Cory Callahan and Reese Rollins are total opposites.

Cory wears a Rolex and makes six figures a year.

Reese is a bartender with a busted screen on his cellphone.

Cory lives in New York.

Reese lives in LA.

One delayed flight and a chance meeting at a bar later, the two strangers find they have one indisputable thing in common…

The attraction between them is incendiary.

But after a shared night at an airport hotel they learn there’s one other trait they share.

They’re both dominant and not interested in being told no.

The Year of Us is a twelve novelette series from Kate Hawthorne and EM Denning, exploring what happens when two men with nothing in common find out there might be something between them after all.

All the Bennett’s want is the perfect Christmas.

But Jonah is stressing about his gift for Spencer. Colby and Milo are working too hard. Taylor is convinced he’s too high maintenance, and Ethan isn’t sure he can keep Mickey happy in the long run.

With everything going wrong, how is Christmas going to turn out right? It’s beginning to look like they’ll need a miracle if they’re going to pull off the Christmas of their dreams.

Taylor Bennett wants his brother's best friends.

Taylor is the youngest of three kids. He's a cook at the family diner, a plant dad, a devoted son, and irrevocably in love with his brother's best friend. Both of his brothers' best friends, actually. But they're in a relationship with each other, one that's supposed to be a secret. So even if they were into him, they're already together and three's a crowd.

Damon Acosta is a pharmacist, an extrovert, an honorary member of the Bennett family, and best friend to Jonah Bennett. He's also maybe a little in love with Taylor, the youngest Bennett Brother. Damon has always thought Taylor was good looking, but when he started wearing pretty sweaters and shiny lip gloss, Damon's attraction went through the roof. There's only one problem. Damon is in a relationship with Nash, Colby Bennett's best friend.

Nash Weaver is a writer, a hermit apartment dweller, weekly begrudging gym-goer, and in love with Damon Acosta. Maybe also a bit in love with Taylor. He and Damon have always been willing to open their relationship for the right person. When it's clear that Damon is head over heels for Taylor, Nash gives them his blessing. Only it's not long before he finds out that Taylor is also into him.

Taylor knows how important Nash and Damon are to his brothers and to each other. He's a fool for being willing to risk it all at his own shot at happiness, but Taylor has never let a little foolishness get in his way.

Ethan Bennett is too old for Mickey.

Ethan Bennett plays guitar, barbecues as often as possible, and owns a diner. He's a widower whose life still revolves around his sons, but he wouldn't have it any other way. When Mickey, a younger man his son Taylor had been helping shows up at the diner, cold to the bone, thin as a rail, Ethan knows he can't send him away. He expects to help Mickey out for a while, what he doesn't expect is the way the quiet younger man occupies his every waking moment.

Mickey Underwood has had it rough. All he's got to show for his twenty-five years on the planet is a high school diploma, no relationship with his parents, and a long list of regrets. If it weren't for Ethan, Mickey would still be homeless, or probably dead. He knows that as sure as he knows he's never made a good decision in his life. He should take off and forget about Ethan Bennett, his guitar, and his raspy voice. But he can't make himself leave and he can't make himself stop feeling things for Ethan.

Forced to face his feelings for Mickey, Ethan must also deal with the fact that he never came out as bisexual. He'd been happy in his marriage to Sarah, and after her death, he was too busy raising their kids. Even when his boys were all grown up, Ethan still didn't have a lot of interest in dating. So why does he want to dust off his heart for Mickey? He doesn't doubt his sons will support his sexuality, but will they be happy that he's found love with someone their age?