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

“Such a daredevil.” Sara was snickering as they walked out of the school. “You want a lift home?”


Victor shivered in the chilly December afternoon. Normally, he’d say no, the walk did him good, but the thought of not having to walk in the cold had him nodding. “That would be lovely, thank you.”


He grinned when she pushed several chocolate wrappings off the passenger seat and onto the floor.


“It’s not my fault they’re there. Abe thinks I’ll like him better if he bribes me with raspberry chocolate.”


Abe? The gym teacher? “Is it working?”


She grimaced before laughing. “Yeah.”


Victor hadn’t had a clue Sara hung out with Abe. Though, Abe was dating Jonas Raghnall who he knew she not only hung out with at work, but in her spare time too.


“Aren’t you seeing your parents or Jian’s?”


He shook his head again. “No, Jian doesn’t have any contact with his parents, and mine moved to Spain a few years ago.”


Chapter 11