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Blurb
Christmas is a time for peace, love, and goodwill toward mankind. Not! More like cheating exes and absentee friends.
For Emmett Byrd, spending the holiday season with his old college friend Terry in San Diego is supposed to be about mending his broken heart. But when Terry deserts him at the last minute, leaving Emmett alone in his condo for Christmas, it’s just the icing on the cake of a crappy year full of betrayal and lost love. The only Christmas spirit this Scrooge is feeling is the alcoholic kind. Then a slightly kooky, unsophisticated farm boy named Sky knocks on the door looking for Terry, and a case of mistaken identity reawakens Emmett’s hope in happily ever after.
Morgan’s Review book and audio
Emmett is pissed (in the angry and drunken sense). His friend Terry left him alone on Christmas while he’s still nursing a broken heart. Sky is a farm boy who mysteriously shows up at Terry’s apartment on Christmas Eve. Emmett thinks he’s one of Terry’s “Rebound Boys” (one of Terry’s one night stands) so he treats him crappily. But Sky is actually a very sweet, warm-hearted boy who stays to help Emmett through his hangover and the holiday.
The two end up bonding and really clicking emotionally. They don’t actually “hook up” and in fact the entire story is just the couple of days when they first meet, getting to know one another. But…there is a bonus chapter that tells what happens next. (Not in audio format, of course.)
Bonus Chapter: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20323731-rebound
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This is a very sweet story, no sex, not even a HEA or HFN (but the bonus chapter gives us that).
The narration was nice, Emmett’s drunken slurs were funny and the sound quality was good.
If you are in the mood for a sweet, cute “meeting” story this is for you. With the follow up chapter, it will even satisfy those of us looking for the HEA.
I enjoyed it and give both story and audio a 4 of 5 hearts. (Knowing that I could find their HEA in the bonus scene, otherwise…)
