Title: Kai for Christmas
Series: N/A
Author: E. T. Malinowski
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Novella (56 pages)
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (January 15th, 2014)
Heat Level: Explicit
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥3Hearts
Reviewer: Eli/Mandingo
Blurb: Kai O’Donnell hates Christmas. It’s not the blaring commercialism or the too-perky people. Being an interior designer, Kai can handle most people. But during Christmas, he has to deal with a man who gets under his skin like no other: Cade. Handsome—hand-me-a-towel-because-I’m-drooling-sexy—sarcastic Cade.
Cade Randall has been in love with Kai O’Donnell since setting eyes on the auburn-haired Native American. Falling back on his teenage habits, Cade picks on Kai every time they’re together. He wants Kai under his Christmas tree in nothing but a big red bow, his to keep forever, but Cade’s shenanigans may ruin something beautiful in the making.
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Review: Kai is a man with secrets from his family. Afraid to disappoint, he has lived a lie for years. Cade is a man who is running from a family who has disappointed him and runs into Kai whose secrets will probably keep them apart. Fearing more rejection, Cade resorts to middle school antics to keep his feelings for Kai at bay. Being in close quarters does not help the natural animosity between Kai and Cade. Instead, it will take a night of explosive sex to bring Cade and Kai’s relationship to an emotional head (so to speak)!
Once Kai is forced to confront his feelings for both Cade and his family, he will find that being true to himself will free him from his own fear and allow him to find his happiness with the one person he never thought would be in his corner or there for him.
This is a standard coming out tale with a twist of middle school antics thrown in. Watching Kai and Cade interact as the story climaxes is well worth their angst. Their characters are both sympathetic and the secondary characters within Kai’s family add a great foil to these two men as they find each other.
Readers will thoroughly enjoy.