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Twinkle, Twinkle
When old schoolmates meet again, sparks fly!
It’s Christmas Eve, and down in Accident and Emergency Dr. Tom Berriman really hasn’t got into the festive spirit. Newly returned to his home town, he’s missing the big city he left behind and can’t get enthusiastic about a holiday he’ll be spending on his own. That is until he catches sight of the attractive electrician fixing the lights—who promptly crashes down out of the ceiling and becomes Tom’s patient. Tom can’t believe his luck...until he realises he knows the man already.
Electrician Vince has changed out of all recognition since they were at school together, where Vince was the butt of all the bullies’ jibes—and worse—while nursing a hopeless crush on Tom.
If the newly-hunky Vince can forgive his former tormentor, and Tom can get over his lingering guilt, maybe their Christmases won’t be quite so lonely after all.
It’s Christmas Eve, and down in Accident and Emergency Dr. Tom Berriman really hasn’t got into the festive spirit. Newly returned to his home town, he’s missing the big city he left behind and can’t get enthusiastic about a holiday he’ll be spending on his own. That is until he catches sight of the attractive electrician fixing the lights—who promptly crashes down out of the ceiling and becomes Tom’s patient. Tom can’t believe his luck...until he realises he knows the man already.
Electrician Vince has changed out of all recognition since they were at school together, where Vince was the butt of all the bullies’ jibes—and worse—while nursing a hopeless crush on Tom.
If the newly-hunky Vince can forgive his former tormentor, and Tom can get over his lingering guilt, maybe their Christmases won’t be quite so lonely after all.
37 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 1, 2010
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Josephine Myles
66 books652 followersEnglish through and through, Josephine Myles is addicted to tea and busy cultivating a reputation for eccentricity. She writes gay erotica and romance, but finds the erotica keeps cuddling up to the romance, and the romance keeps corrupting the erotica. She blames her rebellious muse but he never listens to her anyway, no matter how much she threatens him with a big stick. She's beginning to suspect he enjoys it.
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December 7, 2014
3 stars - because of a difference in theme opinion!
This was a well written, sweet short story, so why has it only got three stars? It features a plot point I just don't enjoy - I think I've even mentioned it before, fairly recently too.
This was a well written, sweet short story, so why has it only got three stars? It features a plot point I just don't enjoy - I think I've even mentioned it before, fairly recently too.
June 30, 2021
A sweet novella with a Christmas setting and two men who get a second chance at love. Tom, the new doctor at the A&E, reconnects with Vince, a classmate, who had a huge crush on Tom during school. Myles beautifully tells a story that feels complete in only 35 pages. 4 stars.
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August 18, 2018
~Short 'n sweet.
~British to the brim!
~Brought me a bit of entertainment during a layover.
~Enjoyed the touches of paranormal sprinkled in.
~Happy I read it but can't see myself returning to it again.
~British to the brim!
~Brought me a bit of entertainment during a layover.
~Enjoyed the touches of paranormal sprinkled in.
~Happy I read it but can't see myself returning to it again.
November 28, 2015
Read the second edition (with the new cover).
Basically a feel good holidays shorties for me. Old not-quite-friends met again and hit it up the second time around.
Super insta (attractions, lust, ever after... you name it). But once in a while I need a story to devoid angst, drama etc and just to make me... Happy.
I called this a good dose at the right time. ;-)
Basically a feel good holidays shorties for me. Old not-quite-friends met again and hit it up the second time around.
Super insta (attractions, lust, ever after... you name it). But once in a while I need a story to devoid angst, drama etc and just to make me... Happy.
I called this a good dose at the right time. ;-)
December 21, 2015
3.25 stars
Short and sweet but just didn't feel the magic here.
Short and sweet but just didn't feel the magic here.
December 29, 2017
Bittersweet Christmas Short.
I like Josephine Myles’ work for the most part. This short was fun, heartbreaking, and heartwarming to read. My only issue was with some over the top descriptions, but, hey, it’s Christmas. What’s a little more tinsel?
A&E doctor finds himself treating an old classmate who is now super hot and a widower. How they hook up is fun, sad, and sweet.
I like Josephine Myles’ work for the most part. This short was fun, heartbreaking, and heartwarming to read. My only issue was with some over the top descriptions, but, hey, it’s Christmas. What’s a little more tinsel?
A&E doctor finds himself treating an old classmate who is now super hot and a widower. How they hook up is fun, sad, and sweet.
