REVIEW: The Christmas Collection by Garrett Leigh

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THE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION

by Garrett Leigh

Release Date: November 30, 2023

Review

The Christmas Collection by Garrett Leigh contains three of her holiday romances each including a bonus epilogue featuring cameos of some of our favourite characters.  So, you get three stories in one and not released elsewhere material. Merry Christmas to us!


Angels in the City 


The bonus epilogue in Angels in the City features Alexei and let me say, I love that guy and this made me a little mushy for him. Well, as mushy as Alexei would ever allow.


Jonah and Sacha are complex and beautiful. They work on the same floor but meet by chance in a stuck elevator. Turned fake date to appease Johah’s mother, and because there will be canapes!


They are both driven and successful, but while Jonah is outgoing, thoughtful and social, our Russian, Sacha is more closed off, sparse for words, and brutally honest about matters of work. They just work. Jonah brings softness while Sacha brings a strength that makes me melt.


They just work, perfectly (at least once they start sharing their feelings). I adore them.


Also, did I mention Alexei makes an appearance?!


Christmas Mountain 


This release has a bonus epilogue featuring Embry one of our beloved Rebel MC’s. His cameo was quick but it was really quite lovely and perfect for this story.


As for Rami & Fen…I would say their story was the swooniest and warmest of them all. These two men whose worlds had imploded and ended them before they could even get started. 


Their second chance comes with a surprise reunion, stuck in a snowstorm on Christmas Mountain.  Their chemistry is just as strong but their lives are vastly different now. But it’s also clear that things need to change, and what better than with a man you could never quite forget? 


It’s such a lovely story, full of love and joy, even when things seem bleak there’s so much beauty between them. This is a perfect book to curl with in front of the fire.


Hometown Christmas


This one has and epilogues featuring guys from her Between Ghosts universe, which I haven’t read yet (I know, I know) but I’m already endeared to them, and have a sudden and urgent need to read their stories.


I had previously read Hometown Christmas, but I was more than happy to give it a re-read. Yani and Gavin draw you right in. Between Yani’s bite and Gavin’s quiet presence, I found them completely endearing. 


This has plenty of Garrett’s trademark grit but set against the softness of Christmas. It also touches on houselessness, OCD and PTSD in a realistic but tender way. It gave me all the feels I want from a holiday story.


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Synopsis

!! Dive in to the heartwarming world of MM holiday romances with Garrett Leigh's THREE bestselling novels, complete with EXCLUSIVE bonus content for all THREE books !!


Angels In The City

Jonah & Sacha. A fake relationship with a stranger, an office romance filled with doughnuts and white knights, and an addictive arrangement that fast evolves into a deeper connection neither man can give up. Don't miss the exclusive bonus epilogue featuring Alexei from the Rebel Kings MC series!


Christmas Mountain

Rami & Fen. The single dad probation officer caring for his dead brother’s baby. The wounded gentle giant with the biggest softest heart. Get ready for a heartwarming holiday story you'll cherish forever, along with an exclusive bonus epilogue featuring Embry from the Rebel Kings MC series!


Hometown Christmas

Yani and Gavin's friendship takes a festive turn as they venture from friends to lovers this Christmas. Fleeing a painful breakup in London, Yani finds himself drawn to brooding Army VET Gavin Ritchie. They're not looking for love. This is a no strings arrangement. But love finds them all the same. Dig into this sweet and steamy holiday romance, plus enjoy an exclusive bonus epilogue featuring Nat, Marc, & Jamie from the Between Ghosts universe.


"Must read books for any MM romance fan. Don't miss out on the love, laughter, and holiday magic Garrett Leigh has gifted us with these wonderful boys."

About Garrett Leigh

Garrett Leigh is an award-winning British writer, cover artist, and book designer. Her debut novel, Slide, won Best Bisexual Debut at the 2014 Rainbow Book Awards, and her polyamorous novel, Misfits was a finalist in the 2016 LAMBDA awards, and was again a finalist in 2017 with Rented Heart.


In 2017, she won the EPIC award in contemporary romance with her military novel, Between Ghosts, and the contemporary romance category in the Bisexual Book Awards with her novel What Remains.


When not writing, Garrett can generally be found procrastinating on Twitter, cooking up a storm, or sitting on her behind doing as little as possible, all the while shouting at her menagerie of children and animals and attempting to tame her unruly and wonderful FOX.


Garrett is also an award winning cover artist, taking the silver medal at the Benjamin Franklin Book Awards in 2016. She designs for various publishing houses and independent authors at blackjazzdesign.com, and co-owns the specialist stock site moonstockphotography.com with photographer Dan Burgess.


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