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One Good Favor
What ties you to your lover? Love, need, desire, scarves, rope or ribbons. One Good Favor is a cowboy and horse shifter story by the combined talents of best-selling author J.L.Langley and new voice Dick D.
(This short story is also included in the The Ties That Bind anthology.)
(This short story is also included in the The Ties That Bind anthology.)
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First published January 24, 2004
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About the author
J.L. Langley
31 books1,866 followersJL has been talking since she was about seven months old. To those who know her it comes as no surprise, in fact, most will tell you she hasn’t shut up since. At eighteen months, she was speaking in full sentences. Imagine if you will the surprise of her admirers when they complimented her mother on “what a cute little boy” she had and received a fierce glare from said little boy and a very loud correction of “I’m a girl!” Oddly enough, JL still finds herself saying that exact phrase thirty-some-odd years later.
Along with the motormouth, JL also displayed a very vivid imagination and artistic ability. The artist first surfaced in way of drawing and painting, then became more apparent with dance. JL was a member of the National Art Honor Society in high school and has won several regional and national titles in dance, specifically tap and jazz. In college she majored in Graphic Art, but chose to make dance her profession. She taught tap, jazz and ballet for fifteen years before settling into her career as a writer.
Today JL is a full-time writer, with over ten novels to her credit. Among her hobbies she includes reading, practicing her marksmanship (she happens to be a great shot), gardening, working out (although she despises cardio), searching for the perfect chocolate dessert (so far as she can tell ALL chocolate is perfect, but it requires more research) and arguing with her husband over who the air compressor and nail gun really belongs to (they belong to JL, although she might be willing to trade him for his new chainsaw).
She also writes under the name Jeigh Lynn
Along with the motormouth, JL also displayed a very vivid imagination and artistic ability. The artist first surfaced in way of drawing and painting, then became more apparent with dance. JL was a member of the National Art Honor Society in high school and has won several regional and national titles in dance, specifically tap and jazz. In college she majored in Graphic Art, but chose to make dance her profession. She taught tap, jazz and ballet for fifteen years before settling into her career as a writer.
Today JL is a full-time writer, with over ten novels to her credit. Among her hobbies she includes reading, practicing her marksmanship (she happens to be a great shot), gardening, working out (although she despises cardio), searching for the perfect chocolate dessert (so far as she can tell ALL chocolate is perfect, but it requires more research) and arguing with her husband over who the air compressor and nail gun really belongs to (they belong to JL, although she might be willing to trade him for his new chainsaw).
She also writes under the name Jeigh Lynn
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October 8, 2014
Ride 'em, cowboy. Giddy up.
This is a rodeo roper tale that's less about the event and more about the men and their mounts. It emphasizes the special relationship between the man and his trusted partner. Evan's been doing the circuit with his friend for awhile now and doing okay.
Until, tragedy happens.
What he then finds makes all the difference in his quiet life. Things are better than they've ever been for Evan except, he really needs cell phone insurance. And one night, he gets really lucky.
Aaron is a coy one. And he leads Evan on a merry chase. Has his back and then some.
This is a fun story. It has some serious moments, but for the most part you're watching the shenanigans and the chase. Liked the humor, the twist and liked how Evan and Aaron worked together. Goofy smile kinda book.
Overall, a humorous and sexy cowboy and shifter story.
3.5 Stars
Favorite quote:
This is a rodeo roper tale that's less about the event and more about the men and their mounts. It emphasizes the special relationship between the man and his trusted partner. Evan's been doing the circuit with his friend for awhile now and doing okay.
Until, tragedy happens.
What he then finds makes all the difference in his quiet life. Things are better than they've ever been for Evan except, he really needs cell phone insurance. And one night, he gets really lucky.
Aaron is a coy one. And he leads Evan on a merry chase. Has his back and then some.
This is a fun story. It has some serious moments, but for the most part you're watching the shenanigans and the chase. Liked the humor, the twist and liked how Evan and Aaron worked together. Goofy smile kinda book.
Overall, a humorous and sexy cowboy and shifter story.
3.5 Stars
Favorite quote:
“That was stupid. I completely forgot myself. Seems to happen a lot when you’re around.”
November 1, 2021
I liked it. It has an interesting twist with a unique shifter. This is a short story I wish was longer. The ending was abrupt and there are things left unsaid, but it is a sweet romance.
