Stocking Stuffers

Series · 15

books · 2015-2016

By Michael P. Thomas, H.D. Nels, Terry O'Reilly, and more

Books in series

Love Lost, Love Found

2016

Colorado firefighter Dane Cavendish is managing to get through his second Christmas season without his wife, who died of a brain tumor. When, on a snowy evening a few days before Christmas, Dane sees someone huddled underneath an overpass, he offers the man a place to stay. Sayer Mills lost his job and subsequently everything he had and seems determined not to take advantage of Dane's kindness. Dane wants Sayer to stay, but he’s beginning to think maybe Sayer just isn’t into him. But a close call for Dane on the job finally jolts Sayer into making it a Christmas to remember.

Silver and Gold

2015

Due to an unexpected snowstorm, Joe finds himself stranded in New York City on Christmas Eve. After a lonely day, he returns to his hotel room to find a box of truffles and a note from Alan, a sexy and flirtatious barista. The note sends Joe on a once in a lifetime scavenger hunt touring some of the best pastry shops and chocolatiers in the city. The hunt ends in Alan's apartment, and when the two finally find themselves alone, things heat up. They awake on Christmas morning in each other's arms, but there's a problem. The storm has passed and Joe must catch his train back to Boston. Will their one-day romance be enough to keep them together, or will the demands of life pull them apart?

The Spell of Christmas

2015

Revisit veterinarian Marc Elias and composer Owen Rhys from the best-selling story Just a Little Magic when Marc sets off to visit family for Christmas, feeling guilty about leaving his Wiccan lover Owen at home alone. But Owen, reluctant to meet Marc’s family, insists on staying to care for the houseful of stray cats they’ve taken in. Marc leaves his marriage proposal in the form of a spell for Owen to find on the winter solstice when Owen celebrates Yule. At least Marc hopes it’s a proposal—a borrowed spell book and some guesswork might not be good enough. Owen finds the proposal and is desperate to know if Marc truly understands its meaning. Before he can find out, a disaster claims everyone’s attention, including one very grumpy cat with an agenda of her own. Can a Christian, a Wiccan, and a cat come to understand one another and find the new life and new hope Yule promises?

Don We Now Our Gay Apparel

2015

Don’t let the fashionable skirt and flawless make-up fool you—Kellan is the straightest man in his drag troupe. By contrast, his favorite co-star, Casey, is one of the most effeminate gay men Kellan has ever met. Despite their differences, Kellan feels closer to him than anyone else outside his family. At their troupe’s “Crossmas” party, where everyone and their partners have to attend in drag, a run-in with a carful of bigots gives Kellan and Casey a reason to get even closer. With the lines of sexuality already blurred, will Kellan be the same man by the end of the night, or will he get a gift from Casey that changes everything?

All I Want for Christmas

2015

Thinking with his head and not his heart is an occupational hazard for Professor Leland Hansen. He does fine as a researcher dealing with statistics and experimental designs and guiding doctoral students through the dissertation process. But affairs of the heart are another matter. Leland teaches at a small, religious college in New England, and the anxiety of losing his position over his lifestyle eventually causes a painful breakup with the one true love of his life, Cliff Emerson.When Cliff calls a few weeks before Christmas to announce he’s getting married, Leland accuses him of dredging up the past and their conversation ends badly. As time grows short, Leland sets out to win Cliff back, though he fears he may already be too late. Will they reunite at Christmas or will Cliff be lost to him forever?

A Pint of Beer, a Bag of Chips, and Thou

2015

What’s the best gift a young, single man could receive for Christmas? Mohawked punk Liam wouldn’t have picked the hideous collection of homemade knitwear he’s presented with by his well-meaning mum and aunties. He’d much rather have the gorgeous older man he sees every day while busking at King’s Cross station. Liam’s been doing his best to seduce the guy with his saxophone playing—the trouble is, with the holidays coming up, he’s beginning to despair of his message getting through.But with a little Christmas magic in the air, maybe those garish garments will be just the thing for attracting the attention of a silver fox ...