December 1, 2010
What a cute Christmas story! The two main characters had me rooting for them from the very start. Adding their common past history (which was anything but positive) to their troubled individual recent pasts gave just the right mix of emotions and depth. Each thinking he wasn't attractive (Brian physically and Vincent because he's 'just' an electrician), the sparks actually flew from their first meeting. This story left me feeling warm and fuzzy and definitely in a Christmas-y mood.
September 20, 2014
Made me smile and feel good even if I read it in the heat of summer rather than the depths of winter.
December 18, 2010
4.5/5
A lovely story for Christmas, really lovely, with all the ingredients for a perfect Christmas story. I thoroughly enjoyed it, even more so when the whole story is set a few towns over from where I live! It is the exact right story for reading whilst sitting in front of the tree with all the tree lights on. Josephine has managed to fit one hell of a lot of story in this book. I will certainly be checking more of her writing.
Side note - dont be put off by the generic DSP cover, it has NOTHING to do with this story!
A lovely story for Christmas, really lovely, with all the ingredients for a perfect Christmas story. I thoroughly enjoyed it, even more so when the whole story is set a few towns over from where I live! It is the exact right story for reading whilst sitting in front of the tree with all the tree lights on. Josephine has managed to fit one hell of a lot of story in this book. I will certainly be checking more of her writing.
Side note - dont be put off by the generic DSP cover, it has NOTHING to do with this story!
December 2, 2010
3.5 stars. Good short holiday m/m romance about a doctor who, when treating an electrician shocked while checking the wiring for Christmas lights, realizes that the hunky electrician was the fat kid everyone beat up in school.
December 3, 2010
Maybe its because I read this sitting in front of the Christmas tree, but it just hit me as a lovely story of the hope that comes with Christmas. It's sweet and a little sad, and ended up warming my heart. Not a sexy story, but a Christmas keeper for me.
December 1, 2013
Sweet, tender and quite poignant Christmas romance that squeezed a little tear from me and left me feeling warm and fuzzy. Very short but also very endearing. I really enjoyed this one. * sigh*
January 11, 2018
When old acquaintances find one another helped by the spirit of one's dead partner...
Somewhere between friends and enemies, Tom has always regretted what his friends did to Vic when they were kids. A chance meeting finally allows him to unburden his guilt. But Vic has long harbored a crush on Tom, he sees their meeting as a second chance too.
Somewhere between friends and enemies, Tom has always regretted what his friends did to Vic when they were kids. A chance meeting finally allows him to unburden his guilt. But Vic has long harbored a crush on Tom, he sees their meeting as a second chance too.
December 25, 2017
2017:
Well, it's been about 5 years since I've re-read anything (after discovering m/m, there were just too many fabulous new stories to experience!), but I re-read this one by accident at 4 a.m. this morning when I couldn't sleep. Good to see that after 2 years, my rating stays consistent.
Well, it's been about 5 years since I've re-read anything (after discovering m/m, there were just too many fabulous new stories to experience!), but I re-read this one by accident at 4 a.m. this morning when I couldn't sleep. Good to see that after 2 years, my rating stays consistent.
January 3, 2018
Twinkle, Twinkle is a short story starring Dr. Tom Berriman and Vince Drapper an electrician. This is written in third person from both character’s povs and has a HEA ending.
December 28, 2017
Darum geht's:
Tom ist kürzlich wieder in seine Heimatstadt zurückgezogen und arbeitet als Arzt im örtlichen Krankenhaus. Als ihm der Elektiker, der die weihnachtliche Lichterkette im Foyer repariert, förmlich vor die Füße fällt, ist Tom schockiert. Denn der Mann mit den langen Beinen, den festen Muskeln und dem breiten Kreuz ist Vincent - die erwachsene und ziemlich veränderte Version des dicken Jungen, den Tom mit seiner Clique früher geqält und verspottet hat.
So fand ich's:
Okay, Tom war in der Schule nur ein Mitläufer, aber er hat sich auch nie auf Vincents Seite gestellt. Deshalb muss er sich nun einiges anhören und der Plan, sich gemütlich bei einem Bier darüber auszutauschen, wie es ihnen in der Zwischenzeit ergangen ist, geht gehörig schief. Doch etwa später lernt Tom noch eine ganz andere Seite an Vincent kennen und sie machen einen neuen Versuch der Annäherung.
Diese Geschichte ist mit 32 Seiten genau das Richtige für zwischendurch. Sie ist ein bisschen nachdenklich, aber auch optimistisch und sexy und man bekommt eine runde Story über zweite Chancen mit Happy End präsentiert, die ich sehr gern gelesen habe.
