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Book Blurb

This Christmas, good will isn’t all these sexy men are going to get…

Ménage loving and chance encounters will make the holidays merry and bright and hot enough to keep out the cold. From a romp in Santa’s candy house to a dinner party where chains and collars are required attire, Christmas for these naughty men is going to be anything but vanilla.

Be Warned: m/m sex, m/m/m ménage sex, BDSM, sex toys, rimming

Book Review

With a range of stories, including two menages, this decidedly un-vanilla selection of stories offers something for almost every level of BDSM. From funny and humorous to the more serious, all of these stories had something that made me smile.

Boughs of Love by Rebecca Brochu
Reese's story is a wonderful example of how holiday cheer can bring entirely new  hope to a lonely man. Reese has done the responsible thing when his brother and sister-in-law died in a car accident, and is now in charge of his six-year-old niece Holly. It has changed his life. While still single, his life no longer revolves around his career, but around her. He is determined to make this a great Christmas for Holly, and part of that is picking a tree. The man they run into leaves a lasting impression, and when Keifer, the tree man, finds Reese a few days later and rescues him from an embarrassing situation with his ex, he turns out to be extremely interested in Reese. The passion they unleash once they get going could light up an entire Christmas tree –several times over!

Dressed for Dinner by Pelaam
Kevin and his Master Stefan are in for a very kinky night out. Dinner at a friend's, dressed in provocative clothing involving quite a bit of leather for the Dom's an not much at all for their subs, is followed by the use of the friend's playroom. Even the somewhat shy Kevin knows he is in for a treat, and Stefan doesn’t disappoint him. While strict and definitely dominant, he is also very concerned with Kevin's welfare through it all. Be ready for some very kinky BDSM play in this story.

Tied with a Bow by Nicola Cameron
Paul, the narrator of this story, is shy and withdrawn in real life, having been told he is "no good at sex" and "weird" because he wants to be tied up. But in his secret life as a writer, he can spell out all his fantasies, and makes good money from it. The fact that his sexy upstairs neighbors, married couple Tim and Rory, are the inspiration for his threesome scenes is a well-guarded secret. Except – not as secret as he thinks. Once these three get going, the heat in Paul's life increases significantly!

Enough about Earl by Giselle Renarde
This is a very sweet story about two gay men, neither of whom has found love so far. Actually, it is about each of their best friends as well, and the resulting four-way situation is quite complicated. Cam is Jodee's best friend, and she used to have a crush on him. Now she has a crush on Earl, her gay colleague. Cam is almost jealous about Earl, but when he meets him discovers that all may not be as it seems. The ensuing pairing off was fun to watch happen, and the ending made me grin. With a great set of characters, this was a wonderful story about unexpected pairings.

The Christmas Cookies by Troy Storm
This story definitely deserves the descriptor "wild". Ben is the narrator, but he's been eating some type of spiced Christmas cookie at the office party, and is somewhat out of it. More so at the beginning, which is good, because he has dropped all his inhibitions and is now open to the advances of the company owner , Art, and the office manager, Marv. The two of them turn out to be a committed couple, and they definitely have designs on Ben. Their plans for Ben, the mailroom clerk, are quite explicit, more than a little bit kinky, and made the whole story fun to read.

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Anthology of 5 Short Stories, 31970 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	04-December-2012
Price	$4.99
Buy Link	http://www.evernightpublishing.com/vanilla-free-christmas-manlove-edition/