Christmas Toy by Stone Richards

[reviews_and_ramblings]

Mitch is a 30 years old successful realtor. He has his own firm and apparently a good life. But he is alone: his parents died in an accident three years before and since Mitch spent all his life denying to be gay, he has no one near him as a partner. And he is not doing anything to change the thing. Instead he accepts to do the esteem of a mountain cabin in Colorado during the Christmas time to allow all his employees to be at home with their families. But the day before his leaving, Mark, one of his employee, asks him if he can tag along; when Mitch asks why he has no other plan for Christmas, Mark candidly admits that he was disowned by his family for being gay... like that, plain and simple, without fear, Mark is claiming what Mitch has no courage to do.

It's also clear that Mark has plans for Mitch, very personal plan, and when they arrive to the cabin, Mark declares that he is Mitch's Christmas Toy and that the man can do everything he wants with him. At first Mitch is reticent, but then, faced with the possibility to explore all his hidden desires, he surrenders.

I have to say that all in all I like the story, even if I don't like so much the almost analytical way in which sex is described. True, Mitch is new to all the matter, but sometime I almost had the feeling to read an "how to do" manual; and then, when both Mark and Mitch punctuate all the salient moments... well sometime, I prefer the sex to be silent. Anyway, as I said, the story is good, and the sex, even if loud, is sometime also original: the first time of Mitch in the snow, well you can say that it will remain an unforgettable moment for him. I like that Mitch didn't fall for Mark at the first occasion, but makes the man works for what he wants; Mitch is in denial, but he knows that, and he first needs to accept himself and then he can accept Mark. And I like also Mark's attitude, as he step by step coaxes Mitch into surrender. Probably if the author pushed a bit more on romance, and a bit less on sex, this would be a really good first taste of a new author (new for me).

By the way, very nice cover.

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