Santa Daddy

As promised, Keira Andrews's "Santa Daddy," (in the same universe as the novel "Merry Cherry Christmas").

["Mall Santas aren’t supposed to be hot!

Hunter is hopelessly adrift after college. He’s still romantically inexperienced, can’t find a real job, and has no clue what to do with his life. Desperate, he returns to his humiliating old gig as an elf at the Santa's Village in his hometown's dying mall. 

Enter the sexiest Santa ever.

Twice Hunter's size and age, lumberjack Nick makes Hunter tingle. Too bad he's super grumpy and intimidating. Years after the tragic death of his partner, Nick has his beagle and long, hard days on his Christmas tree farm. That’s plenty. But he can’t refuse a loyal friend’s plea for help and finds himself filling in as Santa. Despite Nick's attempt to stay aloof, the beautiful, anxious young man playing elf brings out his long-dormant daddy instincts.

Then a surprise blizzard traps them alone in Nick’s isolated forest home. Will they surrender to the sizzling spark between them and find the release and comfort they crave?"]

Spoiler alert, it's the latter (the release and comfort they crave).

Again with the consent. Like, it wasn't nearly as much as MCC, but Nick still made sure that Hunter was comfortable and on the same page. There was one brief conversation about "well it's too late to back out now, right?" and Nick told him no, it's never too late to back out, it's never too late to say no. And he made sure Hunter totally and completely understood before they continued anything.

They were super cute. Obviously. Who doesn't love the grump/protector meets sunshine/anxiety duality? 

Read it (even if you're not into the daddy kink thing--this book shows that side of the kink that some books don't show, it's not just about sex, it's about protecting and caring for and comforting your partner). I'm off to find another one of Keira's holiday novels/novellas to read

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