Penny Brandon

I submitted a prompt for the M/M Romance Love is Always Write and it was picked up by Penny Brandon. The prompt was a picture prompt of a man using a jackhammer. Here was my prompt:

Mike slowed his pace as he walked by “Jackman” as he liked to call him. The man’s shirt clung to his skin with sweat in the summer heat, highlighting his well-developed muscles. Mike debates buying Jackman a cool soda and chatting him up, but he wasn’t exactly the forward type. The jackhammer stopped and show more Mike’s heart pounded as Jackman caught him staring. Mike’s breath caught and Jackman gave him a smirk.




Steve is so sweet and I love his confidence and gentleness. He's the perfect man to reach past Mike's reserve and shatter his erroneous perceptions.

I love that the relationship was not one of those 'instant love' relationships. This was like how a real relationship would start, full of miscommunication and assumptions that need to be smoothed out as the couple get to know each other.

All the surprises that popped up one after the other about Steve kept Mike on his toes and that was one of my favorite parts of the story. I had no idea what Penny would reveal next. The quilting was a big surprise and had me laughing because I've quilted also.

The last surprise was the one where Penny worked in 'Jackman' into their sex life. I loved that they could be so playful together and it was my favorite part of the story.

This was absolutely charming and Penny hit so many of the things I love about M/M romance, I'm so happy with the way she wrote it. Thanks so much Penny! :D

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Very cute, light-hearted story. I enjoyed it much.



I enjoyed the two mc's Cody and Jayden and pretty much figured out that Jayden was the brother of Cody's future brother in law right off the bat. The awkward breakfast the morning after was hilarious :D

Jayden was a sweetheart that Cody underestimated. For some reason as soon as I started reading the story, I got this impression that Cody was a bit effeminate, but that feeling grew less as the story progressed.

Loved the HEA. Good job :)

Liked the GIF for this story a lot (go look at it right now, seriously), and I felt it in this shortie. I took umbrage to Dean trying to tell Ben how Ben felt instead of listening to him, but it was an enoyale GFY.

This isn't what I expected at all from the cover and description. It's a sweet story, although most of it unbelievable for me. Both characters are much more complex then I thought they would be, and I really liked Mike's thoughts and reactions. I like that not everything about Jackman was perfect, and that he was a bit off sometimes. but it started way too fast, I like a bit of story and tension before the MCs get together, and it ended way too abruptly. I felt like a big section was chopped show more off before the epilogue, an important section. show less