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Thinking with his head and not his heart is an occupational hazard for Professor Leland Hansen. He does fine as a researcher dealing with statistics and experimental designs and guiding doctoral students through the dissertation process. But affairs of the heart are another matter. Leland teaches at a small, religious college in New England, and the anxiety of losing his position over his lifestyle eventually causes a painful breakup with the one...
2) Aloha Party
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When Jake's sister arranges for him to attend her aloha party, a kind of Christmas in October, he is sad and concerned. Lynn has cancer and this may be the last time he will see his beloved older sister. In an effort to heal some of the rifts in their family, he calls his estranged brother Ron and tells him about Lynn's condition. Lynn asks Jake to keep her brother-in-law Mitchell company for the duration of the visit. When he arrives, Jake is first...
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My new boss is the most perfect woman I'd ever seen. Wisdom dictates one doesn't get involved with a colleague, but surely taking along a six-pack of her favorite beer when I deliver a report to her home after work won't be misconstrued? She invites me to stay for dinner. One thing leads to another, and we start doing things together outside the office. But as the weather cools and the holidays approach, she decides she wants to take our relationship...
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Six months on from meeting in Heat Wave: Newark, Ben Knight and Aaron Jones face a totally different type of weather as they prepare for their first Christmas together in small town Maine. All Aaron wants for Christmas is Ben home safe and sound from a long haul ride along I-95, as well as to hear the words "I love you" from his man's lips. But when the snow starts to fall and Ben is still one day away from home, Aaron's hopes begin to fade. Can Ben...
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Don't let the fashionable skirt and flawless make-up fool you -- Kellan is the straightest man in his drag troupe. By contrast, his favorite co-star, Casey, is one of the most effeminate gay men Kellan has ever met. Despite their differences, Kellan feels closer to him than anyone else outside his family. At their troupe's "Crossmas" party, where everyone and their partners have to attend in drag, a run-in with a carful of bigots gives Kellan and...
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Michael Stein has been with Chris Bolster -- his Mr. Muscles -- for over a year. His dream man come to life, Michael is happy enough with their relationship. Except he and Chris only see each other once a month due to Chris's busy schedule, and Michael misses him desperately when he's away. And now, with Christmas right around the corner, Michael is pouting. Unofficially. Early on Christmas Eve morning, Chris informs Michael via Skype that he might...
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This New Year's Eve, parapsychology student Roxy Silverstein has signed up for a ghost watch in an old gothic church. It's supposed to be haunted by the restless spirit of Veronica Parker, a young socialite who died in mysterious circumstances at a millennium party sixteen years earlier. But soon after she arrives, Roxy is swept off her feet by a leather-clad adventuress named Eris King, a psychic detective who's convinced Veronica's death was murder,...
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The men from Wild Ride are back! The holiday season has rolled around and, with fond memories, Mica Kettrick retrieves his little fake tree from the attic. But his husband of only a few months, Forrest, refuses to have such an unnatural thing decorating their house, insisting their tree be real. With a little outside help, the boys soon discover love is about more than the branches of a tree.
9) Photo Finish
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Though he dislikes Christmas, Alex Phillips works at the mall as one of Santa's elves, with their too-tight green denim jeans and Vulcan ears. He is flabbergasted when his co-worker elf for the season turns out to be Corin Perry, his old high school crush. When they were still at school, Alex was the "gay emo goth" kid and Corin was the "handsome jock with a girlfriend" kid. They moved in different circles, although that didn't stop Alex from having...
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What's the best gift a young, single man could receive for Christmas? Mohawked punk Liam wouldn't have picked the hideous collection of homemade knitwear he's presented with by his well-meaning mum and aunties. He'd much rather have the gorgeous older man he sees every day while busking at King's Cross station. Liam's been doing his best to seduce the guy with his saxophone playing -- the trouble is, with the holidays coming up, he's beginning to...
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Stranded by a blizzard on his way home for Christmas, Jarrod waits for death by freezing in his pickup, until a large, white-haired, bearded man steps out of the forest to rescue him. Jarrod is reluctant to follow the handsome man but decides his chances of survival aren't good if he stays in his truck. Caleb takes Jarrod to a warm, inviting cabin in the middle of the forest and offers him food and drink to warm him up. Jarrod's apprehensions begin...
12) Riding High
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Young Roy Shuster served five years in the Yuma, Arizona, prison, and when he's released on December 24, 1889, he revels in freedom at last. A local man, an ex-convict, takes him in and teaches him lovemaking. But Ray can't abide the prison's proximity and moves on to Tombstone where, despite a growing interest in a rancher named Clay Bowman, he causes more trouble than good. Can Clay see past Roy's youthful impulsiveness, even when it lands him in...
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Ivan Tykovsky is a security guard at Hinkleman's Department store and has come to despise the shopping element of Christmas. The holiday season means his workload of apprehending shoplifters and breaking up fights over merchandise increases. When the Santa the store has booked shows up drunk, the six foot six, 240 pound, red-bearded Jewish giant is forced to stand in. Ivan isn't happy about the idea, but there's one compensation -- the diminutive...
14) Santa's Secret
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Samir is a lot closer to forty than he is to fourteen. For all the good it does him -- when he's around cutie-pie Kerry, a waiter at his favorite happy hour hotspot, he feels more like a tween girl backstage with a boyband than any kind of upstanding professional. Especially when he's drunkenly inspired to write a letter to Santa Claus, in which he asks to find Kerry under his tree on Christmas morning. A wish that verges on coming true, even, until...
15) Silver And Gold
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Due to an unexpected snowstorm, Joe finds himself stranded in New York City on Christmas Eve. After a lonely day, he returns to his hotel room to find a box of truffles and a note from Alan, a sexy and flirtatious barista. The note sends Joe on a once in a lifetime scavenger hunt touring some of the best pastry shops and chocolatiers in the city. The hunt ends in Alan's apartment, and when the two finally find themselves alone, things heat up. They...
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Growing up an orphan meant Charlie never celebrated Christmas. He's committed to making sure his newly adopted cat, Max, doesn't miss out like he did. Unfortunately, he discovers that giving Max the perfect Christmas might be easier said than done-and not without risk. Charlie's landlord, successful and wealthy real estate developer Aemon Scotfield, is charmed by the gorgeous redhead and his shameless alley cat. He finds himself compelled to help...
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Frustrated by their stubbornness and cluelessness, Aubrey takes matters into her own hands. She decides the best gift to give Josh is something homemade and from the heart-a boyfriend they'll both love. A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2017 Advent Calendar "Stocking Stuffers."
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Kyle is struggling to run his coffee shop on his own after his partner walked out on him. He has his eye on Steven, who comes into the shop each day, but hasn't worked up the nerve to express his interest. When Steven asks Kyle to help out with Christmas lunch at the homeless shelter where he works, Kyle is too exhausted to agree. He donates his tips but still feels he's blown his chances with Steven and made himself look like a selfish jerk. On Christmas...
20) Christmas Grace
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Christmas has been a lonely time of year for Aaron since losing his family fifteen years ago. But now he's seeing Craig, and though Aaron is sure they belong together, both have been hurt in the past, so they're taking things slowly. So far, Craig has been supportive of Aaron's struggles with anxiety-struggles that cost Aaron relationships in the past. On Christmas Eve, Aaron is closing his bookshop when Craig surprises him with a specially planned...
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