Old Traditions

Middlehill #1.5

by Barbara Geiger

To Matt, “making love” has always been a particularly sadistic phrase. He’s only known sex to be something that can be taken or sold. Even in Matt’s darkest years, though, Christmas was the one time he didn’t have to sell his body. Now, his new life with a man like Kevin in his bed is full of happiness and pleasure. Sex is fascinating and his body learning how good it can feel in this shiny newfangled world.

Ever since Matt met Kevin, his life has been a Faerie story. As the Fae King, the amazing life he now has with his Fae Prince should be perfect. But Matt can’t forget that without Kevin, everything he has—from the safe place he lives to his brother’s future—could be taken away instantly. The Fae court is a world full of scheming manipulators, and Matt’s first holiday with Kevin that should be safe and warm is at risk, no matter what Kevin promises.

But the Fae world isn’t all full of princes and happy everafters. Even Kevin has superiors who can use the Fae New Year celebrations for their own means. Matt would give anything he has to keep Kevin and his family safe, and a higher-ranking prince could take everything Matt has including Matt’s crown and all hope of future happiness.

Genres: M M Romance, Romance

95 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 23, 2014

About the author

Barbara didn’t learn that she had lived in three out of the four Northern Alberta towns that had a known or suspected Wendigo attack until well after she’d moved south to Lethbridge. She grew up loving ghost stories and pony books, and spent most of her summers on the British Columbia coast, where she fell in love with the ocean.

As Angela Fiddler, she has written The Master of the Lines series as well as Cy and his sex demon problem books. As Barbara Geiger, she has written The Tempest trilogy, starting with Coral Were his Bones, which exists in the same universe as the Middlehill series, starting with Changeling, as well as various other novellas and short stories.

When she’s not following the exploits of selkies, sex demons and vampires, she writes epic fantasy and makes the occasional foray into science fiction and short stories.

Reviews

[Debby · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is another Christmas for Matt and his life is certainly different than last Christmas. He never worked on that day and that was a relief. Matt sold himself for money and never found the experience a pleasure. It was the only way he could support himself and his younger brother. Then Kevin comes into his life with tales of the Fae and how Matt is the King of Fae. He shows him what an amazing experience sex can be when you are with the right person. But Matt also learns there are Fae Princes of a higher rank and one comes, wanting to take everything once again from Matt.

Matt is filled with wonder and disbelief as his life changes. He can support his brother now and is off the streets but still his life is not settled. He has must to learn and discover. Finding out Kevin has some bosses is one of them. But Matt is nothing if not resourceful. Read it and discover how Matt takes care of himself and his family. This is labeled as Book 1.5 in the MIddlehill series. I am looking forward to more. Matt is not your typical hero and yet in so many ways he is.