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

It doesn’t help that I strongly suspected it would never happen, it still stings.


But I need her on my side, and the call this morning is her way of mending fences. It’s the way she works; she always tries to make up for it after the fact when she knows she’s done something. I just wish that, for once, she’d think first and act later.


I close my eyes and suppress a huff. “Then yes, we’re okay.”


Her sigh of relief is earsplitting. “Good. I love you, you know that. Just give us some time to get used to you and him dating and everything’ll be fine. Gotta go. Wear the lavender sweater.” She hangs up without saying goodbye and I chuckle at whirlwind Emily. No wonder her daughter is a hurricane.


Chapter 15