Thursday 26 December 2013

Hadn’t the Pleasure # 84

The books that have been collecting dust for so long they have become stained from it
 
 
Alexander Norton loathes the festive season. The revelry of the ton is a reminder of Christmas four years ago, when his first love, Thomas Bennett, broke his heart and fled to New York without a word. So when he encounters Thomas at a holiday ball, Alexander is determined not to let on how much he still hurts.
Thomas has returned for one reason only: Alexander. Having finally come to terms with his forbidden desires, he will do whatever he must to convince Alexander to give their love another chance. But instead of the happy, carefree man Thomas once knew, Alexander is now hard and cynical. Saddened to know he's to blame for the man's bitterness, Thomas resolves to reignite the passion he knows lies hidden behind the wall of disdain...
 
Also part of the Men Under the Mistletoe Anthology
 
My True Love Gave to Me by Ava March
(Brook Street #0.5)
 First published Dec 2011 by Carina Press
iBook, 80 pages
Contemporary Historical ‘Holiday’ Romance
 
The last note of the violins faded into the idle chatter of what surely hundreds of guests, signalling the end of the last dance before the midnight supper. Alexander Norton quickened his step and weaved through the crowd. […]