May 4, 2016
I have a bit of a bias in favor of J.L. Langley…and no problem admitting it, either. She was the author that got me sucked into this genre, and as such I tend to love all her stuff no matter what. But there was a reason why I found myself falling so in love with gay romances, and that is because she writes damn good ones. I love her style of writing, and her shifters are a lot of fun. When I first discovered her, I went out and read almost everything by her that I could find.
Everything except this one.
Mostly because of that cover. It is not a horrible cover, but it does nothing for me at all.
So I skipped this story. And kept on skipping it for the next four years, right up until it came up for review on the blog. And while I’ve never read anything by Dick D. before-–never even heard of him, to be honest–-I thought, might as well give it a chance.
So I did.
And it was good.
Good enough that I’m kinda kicking myself for not reading it before.
It has Langley shifters, which are always a treat, except this time there are horse-shifters, not wolves. And I kinda loved the premise of Aaron falling so smitten with Evan, so he allows himself to be sold to the man as a roping horse. Evan, of course, is in love with his new horse ‘Gus’-–in a totally not bestiallity way-–though he has to say that it would be nice if Gus would stop killing Evan’s phones. They’re a match made in heaven. In more ways than Evan thinks. Since the guy that Even has been checking out at various bars along the circuit is not only totally gay, but totally his Gus. Just in human form. Delicious, tie me up and ride me hard, human form.
This short story was incredibly hot-–even if the thought of being anywhere near that bar’s backroom floor makes me cringe. Not so much because you don’t know what’s on it, but because you know exactly what is on it, and that is something my obsessive-cleaning heart cannot take.
It was still fucking hot, Even bent against the wall taking it from this mystery man in a gray hat–-but I really wanted to hand out hazmat suits after all the sexy time was over.
I fully recommend you pick this story up, especially if you are like me and you have been putting it off for so long for one reason or another. It was a great short story, and will help bide you over till Langley’s next book comes out. Hopefully, please please please, soon.
This book was provided free in exchange for a fair and honest review for Love Bytes. Go there to check out other reviews, author interviews, and all those awesome giveaways. Click below.
Everything except this one.
Mostly because of that cover. It is not a horrible cover, but it does nothing for me at all.
So I skipped this story. And kept on skipping it for the next four years, right up until it came up for review on the blog. And while I’ve never read anything by Dick D. before-–never even heard of him, to be honest–-I thought, might as well give it a chance.
So I did.
And it was good.
Good enough that I’m kinda kicking myself for not reading it before.
It has Langley shifters, which are always a treat, except this time there are horse-shifters, not wolves. And I kinda loved the premise of Aaron falling so smitten with Evan, so he allows himself to be sold to the man as a roping horse. Evan, of course, is in love with his new horse ‘Gus’-–in a totally not bestiallity way-–though he has to say that it would be nice if Gus would stop killing Evan’s phones. They’re a match made in heaven. In more ways than Evan thinks. Since the guy that Even has been checking out at various bars along the circuit is not only totally gay, but totally his Gus. Just in human form. Delicious, tie me up and ride me hard, human form.
This short story was incredibly hot-–even if the thought of being anywhere near that bar’s backroom floor makes me cringe. Not so much because you don’t know what’s on it, but because you know exactly what is on it, and that is something my obsessive-cleaning heart cannot take.
It was still fucking hot, Even bent against the wall taking it from this mystery man in a gray hat–-but I really wanted to hand out hazmat suits after all the sexy time was over.
I fully recommend you pick this story up, especially if you are like me and you have been putting it off for so long for one reason or another. It was a great short story, and will help bide you over till Langley’s next book comes out. Hopefully, please please please, soon.
This book was provided free in exchange for a fair and honest review for Love Bytes. Go there to check out other reviews, author interviews, and all those awesome giveaways. Click below.
November 20, 2014
A Joyfully Jay review.
4.25 stars
This is a story about a man and his horse. It’s an oldie but goodie that I’ve enjoyed for quite a while and to be honest, I think it’s one of Langley’s more forgotten works, though it’s quite good. One Good Favor is a short and sweet tale of fated lovers—one broken hearted and the other who is bound and determined to see him smile again. What I like most about this one is the lack of angst and drama. This story is short and sweet, which is probably why it is passed over a lot of the time. It’s a super easy and light read.
