The Twelfth Date

Friends with benefits? Best Christmas present ever . Nicky Masters is a hot mess and he knows it. After all, every boyfriend hes ever had has told him so, andsince they usually follow it up with some version of, too much work, not worth the effortavoiding boyfriends altogether sounds just about perfect. The only problem? The part about Nicky secretly yearning for things like true love and a happily ever after... something that scoring a job at bLoved, the gay dating app that promises to help find exactly that, seems perfectly suited for. So far, even with his in at bLoved, Nicky still hasnt managed to find what hes looking for, but what he has found is almost better: Felix Ramirez, the hot AF new hire with the sexy smile whofor some reason Nicky still cant figure outactually said yes when Nicky volunteered as tribute to be Felixs new friend (with benefits!). Perfect, right? Just as long as Nicky doesnt go and do something stupid, like fall for him... [...]If theres one thing Felix the Ram Ramirez knows, its how to be thankful for what hes got. Pushing for more is a bad ideasomething he learned the hard way when doing exactly that caused him a career-ending injury that cut his Major League Baseball career short. Ever since then, hes decided its best to just roll with whatever life hands him, and when it hands him Nicky Masters, life starts to look pretty damn good again. Well except for the part about Nicky not being interested in anything more than a friends-with-benefits arrangement. Still, if thats all thats on the table, Felix will take it, because the last thing he wants to do is scare Nicky away by pushing for more. At least, until Christmas rolls around andthanks to bLoveds Twelve Dates of Christmas promotionFelix realizes that with a little holiday magic, he just might have a chance at getting everything he wants this year The Twelfth Dateis a gay romance novel of approximately 79,000 words that contains a boner from New Orleans, an alien viral plague which brings out Someones Inner Drama Queen (spoiler: S.I.D.Q. wasnt actually doing that good a job of hiding), an overworked Bedazzler, approximately 5,367,542 air miles, lots of prayers to the God of C ck, parentheticals (soooooo many parentheticals see previous spoiler re: Someones Inner Drama Queen), and the kind of love that makes it feel like Christmas all year long.* Every Stella Starling romance takes place in the same interconnected, contemporary world. The Twelfth Date is a standalone book with cameos from other Stella Starling stories and it (mostly) takes place during the Christmas season of the same year as another #boyfriendsbybLoved book, The Boyfriend Game. Please note that no actual aliens were harmed in the writing of this book. While they may exist Somewhere Out There, aliens do not, in fact, exist in the universe of Stella Starling. The Twelfth Date is a contemporary romance set in the real-ish world. If youre looking for something with little green menor with less hyperbole and exaggerationthen this may not be the book for you. (Psst! Reading with Text-to-Speech? Please be sure to check the formatting note before the prologue!) **