Christmas Releases 2022 & Competition

Hi everyone, and welcome to my first of six Christmas release bulletins for 2022. I'm so far behind on my Christmas reading, but I have read some really good Christmas books so far! You can find all my reads up to date here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/3337074-r-j?shelf=christmas-2022&view=reviews or follow me on BookBub here – rjscott.co.uk/bb

Without further ado, this is this weeks crop of Christmas goodies – if I have read them, then there is a brief review – if I haven't read them yet, then you can bet they are on my Christmas TBR list! ❤️

Kisses, 

RJ XXX

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In no particular order, this week's collection includes…

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Ali Ryecart – Daddy's Christmas Elf

I loved this book so much – one of my favorites this year so far, and it had all the snow, and the log fires, and the Christmas miracle of love. Perfect.

Take One Elf, Add an Older Man with Daddy Tendencies, and Mix for the Perfect Christmas Romance

Dressing up as a sexy little elf for a themed Christmas party isn’t Eli Turner’s idea of a glittering career. It’s the rowdiest event Eli’s worked all season and when a drunken proposition goes too far, his refusal to play sets off a chain of events leaving him high and dry with only the cheap elf suit on his back.

The Christmas party wealthy banker Grey Gillespie doesn’t want to be at is sliding out of control. When trouble erupts Grey rushes to intervene, but not before the cute young guy dressed as an elf flees and disappears into the freezing cold night.

The last thing Grey expects as he makes his way home is to stumble across the little elf. Eli’s dire predicament awakens every one of Grey’s deep-seated needs: to comfort, to protect, to cherish and keep safe. Grey knows exactly what Eli yearns for — his little elf just needs some gentle persuasion to understand that everything he never knew he craved is everything Grey desperately wants to give him.

Daddy’s Christmas Elf is a sweet with heat Daddy-lite Christmas love story, oozing all the festive feels and fuzzies. Hurt/comfort, forced proximity, age gap, and two men drawn together to give the other exactly what he needs. 

Release – 3 November 2022 – new release 2022 – https://books2read.com/AR-DCE –  Amazon exclusive, KU to borrow

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Emma Jaye – Wishing For Coal (Festive Djinn #1)

A grumpy, pain-loving Christmas elf. A control-obsessed human with a shriveled heart. A last chance to get a wish right before the doom of eternal perkiness at the North Pole descends…

All Coal needs to prove himself to Santa and avoid cleaning up after reindeer for the rest of his days is to fulfill one tiny wish. How hard could it be to make one human Grinch happy?

Angus doesn’t do Christmas, relationships, or liars. So why does Angus itch to hear the prospective singer for the Christmas party say, ‘Yes, Boss’? Pushing the unnerving attraction down works until his callous nemesis shows interest in the odd, bratty, festive-obsessed singer. Last time, Angus didn’t see the relationship road crash coming. Dare he risk his heart in another tug of war?

Wishing for Coal is the ANGSTY first tale in the Festive Djinn series, part of the MM paranormal DeMMonica World. If you enjoy wish fulfillment, a delicious naughty-list baddie, Coal in stockings, a Christmas-sized serving of heat, and a dash of perkiness hate, you’ll love Emma Jaye’s festive MM treat.

Each book in the Festive Djinn series contains a HEA, but there is an ongoing story.

NOTE: Themes may be familiar to readers of Holly Berry, Naughty or Nice? #1, which inspired this story.

Grab Wishing For Coal to unwrap your MM Christmas fantasy today!

Release – 27 October 2022 – new release 2022 – 

https://readerlinks.com/l/2933000 – Amazon exclusive, KU to borrow

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A.W. Scott – A Little Surprise (Secret Santa Daddy Season Two)

I didn’t know it could be like this…

Webster Moore doesn’t know up from down these days. He’s just trying to stay afloat, which is hard to do when everyone wants something from him. His job. His family. Especially his brother Grant. The eldest Moore brother is adamant that Webster attend some Christmas party after he had such an amazing time there the year before. When a mysterious Santa C starts sending him gifts in the week leading up to the holiday, he doesn’t know what to make of it all.

