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Taste of London by Lucy Felthouse
Ryan Stonebridge and his friend Kristian
Hurst are heading off on the trip of a lifetime. They’re spending their gap
year traveling the world and expect lots of sun, sights and sex. The guys have
a couple of days in the English capital before catching the Eurostar to Paris .
Unfortunately, a family emergency means that Kristian has to head back home for
a while, leaving Ryan to continue the trip alone.
Luckily for Ryan, he’s an attractive guy
and there is no shortage of gorgeous women available to help take his mind off
Kristian’s family drama.
Teaser Excerpt from Chapter
One
“Come on, mate, let’s go and grab our
travel passes from the machine,” Ryan said, his familiarity with the locale
apparent by the way he marched along the train platform toward the heart of St.
Pancras Station.
“What? Uh – okay.” Kristian re-arranged his
bag on his shoulder and scurried to keep up with his friend.
Bypassing the huge line of impatient,
muttering people queuing for the manned booths, Ryan headed to one of the
ticket machines. By the time Kristian caught up, Ryan already had a travel pass
in his hand.
“So, um, what do I need to buy then, mate?
I’m not as au fait with all this as you.”
“Been practising your French for the trip,
Kris?” Ryan punched his friend on the arm playfully. “No worries. We’re only
taking one trip tonight so you just need a single to London Bridge on the
Tube.”
“All right,” Kristian replied, carefully
tapping the relevant areas of the touch screen, feeding his money into the
machine and triumphantly retrieving his ticket.
“Okay, I’m ready to go!”
“Come on then.” Ryan hoisted his bag back
onto his shoulder and walked in the direction of the Underground, with Kristian
close behind.
“Hey,” Kristian said, pointing as they
passed a map of the Underground, “don’t you need to check where we’re going?”
“Nope,” Ryan said, without breaking stride,
“I know London pretty well, plus I double checked all this stuff when I organised
this part of the trip. What can I say, it’s the Boy Scout in me.”
“Cool. I guess it makes things easier when
you’re not checking a map every two minutes. So how long will it take us to get
to London Bridge station from here?”
They stepped onto the escalator. Rather
than standing still and letting the moving staircase do its thing, Ryan
continued to walk, eager now to get this leg of traveling over and done with so
he could have some fun. It had been a long day, or at least it felt like one.
They’d actually only traveled around one hundred and fifty miles from the
outskirts of the Peak District to the centre of London , a couple of
hours on the train, but it had felt like longer. Perhaps because he’d been so
eager to actually get to London and start their adventure.
“Not long mate. Probably about ten minutes.
It’s a direct journey and at this time of day it shouldn’t be too busy. We can
dump our stuff at the hostel then have some drinks next door.”
“There’s a pub next door? No wonder I let
you sort out this trip. You’re a fucking genius!”
By now, they’d reached the bottom of the
escalator. Ryan stepped off, then turned to face his friend. Tapping his head,
he grinned and said, “It’s not just a hat rack, mate.”
Kristian laughed. “You’re right there.” He
paused. “It’s a fucking chick magnet, too!”
Ryan frowned, looking genuinely confused.
“It is?” Then he shook himself and smiled. “I wish someone had told me!”
“Are you kidding, mate? Everywhere we go,
women are checking you out.” Kristian grinned. “Why do you think I agreed to go
traveling with you? I’m hoping some of your apparent sex appeal will rub off on
me and get me some action!”
Ryan laughed, then started walking towards
the southbound platform for their connection to London Bridge . “So
that’s your ulterior motive, eh? Never mind being my best mate, or seeing the
world, you just wanna get laid?”
*****
About the author and where to find her on the web:
Lucy is a graduate of the University of Derby , where
she studied Creative Writing. During her first year, she was dared to write an
erotic story - so she did. It went down a storm and she's never looked back.
Lucy has had stories published by Cleis Press, Constable and Robinson, Decadent
Publishing, Ellora's Cave, Evernight Publishing, House of Erotica, Ravenous
Romance, Resplendence Publishing, Secret Cravings Publishing, Sweetmeats Press
and Xcite Books. She is also the editor of Uniform Behaviour, Seducing the
Myth, Smut by the Sea and Smut in the City. Find out more at http://www.lucyfelthouse.co.uk. Join
her on Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to her
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