#11

Photo Finish

2015

Though he dislikes Christmas, Alex Phillips works at the mall as one of Santa's elves, with their too-tight green denim jeans and Vulcan ears. He is flabbergasted when his co-worker elf for the season turns out to be Corin Perry, his old high school crush. When they were still at school, Alex was the "gay emo goth" kid and Corin was the "handsome jock with a girlfriend" kid. They moved in different circles, although that didn't stop Alex from having a crush on Corin all through high school. Meeting now as adults, Alex realises he might have been a dick to Corin in high school and that Corin has his own issues to face. Can their newfound friendship become something more and rekindle Alex's Christmas spirit?

#12

Riding High

2015

Young Roy Shuster served five years in the Yuma, Arizona, prison, and when he’s released on December 24, 1889, he revels in freedom at last. A local man, an ex-convict, takes him in and teaches him lovemaking. But Ray can’t abide the prison’s proximity and moves on to Tombstone where, despite a growing interest in a rancher named Clay Bowman, he causes more trouble than good. Can Clay see past Roy’s youthful impulsiveness, even when it lands him in jail?

#13

The Cost of Doing Business

2015

Brad Churchill doesn't want to be alone for Christmas. So when his PR firm needs someone to fly out to New York to work over the break, he jumps at the chance. But when his meetings finish early, Brad's stuck in the same situation as before. To avoid going home to his empty apartment, he hangs around at the airport. There he meets Mickey, a stunt double whose flight to his small-town Canadian home has been delayed repeatedly. As the two bond over dinner and drinks, Brad realizes Mickey dislikes the holidays almost as much as him. Can both of their worst nightmares about the holidays suddenly transform into a Christmas miracle? Or will they both be alone when their flights finally come in?

#14

Realm of the Polar Bear

2015

Stranded by a blizzard on his way home for Christmas, Jarrod waits for death by freezing in his pickup, until a large, white-haired, bearded man steps out of the forest to rescue him. Jarrod is reluctant to follow the handsome man but decides his chances of survival aren’t good if he stays in his truck. Caleb takes Jarrod to a warm, inviting cabin in the middle of the forest and offers him food and drink to warm him up. Jarrod’s apprehensions begin to dissipate as his attraction for the mysterious man increases. Jarrod wonders what it would be like to live in the wild with the handsome Caleb, but he soon finds out the white bear is not what he appears to be.

#16

Christmas Promises

2016

Six months on from meeting in Heat Newark, Ben Knight and Aaron Jones face a totally different type of weather as they prepare for their first Christmas together in small town Maine. All Aaron wants for Christmas is Ben home safe and sound from a long haul ride along I-95, as well as to hear the words "I love you" from his man's lips. But when the snow starts to fall and Ben is still one day away from home, Aaron's hopes begin to fade. Can Ben make it home safely? And what's with the gifts under the tree, each with a different hand-drawn image? It promises to be a Christmas neither man will soon forget.

#17

Santa? Seriously?

2015

Ivan Tykovsky is a security guard at Hinkleman’s Department store and has come to despise the shopping element of Christmas. The holiday season means his workload of apprehending shoplifters and breaking up fights over merchandise increases. When the Santa the store has booked shows up drunk, the six foot six, 240 pound, red-bearded Jewish giant is forced to stand in. Ivan isn’t happy about the idea, but there’s one compensation—the diminutive Skip Mueller, an out-of-work actor who’s been hired as one of Santa’s elves. Skip comes to Ivan’s rescue, coaching the big man through his dealings with the children. Ivan becomes an instant celebrity, and when a permanent replacement Santa is found, the store’s customers demand Ivan’s return. Will there be a special Christmas gift this year for a certain Jewish Santa and his special elf?

#18

Santa's Secret

2015

Samir is a lot closer to forty than he is to fourteen. For all the good it does him—when he’s around cutie-pie Kerry, a waiter at his favorite happy hour hotspot, he feels more like a tween girl backstage with a boyband than any kind of upstanding professional. Especially when he’s drunkenly inspired to write a letter to Santa Claus, in which he asks to find Kerry under his tree on Christmas morning. A wish that verges on coming true, even, until Kerry breaks their Christmas Eve date for the worst reason Samir has ever been called upon to pretend to believe. But Santa works in mysterious ways ...

