Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: Christmas on Stardust Lane
AUTHOR: Garrett Leigh
PUBLISHER: Fox Love Press
LENGTH: 246 Pages
RELEASE DATE: November 14, 2024
BLURB:
A scarred ex-biker with a hardened soul. The hot new nurse in town guarding his own bruised heart.
Tam Dubois is used to being alone. With a body that bears the marks of his mistakes, he’s grown to like it. But scratching out a living with pen and ink is tough, the numbers don’t work, and the only solution he can think of gives him the opposite of Christmas cheer.
A lodger.
It’s the last thing he wants, but like most things in life, it happens anyway, and the stranger he’s so keen to avoid turns out not to be a stranger at all,
It’s him.
Tam can’t believe it–and he doesn’t want to. But matters of the heart don’t play by the rules, and as Christmas approaches, love might just prove the greatest gift of all…
If they’re brave enough to unwrap it.
Christmas On Stardust Lane is a steamy, angsty MM holiday romance. Expect: forced proximity, hurt/comfort, and a chaotic canine with a bad case of little dog syndrome. If you love MM romance, holiday love stories, and the magic of two damaged hearts finding their way, Christmas on Stardust Lane delivers the perfect festive read.
REVIEW:
I’m not big on Christmas stories these days, but I made an exception for Garrett Leigh. This author writes bikers with a heart like no one else.
I very much appreciated the slow burn this author created for Tam and Bhodi. They are both men who are struggling through their own issues and rushing their relationship wouldn’t have felt right. Tam is sweet and quiet and Bhodi is full of energy and a determination to do good. They are the perfect foils for each other.
Tam’s relationship with his brother is also amazing. Honest and relatable, very true to life. Again, not a surprise as this is very loosely related to her Rebel Kings series and that is the ultimate story of brotherhood of all kinds.
The instant connection between the two men was obvious and the chemistry off the charts. The sex was hot and will take your breath away, but I also appreciate that it wasn’t magic sex that healed everything for them both. They had to work at it and be honest and talk to get through the pain they both had to deal with.
The angst in this story doesn’t come from someone else messing with them, it comes from their past and the damaged relationships they had both been through. These men are real and flawed and there was a time or two that I wanted to smack them both across the back of the head.
The story is compelling and heartfelt, the characters are so easy to relate to and the writing is amazing.
This is the kind of story that I love and while there is a little Christmas magic involved, the writer is the real magician and they’ve spelled up a perfectly lovely Christmas present.
Glad to give this story 5 hearts.
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