I adore the relationship between Evan and Gus, as well as Evan and Aaron. Between Evan and Gus, the relationship is a total BFF relationship. It’s cute the way Evan turns to his horse in all things.
Yet the relationship between Aaron and Evan—the tension and jealousies and heat—are all built up nicely throughout the entire story, around everything else. And the power play between the two is sudden and scorchingly hot. Theirs is a bit of a twist on a stranger in the night kind of story. It’s captivating and sexy. That’s for sure.The working of this short is quite clever not that you’d know by my summary, but truly, the way the authors create this story and reveal each step is quite creative. Each time I read it I’m impressed.
Overall, I like this story more and more each time I crack it open. The characters are great and the story is fun. Honestly I wouldn’t hate having more of them in another story or maybe a story for Adam and/or Tracy. I definitely recommend One Good Favor by J.L. Langley and Dick D.
Read Crissy’s review in its entirety here.
4.25 stars
This is a story about a man and his horse. It’s an oldie but goodie that I’ve enjoyed for quite a while and to be honest, I think it’s one of Langley’s more forgotten works, though it’s quite good. One Good Favor is a short and sweet tale of fated lovers—one broken hearted and the other who is bound and determined to see him smile again. What I like most about this one is the lack of angst and drama. This story is short and sweet, which is probably why it is passed over a lot of the time. It’s a super easy and light read.
I adore the relationship between Evan and Gus, as well as Evan and Aaron. Between Evan and Gus, the relationship is a total BFF relationship. It’s cute the way Evan turns to his horse in all things.
Yet the relationship between Aaron and Evan—the tension and jealousies and heat—are all built up nicely throughout the entire story, around everything else. And the power play between the two is sudden and scorchingly hot. Theirs is a bit of a twist on a stranger in the night kind of story. It’s captivating and sexy. That’s for sure.The working of this short is quite clever not that you’d know by my summary, but truly, the way the authors create this story and reveal each step is quite creative. Each time I read it I’m impressed.
Overall, I like this story more and more each time I crack it open. The characters are great and the story is fun. Honestly I wouldn’t hate having more of them in another story or maybe a story for Adam and/or Tracy. I definitely recommend One Good Favor by J.L. Langley and Dick D.
Read Crissy’s review in its entirety here.
November 1, 2012
Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.
Rating: 8/10
PROS:
- Again, this is a story with an unusual and intriguing plot element. There are hints about the solution to the mystery all over the place, but they didn’t bother me at all because the plot is definitely secondary to the romance.
- The authors do a good job of depicting a believable western world that’s still fairytaleish and at times, really funny: the main character is a rodeo cowboy, and he faces his share of sobering, realistic homophobic characters. But there’s also a scene in a gay honky tonk where he goes into the back room with a guy and notices pegs on the wall for all the cowboys who are getting busy to hang their hats on.
CONS:
- The ending is rushed: there’s a short little climactic scene with the baddies, and once they leave, we get a page and a half of resolution and then 2 pages of epilogue that that contain little more than hurried sentences to the effect of “here’s how this worked out” and “here’s how they explained that away.”
- The story’s not very long, and there are multiple instances of needless repetition. There are even a couple of lines of dialogue that the characters repeat almost verbatim in different places in the story.
Rating: 8/10
PROS:
- Again, this is a story with an unusual and intriguing plot element. There are hints about the solution to the mystery all over the place, but they didn’t bother me at all because the plot is definitely secondary to the romance.
- The authors do a good job of depicting a believable western world that’s still fairytaleish and at times, really funny: the main character is a rodeo cowboy, and he faces his share of sobering, realistic homophobic characters. But there’s also a scene in a gay honky tonk where he goes into the back room with a guy and notices pegs on the wall for all the cowboys who are getting busy to hang their hats on.
CONS:
- The ending is rushed: there’s a short little climactic scene with the baddies, and once they leave, we get a page and a half of resolution and then 2 pages of epilogue that that contain little more than hurried sentences to the effect of “here’s how this worked out” and “here’s how they explained that away.”
- The story’s not very long, and there are multiple instances of needless repetition. There are even a couple of lines of dialogue that the characters repeat almost verbatim in different places in the story.
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April 25, 2021guessed one twist, didn't guess the the second
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September 26, 2014
Read in the The Ties That Bind Anthology.
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September 24, 2022
I adored this short story by J.L. Langley
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November 10, 2014This book was read and reviewed by Carissa for Love Bytes Reviews.
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