#19

Abstinence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

2015

A Vic and Matt Story J.M. Snyder's popular couple Vic and Matt are back in this short and sexy holiday tale. The guys have a tradition—one Matt finds frustrating, to say the least—to abstain from sex for the week between Christmas and New Year's. So what if Matt was the one to come up with the stupid rule in the first place? Can’t he change it in favour of a new tradition, one where they love on each other as much as possible during the holidays? When he’s home with nothing to do because the gym where he works is closed for renovations, Matt has plenty of time to turn Vic around to his way of thinking. But Vic seems determined to frustrate Matt at every turn. Will Matt finally get his way, or will Vic insist on waiting until midnight rings in the new year before either of them find release?

#21

Aloha Party

2015

When Jake's sister arranges for him to attend her aloha party, a kind of Christmas in October, he is sad and concerned. Lynn has cancer and this may be the last time he will see his beloved older sister. In an effort to heal some of the rifts in their family, he calls his estranged brother Ron and tells him about Lynn's condition.Lynn asks Jake to keep her brother-in-law Mitchell company for the duration of the visit. When he arrives, Jake is first stunned to discover Ron there, he and Lynn having made up their differences. As an extra bonus, Jake is absolutely smitten by the gorgeous Mitchell.A few weeks later, Mitchell flies out to visit Jake. Although their mutual attraction can't be denied, Mitchell is several years older than Jake, which may be a problem. By the time Christmas rolls around, Lynn is very weak and Jake and Mitchell rush to her side. Will there be good news to share with Lynn? And does she have one more surprise for Jake, too?

Authors

Michael P. Thomas

Author · 7 books

MICHAEL P. THOMAS is a flight attendant whose passions include the coffee in France, the hundred-yen stores in Japan, and the men in Argentina. His writing is continually inspired by his work with the flying public, who flatly refuse to be boring. He writes gay fiction because when he was coming out he sure was glad to have it to read. After misspending his youth in San Francisco, he now lives in his native Colorado with his husband. He blogs at www.misterstewardess.com, and you can follow him on Twitter @MrStewardess. His first novel, Kiss Me, Straight, is available in eBook and paperback from JMS Books. His next, Crazy Like Fox, comes out on September 8th!

Since retiring, Terry spends his time writing, working with animal rescue groups, walking his three dogs, pumping iron while listening to Harry Potter audio books and riding/showing his champion Quarter Horse. His interest in Native American culture stems from the fact that in tracing his heritage, he found his great grandfather was an Illini.

J.M. Snyder

Author · 5 books

An author of gay erotic/romantic fiction, J.M. Snyder began in self-publishing and worked with Amber Allure, Aspen Mountain, eXcessica, and Torquere Presses. Snyder's highly erotic short gay fiction has been published online at Amazon Shorts, Eros Monthly, Ruthie's Club, and Tit-Elation, as well as in anthologies by Alyson Books, Aspen Mountain, Cleis Press, eXcessica Publishing, Lethe Press, and Ravenous Romance. In 2010, Snyder founded JMS Books LLC, a royalty-paying queer small press that publishes in both electronic and print format. For more information on newest releases and submission guidelines, please visit JMS Books LLC online.

JL Merrow is that rare beast, an English person who refuses to drink tea. She read Natural Sciences at Cambridge, where she learned many things, chief amongst which was that she never wanted to see the inside of a lab ever again. Her one regret is that she never mastered the ability of punting one-handed whilst holding a glass of champagne. She writes across genres, with a preference for contemporary gay romance and the paranormal, and is frequently accused of humour. Her novella Muscling Through was a 2013 EPIC Award finalist, and her novel Slam! won the 2013 Rainbow Award for Best LGBT Romantic Comedy. Her novel Relief Valve is a finalist in the 2015 EPIC Awards. JL Merrow is a member of the UK GLBTQ Fiction Meet organising team. Find JL Merrow online at: www.jlmerrow.com, on Twitter as @jlmerrow, and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/jl.merrow

