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

“Thank you,” he whispers before he pulls away and turns us back to look at the tree.


As we stand there, snow starts falling again, filling the air with a swirl of white, twirling flakes. We spend a long time watching or trying to catch snowflakes on our tongues, constantly touching and kissing and smiling at each other.


Not until the rest of the world starts waking up around us and the first gray strips of daylight appear, do we return home to get ready for the day.


It’s soon lunchtime and my parents’ house is unusually quiet. Mom and Emily are in the kitchen, Granny is off somewhere talking on the phone with her best friend. Dad and Dylan were sent to the store for some emergency shopping of something or other Mom had forgotten, and Rob is upstairs watching television.


Chapter 20