Genre: Holiday, Romance, Contemporary
LGBTQ+ Category: Gay
Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild
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About The Book
In this fun gay holiday romance, Ian and Patrick welcome their son, Sam, back to their vineyard home in the Blue Ridge Mountains for a fresh start. Sam’s career as an author of racy gay romance novels may be over, but stories still flash through his mind, especially when the handsome Grant appears on horseback one snowy evening. Grant, who lives in a cabin up the hill, is out of practice wooing men, until he turns to one of Sam’s novels for inspiration. With heart, humor, and a few bottles of cherry wine, each man gets just what he wanted for Christmas.
The Review
Ian and Patrick anxiously await the arrival of their son Sam. Sam has lost his boyfriend after eight years together, dissolving their relationship and partnership. “Samuel Clayton” is no more – the authors of gay romance and erotica have split, and Sam now has no place to live, so he is returning to his childhood home, but he’s not quite as anxious about it as his two dads.
Sam’s ex Clayton left him for a rich man, and now it’s as if Sam’s life will be starting all over again. That night, a knock on the door will change things for Sam – a gorgeous cowboy on a horseback has just come to deliver flour to his dad in time for his Christmas treats.
Grant is a potter and his products are beautiful and ready for Christmas. He sees Sam and immediately wonders if this is someone he could have a relationship with. After all, there is little or no chance of one where he lives. “Older” men are men already in committed relationships. Sam, on the other hand is still trying to get over Clayton, who is now living on a yacht and experiencing everything they wrote about in their erotic books.
Jealous of the adventures Clayton is experiencing, Sam decides it is time for him to have fun too, and Grant is the man to fulfill his fantasies. Grant discovers that the sex he’s having with Sam is just for fun. Grant hoped it would lead to something more. Grant dreams of having the kind of family Sam has and would love to be part of it, but Clayton is still a major part of Sam’s life, even if he is no longer physically there.
I didn’t particularly like Sam and didn’t really feel chemistry between the two main characters but Patrick and Ian were wonderful, and were the saving grace of this book. There’s a lot of sex here too, but most of it is emotionless – sex for the sake of sex.
The Reviewer
I am an avid reader the mother of 3 sons and grandmother to seven grandchildren. Since retiring I have been doing more reading while volunteering as a CASA worker. CASA is an organization that works with the family court system to ensure that children are in the best living situation. There are way too many children that get overlooked in the foster care system and I visit homes and make visits to the parents. I was born and raised in New York and my husband of 50 years and I live in Upstate New York.
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