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Caleb and Owen

by Clare London

Caleb and Owen's relationship thrives on conflict and banter, however deep their true feelings run. But are they really going to fall out over... a Christmas card?

Available FREE at Smashwords. This was written as a free gift for readers as part of the Rainbow Advent Calendar event on Facebook.

Genres: M M Romance, Holiday, Romance, Contemporary, Christmas, Gay

ebook

First published December 16, 2018

About the author

Clare took the pen name London from the city where she lives, loves, and writes. A lone, brave female in a frenetic, testosterone-fuelled family home, she juggles her writing with her other day job as an accountant. She’s written in many genres and across many settings, with award-winning novels and short stories published both online and in print. She says she likes variety in her writing while friends say she’s just fickle, but as long as both theories spawn good fiction, she’s happy. Most of her work features male/male romance and drama with a healthy serving of physical passion, as she enjoys both reading and writing about strong, sympathetic and sexy characters.

Clare currently has several novels sulking at that tricky chapter 3 stage and plenty of other projects in mind . . . she just has to find out where she left them in that frenetic, testosterone-fuelled family home.

All the details and free fiction are available at her website. Visit her today and say hello!

Clare also writes as Stella Shaw and launched a new series of rent boy romances in 2021.

Reviews

[Relly · Rating 2 out of 5]

2 Stars

I picked this up as a freebie and didn't realize it was a scene featuring characters from a previous book, a book I haven't read, so didn't know the characters and it didn't actually make any sense to me.
It was a quick read and if you know the characters it would probably be a good little catch up

[Helena Stone · Rating 4 out of 5]

Who knew receiving a Christmas card could have such exuberant consequences?

Sometimes having an argument can be as much fun and as hot as more standard foreplay. Caleb and Owen sure have arguing for the heat of it down to a find art. And the question about whose name should be mentioned first on a card addressed to both of them leads to all sorts of rather fabulous not to mention deliciously scorching verbal skirmishes and other, more physical shenanigans.

An original, highly entertaining and rather sexy Christmas short.

[Kirstin · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’m not really sure what to classify this as. It wasn’t really a novella, just a scene. When the little girl down the hall sends a Christmas card to the apartment, it causes an argument about whose name should be first on the card, Caleb or Owen. This is the story.

[A · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had no idea this was a short story about a couple that was previously featured in another book, so I have no idea who those people are and didn't care for it. But definitely would've enjoyed a lot more if it came with a warning!

[Regencyfan93 · Rating 3 out of 5]

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My rating - 5 outstanding, 4 - I liked this and will re-read it, 3 - I enjoyed it though may not re-read, 2 - I kept going because I had to see how it ended, 1 - Whatever time I spent with this book is time I'll never get back to my regret.

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was cute, but I think to really be enjoyed you probably have to read the MCs origin story first.

[Shelley Chastagner · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars.

[Annemarie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This read more like a chapter to a larger story. Caleb and Owen are in another book as well. I wish this had been a bit longer.

[Gavin Stephenson-Jackman · Rating 3 out of 5]

When a handmade Christmas card and a dispute over whose name came first sparks a heated exchange and a little more. Another short Caleb and Owen short.

[P. · Rating 2 out of 5]

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