Out for the Holidays by Susan Mac Nicol

9106QFamrlL._SL1500_Title: Out for the Holiday
Author: Susan Mac Nichol
Genre: Contemporary Gay Romance with a dash of Paranormal
Length: Novella (42 pages)
Publisher: Boroughs Publishing (December 4th 2014)
Heat Level: Mild
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥4 Hearts
Blurb: Being in love is tough enough at eighteen, but being in love and outed to your dad is a disaster that will take more than a little holiday magic to fix.

Product Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QLAKFZI

Reviewer: Tams

Review: All Samuel wants for his birthday slash Christmas this year is for his boyfriend Lucas to openly love him. Having recently lost his mother, Lucas doesn’t want his first Christmas after her death with his father to be marred with telling him the truth about his sexuality.

But Sam is tired of being Lucas’s secret and he wants to tell everyone the truth about what Lucas means to him, how much he loves him. After a pretty nasty fight Sam out’s Lucas not only to his father, but to his friends as well in a jealous, worded rampage. Now he faces his birthday and Christmas alone, without his lover, who is fit to be tied for being Outed for the Holiday.

A short little Christmas time story about thinking before you speak. Sam doesn’t intend to hurt the man he loves, he just wants Lucas to be open and honest about their relationship. He doesn’t think about the consequences of his actions, and almost looses Lucas in the aftermath of his verbal diarrhea. I really liked that Mac Nichol was able to give a pretty decent history and current story for both these young men in so few pages.

My only issue with the story was the attempt to include a bit of a paranormal aspect and how that played out. It didn’t quite mesh for me, but overall it was a fun story, perfect for the season!