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Mr. Naughty & Mr. Nice
Joe Satoria - 2021
thick... I didn't ask Santa for this!"As a recent college graduate, Layton Jenkins never thought he’d end up back home, or as a supervisor at a toy store over the holiday season. He also never thought he’d find presents, wrapped with ribbons and left out around the mall for him to find. Addressed to Little Layton, is someone trying to become a Daddy for the holidays?Optometrist James Robinson has never had a holiday romance. He’s shy and indirect, but he’s confident where it counts. James’s love language is gift-giving, and there’s no better time to show love than over Christmas. Can Mr. Nice find a Little romance?Working security at the mall, Colby Williams has seen it all, and he’s missing out. In an effort to find love, he’s using all the power as mall security at his disposal. He can go wherever he wants, but can Mr. Naughty get the Little he wants too?Little Layton might find himself stuck between two Daddies… but will they make him choose? Or do they complete each other?- - - -This holiday season is full of secrets. Secret Daddies that is. Follow four of your favorite MM authors as they bring you tales of kisses, cuddles, and holiday cheer. Each Secret Santa Daddy book is a standalone and can be read in any order.
Scars
Jason Collins - 2021
I’m healing at my own pace, and with my new job at the local bakery, I’ve got almost everything I need. I won’t give in to the wrong kind of man twice, but these long hours make me crave a release I can’t get from just anyone.Dane isn’t just anyone.He’s a fireman who takes charge, and he’s not afraid to have his way with the right person. The more nights we spend together, the more I wonder if that person might be me. Of course, I knew my ex would resurface, but I didn’t think he’d resort to stalking me. Dane’s protective, but he suddenly turns cold and won’t say why. I know it’s because of my ex, and I won’t let my him ruin my life again.DANE:A new life, a new city. I’m feeling at home in Chicago, and the good men at the fire station make me think I could leave who I was behind. Firefighting keeps my temper—and my impulses—in check. The last thing I need is a distraction.But Simon is endlessly distracting.The one thing I’m missing from my life is a man who’ll let me take control. Simon brings back that familiar longing, and I want to explore it with him. But when he tells me about his abusive ex, I pull back. Anger used to rule my life, and the more his ex appears, the more I fear I’ll hurt the man who’s hurt Simon. I can’t let Simon see that—even if it means pushing him away.
Snow on the Roof
Sean Ashcroft - 2017
He knows better than to get involved with a much younger man, but Sunny has been so kind and patient with him, and their feelings for each other are clearly mutual. But with his pre-teen daughter about to show up for what he’s promised will be the most magical Christmas ever, how can he protect his fragile relationship with Sunny while making sure he fulfills his promise to Hope? And how will the rest of the family react when they find out? Can Grant find a way to keep everyone he loves close? Or will he have to choose between his past and his future? Snow on the Roof is a gay romance with a HEA ending, and it does not contain a cliffhanger. It does, however, contain: a shirt of indeterminate color, an impossible request, glitter nail polish, a snowball fight, explicit sex scenes, and a Christmas miracle or two.
His Perfect Christmas Gift
Ali Ryecart - 2021
When his plans to lay low at a luxury hotel are thwarted by a snowstorm, he’s forced to seek shelter in a tiny village pub. Being stranded in the middle of nowhere isn’t meant to be part of the picture but if he has to rough it for a few days, the cute young barman will help smooth things over. Then he can return to his real life in the city. For Gabriel York, home is where the heart is. He’s determined to stay in the tight-knit village nestled deep in a rural valley — but it would be so much better with the right man by his side. Someone steadfast, someone to share his love of family and community. Someone to build a future with. Felix intrigues him like no other, but he’s a city boy through and through. When the snow melts, Felix will be gone — and he might just take Gabriel’s heart with him. A sweet, low angst MM romance, overflowing with all the festive feels and flavours. A celebration of family, community, and two men finding in the other His Perfect Christmas Gift.
Temptation Ranch
Jodi Payne - 2021
So when he heads out to his favorite neighborhood gay bar for a more casual Friday night, he’s looking to drink, dance with his friends, and maybe have a little sexy fun on the side. Tad certainly doesn’t expect to run into a man like Strait McMasters, a stunning, deep-voiced, stoic cowboy who seems to be everything Tad wants in one studly package. Billionaire Strait intends to have a drink in honor of a friend who passed away when he stops in at the bar, but he’s not one to question his gut, and his instinct says that Tad, the young man with the unruly blond hair, is worth a second look. When their one-night stand turns into a several-day binge, Strait knows he’s found something special, and he hopes to keep it. Tad is sure Strait can give him a stern look and a firm hand if only Tad can find the right way to tell him what he needs. Strait, meanwhile, isn’t sure Tad is ready for what it means to be part of his life, which includes a private island and full-time security. Will they find a way to truly understand each other, or is this temptation short term?