Tom ist kürzlich wieder in seine Heimatstadt zurückgezogen und arbeitet als Arzt im örtlichen Krankenhaus. Als ihm der Elektiker, der die weihnachtliche Lichterkette im Foyer repariert, förmlich vor die Füße fällt, ist Tom schockiert. Denn der Mann mit den langen Beinen, den festen Muskeln und dem breiten Kreuz ist Vincent - die erwachsene und ziemlich veränderte Version des dicken Jungen, den Tom mit seiner Clique früher geqält und verspottet hat.
So fand ich's:
Okay, Tom war in der Schule nur ein Mitläufer, aber er hat sich auch nie auf Vincents Seite gestellt. Deshalb muss er sich nun einiges anhören und der Plan, sich gemütlich bei einem Bier darüber auszutauschen, wie es ihnen in der Zwischenzeit ergangen ist, geht gehörig schief. Doch etwa später lernt Tom noch eine ganz andere Seite an Vincent kennen und sie machen einen neuen Versuch der Annäherung.
Diese Geschichte ist mit 32 Seiten genau das Richtige für zwischendurch. Sie ist ein bisschen nachdenklich, aber auch optimistisch und sexy und man bekommt eine runde Story über zweite Chancen mit Happy End präsentiert, die ich sehr gern gelesen habe.
December 23, 2017
3.75 🌟
A good short second chances Holiday story
Very enjoyable
A good short second chances Holiday story
Very enjoyable
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January 4, 2011“Twinkle, Twinkle” is a short novella that will bring a smile to your face and perhaps a surprise tear to your eye. UK author, Josephine Myles renders a tale of former classmates who meet under unusual and serendipitous circumstances in a small English emergency room. The British colloquialism peppered throughout the story added a delightfully different feeling to this story for me.
Dr. Tom Berriman returns to his small home town to continue practicing medicine after years in Manchester. While lamenting his solo and closeted life, an electrical accident in his emergency ward brings him fact to face to Vincent Draper, the skinny kid who was bullied through school and was beaten my adolescent friends of Berriman right before Christmas many years early. Gone is the insecure and fat kid of yesterday. Vincent is Vince now and he is out, self-assured and not ruled by the events of the past, though Tom still feels guilt for his in action to stop the beating. What follows is a tale of regret, love lost and honored, raucous humor, a breathless romp and a ‘fairy’ tale ending that will touch your heart. I loved “Twinkle, Twinkle” so much I read it twice. It’s hard to project realism in a story that ends on pure magic but Ms. Myles does it wonderfully!
J
Dr. Tom Berriman returns to his small home town to continue practicing medicine after years in Manchester. While lamenting his solo and closeted life, an electrical accident in his emergency ward brings him fact to face to Vincent Draper, the skinny kid who was bullied through school and was beaten my adolescent friends of Berriman right before Christmas many years early. Gone is the insecure and fat kid of yesterday. Vincent is Vince now and he is out, self-assured and not ruled by the events of the past, though Tom still feels guilt for his in action to stop the beating. What follows is a tale of regret, love lost and honored, raucous humor, a breathless romp and a ‘fairy’ tale ending that will touch your heart. I loved “Twinkle, Twinkle” so much I read it twice. It’s hard to project realism in a story that ends on pure magic but Ms. Myles does it wonderfully!
J
December 8, 2015
3.5 stars.
Cute Christmas story. I had a few niggles with one of the characters, but I enjoyed the story as a whole.
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Cute Christmas story. I had a few niggles with one of the characters, but I enjoyed the story as a whole.
Full review can be found at -
This book was provided by the author in exchange for a fair and honest review.
December 2, 2010
Tom thinks the electrician has a nice pair of legs only to find out that the legs belong to one of the person he knows as a child, Vincent Draper. Vincent has turned into a very gorgeous man -- he used to have crush on Tom and now he thinks that he gets the second chance to pursue the guy. It's an okay story, I guess. I can't really form a different opinion than that.
January 2, 2016
Short story, a bit too sappy for me. There was too much that was supposed to be part of this - the history between the two MCs (bullying, a secret crush, bla bla bla). Then the backstory with the dead husband, the fairy ghost stuff...
A little more "clean" would have done good. So it felt rushed and stuffed.
And I didn't really feel close to either MC.
A little more "clean" would have done good. So it felt rushed and stuffed.
And I didn't really feel close to either MC.
December 27, 2017
Sweet and hot little Christmas story.
November 28, 2015
I read the re-released version from November 2015 and I really enjoyed it :) Very sweet and very British. I just finished reading with a big smile on my face.
