Monday, December 17, 2018

Holiday Reading #2 #holiday #reading

Welcome to the second of the five posts for this years holiday reading! If you missed the first one, you can check it out here. These aren't in any particular order and are across all genres and orientations. 


Title: Santa Daddy

Genre: Romance / Contemporary / Age Gap / Daddy Kink /

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Blurb: Mall Santas aren’t supposed to be hot

Hunter Adams is hopelessly adrift after college. He’s still a virgin, can’t find a real job, and has no clue what to do with his life. In desperation, he returns to his humiliating old job as an elf at the Santa's Village in his hometown's dying mall. The Santa on the job is an unexpectedly sexy lumberjack, twice Hunter's size and age. He makes Hunter feel very naughty—too bad he's grumpy and intimidating.

Years after the tragic death of his partner, Nick Spini has his beagle and long, hard days on his Christmas tree farm. That’s plenty. But he can’t refuse a loyal friend’s plea for help and finds himself filling in as Santa at the local mall. Despite Nick's attempt to stay aloof, the beautiful, anxious young man playing elf brings out his long-dormant daddy instincts.

When a surprise blizzard traps them alone in Nick’s isolated forest home, their attraction burns even brighter. Will they surrender to the sizzling connection between them and find the release and comfort they crave?

Santa Daddy is a holiday gay romance from Keira Andrews featuring an age gap, steamy m/m first times, daddy role-playing and light spanking, Christmas romance feels, and of course a happy ending.




Title: Omega Wintertide: A Wolves in the World Holiday Story

Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Alpha & Omega / Shifters / Gay / 

Notes: This is connected to the Omega Required and Omega Defiant books.


Blurb: Three omegas are home for the holidays with the Niemi pack, and every old tradition is new again with these omegas in the mix!

Ethan is getting his first taste of living with an outsider werewolf pack and celebrating the Winter Solstice. He's still finding his place among them--and with himself--and that would be challenge enough, but another surprise is waiting for him at the party...

Casey is introducing his brand new mate (and soon-to-be co-parent!) to the Christmas traditions of the Niemi pack. It's a time for family, but Casey and Adam are still figuring out just what family means when it comes to the two of them...

Rory is looking forward to the first full moon of Winter because it's a night he'll definitely get to spend with his mate, Beau. But this full moon in particular is bringing something they've both been waiting for: Rory's finally going into heat for the first time since they met, and he's going to have a very long winter's night to spend with his mate...

Omega Wintertide is a collection of three connected holiday stories, meant to be read after Omega Required and Omega Defiant!



Title: All I want for Christmas... is my sister's Boyfriend

Genre: Romance / Contemporary / Gay / 

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Blurb: Some people want their two front teeth or a hippopotamus for Christmas. Not me. That would be too clichéd.


Then again, I never thought I’d stoop to sitting on Santa’s lap and asking him to bring me a boyfriend, either. In my defense, though, the man of my dreams had just knocked me into a store display ten minutes prior, so I wasn’t exactly thinking straight. 


Hah, but when did I ever.

I never thought I’d see Mr. Tall, Dark, and Handsome again, but it looked like fate—or Santa—had other plans when I ran into him the following night. Seemed like I might be getting my Christmas wish after all, right? Right.

So imagine my surprise when I showed up at my parents’ house for the holidays, only to find out that my sister had asked Santa for the exact same thing I did—and he’d delivered early.


Yep, my sister scored herself a handsome new boyfriend, and he’s absolutely perfect. He’s charming, my parents love him, and even Lucifer the demon cat tolerates him.


Oh, did I mention he also happens to be my dream guy? The one who’s supposed to be under my tree?


Yeah. Merry freakin’ Christmas to me. Someone pass the hot buttered rum.

This is a fun, feel-good MM Christmas novella.




