Checking Him Out For the Holidays

By Debbie McGowan

Freelance engineer Sol Brooks doesn't do the festive season. He thinks it's boring and overly sentimental. With the rest of the household laid up with 'the flu', Sol's planned on using the time to crack on with some work.

His mother, however, has other ideas.

And so does Sol's husband, Adam.

A stand-alone holiday special featuring Sol and Adam from Checking Him Out.

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WARNING: this story contains sex acts between consenting male adults.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Beaten Track Publishing
• Release date: Dec 21, 2014
• ISBN: 9781910635254

Debbie McGowan

Debbie McGowan is an award-winning author of contemporary fiction that celebrates life, love and relationships in all their diversity. Since the publication in 2004 of her debut novel, Champagne—based on a stage show co-written and co-produced with her husband—she has published many further works—novels, short stories and novellas—including two ongoing series: Hiding Behind The Couch (a literary ‘soap opera’ centring on the lives of nine long-term friends) and Checking Him Out (LGBTQ romance). Debbie has been a finalist in both the Rainbow Awards and the Bisexual Book Awards, and in 2016, she won the Lambda Literary Award (Lammy) for her novel, When Skies Have Fallen: a British historical romance spanning twenty-three years, from the end of WWII to the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967. Through her independent publishing company, Debbie gives voices to other authors whose work would be deemed unprofitable by mainstream publishing houses.

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Reviews for Checking Him Out For the Holidays

[crtsjffrsn · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This one was a bit of a surprise. From the beginning I never would have expected the full journey that's in store for the reader here. It's more than just Solomon and Adam coming together and Solomon coming to terms with the prospect of their relationship - it's the both of them overcoming everything that's held them back so they can figure out if it's possible for them to move forward together.

That said, I do feel like the story is drawn out just a little, but it's still a good one and very enjoyable.