And how does this mysterious gift giver know about all the Little things his heart desires?

Calvin McMillan just accepted to an internship with NightShade Productions and he’s excited to get started. A chance encounter shortly after getting the good news leads him to taking on a disguise in order to spoil a special Little. With the help of some familiar faces, he’ll coordinate not only his Santa C gifts for Webster, but he’ll also navigate the NightShade company party where he’ll finally get to meet the man who has stolen his heart.

Will he be able to convince Webster he has what it takes to be his Daddy?

This holiday season is full of secrets. Secret Daddies that is. Follow some of your favorite MM authors as they bring you tales of kisses, cuddles, and holiday cheer. Each Secret Santa Daddy book is a standalone and can be read in any order

 

Release – 1 November 2022 – new release 2022

https://mybook.to/ALittleSurprise – Amazon exclusive, KU to borrow

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Pat Henshaw – Holiday Quartet

Bells ring and choirs sing. People bustle with happiness and joy. Calories pile up while everyone gathers to chat with friends and relatives. What’s more exciting than all the holidays in December?

But sometimes we need a break from the expectations and the wonderment. A great way to revive our spirits is by reading a story to ground us in the true meaning of the season.

This collection features four stories infused with happiness, love, and joy. From a small business owner discovering his first fruitcake and a homeless man finding a permanent home to a blacksmith’s wish to propose to his childhood friend and a gay man relocating to a small town, each story is a journey of self-discovery leading to happily ever after.

Contains the stories:

Blame It on the Fruitcake: Motorcycle shop owner Sam McGuire falls for the fruitcake his loft neighbor’s grandma makes as well as the man himself. But will handsome, educated, personable Jay Merriweather be attracted to a grease jockey like Sam?

The Orpheum Miracle: The son of crack addicts who abandoned him as a child, Mick has found refuge in the historic Orpheum Theater. But when the new owner takes over, will Mick be pushed out on the street or taken into the owner’s heart?

Making the Holidays Happy Again: Butch has been manning the forge in Old Town and fantasizing over his best friend Jimmy since they were in high school. Does Jimmy feel the same way about Butch? Does Butch want to push their friendship and find out?

Heart of the Holidays: When Silicon Valley programmer Dan Lassiter moves to a small California town, he doesn’t expect to find love. After Rick Reardon opens his bakery across the street, Dan may change his mind.

Previous release

https://books2read.com/Holiday-Quartet – Wide (inc Amazon to buy)

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Rhys Everly – The Holiday Experiment

Wanted: Single, hot, young man to sweep…my best friend’s brother off his feet.

Enzo

After failing big in Boston, I’m back home with my tail between my legs.

And then somehow I rope myself into getting Carson’s dating life in order.

We make a bet. Get him a boyfriend before Christmas or I lose and I have to do what he says.

Only considering the feelings I still harbor for him, losing may not be such a bad idea.

Carson

Everyone tells me I’m a workaholic.

What I really am is a man with a broken heart.

Until I get the wind knocked off my feet by my brother’s best friend. Under the mistletoe. Because apparently my life is anything but subtle.

He’s hell bent on getting me a boyfriend that is not him, but he’s all I can think about.

This little holiday experiment between us is going to end up in disaster. I know it.

I just hope it doesn’t leave me with more pieces to pick up.

The Holiday Experiment is a Christmas standalone and contains a young musician trying to find his place in the world, an almost forty-year-old workaholic that can’t catch a break, an adorable goddaughter that seems to repeat all the bad words and a witchy mom that loves to bake magical cakes and solve problems

Release – 1 November 2022 – new release 2022

https://readerlinks.com/l/2933211 – Amazon exclusive, KU to borrow

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Barbara Elsborg – This is Real

A snarky English nerd. A hot American actor. When Christmas brings them together, they have more in common than they know…

Murdo doesn’t do Christmas, but this year, he’s looking forward to spending time with an old friend. Elodie’s working on a film starring Murdo’s Biggest Crush, the gorgeous Lukas Olsen. When Elodie asks him to give Lukas a lift from Logan International, Murdo can’t believe his luck. Lukas might be straight, but ogling’s acceptable—right?