Title: Stay AwhileEscape from the Holidays

Genre: Romance / Contemporary / Asexual

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Blurb: 


The holidays are usually a whirlwind of busy activity for Anson—decorating, baking for friends—but this year, his heart isn't in it. He'd hoped coming out to Daly as asexual would be the right thing to do. Since then, he hasn't heard a word from the handsome photographer.

Now Daly's suddenly shown up at his front door, asking Anson to trust him, to come with him. He doesn't dare hope in case this is just another build up to a bigger heartbreak.




Title: Foxy Boxing Day

Genre: Romance / Paranoramal / Werewolf / Shifter / Lesbian / 

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Blurb: 


After a sickness keeps a young werewolf ill through Christmas, she is excited to go to her Pack’s Boxing Day party.


With the party in full swing, she meets a punky fox shifter who pushes all of her buttons in just the right way, and the holidays become a lot more exciting.




Title: Hadash Aviv

Genre: Romance / Contemporary / Gay /

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Blurb: New beginnings come in many different forms. Aviv's started with a bomb in Gaza and a friendly American soldier who turned his life around. But pomegranate trees only bloom in the spring and aviv is a long way off. Can a chance meeting at a new year's party finally bring Aviv's new beginning into flower?




Title: Holiday Hijinks: Hounds of the Hunt, 2

Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Hellhounds / Gay / 

Notes: releases December 26th


Blurb: This year the holidays seem to be rubbing Archie the wrong way. He can't stand that damn happy music blasting in the stores and all over the radio. The decorations went up far too early—and don't even get Archie started on how cheery everyone is.


Seeing the holidays cause Archie to slip back into a depression, Adze decides to take matters into his own hands. The one thing his mate has always wanted is to see the Tudor houses in England. Besides, it’s the perfect time to escape the humdrum heat in Melbourne. Adze can’t think of anything better than curling up in front of a roaring fire with his mate while snow falls outside.

Of course, life would never be that easy. Baby demon stowaways and Christmas Krampuses hell-bent on doing good leave the pair wondering just where things went wrong.



Title: Don't Underestimate Me (Just Don't Book 2)

Genre: Romance / Contemporary / Gay / 

Notes: I'm not sure this can be read as a standalone... 


Blurb: The best first kiss ever should lead up to a wonderful holiday season. But what if it only heralds heartbreak?


After a whole decade of pining over his brother’s husband, Van finally gets a chance to kiss him. With Parker’s taste still in his heart, Van’s outlook on his romantic future is suddenly brighter. It doesn’t last long, not when an out-of-town aunt with health issues and Parker’s own choices keep them apart.

Van buries himself in his work in a desperate attempt to deal with the heavy blow of not seeing Parker. When they’re finally reunited, the outlook is just as bleak.

As Van risks his entire family turning against him, Van might get a Christmas that’s not even close to merry. He’ll need a few miracles to sort everything out, but he’s severely short on holiday cheer.

Don’t Underestimate Me continues the angsty story of the Just Don’t gay romance serial. If you like to see love interests bouncing between friendship and love, then you’ll love this second installment in Alina Popescu’s series.

Get your copy of Don’t Underestimate Me right now to find out what happens next in Evan and Parker’s lives.
Just Don’t Series

Book One – Don’t Call Me Kid
Book Two – Don’t Underestimate Me
Book Three – Don’t Push Me Away (To be released on December 28th, 2018)
Book Four – Don’t Let Go (To be released January 23rd, 2019)



Title: Guess Who's Coming to Karamu

Genre: Romance / Contemporary / Gay /

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Blurb: Grant Cary, a twenty-eight-year-old grad student, has let his Kwanzaa shopping go to the very last minute. In his rush to get home, he quite literally bumps into Will Sheritan, a fortysomething software developer, in the elevator. But luck favors (or curses) the adventurous, because their elevator shuts down due to a blackout. Grant and Will learn about each other’s pasts and find more than just a casual interest.



Will has never celebrated Kwanzaa, and he’s reluctant to enter into a relationship, but exploring a new tradition—with a new friend—might brighten his lonely holiday. And if Will accepts Grant’s invitation to join his family for the Karamu feast, Grant might get his Imani gift early.




