All right, the festive season is in full swing and I need some holiday book recommendations!
First off, here’s my Hanukkah novella:
Will eight nights of passion be enough for college students Lucas and Nate?
Authors please pimp away in the comments, and I’d love to hear from readers as well. Hit me with your sexy holiday m/m recs! Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Solstice — I want them all! 
I really, REALLY wish the publication timing had worked out better so that I could release Book Three of my trilogy this month, since it deals with my characters getting through December, which is a fraught month for both of them for a number of reasons, and ends with them celebrating Hanukkah.
As it is, we have to make do with the ending of Book Two, takes us from Labor Day to Thanksgiving.
I’m adding your novella to my list of holiday novels to check out once I’ve turned Book Three over to my editor next week. I’m getting a late start on my holiday reading, but I intend to make it worthwhile!
Can’t wait to read your trilogy, Amelia! I have book one and need to pick up book two ASAP!
I’m late starting my holiday reading too, so I’m excited to get some recs here so I can get right to it.
What a great idea, Keira! Just so happens I have a new holiday novella to pimp too.
Here’s the blurb and links for Love Brokers: Mister Romance…
Jacob Cruz, aka “Mr. Matchmaker”, has an uncanny knack for knowing who would be perfect for whom, which led to his successful matchmaking company, His Perfect Match. His record is nearly flawless, but when it comes to his own love life he always seems to miss the mark.
Brant Hudson, aka “Mr. Romance”, is a hopeless romantic with his own romance consulting business. He knows every move in the book to win a heart and build a lasting, loving relationship, heck, he wrote the book. Even knowing what he knows, seeing his clients’ relationships bloom and grow, his own seem to miss the spark.
Sparks fly the first time Jacob and Brant meet at a New Year’s Eve party, but bad timing and sitcom-worthy mishaps conspire against them at every turn, from demanding clients to current boyfriends, spilled drinks to broken bones, and even a rogue ferret. How can the perfect couple ever hope to make it work when Old Lady Fate refuses to get out of their way?
Loose Id, ARe, and Amazon
Thank you, Keira! I’m adding yours to my TBR too.
I can’t wait to read your new novella, L.C.! Sounds fun and romantic — just what the doctor ordered for the holidays.
Thanks for playing, and hope you enjoy Eight Nights!
Thank you so much for this opportunity! I have a new M/M holiday release today from Loose Id! http://www.loose-id.com/more-than-this.html
More Than This
Adam Sanchez makes good money, drives a vintage BMW, and is living up to the promise he made that he’d never be poor again. After two years without seeing his family for the holidays, he’s taking time off to give them a dream Christmas. At least, that was the plan.
But after taking a wrong turn off the interstate in search of the Blue Ridge Parkway, he finds himself skidding on a patch of ice and crashing into a big red barn. He wakes up sore, grumpy, and immediately attracted to his less than pleasant host who happens to be the spitting image of a young Elvis Presley.
Army veteran Josh Atkins doesn’t have time to babysit the idiot currently recovering on his family’s Christmas tree farm, but is left with little choice. That the man stirs something deep and primal in Josh can’t and doesn’t matter. It’s the busiest time of year and he’s needed at home.
As the two men begin to talk and share their stories, Josh’s hard-nosed stance softens. When he learns of Adam’s need to get to Asheville before Christmas, Josh is torn between letting him go and asking him to stay.
Maybe Josh can help Adam see that there’s more to happiness and freedom than a large bank account, and maybe Adam can teach Josh to see beyond the surface to the man beneath. Maybe, just maybe, they can show each other that there really is more than this.
Lissa, that sounds right up my alley! *buys*
Thanks for sharing!
Hi Keira,
What a great idea! Thanks for allowing me to share my holiday m/f/m/m short story, All She Wants 4 Christmas which is currently free at Smashwords and ARe.
Coming soon to iBookstore and B&N.
What if on Christmas Eve all your darkest desires came to life…could you handle it?
It’s Christmas Eve, and all Monica Sims wants is for her fiancé, just once, to step outside his comfort zone. She loves him, and life is fine in their perfectly planned world. But Monica is ready for more. She takes a risk and shares with him her darkest fantasies: Domination. Submission. Surrendering to the will of more than one man. But her confession is more than her straitlaced boyfriend can handle—or so she thought.
Dane knows exactly what he wants in bed: just him and Monica, his fiancée—alone. Simple, easy, vanilla sex was all he ever needed. That was until the night he found his fiancée in her office, watching—enjoying—a very naughty movie on her laptop. Determined to be the one to unleash her control, Dane decides to surprise her on Christmas Eve with a trip to a private fetish club. But they won’t be alone.
ARe https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-allshewants4christmas-1011201-146.html
Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/261994
You’re very welcome, Jessica! Thanks for sharing your story! Sounds awesome.
Thanks for letting me pimp my Christmas stories, Keira!
EVERY TIME A BELL RINGS (Wonderful Life #1)
Brian dropped everything last year when his mother became ill so he could take care of her until the day she died. People he thought were friends didn’t stick with him and he’s somehow become kind of a recluse without meaning to be. Only Mike, his best friend since they were kids, has stuck by him and is now saving him from homelessness after a fire destroys Brian’s apartment building days before Christmas. Though Mike has to go down South for the holiday, Brian stays in Mike’s apartment with his slightly singed kitten Oreo.
