Brian is an exhausted and overstressed IT technician with no love life and a bad-tempered cat. Actually, he has no love life due to his cat – an overweight and perhaps psychotically possessive tomcat that answers to the name of Dwayne. In Brush with Desire by Chrissy Munder, we find Brian shopping for a few essentials as well as cat treats at his local grocery superstore. In the hair care aisle, he encounters a man who spurs his fantasies and fuels his desires. Although Brian believes he has made a fool of himself in the store, he finds this man, Dale, is interested in him as well. Dale is determined to show Brian that a hairbrush is good for so much more than just grooming one’s hair. Will Brian and Dale find a connection that surpasses fun and games with a hairbrush? And just as important, will they survive the wrath of Dwayne?

This is another humorous offering from Chrissy Munder, who seems to have just the right touch to keep the reader laughing through her stories. Brush with Desire is a quick and funny read. Brian seems to have a number of what he feels to be kinky fetishes – hair, submission, a little bit of spanking – and he has met just the right man in Dale, who appears to know all of the right buttons to press to help out with these kinks. Dale is Brian’s wet dream and his perfect foil, and the interaction between the two makes for comic reading. Brian’s voice in this story is endearing and self-deprecating, and the reader will laugh out loud as he shops for treats and toys to bribe his cat and deals with being turned on by a man with a hairbrush in the grocery store. Readers of this story should expect to a very entertaining experience.

Reviewed by: Whitney