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Christmas means different things to everyone, but most often it’s all about pulling loved ones close and brightening the gloom. The fire’s crackling. The snow is piling up outside, even if it's only in your dreams. Time to snuggle up with some cocoa and some stories carefully crafted by the Mischief Corner Crew to warm hearts and cockles.
Wreath of Fire: Smokey Mountains Bears 2 - Toni Griffin
Michael's trying to start a new life away from his abusive father, but he's drifting and not sure what he wants. When he accidentally starts a kitchen fire, the hot new fireman who comes to the rescue is not only another bear shifter. He's Michael's mate. Michael desperately needs to get his act together and figure out what he wants if he has any hope of claiming the bear fated to be his.
REVIEW:
Michael has had a hard life but things are finally starting to get better for him...until he catches the Packard's kitchen on fire. But this accident may turn out to be the best thing to happen to Michael yet, when he mate turns out to be a big bear of a fireman
A Christmas Cactus for the General - Angel Martinez
Exiled to Earth for perhaps the worst failure in Irasolan history, General Teer must assimilate or die. Earth is too warm, too wet, too foreign, but he does the best he can even though human males are loud, childish louts whom he can't imitate successfully. When a grieving seaplane pilot strikes up a strange and uneasy friendship with him, he finds he may have been too quick to judge human males. They are strange to look at, but perhaps not as unbearable as he thought.
REVIEW:
I have to admit I wasn't sure about his story when I started it but oh man am I glad I read it. It may have been about an alien exiled to Earth but the story of acceptance and love apparently is universal.
Holly Jolly - Silvia Violet
I’m not gay. I just notice men sometimes. Everybody does, right? I notice Dane a lot, like every time I’m near him, but just because I think he’s an attractive man that doesn’t mean I like him, does it?
I’m also not a fan of Christmas. Too many years “celebrating” with my Bible-thumping family ruined the holiday for me. So what if I envy all these cheerful souls dashing about with smiles on their faces? I don’t have to like Christmas, do I? If anyone could get me in the Christmas spirit, it would be Dane with his easy, relaxed manner and his gorgeous smile. If that were going to happen, though, I’d have to find the courage to talk to him and to admit that maybe I don’t know myself all that well after all.
REVIEW:
Sometimes the most loving family is the one you find yourself. Being open and ready for love is much easier when you accept yourself first. This story is all about acceptance and the happiness that can be found when you aren't looking.
Snow on Spirit Bridge - Freddy MacKay
Alone in Japan, Finni is struggling against the constant distrust, avoidance, and xenophobia he experiences every day. He misses home. He misses his family. Nightmares come all too frequently because of the stress, and well, Christmas is just not Christmas in Japan. Not how he understands it.
Distressed by how miserable Finni is, his roommate, Mamoru, offers to be Finni's family for Christmas. Little does he know how much one agreement would change everything between them, because both of them kept secrets neither ever dreamed were true.
REVIEW:
I think this story was my favorite. Completely different from anything I have read before and a beautiful blending of two legends from different mythos. If this one doesn't bring a tear to your eyes then I don't know what will.
Overall Review:
What a unique set of Christmas stories. While each story is completely different, the re-occurring theme ties them together. The joy of finding that one person that completes you.
RATING: 4 Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries This book was given to us Silvia Violet. Many thanks.
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