Alex Morgan

Author · 1 books

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. (1)gay & lesbian Alex Morgan was born and raised in western Oklahoma where he attended college and majored in chemistry and mathematics. Later, he moved to the Dallas area where he obtained his master’s degree and then a doctorate in analytical chemistry. He now lives in Baltimore. He is an avid reader, particularly mysteries, since being introduced to the Hardy Boys in grade school. After reading his first Agatha Christie novel, Murder on the Orient Express, in junior high, mysteries have been one of his biggest enjoyments. He has always enjoyed reading comic books and loves the super-hero genre just as much. Combining these two concepts, he has written two mystery novels prior to “Breathless”, in which he introduced gay, paranormal sleuth Corey Shaw. He is also the author of several gay erotica short stories published by loveyoudivine Alterotica.

Biography Feral Sephrian loves storytelling in all its forms, as well as its power to connect to its audience. Their focus tends to be non-conventional m/m romances in an attempt to bring more representation to the genre, but sometimes you gotta write fluff and sometimes you gotta write smut and sometimes you can do that with a vanilla couple as well as you can with a multi-gender demisexual throuple. The fun is in seeing where the characters take you.

Francis Gideon

Author · 19 books

Francis Gideon is an editor and writer. He has appeared in Microscenes, Gay Flash Fiction, and JMS Books. He lives in Canada.

Dale Chase

Author · 8 books

Dale Chase has been writing gay male erotica for sixteen years with over 150 stories published in magazines and anthologies, including translation into Italian and German. Her second novel "TAKEDOWN: Taming John Wesley Hardin" will be published by Lethe Press in November 2013. Her first novel "WYATT: Doc Holliday"s Account of an Intimate Friendship" was published in 2012. Two e-collections followed in 2013: "Crack Shot: Western Erotica: and "A Private Business: Victorian Erotica," all from Bold Strokes Books. Dale's novellas "Lonely as God" and "The Man I Know" have recently been published by Wilde City Press. Dale continues to write old western erotica.

Paul Alan Fahey

Author · 6 books

PAUL ALAN FAHEY writes for JMS Books. He is the author of the Lovers and Liars series and the editor of the 2013 Rainbow Award-winning anthology, The Other Man: 21 Writers Speak Candidly About Sex, Love, Infidelity, &Moving On. His first LGBT novella, The View From 16 Podwale Street, published by JMS Books, won a 2012 Rainbow Award. Over the years, his writing has appeared in numerous literary journals such as Byline, Palo Alto Review, Long Story Short, African American Review, The MacGuffin, Thema, Gertrude, Kaleidoscope, and in a variety of fiction and nonfiction anthologies from Carry the Light, Cup of Comfort, My Mom’s My Hero to Writing on Walls, and Somewhere in Crime. He lives on the California Central Coast with his husband, Robert Franks, and a gaggle of shelties. For more information, visit paulalanfahey.com.

Rebecca James

Author · 2 books

I write M/M romance with passion. Contemporary, omegaverse, paranormal, sci-fantasy, and a sweeter boys' love series. My website: www.rebeccajamesmmromance.com For updates on my new releases as well as snippets from my books; my recommendations; news from other authors; and boys' love talk, subscribe to my newsletter. https://www.subscribepage.com/b0p8h9 My private group on Facebook, Rebecca's Romantic Readers, is the place to be to hear about upcoming books, win prizes, get beta opportunities, etc. Join today! https://www.facebook.com/groups/RJRea... Follow and like me on Facebook—it helps me grow! https://www.facebook.com/RebeccaJames... You can find me on these sites: Tiktok @RebeccaJamesRomance Bookbub https://www.bookbub.com/authors/rebec... Newsletter https://www.subscribepage.com/b0p8h9 https://twitter.com/rjamesromance1 https://au.pinterest.com/rjames201581/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rebeccajame...

Drew Hunt

Author · 33 books

Having read all the decent free fiction on the net Drew could find, he set out to try his hand at writing something himself. Fed up reading about characters who were super-wealthy, impossibly handsome, and incredibly well-endowed, Drew determined to make his characters real and believable. Drew lives a quiet life in the north of England with his cat. Someday he hopes to meet the kind of man he writes about. http://www.smashwords.com/profile/vie...