Title: Waiting on the Rain

Genre: Romance / Urban Fantasy / Trans / Lesbian / Gay / 

Notes: Releases December 29th


Blurb: One young man desperate to make things right for the monks who raised him. Another looking to escape the limelight. The two best friends stuck in time because of promises. 

A couple looking to make a bigger unconventional family—one young woman who wants to help the world become a more beautiful place, one transwoman looking to put down roots for the both of them.

Love isn’t always easy, but the good kind is worth fighting for, even when others don’t understand it. The story of what becomes of their love is what will be passed down into legend. Because stories like this, people remember.

When Jira, Boon, Areeya and Fon come together to celebrate Yee Peng and Loy Krathong, sparks fly and dreams coalesce. But that’s only the beginning…




Title: Trusting Jack (MC Securities Book 1)

Genre: Romance / Contemporary / Gay

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Blurb: With only a few days to go until Christmas, Michael Cross has to admit there is something amiss about his latest employee, Jack Whelan. Quiet, jumpy, thin… he never seems to eat. He is also incredibly gorgeous with dark spiky hair that Michael aches to touch. But as his boss, Jack is off limits. And when it comes to relationships, he…well, he sucks.


Jack Whelan is at the end of his tether. He’s living rough in the middle of winter, and paying off a massive debt, so getting a job with MC Securities is a lifeline. His new boss is also the hottest guy ever. Geeky, broody, and scarily clever.

When Michael stumbles upon the reality of Jack’s life, he offers to help. But as Michael’s feelings deepen, and Jack’s terrible past catches up with him, Michael has to decide between believing in the awful truth that is staring him in the face, or trusting Jack.




Title: Twelve Dates of Christmas

Genre: Romance / Contemporary / Gay /

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Blurb: Lance is an American student in London, left alone in his dorm over the Christmas holidays. He’s twenty, he’s gay, he’s shy, and he’s determined to once and for all find a boyfriend, so he sets up twelve dates to accomplish his goal. Twelve dates to defeat his shyness, to get out into the world, and to finally beat his loneliness.

It turns out he’s not the only one spending Christmas alone that year. Tom is a handsome, cold-eyed, tight-lipped Polish boy who is also staying in the dorm over the holidays. Lance finds Tom intimidating, but stuck as they are together, they get to know each other better. Soon, the twelve dates with strangers turn into twelve days of pining over a surprisingly kind boy, whose unconventional approach to wooing might be the very thing Lance needs to overcome his shyness and land a boyfriend.




Title: Summerfield's Angel

Genre: Romance / Historical / Wild West / Gay /

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Blurb: After the hard winter of 1888 ended Alby Boyle’s work as a Nebraska ranch hand, he returned to New York City in search of his long-lost family. His mother and brothers are nowhere to be found, however, and after Alby’s years of absence, Five Corners no longer feels like home. His prospects seem as dim as the nighttime alleys.

When Alby pauses to admire an angel ornament in a department store window’s Christmas display, he meets Xeno Varnham-Summerfield. Wealthy, handsome, and enthusiastic, Xeno brings Alby some temporary cheer. But for Alby to achieve his dreams of love and a real home, well, that may take a bit of holiday magic.




Title: Sugar Plum'd

Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Gay /

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Blurb: As a young stag-shifter, all Pembroke dreams of is being harnessed to Santa’s sleigh. Yet his world comes crashing down when Santa is slain by the imposter Frost.


War erupts in the Arctic Circle, pitting elf against reindeer, and Pembroke is sent on a perilous mission. If he fails, his herd will be lost. When the mission goes awry, the stag-shifter must put his trust in an unlikely ally.

Where does one turn in a land of ice and blood? What happens when the enemy infiltrates your heart? What begins as a wavering alliance just might take Pembroke farther than he ever imagined.




