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    Christmas of White
    Christmas of White
    Christmas of White
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    Christmas of White

    By Devon Rhodes

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    Can Blaise coming back to Montana turn Owen's blue Christmas into a warm, shared Christmas of white?

    Owen never thought he'd see the all-too tempting veterinary intern from the previous summer again, until his brother drops the bombshell that not only is Blaise returning, but he'll need to stay in Owen's house again until he gets settled. He's the bachelor uncle in their ranching family, and if people know what that means, no one talks about it. He can't be gay, no matter what happened in the barn last time Blaise was here...

    Blaise made the life-changing decision to relocate to Montana for many reasons but with one clear goal in mind—to convince Owen of what they could share if he would only let Blaise in. He's prepared himself for a long siege, but with the help of his scheming best friend, Owen's brother, a donkey and a lot of snow, an early Christmas present might just be in store for them both.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPride Publishing
    Release dateDec 27, 2013
    ISBN9781781848807
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      Christmas of White - Devon Rhodes

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      A Totally Bound Publication

      Christmas of White

      ISBN # 978-1-78184-880-7

      ©Copyright Devon Rhodes 2013

      Cover Art by Posh Gosh ©Copyright November 2013

      Edited by Rebecca Douglas

      Totally Bound Publishing

      This is a work of fiction. All characters, places and events are from the author’s imagination and should not be confused with fact. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, events or places is purely coincidental.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form, whether by printing, photocopying, scanning or otherwise without the written permission of the publisher, Totally Bound Publishing.

      Applications should be addressed in the first instance, in writing, to Totally Bound Publishing. Unauthorised or restricted acts in relation to this publication may result in civil proceedings and/or criminal prosecution.

      The author and illustrator have asserted their respective rights under the Copyright Designs and Patents Acts 1988 (as amended) to be identified as the author of this book and illustrator of the artwork.

      Published in 2013 by Totally Bound Publishing, Newland House, The Point, Weaver Road, Lincoln, LN6 3QN

      Warning:

      This book contains sexually explicit content which is only suitable for mature readers. This story has a heat rating of Totally Burning and a Sexometer of 1.

      This story contains 51 pages, additionally there is also a free excerpt at the end of the book containing 7 pages.

      CHRISTMAS OF WHITE

      Devon Rhodes

      Can Blaise coming back to Montana turn Owen’s blue Christmas into a warm, shared Christmas of white?

      Owen never thought he’d see the all-too-tempting veterinary intern from the previous summer again, until his brother drops the bombshell that not only is Blaise returning, but he’ll need to stay in Owen’s house again until he gets settled. He’s the bachelor uncle in the ranching family, and if people know what that means, no one talks about it. He can’t be gay, no matter what happened in the barn last time Blaise was here…

      Blaise made the life-changing decision to relocate to Montana for many reasons but with one clear goal in mind—to convince Owen of what they could share if he would only let Blaise in. He’s prepared himself for a long siege, but with the help of his best friend, Owen’s brother, a donkey and a lot of snow, an early Christmas present might just be in store for them both.

      Dedication

      For all my readers who love cowboys—here is my holiday gift to you!

      Trademarks Acknowledgement

      The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of the following wordmarks mentioned in this work of fiction:

      X-Box: Microsoft Corporation

      Blue Christmas: Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson

      Last Christmas: George Michael

      Santa Claus is Coming to Town: John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie

      Tupperware: Tupperware Brands Corporation

      Volt: Chevrolet, General Motors Company

      Chapter One

      Blaise was coming back.

      Apparently for good.

      The usual din from his nephew and nieces eating Thanksgiving dinner around the kitchen table faded into white noise as the world receded around him. Owen struggled to process Kent’s unexpected news—not only was his brother taking on a partner in his up-until-now solo large animal veterinary practice, but it was to be the very man Owen’d thought of every day for the past year. Or should he say, tried not to think of every day.

      Blaise Wilcox.

      Before Blaise, Owen’d had no idea men like him existed outside of movies and books. Long and lean, as tall as Owen but much slimmer, he kept in shape by running—even marathons, Owen had heard. He’d surreptitiously watched Blaise running the ranch roads during his internship that summer, those fit legs chewing up the distances, and had to admit it was obvious he was a natural. Just how he planned to keep it up in the forbidding Montana winter, Owen had no idea.

      Blaise had landed in his house for the summer a year ago. Since Owen had plenty of room living alone on his part of the ranch, he usually housed the veterinary interns his brother periodically took on. Owen could tell from the first hello that Blaise was different from the rest—for one thing, he was around Owen’s age and had already been a practicing DVM for years. But that was the least of the differences. He’d had no idea that every facet of his existence was about to be turned on its ear.

      Blaise had bullied Owen into keeping recyclable goods lying around for weeks until he could faithfully and happily run them into the city to the recycling center. He drove a hybrid, didn’t eat meat—this mystified Owen, who’d grown up in a family that ate meat three meals a day, how could that be healthy?—and walked around barefoot whenever he could get away with it. Blaise always bypassed the general groceries for the very small organic foods selection and had spoken with pleasure about his composting and year-round gardening back home in Oregon.

      His shoulder-blade length, dark blond hair was usually pulled back into a ponytail at the nape of his neck, and he wore wire-rimmed glasses through which his sky-blue eyes invariably regarded the world with humor and interest—when he wasn’t wearing his stylish prescription sunglasses, that was.

      In other words, he was the antithesis of every man Owen had ever known.

      And he was gay.

      It was this last fact which had, surprisingly, been the easiest to deal with when Owen had gotten to know Blaise. After all, it wouldn’t affect him any—but trying to plan meals without meat? Rinsing out cans and crushing them instead of tossing them in the trash? That was a pain in the ass.

      And Blaise was unrepentantly gay. Oh, he didn’t swish or anything. In fact to look at him, he was as

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