. Can he get the object of his affections to trust him long enough to find out just what the hell’s going on?

• Language: English
• Publisher: JMS Books LLC
• Release date: Dec 14, 2014
• ISBN: 9781611526851

JL Merrow

JL MERROW is that rare beast, an English person who refuses to drink tea. She read Natural Sciences at Cambridge, where she learned many things, chief amongst which was that she never wanted to see the inside of a lab ever again. Her one regret is that she never mastered the ability of punting one-handed whilst holding a glass of champagne.She writes across genres, with a preference for contemporary gay romance and mysteries, and is frequently accused of humour. Her novel Slam! won the 2013 Rainbow Award for Best LGBT Romantic Comedy, and her novella Muscling Through and novel Relief Valve were both EPIC Awards finalists.JL Merrow is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, International Thriller Writers, Verulam Writers and the UK GLBTQ Fiction Meet organising team.Find JL Merrow online at: www.jlmerrow.com, on Twitter as @jlmerrow, and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/jl.merrow

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Batteries Not Included

By J.L. Merrow

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Batteries Not Included

By J.L. Merrow

"Holy shit, who the hell are you?"

As wake-up calls went, I could think of better ones. At least, I could have if I wasn’t terminally sleep-deprived. I cursed the day I ever let Lilith buy me that voice-recording alarm clock—she must have been laughing herself silly when she sneaked in to leave that little message—and reached out to turn the bloody thing off.

And hit flesh. Bare flesh.

What the fuck?

Suddenly more wide awake than if I’d been mainlining espresso all night, I stared into wide, grey eyes, surrounded by enough kohl to start a fire with. The face that went with them contained full, red lips, a cute little nose, and was topped off with spiky black hair with just a hint of purple.

Oh, thank fuck for that, I breathed, relaxing. Because I’d just realized I was dreaming. Had to be, as no way was the real Cain Shepney, pop phenomenon and mega-star winner of Britain’s Got the Idol Factor, stark bollock naked in bed with me. Come back over here, Cain, I mumbled, reaching out for him.

"Get the fuck away from me!" I felt a sudden chill as Cain ripped the duvet from the bed and wrapped it around his naked form, backing away slowly.

Oh, bloody hell. It was turning out to be a nightmare. Which was odd, because usually my dreams about Cain Shepney were strictly of the pleasurable variety. You know, the sort where you have to change your boxers after, and possibly the sheets as well…is that too much information? My mates

Reviews for Batteries Not Included

[kaetrin_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Very funny short about a "special" Christmas present Sam gets from his flaky, witchy mother.

[serenayates · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Short, very funny Christmas story in which Sam is granted his wish for a lover. Except - Cain has no idea what is going on and no memories of how he got into Sam's bed.

I loved the way Sam and Cain slowly inched their way toward the truth - as unlikely as that is. There were lots of laughs, quite a bit of confusion and, luckily, a happy end. A quick, fun read!