Lukas arrives at the airport to find a gaggle of fans but no driver waiting and when he does turn up, the snarky Englishman can’t even remember where he’s parked. When they finally reach their destination, Lukas tries to tip him and Murdo makes his current opinion of Lukas very clear. His crush is over. 

Things move from bad to worse when Murdo tells the director that Lukas’s English accent isn’t authentic. But a pang of guilt, and maybe a remnant of lust, has Murdo offering to give dialect lessons to a resentful Lukas. Only once they’re in Lukas’s house, annoyance turns into something far more dangerous, because Lukas isn’t out and never will be. He has too much to lose: career, fans, family and friends.

Yet something about Murdo makes Lukas want to risk it all

Release – 4 November 2022 – new release 2022

mybook.to/thisisreal – Amazon exclusive, KU to borrow

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Annabeth Albert – The Geek Who Saved Christmas

RJ – Read and loved – one of my favorites from last year 

His grumpy neighbor needs some holiday sunshine…

Gideon Holiday is the perfect neighbor. Need a cup of sugar? Spare folding chair? Extra batteries? He’s always ready to help. And he’s waited years for his hot, grumpy, silver fox neighbor, Paul, to need him. For anything. But this December, Gideon would be happy if he could just get the Scrooge-like Paul on board with the neighborhood holiday lights fundraiser.

Paul Frost has no intention of decking his halls or blazing any Yule logs. Even if his spunky bowtie-clad neighbor does look perfect for unwrapping, Paul would prefer to hide away until December is done. But when his beloved younger brother announces an unexpected visit, Paul needs all the trimmings for a festive homecoming—and fast.

Luckily, Gideon is there with a color-coded plan to save Christmas. Soon Paul’s hanging lights, trimming trees, and rolling out cookies. And steaming up his new flannel sheets with Gideon. How did that happen?

It’ll take some winter magic to preserve their happiness and keep these rival neighbors together longer than one holiday season.

The Geek Who Saved Christmas is a low-angst m/m holiday romance with a guaranteed happy ending. This grumpy/sunshine, neighbors-to-lovers, found family tale features two heroes in their forties figuring out that maybe their sexily-ever-after was right next door the whole time. It stands alone and is not connected to any of the author’s other universes. However, it does contain a heaping helping of the same emotions and steamy moments readers have come to expect.

SALE – Nov 3 through Nov 7 at 99 cents on a kindle countdown deal

https://books2read.com/ChristmasGeek – Amazon exclusive, KU to borrow

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A.D. Ellis – The Heart of St. Nick

Hayden Green is the epitome of a cheery, generous, small-town guy. He keeps himself busy in a tiny railroad town tucked in the hills of the Midwest by helping others. If he also finds himself wishing for a tall, dark, and handsome man to waltz into town and sweep him off his feet, who can blame him?

Gannon Snow closed himself off to emotions and connections a long time ago. He’ll head back to his late grandfather’s beloved holiday town, but only to sell the old man’s house and store. He has his own business to run and no time for feelings. Much to his chagrin, Gannon gets caught up in nostalgia and finds himself mesmerized by a happy little holiday helper.

Hayden and Gannon share an instant connection, but Gannon isn’t staying and Hayden isn’t keen on a broken heart. However, the universe—and maybe some holiday magic, which Gannon most definitely doesn’t believe in—has a different plan, and the men find themselves smack dab in the middle of a small-town Christmas romance.

**The Heart of St. Nick is a steamy, forced proximity, small-town M/M holiday romance with a slight age gap between a bowtie and suspender-wearing good guy and an emotionally-stunted man with a cold heart just waiting to be melted.**”

Release – 2 November 2022 – new release 2022

https://books2read.com/TheHeartofStNick – Amazon exclusive, KU to borrow