For three years now, Cabriolet Vermat has put off, wiggled out of, and outright lied to get out of making this dreaded trip east. The owner of Cabriolet Chauffeur Services in Los Angeles has avoided the yearly invitation to the small town of White Bridge, New York, to speak at their alumni winter gathering but this year they’ve outfoxed him. They’re throwing a dinner to honor his late partner’s dedication to his alma mater and have asked Cab to speak. This time he has to go no matter how much pain it will stir up. Arriving in the picturesque small town beside one of the Finger Lakes, Cab is treated to a special performance of holiday songs and there he sees Julian Gabriel Baez for the first time.
The young singer captivates him immediately, and he finds himself seeking out the much younger man after the performance. The pull he feels toward Jules is unlike anything he’s felt since he met his partner years ago. Confusion and desire war within him, but the outgoing young tenor wins him over with his engaging smile and kind heart. A two-day trip soon turns into an extended holiday vacation. Cab worries that the magic of Christmas will quickly fizzle out and he’ll be alone once more. Or will this festive season bestow a blessing of the heart upon a man who thought he would never love again?
The Christmas Tenor is a standalone small-town gay Christmas romance with a beautiful May-December relationship, a lonely widower, a rising opera star, loving families, and plenty of holiday joy.
V.L. Locey loves worn jeans, yoga, belly laughs, walking, reading and writing lusty tales, Greek mythology, Torchwood and Dr. Who, the New York Rangers, comic books, and coffee. (Not necessarily in that order.) She shares her life with her husband, her daughter, one dog, two cats, a pair of geese, far too many chickens, and two steers.
When not writing spicy romances, she enjoys spending her day with her menagerie in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania with a cup of fresh java in one hand and a steamy romance novel in the other.
The Christmas Tenor by V.L. Locey was
fantastic. Sweet, sensitive and a whole lot of sexy, the newest addition to her
Laurel Heights series, this book can be read on its own.
Cabriolet was a self-made man, the owner of limousine
services established in numerous cities around the states. A widower whose twin
brother lived with him, the fifty something man was set in his ways and not
eager for change. A trip to the Finger Lakes set a new path for Cab with a
trajectory to love.
Julian had the operatic voice of an angel and as soon as he
met Cab he knew he wanted the seasoned man. The synergy between the two was a
slow burn that ignited throughout the pages and steamed the e-reader.
Ms. Locey has the uncanny knack of writing characters
that jump from the pages and come to life- real life- something so rare in
romance books. There was nothing fake about Cab and Julian- their romance timid
and careful- with a supporting cast (especially Cab’s twin, Pierre) that only
enhanced the overall story.
I fell in love with Cabriolet and Julian. The tenor was on
the hunt and the seasoned man didn’t stand a chance. My favorite of the Laurel
Holidays series, The Christmas Tenor stole the show.
Definite S.E.X.
A five handcuff review
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