Reviewer's Rating:
5
5.0Overall score
A Sweet Christmas Story
Christmas Lane By Amy Aislin
Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM, Holiday, Christmas
Released: November 29, 2018
Publisher: Self-Published
Series: Lighthouse Bay, Book 1
Cover Design: Jay Aheer at Simply Defined Art
It’s recent college graduate Zach Greenfeld’s favorite time of the year and he’s just received a temporary gig planning Lighthouse Bay’s Christmas parade. Not only does it speak to his penchant for organization, it also puts him face to face on a daily basis with his unrequited crush—Holland Stone. But his new job starts off in disaster when the most important float—Santa’s sleigh—gets damaged.
Holland needs to win the Lighthouse Bay Christmas parade float competition in order to grow his new dollhouse-making business. The prize is an article in a major city newspaper, and nothing beats free advertising. Except, eager to help the adorable parade organizer, he volunteers to help fix Santa’s sleigh, leaving no time to work on his own float, and putting his prize at risk.
Damaged floats, snowstorms, and a last-minute parade emergency force Zach and Holland closer than ever. All they need is a little bit of Christmas magic to help them realize they belong together.
Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003
A Sweet Christmas Story
This year M/M romance readers have been blessed with an abundance of wonderful new Christmas stories to read (in addition to all of the wonderful ones previously available). Christmas Lane by Amy Aislin is a great addition to the group.
All Zach wants is to be wanted by someone for himself and not to be used for just a one-night stand. Holland is very attracted to Zach but he’s 15 years older and just doesn’t see how a man so much younger could be interested in him.
Christmas Lane is a great story with the very best of the Christmas spirit woven throughout it. Neighbors helping neighbors, a Christmas parade, a Christmas festival and two people falling in love. I loved both Zach and Holland. They each have insecurities that affect how they interact with each other and they must overcome them so they can have the relationship they both deserve.
This story has a rich cast of secondary characters and I hope at least a few of them will get books of their own as the series continues.
♥♥♥♥♥
O Factor: Spicy
Holland dragged a thumb over Zach’s cheek, causing Zach to break out in chills, and lowered his head again.Zach met him halfway this time, and it was…perfect. Sweet. Disney-channel worthy tame. Just lips against lips and breathing each other in.
Until Holland tilted Zach’s head, slanting their mouths together, and probed at the seam of Zach’s lips with his tongue.
Zach opened, a combination of excited, anxious, and curious. But, to his surprise, Holland didn’t swoop in and take over. He coaxed. He teased. He seduced.
One hand settled at Zach’s lower back, drawing him in, snuggling their bodies close. The other cupped Zach’s neck. He was hard and firm all over and, cocooned in his embrace, Zach had never felt more cherished. And in this one simple act, where Holland held him so carefully and didn’t push and pressure, Zach had never felt more desired.
They were both breathing unsteadily by the time they separated. Holland’s eyes were at half-mast as he swept that damnable thumb over Zach’s wet lower lip. Zach nipped it playfully, and Holland smiled at him.
Amy started writing on a rainy day in fourth grade when her class was forced to stay inside for recess. Tales of adventures with her classmates quickly morphed into tales of adventures with the characters in her head. Based in the suburbs of Toronto, Amy is a marketer/fundraiser at a large environmental non-profit in Toronto by day, and a writer by night. Book enthusiast, animal lover and (very) amateur photographer, her interests are many and varied, including travelling, astronomy, ecology, and baking. She binge watches too much anime, and loves musical theater, Julie Andrews, the Backstreet Boys, and her hometown of Oakville, Ontario.
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