Brian’s only goal is to set his affairs back in order before everything shuts down for the holidays and then make it through those holidays in one piece. He’s lost so much–his only real possession is a photo album of his mom that he risked death to save from the fire–and he’s feeling lost and very alone…until Mike, his hot neighbor Trent, and even little Oreo conspire to give Brian the best Christmas possible and a future that looks a lot brighter.
MLR Press | Amazon | All Romance eBooks
AN ANGEL GETS HIS WINGS (Wonderful Life #2)
Mike Sharp is in Little Rock, Arkansas, visiting his family for Christmas while his best friend Brian Bailey’s up north walking right into Mike’s plans to hook him up with his neighbor Trent.
Unfortunately, it seems like someone’s conspiring to get Mike panting after his third cousin, twice removed (or something like that) named George Whitlock. George who keeps sneaking up on him, being all shy and cute, and then having the audacity to give Mike great big calf eyes that are just begging Mike to drop to his knees.
Mike will not give in because, if he does, he could lose his entire family when they discover he’s gay.
MLR Press | All Romance eBooks | (coming soon to Amazon since it just released on 10 December)
Thanks again, Keira! I’m off to celebrate Hanukkah with your boys
Can’t wait to read your books, Missy! Thanks so much for sharing, and hope you enjoy my boys.
Rocky Mountain Christmas by Michael Barnette
Genre: Paramormal Christmas Erotic Gay Romance (m/m)
Price: $5.99
Published: 24th November 2012
Publisher: Silver Publishing
http://tinyurl.com/RMC-MBarnette
Ranger Cooper Heywood is on duty at the Rocky Mountain National Park during Christmas. It’s not a busy time of year, but there are some people he has to watch over including a photographer. In his experience photographers are a problem, but Cooper finds himself attracted to the handsome Latino who sets his blood on fire.
Alejandro Velez is an accomplished photographer with several coffee table books to his credit. He’s there to photograph the wintry landscape for his newest book. What he didn’t plan on is the instant desire he feels for Cooper who he always sees surrounded by an odd, golden shimmer. Alejandro doesn’t know what it means, but something tells him he’s going to find out.
http://tinyurl.com/RMC-MBarnette
Follow the tiny url link above to buy direct from the publisher or go to my website to see all the places you can purchase my newest release, Rocky Mountain Christmas.
http://www.michaelbarnette
I also have another story available for New Years:
Aulde Lang Syne
Genre: Paranormal (shapeshifter) New Years m/m (gay/yaoi)
Content Warning: GLBT (gay), general naughtiness between two hot guys.
Heat Rating: Fire
Length: Novelette 21,200 words
Price: $4.50
When Daniel comes home to visit his ailing father the only thing he’s expecting are the usual fights with his older brother Sam. He doesn’t expect to run into Terrence his high school crush who he never came out to.
Terrence wanted Daniel all during high school as he’s wanted no man since. He’s afraid to admit his feelings for fear of being hated by his high school buddy.
When they come out to each other their lives are changed in ways neither of them expected.
But an unseen danger is stalking Daniel’s family. Will they have a great New Year, or a deadly one?
http://tinyurl.com/AuldLangSyne-MBarnette
Happy Holidays from Michael Barnette!
Thanks, Michael! Can’t wait to read them.
Thanks for letting me post. It’s greatly appreciated Keira. I hope you have a joyous Holiday Season.
Same to you!
These all look good!
I know, my shopping cart is filling up quickly!
Thanks for this, Keira! I have two older Christmas shorts:
A Walk in the Dark
A year ago, Brandon was Jared’s roommate’s boyfriend—and completely off limits. Rex and Brandon have since broken up, and now, as Christmas approaches, Jared runs into Brandon again… and wonders if Brandon might return his once-helpless longing.
In December My Heart’s Full of Spring (FREE!)
Two men find each other at the top of the Empire State Building on Christmas Eve.
Ohhh, those sound great, Kate! Thank you!
Keira, I loved Eight Nights! I thought it was a terrific, sweet and sexy story.
My holiday story is called Third Night, from MLR. Will Joe’s Hanukkah wish come true—a way to reconcile his belief in the tenets of Orthodox Judaism with his attraction to his friend Yehuda?
Can Joe reconcile his belief in the tenets of Orthodox Judaism with the religion’s disapproval of his sexual orientation? Or will his crush on his friend Yehuda ruin their friendship and leave him ostracized by his community? What will happen on the third night of Hanukkah?
Happy holidays to all!
Keira, I loved Eight Nights! I thought it was a terrific, sweet and sexy story.
Thanks so much, Neil!
Ohhhh, yours sounds totally up my alley. Can’t wait to read it!
Thanks for hosting this, Keira! All the books sound great. I love holiday stories, so I’m adding a bunch to my TBB list.
My holiday release is Lessons Learned, Wishes Earned from Dreamspinner Press.
Playing elf to Haven, the boss’s son, leaves Lachlan feeling he’s firmly on St. Nick’s Naughty list. Lachlan is sure Haven is just like the spoiled rich boy who broke his heart and ruined his life a year earlier. But after watching Haven help the less fortunate, Lachlan longs to offer him shelter on a lonely Christmas Eve. Maybe this year, he’ll actually get his Christmas wish.
Can’t wait to read yours, Cassandra! I adore the holidays and holiday stories. Can’t get enough of them!
Storm Moon Press has this Advent Collection as a free read. http://www.stormmoonpress.com/books/Advent-Collected-Shorts.aspx
I am not in it and haven’t read it, but when I stumbled it across it, I thought I’d share it here.
Awesome, thank you! I’ll definitely go take a look.