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Photo Shoot - by: Addison Albright

Photo Shoot - by Addison Albright

Published in ebook format on November 29, 2008 @ Torquere Press

Available for sale @ Torquere Books, All Romance eBooks, & OmniLit

11 pages / 3,500 words
Available file types - html, lit, pdf, prc

Eddie's a good guy who'd do anything for a friend, especially Trent, but that good-nature is sorely tested when Trent asks Eddie to be the model for a nude photo shoot. Trent's grades depend on it, so of course Eddie says yes. It's not easy being naked in front of the guy Eddie wants. There are so many ways he could make a fool of himself. Why does Trent want to take pictures of him, and why does it seem that Eddie's not the only one blushing?

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Excerpt from a Review by Lisa of "Joyfully Reviewed"

Photo Shoot is both sexy and sweet. Fast paced and fun, Photo Shoot is enjoyable from start to finish. Two great friends come alive on the pages showing their silly sides and some sizzling moments. Photo Shoot is adorably hot!

Excerpt from a Review by Kassa of "Rainbow Reviews"

Addison Albright has a sharp sense of humor and timing. Her style of blending humor with romance is likely to be a favorite for the genre, even if the romance is somewhat too heavy and sweet on the finishing side. The witty and clever elements of humor used in the story create a funny and quick opening that draw you into the characters almost immediately.

Excerpt from a Review by Chocolate Minx of "Literary Nymphs"

Photo Shoot is a delightful snippet to break up your work day with a little humor. ... Addison Albright exhibits creative writing skills along with an amusing dialog in this enjoyable saga.

Excerpt from a Review by emily83176 on her Livejournal ("Enigmatically Emily")

This story explores the true meaning of friendship and overcoming your own self-doubt to see what is standing right in front of you. Eddie and Trent are very close friends, and they have to be in order for Eddie to agree to take his gear off and pose nude. The friendship between these guys is wonderful and they can laugh at each other's jokes and provide the emotional support the other needs. The photo shoot itself is quite sexy and it's no wonder that things start to get all heated pretty quick. The story has quite a bit of humor as well and the best is the turtle analogy which leads to some of my favorite lines from yet another adorably sweet story from Addison.

An Excerpt

Trent clearly wanted to move things along. “Well, um, can I get you something to drink or are you ready to get started?”

Eddie’d never be ready to get started but figured the sooner he sucked it up and got moving the better off he’d be. He mumbled something about getting it over with and made his way to Trent’s bathroom to get undressed.

The bright bathroom lighting did nothing to help his faltering ego. Why hadn’t he thought to visit a tanning salon so he wouldn’t be so pale? The sparse dark hair centered on his chest and trailing lightly down his stomach stood out starkly in the glow of the rows of big round bulbs lining the large mirror over Trent’s vanity. The thick thatch between his legs contrasted so severely with the pale skin around it that it seemed almost obscene.

His prick was appallingly pallid, peeking out in the center of it... Christ. Barely peeking out. He’d been worried about embarrassing himself by springing a boner around Trent, but he was so freaked he was turtling instead. Equally bad. No worse. Far worse.

Eddie warmed his prick with his hand, coaxing it out of hiding and to a reasonable far-less-awkward compromise between cold frightened turtle and raging hard-on. Then, he grabbed a towel, because there was no way he was strutting out there butt naked.

With the towel wrapped securely around his waist he took a deep breath and stepped back out to face the music. Trent had turned on his stereo to a rather sultry sounding instrumental. Was that supposed to help him relax? Get him to move like a real model?

Trent pasted on a cheery smile. “Ready, Eddie?” Then he laughed. “I’m a poet and didn’t know it.”

Jesus, Trent could be corny sometimes. But Eddie laughed. Trent could always make him laugh. For some reason Trent always laughed at his dumb jokes too. No one else ever did. They usually just looked at him like he was some kind of doofus.

“No.” He went for honesty.

Trent’s smile was crooked. “It’s just me Eddie. It’s not like you haven’t gotten naked for guys before. And it’s not like I haven’t seen plenty either. Shit. Would it help if I got naked too, to take the pictures?”

Eddie’s prick twitched at the thought. Hell no, Trent had better not get naked. He’d never be able to keep from embarrassing himself. “No!” He said that a little too forcefully. Shit.

Trent looked almost hurt. He bit his lip and turned serious again. “If it’s really bothering you that much, well, it’s okay if you want to back out.”

Now Eddie felt like a heel. He hadn’t meant to make Trent feel bad for asking for his help. “No, it’s okay. I’ll do it.”

“Well, anyway, I’ve got lots of film here so we should probably get started.”

Shit. It was about time to drop the towel. He looked anxiously at the well lit brick wall. “Um, what do you want me to do? Just stand over there?”

“Well, for starters I guess. I’d like you to use the wall a bit. Lean back on it some. Maybe some snaps with you facing the wall looking back at the camera, or off to the side. I like that wall for a backdrop.”

“You don’t think that’s too bright?”

Trent laughed. “I’ll be playing around with different lighting, changing the angles and stuff. Just leave that part to me.”

Just drop the towel, Eddie. Just drop it. He forced his hand to open up and tried to be nonchalant as the towel fell to the floor. As casually as he could manage he walked to the wall and asked, “So do you want my face to just be neutral, or do you want smiles or something?”

“Whatever feels natural, Eddie. Mix it up.”

“’Kay.” He swallowed, took another deep breath and looked up at Trent from where he stood in front of the wall, and heard the shutter click a few times on Trent’s camera.

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