December 3, 2015
3.25 Stars
December 7, 2017
It was okay I guess, but not as good as I expected. I mean, there's lack of chemistry.
Nice Holiday story, but easy to forget.
Nice Holiday story, but easy to forget.
January 6, 2022
Josephine Myles provides a lovely Christmas bauble in this story, a kaleidoscope of loss, regret, hope, new possibilities and a healthy dash of lust.
September 20, 2022
Overall rating: 3-3.5/5.
Characters: Justin 10/10, Vince 10/10, Tom 5/10 (at best). Justin sounds like a national treasure. Vince seemed so lovely and loving. I really, genuinely could not see what a fabulous human like Vince saw in Tom. I was so shocked by Tom's line of thinking sometimes (as an aside, Tom is a physician [as am I], so I may be judging this part a little too harshly, but when he made the comment about a partner potentially being second to his career, I groaned and wanted to yell at my kindle). Also, Tom critiqued the sweetest gesture of all time, which was baffling to me.
Writing: 8/10. Solid. Some weird metaphors and such happening during sexual encounters, but I'll take it.
Plot: 9/10. Interesting and taken to places I wouldn't have expected, which is always a treat.
Pacing: 6/10. The argument b/t the main characters was strange and very abrupt. And the pace at which things moved, especially given Tom's overall demeanor towards Vince, felt off.
Characters: Justin 10/10, Vince 10/10, Tom 5/10 (at best). Justin sounds like a national treasure. Vince seemed so lovely and loving. I really, genuinely could not see what a fabulous human like Vince saw in Tom. I was so shocked by Tom's line of thinking sometimes (as an aside, Tom is a physician [as am I], so I may be judging this part a little too harshly, but when he made the comment about a partner potentially being second to his career, I groaned and wanted to yell at my kindle). Also, Tom critiqued the sweetest gesture of all time, which was baffling to me.
Writing: 8/10. Solid. Some weird metaphors and such happening during sexual encounters, but I'll take it.
Plot: 9/10. Interesting and taken to places I wouldn't have expected, which is always a treat.
Pacing: 6/10. The argument b/t the main characters was strange and very abrupt. And the pace at which things moved, especially given Tom's overall demeanor towards Vince, felt off.
December 26, 2017
3.5 stars
Can a bad drop and a cabaret show made two very different men fall in love?
When the sexy electrician who’s working on the ceiling of Tom Berriman’s emergency room has an accident, the moody doctor discovers that the man he had been secretly admiring is no other than Vincent Draper, and old school friend who was bullied by Tom’s friends. Vince has changed a lot, and after a somehow rough start, they are acknowledge their mutual attraction and are able to close past injures and look for a new start…
Very short, very sweet, with a bit of kinky and a hint at a supernatural element. Jo Myles always knows how to build a charming story, and here she does as well. My only complaint is that it was a bit too short… I would love to read a bit more about Tom and Vince, and how their relationship evolves in time...
Enjoyable Christmas story.
Can a bad drop and a cabaret show made two very different men fall in love?
When the sexy electrician who’s working on the ceiling of Tom Berriman’s emergency room has an accident, the moody doctor discovers that the man he had been secretly admiring is no other than Vincent Draper, and old school friend who was bullied by Tom’s friends. Vince has changed a lot, and after a somehow rough start, they are acknowledge their mutual attraction and are able to close past injures and look for a new start…
Very short, very sweet, with a bit of kinky and a hint at a supernatural element. Jo Myles always knows how to build a charming story, and here she does as well. My only complaint is that it was a bit too short… I would love to read a bit more about Tom and Vince, and how their relationship evolves in time...
Enjoyable Christmas story.
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December 23, 2017
This was such a sweet story, granted Tom was an ass to Vince when Vince was bullied by Tom's friends. Vince was too smitten with Tom from the beginning to see pass Tom's silent involvement. At least Tom felt guilty and ashamed of his past inaction. That aside, Vince's love for his deceased husband is very endearing. I love how Christmas lights evolved from something so scary from his youth to something of hope/love in his adulthood. Even though I don't know the difference between twerp, arsehole, wanker and tosser (bein' merican an' all), I enjoyed the hell out of this X-mas story.
December 24, 2017
Heartwarming Xmas short
This may be my last Christmas short story of the season (it is Christmas Eve) and I am very glad that I opened it. The characters are mature and their back stories are established even with the short page count. The romance is believable. I will happily re-read this next Christmas.
This may be my last Christmas short story of the season (it is Christmas Eve) and I am very glad that I opened it. The characters are mature and their back stories are established even with the short page count. The romance is believable. I will happily re-read this next Christmas.
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