Will a decade-old family feud and long held secrets stand in the way of love? Auden Whipple is searching for a bit of peace and quiet from his loud family when he stumbles across the neighbor, Porter Eldin. Porter is scorching hot on a freezing Christmas Day, and nothing like Auden expected. A moment shared by the creek begins a relationship that surprises them both. As the Christmases pass, Auden and Porter’s relationship deepens. But the obstacle of the unresolved conflict between the Whipples and the Eldins makes Auden worried. Worried to tell his family of his new-found love, worried that the conflict will come between them. Can two men truly in love help mend fences that have been broken for too long? Can the holiday spirit help Auden and Porter find their happily ever after?

Four Christmases

He meets my gaze, steady and open. “You have the right to know. And I’m not trying to diminish what happened when I say I think the feud is blown out of proportion. I just meant that if Dale and Dad had any sense at all, we could’ve avoided this whole thing.”


“Yeah.” I sigh. Raised voices, anger, and fighting always makes me uncomfortable, and I don’t understand hostility and intolerance. I know I’m na?ve, but I wish everyone would just get along.


The chill is starting to make me feel sluggish and I bounce on my toes and shake out my hands in an attempt to warm up. “How are you not freezing to death?” I ask, gesturing at his hoodie. “You’re not even wearing a hat and you don’t have any hair.”


He chuckles and waggles his eyebrows. “I’m warm-blooded.”


Chapter 6