When Victor Hill bought a house with his boyfriend, Jian Kouri it was a dream come true. But now, two years later, instead of living their happily ever after, they hardly see the other awake.<br><br>With Jian out the door before Victor gets up in the morning, and asleep on the couch nearly as soon as he walks in the door, the life Victor imagined couldn’t be further from reality. They don’t talk; they don’t touch, and Victor fears he and Jian have already drifted too far apart.<br><br>The holiday season is a time for hope, but when Victor comes home to find Jian with a plan to woo him for Christmas, is it too little, too late? The dates are great, and there are filled with Christmas fun to get Victor in the right spirit for the holiday, but are they enough for the two of them to fall in love again? Or is there just too much in their relationship that needs fixing?

24 Dates

“Sit.” He squeezed his arm, and Victor almost moved along with him toward the hallway simply to prolong the touch. Jian hadn’t touched him in ages.


Victor sat and heard Jian chuckle at something the man at the door said and frowned. It didn’t sound like Owen, who most often delivered from the cafe.


Jian carried two bags into the living room.


“Thai?” Victor took a deep breath. It smelled like Thai food, but there was no Thai restaurant in Northfield.


Jian nodded and placed one dish after the other on the table. “I ordered a little extra, figured it could go in the lunch boxes tomorrow.”


Victor swallowed as his throat grew tight. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d had Thai food—not since they moved here. “This is lovely, Jian. Thank you.”


Jian frowned at him. “Are you okay?”


Victor nodded, not trusting his voice to hold steady.


“So, I figured we’d eat and decorate the tree after.”


Victor nodded again. “How was your day?”


Chapter 3