A Sugar Pine Christmas (Single Dad All the Way) by A.D. Ellis

A SUGAR PINE CHRISTMAS is a small town single dad second chance holiday romance.


From the blurb:

Mattie Blackwell is a different man than the one who left Sugar Pine all those years ago. He has high hopes his return will allow for a bit of wound licking, a boost to his art career, and the chance to settle down. He hasn’t allowed a certain someone to be included in those plans. After all, Mattie doesn’t even know if the man in question is still in town.

Sam Benton loves his unconventional life. He didn’t dream of being a work-from-home single parent to his twin sister’s kid for several months at a time, but the setup works just fine, thank you very much. Sure, he wonders if there’s more to life than web design, a snarky teen, and the endless torture of deciding what’s for dinner but, for now, there’s nowhere he’d rather be than raising Toby in Sugar Pine.

When Sam and Mattie find themselves thrown back together, it’s the perfect time to revisit the past. Sam feels bad about the way things played out, but both men recognize it wasn’t the right time for them back then. Now though? Well, that’s a whole different story.

A Sugar Pine Christmas is a standalone novella as part of the multi-author collaboration Single Dads All the Way. Expect friends-to-lovers, second-chance M/M holiday romance with an artist who is all-in with this whole settling down thing and a single dad-slash-uncle torn between longing for something more while mourning the passing of time as his little one moves full-steam ahead toward adulthood.


Molly Otto's review:

Okay, Mattie and Sam are just so dang sweet together, this story hits that right amount of sweet holiday romance. Sam's set up with his twin sister raising her son Toby was a beautiful thing to see how their unique family unit works all parties included. You could feel how they all played well off each other and truly cared for Toby and his happiness. My only gripe and this is a me thing was the heated scenes took me away from the overall vibe of rest of the story. Overall a great addition to this years holiday lineup and happy to have given a new to me author a shot.

Heather's Review:

So sweet, a low angst read fueled by a meddling sister, a sweet kid and a heaping helping of spicy, smexy goodness!  I love the friends to lovers storyline, the small town fabulousness and the genuine holiday cheer!  This novella is a wonderful way to help you get into the festive spirit!


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