Reviewed by Mal
TITLE: Christmas on Cosmic Avenue
AUTHOR: Garrett Leigh
PUBLISHER: Fox Love Press
LENGTH: 276 Pages
RELEASE DATE: December 3, 2025
BLURB:
When single dad Sab Dubois downloads a swingers app, it’s meant to be a bit of harmless curiosity—until his gorgeous neighbour catches him in the act and makes him an offer he can’t refuse.
Galen McCarthy, the firefighter over the back fence, doesn’t do love or relationships—and he certainly doesn’t do forever. Coaching his flustered neighbour through some first-time exploration seems easy enough.
No strings. No expectations.
No hearts on the line.
But when fate has Galen fighting for his life for the third Christmas running, everything he didn’t know he wanted comes rushing into focus—the man who fed and healed him, the little lady he adores, and the family he never knew he needed.
Because love doesn’t ask permission.
It steals your heart and wraps it in fairy lights.
It forgives your fears and guides you home…
To Christmas on Cosmic Avenue.
Christmas on Cosmic Avenue is a medium-spice, emotional MM romance about first times, found family, and finding your way home—just in time for Christmas.
Expect: neighbours-to-lovers, first times/sexual discovery, single dad × wounded firefighter, angst, addiction recovery/healing, found family, and the most perfect Christmas happily ever after.
REVIEW:
Garrett Leigh writes magical love stories! Absolutely extraordinary. Her characters are always ones you’ll fall utterly in love with and their stories will become my entire personality for the immediate foreseeable future. While her winter tales may not always fit the tried and expected storyline of a holiday romance, the sheer miracle of the season always finds it’s way into the romantic love, platonic love, parental love and found family, making her stories always feel like a wonderful warm hug.
Galen and Sab’s story is absolutely all this. Honestly it’s been impossible to put down since o started it and I did not want it to end. Their first cheeky interaction was epic 🤣. The way Garrett Leigh describes Sab abhorrence for the dating/hook up apps is one that hit quite close to home 😅. However Galen woos him over , ugh their banter was to die for, I was hooked and invested and gobbling each and very word up … smitten.
The way Sab’s evolving sexuality is handled is perfection and the way these two stumble their way into a “teachable ” moment is hot! They are hot, gosh so so hot, this book is hot, did I mention it’s hot 😅. The spice is spicing good.
But also how taken with each other they are, absolute swoon. I deep sighed over these two so so much. They also have a bit of miscommunication but it’s all towards an evolving relationship and makes sense why they are wary. They come with weight and baggage and it takes a moment to set it down, parse it out. I’m so glad it worked out though
Esme is a star, loved seeing Tam and Bodhi and hearing from Logan and from Nashie – absolutely bonus.
If you’re looking for a wonderful hurt comfort, starts with texting, single dad, spicy holiday romance with a ton of found family read this.
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