Trulli, Madly, Deeply
J.J. Harper - 2021
Is it enough to find out there’s someone for everyone? One older, resigned little and a belligerent lone Daddy doubt it.Rowan escaped to Puglia to work through his grief of losing his husband by rebuilding a derelict cluster of the region’s heritage buildings. His friends told him he was stupid and quickly dropped away, leaving him to complete the dream he’d shared with Christof.Three long years later, the Trulli Cupido are ready for guests, adults with the same penchant as him: exclusive holidays for Daddies and their littles or boys. But he doubts he’ll find himself another Daddy; he’s too old now. Until he walks in, and hope soars in his chest.Ethan can’t believe he’s let himself be talked into a holiday by his best friend. Being a lone Daddy on a holiday for couples is going to be a disaster. The brilliant white cone-topped villa is stunning and romantic, but the chance of finding a little will be slim to none. But he never expected his host, the most beautiful man he’s ever seen. Could he be the one for him?Trulli, Madly, Deeply features an unconventional Daddy and a little who’s given up on love.This book is part of the Destination Daddies multi-author series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but there are so many destinations and Daddies to discover. Why not grab them all?
Christmas Mountain
Garrett Leigh - 2021
The wounded gentle giant with the biggest softest heart.Rami: Sweet Fen Hawthorne is my favourite thing about working in the prison. His broad shoulders and sunny grin. His twinkly flirtation. And he likes me as much as I like him. More seems inevitable until life happens.One day I’m there, then I’m not, and second chances don’t really happen when your car breaks down halfway up a snowy mountain, do they?Besides, I don’t remember flirting with a bearded lumbersexual, only dreaming about one.Fen: Do dreams come true?Christmas Mountain is my home. But it’s the one place on earth I never imagined seeing Rami Stone again, and now I’m snowed in with him. Trapped, with only a roaring fire for company, and it’s a fantasy come true. The air is thick with more than snow and the eighteen months we’ve been apart fades away.As the snow clears, though, so does the haze. Rami says he comes with baggage. But so do I, and I’m here for the heavy lifting.I’m here for forever.A Christmas MM romance from Garrett Leigh. Expect: Long lost friends-to-lovers, heart-warming found family, and the swooniest second chance at love with a healthy dose of sweet hurt/comfort. Gorging on mince pies and cinnamon-spiced doughnuts is optional, but deeply encouraged.
Santa's Mr. Claus
Lorelei M. Hart - 2021
He never expected to catch a wolf.After working nonstop while adjusting to his new position, Santa needed a day off, and he needed one badly. If only it were that easy. With wish lists a mile long, toys getting more complicated by the minute, and the cookie machine being down, there is still so much to do. After a mishap with some cocoa, Santa reluctantly agrees to go fishing for the afternoon. It is perfect, that is until he’s called home and is left with a gut-wrenching feeling he’s left a piece of himself back at his fishing hole.Alpha arctic wolf Channing moved back to join his pack after years being with the humans. He thought it would be a much easier transition than it is. Once again living with his pack, Channing finds himself more alone than he’s ever been. That is until one day while running he scents his mate. Except how could he? The only other people who lived in the North Pole live in Santa’s Village, a magical place his kind isn’t permitted and Channing isn’t too sure even exists.Santa’s Mr. Claus is a super sweet with knotty heat MM Mpreg Holiday Romance featuring an arctic wolf trying to find where he belongs, Santa—yes that one—more Christmas cookies than anyone should eat in a lifetime, a magical sleighride that leaves more than just Santa’s bag being filled, a troll, enough marshmallows to build a fort, and a Christmas miracle or two, including an adorable baby on the way. If you enjoy true love, fated mates, a little bit of whimsy, and your mpreg with heart, download Santa’s Mr. Claus today.
His Boy to Treasure
Susan Hawke - 2021
I just want one thing… Love. Someone for this Daddy to treasure. And if it’s not too much, a family too? One that will fill my too large, too empty, and all too lonely house.Hold up. Let me slow my roll because I’m getting a bit heavy over here. Melodramatic, even. I’m just trying to be honest. We both know I’m a decent guy with a good life. A very good life. But the nights are getting longer and the other side of the bed is so dang cold. Did I mention lonely?So yeah… if it’s okay to ask for a gift of my own this Christmas, I’d like a family to love, a partner to treasure, and maybe even a furbaby or two. Kisses under the mistletoe now, and a future filled with more love, laughter, and happiness than even a decent man like me could possibly deserve.Happy Holidays!LovingDaddy42His Boy to Treasure is part of the Naughty or Nice Season Two multi-author series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but there are so many Daddies looking for some holiday magic to bring them their perfect boys, why not grab them all?In this book, look for an awkward elf of a boy who doesn’t celebrate Christmas, a Daddy playing Santa, and a pile of kittens. This might be part of a shared world, but it’s filled with all the inappropriate laughter, crazy shenanigans, and sweet fluffy feels you’ve come to expect from an S. Hawke book.
