One overly enthusiastic elf.
One poorly timed snowstorm.
Is it a recipe for disaster? Or a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for holiday romance?
Teddy MacNally loves Christmas and everything that goes along with it. When he plays an elf for his charity’s events, he never expects to be paired with a Scrooge masquerading as Santa Claus. His new mission: make the holiday-hating soldier believe he was born to say ho-ho-ho.
Sergeant Major Nicholas Nowicki doesn’t do Santa, but he’s army to his blood. When his CO asks an unusual favor, Nick of course obliges. The elf to his Kris Kringle? Tempting. Too tempting—Nick’s only in town for another month, and Teddy’s too young, too cheerful and too nice for a one-night stand.
The slow, sexy make-out sessions while Teddy and Nick are alone and snowbound, though, feel like anything but a quick hookup. As a stress-free holiday fling turns into Christmas all year round, Teddy can’t imagine his life without Nick. And Nick’s days on the base may be coming to a close, but he doesn’t plan on leaving anything, or anyone, behind.
This book is approximately 65,000 words
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What I thought about Better Not Pout
As his time in service comes to an end, Sergeant Major Nick Nowicki agrees to help out his commanding officer which includes wearing a Santa suit and working with the locals to put together their holiday celebration.
It's bad enough that he has to wear a suit that barely fits him, but he's also paired with Teddy, who loves his little town and the holidays. His incurably happy attitude does nothing for Nick, except make him grateful that he's almost done with his obligations and ready to head south for a new life with an old buddy.
That is until Teddy starts to get under his skin. He's not immune to all of Teddy's charms and when Nick realizes that they may actually have more in common than he first thought -- he agrees to a last fling of sorts. The only problem is that after spending time together, Nick's future starts looking a little hazy. But Nick is also a man of his word, so he's definitely not staying in New York, no matter how much he really enjoys spending time with Teddy.
That is until he ends up south and missing Teddy something fierce. These two are perfect for each other if they could only get on the same page. While I thought the build up to the end was a bit on the slower side, I did like how they decide to resolve their situation. They are so adorably cute together and it was great how Teddy and Nick really did complement each other when it came down to it.
I absolutely adored Teddy. He's such a good person and it just showed through in all he did. Nick had a good heart too, and a whole bucket load of honorable intentions. He really was quite conflicted between his promises and his newly found happiness with Teddy. Even though I knew there would be a HEA/HFN, it was rewarding to see Nick go through his paces to figure it all out.
This is a nice M/M kickoff for the holiday season. If you are a reader of Annabeth Alberts Out of Uniform series, I think you will like this one too!
An ARC was provided for review.
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Emotionally complex, sexy, and funny stories are her favorites both to read and to write. Annabeth loves finding happy endings for a variety of pairings and is a passionate gay rights supporter. In between searching out dark heroes to redeem, she works a rewarding day job and wrangles two active children.
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