Length: 90,000 word approx.
Cover Design: Wicked Smart Design
Blurb
When Casey Stevens went away to college four years ago, he ghosted on his straight best friend, Joel Vreeland. He hoped time and distance would lessen the unrequited affection he felt, but all it did was make him miss Joel more. Home for the holidays, Casey hopes they might find a way to be friends again. But Joel’s frosty reception reminds Casey of just how hard he had to fight to be Joel’s friend in the first place. It’s going to take a Christmas miracle to get past that cool façade again.
Joel isn’t as straight as Casey believes, and his years of pining for Casey have left him hurting and alone, caring for his abusive father and struggling to get by. Unable to trust anyone except his rescue dog—and with no reason to believe Casey is interested in him for more than a holiday fling—Joel’s icy heart might shatter before it can thaw.
Can Casey and Joel’s love overcome mistrust, parental rejection, class differences, and four long years apart? Mr. Frosty Pants is a stand-alone, Christmas gay romance by Leta Blake featuring a virgin hero, childhood friends-to-lovers, second chance romance, and steamy mm first times.
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Author Bio
Author of the bestselling book Smoky Mountain Dreams and the fan favorite Training Season, Leta Blake’s educational and professional background is in psychology and finance, respectively. However, her passion has always been for writing. She enjoys crafting romance stories and exploring the psyches of made up people. At home in the Southern U.S., Leta works hard at achieving balance between her day job, her writing, and her family.
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The time of the year when cheesy Christmas romances
inundate our in boxes has arrived. But, I can safely say that Mr. Frosty Pants by Leta Blake was not one of them. Ms. Blake wrote of love lost, second chances, and timeless love
through adversity.
Casey and Joel loved each other since high
school, yet each had their own reasons for not letting on their feelings, or
even coming out as a gay youth. Now, in their early twenties, their lives have
taken different paths, but ultimately converging back to each other.
Ms.
Blake delivered a heart-felt warm and tender story
of two men; one who was afraid to live and love, the other who knew what he
wanted and grabbed it by the horns.
Casey’s ability to see through Joel’s rough and
frosty exterior, endeared him to this reader and had me falling in love from
the start. Joel’s tumultuous life left little for him to feel good about, until
Casey bulldozed into him and made him feel like anything was possible.
Together
they forged ahead through adversity and found a timeless love, which the author
lead us to believe would be in place for years to come.
Even though their new relationship took days to
come to fruition, Ms. Blake added
enough detail and past experiences, that as I reader, I was not left with a
feeling of wham bam, thank you- let’s profess our undying love.
The writing was beautifully articulated and the
characterization of both men flawlessly flawed.
A wonderful start to my holiday season reading
binge.
Definite S.E.X.
A five handcuff review
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2018 ©Evelise Archer All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, locations, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination, or have been used fictionally. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, locales, or events is entirely coincidental. No portion of this work may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, without permission in writing from the author.
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