Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: One Nightstand (Boughs of Evergreen Anthology) Author: Rick Bettencourt Publisher: Beaten Track Publishing Pages/Word Count: 37 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Doug's not good with one-night stands, yet in the early hours of Christmas Eve, he returns home with Kirk - a good-looking guy he met at the club. Nestled together in the kitchen... Continue Reading →
Title: Coming of Age Author: Venona Keyes Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 32 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Akiyoshi ‘Aero’ Kurokuma, author of the wildly popular manga, Ecos, lost his assistant when his best friend retired. After Aero collapses from exhaustion four years later, he is forced to run a contest for an assistant. Placing... Continue Reading →
Title: What Father Christmas Left Author: Felicitas Ivey Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 45 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Ex-Pat American Jacob Moore is looking forward to hosting his traditional Christmas Eve party with his partner, Errol. They love the quiet night of friends and food at their house in London, and the break before... Continue Reading →
Title: King of Me Author: R.A. Kaitland Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 33 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Cast out of his clan of shifters and with no family of his own, Anton Cedwell wants nothing more than to be accepted by his partner Sean’s family when the two of them visit over Christmas. But... Continue Reading →
Title: Saint Martin’s Day Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 31 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Five years ago, Neno Kovač fled California, graduate school, and his lover, Toby Cowan, to return to his native Croatia. Since then, he’s led a quiet life as a librarian—until one November afternoon when Toby, who has... Continue Reading →
Title: Saint Martin’s Day Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 31 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Five years ago, Neno Kovač fled California, graduate school, and his lover, Toby Cowan, to return to his native Croatia. Since then, he’s led a quiet life as a librarian—until one November afternoon when Toby, who has... Continue Reading →
Title: Angel in a Book Shop Author: RJ Scott Publisher: Love Lane Books Pages/Word Count: 108 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: What happens when a broken man has to trust in the impossible? Chapter One is an antique book shop and is the last tangible thing Josh and his mom have left of his dad.... Continue Reading →
Title: The Magic of Weihnachten Author: Bru Baker Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 51 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: American Walsh Brandt is happy when a promotion lands him his dream job and a quiet new life in Germany. Until December rolls around, when he realizes it’s almost impossible to hide from the holiday season... Continue Reading →
Title: Bowl Full of Cherries Author: Raine O’Tierney Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 214 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Porker, Fatty, Tons-of-Fun: Crowley Fredericks has heard it all. He’s dropped a lot of weight since his high school days, but he’s still a big guy, and the painful words and bullying follow him. Rejected—again—because of... Continue Reading →
Title: Bowl Full of Cherries Author: Raine O’Tierney Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 214 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Porker, Fatty, Tons-of-Fun: Crowley Fredericks has heard it all. He’s dropped a lot of weight since his high school days, but he’s still a big guy, and the painful words and bullying follow him. Rejected—again—because of... Continue Reading →
Title: The Working Elf Blues Author: Piper Vaughn Publisher: Less Than Three Press Pages/Word Count: 53 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Garnet Evergreen has never heard of an elf abandoning the North Pole for a human, but he yearns to be the first. Ever since he saw Wes, the boy with sorrowful eyes, Garnet felt... Continue Reading →
Title: The Bells of Times Square Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 236 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Every New Year’s Eve since 1946, Nate Meyer has ventured alone to Times Square to listen for the ghostly church bells he and his long-lost wartime lover vowed to hear together. This year, however, his... Continue Reading →
Title: Waiting for Winter Author: L.B. Gregg Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 47 Pages Rating: A Small Gem Blurb: Some mistakes are worth repeating. Luke always thought he and Winter were the perfect couple—until the day Winter announced he was taking a new job and they were uprooting and headed for Germany. No discussion. No debate.... Continue Reading →
Title: Shiny Things Author: Amy Spector Publisher: Beaten Track Publishing Pages/Word Count: 67 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: A story from Boughs of Evergreen: A Holiday Anthology (proceeds go to The Trevor Project). At sixteen, Nathaniel Avery was shipped off to live with an aunt in hopes of quelling a budding relationship between him and... Continue Reading →
Title: Quite A Spectacle Author: Meg Harding Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 56 pages Rating: 4 stars Blurb: Max moved away from his family to be with Michael, and his family never got over it. Now, for the first time in almost a decade, he’s going to return to London for the Christmas celebrations. He’s... Continue Reading →
Title: Vixen’s Valor Author: Charlie Cochet Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 82 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: North Pole City Tales: Book Three Rein Dear is a prestigious title, accompanied by admiration, devotion, and celebrity status, all of which one saucy Vixen thrives on. Alas, Vixen’s only concerned with having fun, unlike his stuffy and... Continue Reading →
Title: Vixen’s Valor Author: Charlie Cochet Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 82 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: North Pole City Tales: Book Three Rein Dear is a prestigious title, accompanied by admiration, devotion, and celebrity status, all of which one saucy Vixen thrives on. Alas, Vixen’s only concerned with having fun, unlike his stuffy and... Continue Reading →
Title: An Angel in Eyeliner Author: Hunter Frost Publisher: Beaten Track Publishing Pages/Word Count: 23 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: A story from Boughs of Evergreen: A Holiday Anthology All Mitch wants for Christmas is a quiet holiday free from grief. Patching up the face of the target of a mugging in the back alley... Continue Reading →
Title: Feathers from the Sky Author: Posy Roberts Narrator:: Paul Morey Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 1 Hour, 40 Minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Cal Thompson is going a little mad over the Christmas holiday, stuck in a tiny house with fourteen members of his immediate family. There's no privacy and no boyfriend to help... Continue Reading →
Title: Krampusz Author: Lou Harper Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 31 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Freshly out of college, shy and introverted Brian Preston travels from LA to Budapest to teach English, ready to embrace life and spread his wings. It’s early December, and the air is heavy with the scent of roasting chestnuts.... Continue Reading →
Title: Cold Feet Author: Jay Northcote Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 107 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Best friends snowed in together. When the heat rises, will they get cold feet? Getting snowed in at a remote cottage in Wales with someone he’d fancied for ages isn’t exactly how Sam expected to spend Christmas. His feelings... Continue Reading →
Title: Hummingbird House Author: Kenzie Cade Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 57 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: To honor his grandmother's final request, Trenton Appleton drops everything to visit the family’s ancestral home: Hummingbird House, where he experienced his first kiss and first heartbreak with Callum Eason. Eight years ago, confused by his attraction to... Continue Reading →
Title: The Virgin Miracle Author: Rob Rosen Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 22 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Two strangers on a plane, one heading to Paris, the other Barcelona, both trying to get to their families in time for the holidays. It’s Christmas Eve, and all they have in common is a connection through... Continue Reading →
Title: Wait for Me Author: T.S. Morgan Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 21 Pages Rating: 2 Star Blurb: To fulfill his grandfather’s final request, TJ Barclay travels to Scotland over Christmas to bury his ashes next to his lost love, so they can be together at last. While there, he meets Jamie, the orphaned grandson... Continue Reading →
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