Tristan

When my best friend Jake deserted me for Christmas, it made my plans go to shit. The only bright spot is the offer to use his father’s cabin, which is better than sitting in my apartment. Alone.

But instead of the holiday vibes and cosy self-indulgence I was expecting, I’ve got frozen pipes spurting water everywhere! Forced to call the only person who can help brings up memories of the guy on the receiving end of a dare to ‘kiss the next guy who walks through the door’—Jake’s yummy dad and the guy I’ve had a big, fat crush on for years. The same guy who’s now on his way here to save me. Brilliant.

Dax

With yet another hookup gone bad, I plan to spend Christmas with me, my trusty hand… and thoughts about a guy who is way off limits. Tris. My son’s best friend. The guy who threw himself at me on a dare three years ago. Whose kiss has stopped me from kissing anyone else since.

That is until said guy calls from my cabin needing my help. Being around Tris—whose holiday attire consists of the shortest shorts known to man—is really testing my patience. Instead of the quick in-and-out repair I was hoping for, a snowstorm is now keeping me stranded at the cabin with him. Alone. How am I going to fight my longstanding attraction to him when he’s constantly in my face, shaking that cute butt of his? Yeah, you guessed it… I’m screwed.

The best things in life come in threes

Tyler

Turns out that burning down your married lover’s beach house is a felony in California–one that even my rich stepdad, Dale, can’t get me out of. So, six months of community service it is. Guess your boy just gotta put on his big boy panties and suck it up. Not ready to get Boris the Beast as a prison boyfriend just yet.

I didn’t see him coming, though. Mitch. My new parole officer, aka the man who broke my heart at 13, when he divorced my mom. The guy I used to call dad, before he left me, breaking all his promises. My Mitch who’s…

… Married. To a guy. Mitch is gay. And his husband, Callum, is this hot baker dude that I’m supposed to work with as part of my community service. And Mitch wants to make amends. But no way am I ever gonna forgive him for bailing on me. He can just take his stupidly hot baker husband, his stupid traitor soup, and his stupid excuses and tell them to someone who gives a damn.

Because I definitely don’t want to call Mitch Daddy and climb Cal like a tree. Nope. No way. That’s absolutely not going through my mind as I punish Cal’s stupid traitor dough. Nope. Their dog is cute though. Maybe I’ll steal it…

Taming Tyler is a sweet and steamy MMM Thanksgiving novella about a brattybut mostly just lonelyboy finding his two forever daddies where he least expects it.

Sometimes all you need to rise from the ashes is a little bit of hope.

Gage

While my entire life has been an endless string of mistakes and misfortune, burning down my bar—my livelihood—is definitely the worst and dumbest to date.

Okay, so I didn't literally burn it down, but sticking my head in the sand and refusing to ask for help certainly didn't keep this latest disaster away.

A stranger arrives in Hope just as I finally start rebuilding my life. His sweet innocence catches my eye from day one, stirring feelings I haven't felt in, well, ever.

And even though he's just a kid and I'm a hot mess bartender with nothing to offer, I won't let that stand in my way. I flash him some of my trademark charm because, honestly, who wouldn't want all this?

Ash

I've spent most of my life being mistreated by my mom and her partner. The final straw came when she refused my help yet again. I knew that if I didn't leave right then, Id end up just like her. The only solution I had was to leave my hometown to make a life for myself where nobody knew who I was. Sure, it meant leaving behind people I cared about, but I no longer had a choice.

One wrong turn later, I found myself in a quaint town called Hope Harbour, which housed a lighthouse, small-town gossips… and the biggest, most beautiful Greek god known to man.

All it took was one look at him for me to start questioning everything I'd ever thought about myself.

I know I'm just a broken kid from a small town, but maybe it's time to start over with the charming bartender and see if we can't set Hope on fire.

After the Flames is the second book in the Hope Harbour series. While it's best enjoyed after His Guiding Light, it can be read as a standalone.