Especially at Christmas: Christmas Shorts

By Yolande Kleinn

For the first time in five years, Andrew is single at Christmas.

At least he's not spending the holidays alone: his roommate is here to share the ups and downs of the season. Jake may be out of Andrew's league, but they make a good team. Then Jake kisses him in the middle of a noisy Christmas party, and changes all the rules.

Andrew doesn't believe in Christmas miracles. But maybe, just this once, he can make an exception.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Yolande Kleinn
• Release date: Aug 27, 2020
• ISBN: 9781310277153

Yolande Kleinn

Yolande Kleinn may be a shameless dreamer and a stubborn optimist, but she is also a proud purveyor of romance and hijinx. Excitable, fastidious and a little eclectic, she spends every spare moment writing the stories she wants to read. If she can drag other people into the pool along with her, then so much the better.

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Especially at Christmas

by Yolande Kleinn

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Christmas Eve in the city is a noisy time, even five stories up from street level.

Andrew should try to grade papers. There are two hundred of them sitting on his desk, and his procrastination isn't making the stack look any smaller. But he would rather finish decorating the tree, a task he's been putting off even longer. He's been avoiding it all week, because he's determined it will be the best looking Christmas tree New York has ever seen.

The tree is a massive specimen, almost too tall for Andrew's living room. It squashes up against the ceiling, the topmost branches slanting just barely to one side. There's no room for a star up top, but that's all right. It's still a glorious tree, dominating the wall opposite the front windows, the first thing anyone will notice when they step into the apartment.

So what if he's decorating alone for the first time in five years. So what if it's been almost a full year since Paul, who was always better at this stuff, said I'm sorry... I love you, but I can't do this anymore, and left town. So what if it's clear Andrew's current roommate couldn't care less about the tree, even if he does keep offering to help. None of those things matter. This tree is going to be perfect.

Except this tree is seriously enormous, and without someone to help pass the string of lights around back, Andrew is finding his task more difficult than he anticipated.

Andrew, we're out of milk! Jake's voice comes muffled from the kitchen, but Andrew can hear accusation in his roommate's tone. "You just went to the grocery store, man."

"We