Title: The Christmas Lights Battle

Genre: Romance / Contemporary / Gay /

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Blurb: For a single dad and his neighbor, the Christmas competition is on!


Julian Moss wants to give his children a happy Christmas. Since his divorce, Julian has no time for a social life; he’s been doing the tiring work of two parents while his cheating ex-husband dodges his responsibilities. If that isn’t stressful enough, he has to deal with his new—and ridiculously good-looking—neighbor and his noisy dogs. Christmas used to be Julian’s favorite holiday, but lately all he sees is the cost. Then Julian’s young son tells him about a Christmas lights competition with a much-needed prize.

Leo Adams is going to be alone for Christmas…again. All he’s ever wanted is to be accepted by his family, but he knows that will never happen. Deciding to focus on his career as a personal trainer, Leo develops a boot camp program on the beach, but he needs publicity. The lights competition offers Leo a way to get some free press, and if it annoys his snooty neighbor Julian—all the better.

The battle is on, and both Julian and Leo want to win. The stakes are high, the reward is great, and the neighbors are in it to win it. There’s nothing like a little competition to make Christmas at Shelby Beach extra merry and bright.




Title: A Cradle Song

Genre: Romance / Contemporary / Fantasy /  Illustrations /

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Blurb: This is the story of a Christmas Eve and the travails of a tiny harmonica alone and lost in the deep dark on the back of his shelf in a store on the Isle of Misfit Toys, and about a little boy frightened, alone, and lost from his family on Christmas Eve. It is a story of warmth, compassion, and joy to be read by the whole family.




Title: Mr. Frosty Pants

Genre: Romance / Contemporary / Friends to Lovers / Second Chances / Gay /

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Blurb: Frosty former friends get a steamy second chance in this Christmas gay romance!


Can true love warm his frozen heart?

When Casey Stevens went away to college four years ago, he ghosted on his straight best friend, Joel Vreeland. He hoped time and distance would lessen the unrequited affection he felt, but all it did was make him miss Joel more. Home for the holidays, Casey hopes they might find a way to be friends again. But Joel’s frosty reception reminds Casey of just how hard he had to fight to be Joel’s friend in the first place. It’s going to take a Christmas miracle to get past that cool façade again.

Joel isn’t as straight as Casey believes, and his years of pining for Casey have left him hurting and alone, caring for his abusive father and struggling to get by. Unable to trust anyone except his rescue dog—and with no reason to believe Casey is interested in him for more than a holiday fling—Joel’s icy heart might shatter before it can thaw.

Can Casey and Joel’s love overcome mistrust, parental rejection, class differences, and four long years apart? Mr. Frosty Pants is a stand-alone, Christmas gay romance by Leta Blake featuring a virgin hero, childhood friends-to-lovers, second chance romance, and steamy mm first times.




Title: Better not Pout

Genre: Romance / Contemporary / Gay /

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Blurb: One hard-nosed military police officer.


One overly enthusiastic elf.

One poorly timed snowstorm.

Is it a recipe for disaster? Or a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for holiday romance?

Teddy MacNally loves Christmas and everything that goes along with it. When he plays an elf for his charity’s events, he never expects to be paired with a Scrooge masquerading as Santa Claus. His new mission: make the holiday-hating soldier believe he was born to say ho-ho-ho.

Sergeant Major Nicholas Nowicki doesn’t do Santa, but he’s army to his blood. When his CO asks an unusual favor, Nick of course obliges. The elf to his Kris Kringle? Tempting. Too tempting—Nick’s only in town for another month, and Teddy’s too young, too cheerful and too nice for a one-night stand.

The slow, sexy make-out sessions while Teddy and Nick are alone and snowbound, though, feel like anything but a quick hookup. As a stress-free holiday fling turns into Christmas all year round, Teddy can’t imagine his life without Nick. And Nick’s days on the base may be coming to a close, but he doesn’t plan on leaving anything, or anyone, behind.

This book is approximately 65,000 words




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