The Alpha Dragon's Instant Family
Sean Michael - 2021
Everyone has a little dragon in them, but he’s the full dragon king of his high-rise castle, along with his best friends Seamus and Harrison. He might had left his overbearing, aristocratic family behind, but now he has the Skye Dun clan and their successful empire. Too bad his well-ordered life gets a jolt when he meets the man he thinks is his mate at a club, then has to leave him without even getting his name due to an attack on his high rise that leaves Harrison gravely injured. Sebastian Addams is doing the best that he can. He’s just a guy with wings and a single scale on his cheek, as well as his two younger siblings to care for, so he’s pretty low in dragon society. Needing to provide for his family, he looks to a personal assistant job to a business tycoon, but when he walks into the interview, he discovers the man who loved and left him the previous night without even a real introduction. Sebastian wants to slink away, but he needs this job. Badly. Warrington, though, is overjoyed that Sebastian has walked into his office – now he doesn’t have to go searching for his mate with nothing to go on. The trick will be convincing Sebastian that they’re fated to be together, which gets more complicated when Sebastian winds up pregnant. But Warrington thinks his instant family is amazing and sets about making Sebastian see it too. Now if they can just stay safe from the bomber who seems determined to put an end to Skye Dun clan, they just might get their happy ending.
Secret Santa
Jay Northcote - 2017
Theo hardly has time to date. Between work and caring for his four-year-old son there aren’t many hours left over. He’s lonely though, so he joins a hook-up app and starts chatting to a guy called Luke. Luke seems friendly and they arrange to meet. Theo doesn’t mention that he has a child. It’s early days and he’s worried about putting Luke off before they get to know each other. Luke is currently working as Santa at the local shopping mall. He figures Theo never has to know. Christmas will be over soon and Luke will move on to a new, less embarrassing job. He’s surprised when Theo and a little boy visit Santa one afternoon. Theo doesn’t recognise Luke, and Luke realises he’s not the only one with a secret. Despite misgivings on both sides, they start dating, and the chemistry is amazing. But as Christmas approaches their secrets pile up like colourful packages under the tree. If they’re not careful, they’ll lose the best gift of all—each other.
The Fairy Dance
Tara Lain - 2021
But then they do, one pre-holiday evening in a less-than-one-night stand that leaves them both yearning. Still, one short hookup on a kitchen floor doesn’t turn Jed and Henri into a match made in heaven. Not when all the world sees is a janitor and the ballet boss’s potential boy toy.Sounds like a job for the Sugarplum Fairy.The Fairy Dance is an opposites-attract, big city vs small town, holiday MM romance—in tights.
The Probability of Mistletoe
E.J. Russell - 2017
But in the ten years since graduation, their contact has dwindled to nothing, and it’s all Keith’s fault. If he hadn’t tried to kiss Parker under the mistletoe at the winter formal their senior year, Parker wouldn’t have bolted. At their ten-year reunion, Keith intends to do everything in his geeky power to make amends.Parker should have known that scheduling the reunion the day before Christmas Eve was a recipe for a headache of monster proportions. But when Keith sends a text that he’ll be attending, the evening doesn’t look so bleak. Can an unnecessary makeover, a nostalgic breakfast, an abortive shopping trip, and a whole lot of mistletoe culminate in a long-overdue first kiss?
Snow Angels
Riley Knight - 2016
Billy and James both work more than they do anything else. Billy is a firefighter, James a paramedic, and both of them have dangerous, stressful jobs that leave little time for anything else, such as romance or even dating. Then Polly, an adorable little black and white kitten that they rescue, comes into their lives and changes everything. James has always thought he was straight, but soon, he has reason to question that, and everything else, when he realizes that he's falling for his best friend. Will a blast from James’s past ruin everything that they’ve started to build, or can the magic of the holiday season give them the best gift of all? Snow Angels is a short standalone gay romance with no cliffhangers, no cheating, and a HEA ending. It features explicit scenes.
Reel Love
Kate Hawthorne - 2021
Is it a recipe for disaster or a chance at real love?Archer has been in love with his best friend for years, but he’d never admit it out loud. Comparing every man he meets to the only man he wants, everyone falls short of the high ideal of Clint Taylor. On the heels of a date gone wrong, Clint ends up the last place either of them expect…Archer’s bed. There’s a kiss and another, and then everything changes.Clint doesn’t understand some of the things Archer wants from him, but he knows he isn’t a quitter and Archer deserves the best. Determined to be the man and the Daddy Archer deserves, the two men find themselves together for a romantic and kinky weekend beneath the bright lights of Hollywood.Archer is rich and Clint isn’t.Clint is patient and Archer could never be.Archer knows what he wants and Clint doesn’t believe he’s enough.With so much stacked against them, is it too much to hope that love is the one thing that goes right?Reel Love brings together a bratty boy, a Daddy who doesn’t know he’s a Daddy, a gorgeous L.A. backdrop, and enough steam to fog up all the windows in a high-rise hotel.This book is part of the Destination Daddies multi-author series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but there are so many destinations and Daddies to discover, why not grab them all?