Title: I’ll Be Hot For Christmas
Author: Evangeline Anderson
Publisher: http://www.Loose-id.com
Genre: Contemporary, GLBT (M/M)
Length: Fling Stocking Stuffer
Rating: 4 stars out of 5
In this new adventure since The Assignment, it’s been a year after the RamJack where they first confessed their feelings for each other and Detectives Nick Valenti and Sean O’Brian have been sharing an exclusive and white-hot relationship….. when Nick suddenly pulls away.
Sean is understandably upset because it has been more than a month since he and Nick have seen any action under the sheets or anywhere else for that matter and he is determined to find out why he is getting the cold shoulder especially just before Christmas! Since Nick’s involvement in a recent shooting incident he has been placed on administrative leave until cleared by Internal Affairs. He has changed, and not for the better. Sean’s temporary partner seems to be aggravating the situation and he’s driving him crazy; he can’t wait for Nick to be back on duty and his partner once more, in the ways that truly matter. The last straw for Sean is Nick being assigned to a charity event by the Commissioner on the anniversary of their RamJack bust, which means they will not be able to celebrate in private together.
Not to be outdone, Sean comes up with a seemingly brilliant plan that will ensure he has Nick’s undivided attention. His plan involves handcuffs and Nick’s body at his disposal and he is determined to make him disclose what’s bugging him this time so that they can get on with the business of loving each other.
I’ll Be Hot For Christmas is a great follow up to The Assignment. This story demonstrates why fans are so hot for Sean and Nick who seem to get into situations where misunderstandings blow everything out of proportion and affect their relationship in a negative way. But Sean is not one to let anything screw up what he and Nick have together. To Detective O’Brian, Nick Valenti is the best thing in his life and he is not about to let even the Commissioner interfere with his love for his partner.
This story is yet another great piece of writing by Evangeline Anderson and fans and new readers alike will want this on their bookshelf.
I remember how happy I was when I found out The Assignment actually had sequels :-D. In this one Sean sure showed Nick he had no intention of ever letting him go! 😀 But then, cops are good with handcuffs :-p
So Mary, do you like handcuffs? Just asking!! Or maybe you have a few cop friends 🙂
Evangeline is writing another sequel to The Assignment as you know – I was hoping that maybe it would be a novella but I think that between the baby and her other commitments to her publishers a short story is all we can hope for. But that’s OK, at least we’ll have something new to read about our favourite detectives.
Lol. I’ll take those hot cops any way I can :-D.
And no, I don’t know about handcuffs from experience…I swear! Doesn’t mean I wouldn’t be willing to try when I find Mr Right…Probably even with Mr. Next would be OK :-DD.
I believe you when others wouldn’t 🙂 Re Mr. Next – there is also Mr. Right Now. I’m about to review a book by the same name in a week or so!!
I remember seeing that title somewhere recently…Isn’t it a Dreamspinner anthology?
Hi Mary
No I don’t recall a Dreamspinner anthology by that name but you could be right. The only one I have is MR. RIGHT NOW; I believe Dreamspinner has a couple of other anthologies SIZE MATTERS and SIZE STILL MATTERS.