A Skin Deep, Inc. NovelFighter pilot Jon Russell never sleeps with the same man twice. Known for his lack of shame when it comes to hooking up, Jon has no interest in commitment–even friends with benefits sounds like too much work. Matt Huffman isn’t gay. He’s slept with lots of women. He’s had loads of girlfriends. So why does the hot as hell pilot getting a tattoo as the result of a lost bet … the result of a lost bet stop his breath? And how come he can’t stop thinking about him, even after he’s gone?
When Jon returns to Skin Deep the second time, he doesn’t want another tattoo. He wants to hook up with the gorgeous artist he spent hours agonizingly close to. And although Matt insists he isn’t gay, it isn’t long before Matt decides he wants to see–he’s always wanted to see–what it’s like to be with a man. Fulfill the desire he can’t stop fantasizing over. And he wants to do it with Jon.
As their casual hook up becomes more than just skin deep, both Matt and Jon are faced with questions they don’t want to answer. Matt understands he’s bi–but are these feelings he has typical of hooking up with a man? Or is it only Jon that can make his heart pound? If Jon wanted nothing more than a fling, why does he find himself needing not just Matt’s body, but all of him? And can their relationship withstand the hardships that makes Jon avoid them in the first place?
The Skin Deep, Inc books can be read in any order–come enter a world where gorgeous tattoo artists and hot Navy men find passion, pleasure, and a happily ever after together.
L.A. Witt also writes under the name Lauren Gallagher.
more
Witt is a go to for easy to read m/m hotness.
It all begins with Jon, a gay fighter pilot, who loses a bet. Since he believed that there was no way in hell that he’d lose it, he agreed to getting a tattoo in case he did. And this is exactly how he gets to meet Matt – a heavily inked tattoo artist.
Since Mister Ink has recently had a threesome with his best friend, Lisa, and her boyfriend, he suddenly feels the strong urge to fool around with guys to validate his apparent sexual attraction towards men. From the moment they lock eyes, the sizzling fire between them cannot be denied which is why the pair start off as fuck buddies and then spiral into other directions. All in all, a solid and surprisingly smutty gay first time story.
It is not a short read, but it is totally worth your time. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who craves a pair that shares this kind of I-must-have-you-now passion. I am very happy I purchased this book.
Pounding Skin is another steamy, entertaining story in the Skin Deep Inc. series. Matt is a talented tattooist at Skin Deep Inc. He’s lately been contemplating his previously perceived heterosexuality. He had a threesome with his ex girlfriend and her new boyfriend and found to his delight that having sex with another man lit him up in a way he hadn’t expected. He had been saying he wasn’t gay his whole life, since he was 7 in fact, but now he’s wondering just how true that mantra is. And then Jon happens to him…when he walks into Skin Deep to get a tattoo, one forced upon him by his squadron mates, Matt is instantly attracted, and the feeling is mutual. Jon is an unrepentant manwhore, in fact the tattoo his mates are making him get is the logo of a squadron with whom Jon has slept with more than one of them, but Matt knows that if any man can teach him how to be with a man and to gain confidence in his sexual skills, then Jon would be that man. As they fall into a casual, no strings affair, it’s smoking hot, but Matt starts wondering just how casual this affair actually is. Especially since Jon’s been sending signals that he may be thinking of Matt as more than just a f-buddy with whom he has mind-blowing sex.
I love how tentative Matt was in the beginning, as he pushed Jon away the first time he asked him out, but once he had a talk with his ex, he was all in, no more second guessing himself. Matt was really easy to connect with, Jon not so much. It’s not that I didn’t like Jon, I just didn’t connect to him like I did with Matt. His prejudice against committed relationships made no sense at all, for one thing. There wasn’t some deep, dark secret in his life that made him think relationships were horrible things, he just for some reason didn’t want one. And of course that ended up hurting Matt, so that pissed me off. Thank God there wasn’t a lot of angst, though, and that the two reunited quickly once Jon realized he had his head up his ass (thanks to Nate, Jon’s best friend and RIO).
I wish there had been an epilogue, but I have a feeling that Nate’s story might provide one of sorts, as Daniel and Colin (Back Piece) get more mention in Pounding Skin, and their relationship is expanded upon here. So, hopefully in Cover Up, I’ll get more of how Matt and Jon’s relationship is progressing.
Couldn’t book this book down I didn’t know there was a first book so after reading this book in one day I purchased the first book