I'm starting to think that instead of April Fool's Day, this is Erotica Freebie day. Or maybe that's the prank?
Anyway, XCite Books joins Ellora's Cave (
3 new publisher-exclusive novellas/stories plus a few older ones free for Kindle) and All Romance eBooks (
1 free book a day until April 22nd to celebrate Earth Day) in offering fresh, DRM-free erotic/romance freebies today. (Plus there's also the 2 start-of-the-month Samhain freebies, which should be DRM-free @ B&N.)
These are DRM-free in multiple formats with a single "purchase" and are short stories that are meant as samplers from longer anthologies.
The first one appears het (and PDF-only). The other ones are very definitely m/m.
Just Watch Me by Justine Elyot in
Kinky Girls, edited by Miranda Forbes
Enjoy a complete free story from the fabulous Kinky Girls collection.
Kinky girls come in many shapes and sizes, but all share some common qualities. They live for pleasure - both to give it and receive it - and they're definitely not afraid to push the sexual boundaries to realise their goal. Whether it's bondage, role play, toys or al fresco loving, nothing comes between a girl and her kink - unless she wants it to, of course! For these wild women, variety is the spice of life and sexperimentation is the key to finding complete satisfaction.
Twenty mixed and varied stories by your favourite authors.
The Party by Steve Nugent
Life with an older man has its complications, and things are about to get even more complex when, following a secret encounter in Acapulco, one of the party guests spots some irregularities in the vacation photos.
This story appears in the collection Attractions.
The Way to Will by Drew Hunt
Just before rushing off to catch his plane home after a two-week bus tour of Florida, Will Thompson tells Graham Knight that he loves him.
Stunned, not least because before meeting Will he thought himself straight, Graham watches Will leave. Realising he feels the same way, Graham has to journey across the US to tell Will he loves him, too. But with little money and travelling in a strange country, the way to Will is not an easy one.
Be sure to download the stories in the formats you want immediately, just in case. It looks like they've changed their website and wiped out the order history for older orders, which is a warning never to trust "the cloud".
ETA: A bunch more of their
free reads which weren't advertised in the newsletter. Much of it was previously freebied by Rainbow eBooks, incidentally, but if you missed it there, you can get it here.