Erik Josef is a forty-three-year-old, recently divorced businessman with one goal: wrap up his last project of the year so he can spend the holidays in Tahiti. All he wants is drinks on a beach, served to him by a woman in a bikini. While waiting at an airport bar for his business partner to fly into Buffalo, New York, he encounters Seth Cobb, a chatty travel writer waiting for a flight to … flight to Pittsburgh to visit his family.
After a huge snowstorm grounds all flights, a mix-up at the Williamsville Inn leads to Erik and Seth sharing a room. Seth’s love of Christmas gets on Erik’s last nerve, but a mugful of Seth’s hot chocolate slowly melts Erik’s icy exterior.
When Erik realizes he’s attracted to Seth, he must choose between the life he’s always known, or a new adventure with a man a decade younger and a second chance at happiness.
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Squeee! I adored this story with the grumpy one falling for the sunshine one! Not to mention only one bed left at the inn! So brilliantly put together and the characters crafted so expertly, I swooned over every page and felt this HEA with my whole heart. Just so perfect.
This is entertaining and sweet. When Erik gets snowed in at the inn he is checking on, and his business partner can’t join him, he’s not happy. Seth is on his way to his parent’s house when his flight is cancelled, so he goes to the airport bar to wait for another flight. Sitting next to Erik, Seth starts talking, which Erik funds irritating. Erik abruptly leaves to go to the inn, but he can’t get ride from anywhere, untill he finally does. As Erik is getting in the taxi, Seth shows up and he asks to share the ride, and Erik slams the door in his face. After checking into the inn, Erik goes to get lunch, when he comes back, it’s to find Seth coming out of the shower. They’re told that there was a mix up and that their room was the last available room, so they agree to share. Erik finds himself irrisistably attracted to Seth, and doesn’t understand why. But Seth is ready to help Erik figure things out. Things get steamy and serious between them very quickly. Both of the characters are likable and entertaining and the storyline is interesting.
Can I just start by saying I freaking love this author? I haven’t read a single one of Brigham’s books that I was immediately taken with. Snowstorms and Second Chances is no different. So many of my favourite things are contained within this beauty, forced proximity, age gap, sexual awakening. An engaging and steamy story, I loved every minute of it!
Erik found out that his late father owned an inn in Buffalo that no one knew he owned. He’s going there to see if it’s worth keeping or if he should sell it. He gets snowed in at the inn with Seth a man he met at the airport. He doesn’t like him at first but the more he gets to know him the more he wants to see where things go. I really enjoyed this book.
Erik is the Grinch or at least he is now his twenty year marriage is over his daughter is living her own life away at college and he hates the holidays now his stuck in and airport in buffalo in the middle of a blizzard all he wants is to be in Tahiti not investing his late father’s investment in a run down Inn. And now he’s being annoyed by and all to happy travel writer who loves the Holidays Seth Erik cant get away fast enough. But when theres a mix up at the Inn and they have to share a room they get to know each other better.
Seth knows who he is he loves his job and cant weight to see his family for the holidays when he meets a handsome stranger in a bar at the airport. And by mix up or fate they end up sharing a room Seth helps Erik realize some things about himself and when it’s time to part Erik will have to decide if he wants more with Seth or to go back to his life the way it was. I thought this was a really cute holiday store it was funny at times and the romance was sweet and steamy at others. The only reason I couldn’t give this book a solid 5 was because I liked the couple so much I wanted more of and ending the epilogue wasn’t enough but that’s just my personal preference.
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A beautiful Christmas story by a wonderful author. This one is well written, has sexy characters, flows great and will keep you reading from beginning to end. Add in the magic of Christmas and wow!!
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Who has ever been stuck at Buffalo airport and found a new lease on life? Erik was settled in a life when he ended up divorced, his daughter in college and scheduled to be newly engaged and he was alone hating the holiday month of December. On Chistmas Eve, he was in an airport bar in Buffalo waiting for his business partner, Bertram so they could assess a property, Erik’s father, Josef had purchased in Williamsville. Because of weather delays, the airport waiting areas are packed. Seth, took the seat next to Eric and started chatting. Erik was unaware Seth was gay, so the conversation took a fun pretzel maneuver. The ‘partner’ confustion started a fun misunderstanding. Seth, as a travel writer found joy in every place he visited, all people he met and situations flown his way. So, being stuck sharing a hotel room with a stranger would be a challenge for Erik and a piece of cake for Seth, right? What happens when Erik finds out Seth is gay? Why does Seth flirt with Erik? Will they ever get out of Buffalo? Will they each complete their work assignments? Will they ever find out why Josef bought the property? Good story! I received an ARC from Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
A sweet, funny, romantic book that is just in time for Christmas. Eric and Seth met in an airport but Eric is a true grinch. They end up in the same room and they start liking each other. Seth is a very sweet, funny and likable guy. Eric is lonely but he doesn’t question why he’s attracted to Seth. Their story is a feel-good and like I said just in time for Christmas
Cute & sexy holiday romance. Love Erik & Seth!
I love it when a grouch unexpectedly meets his match! Super-repressed Erik was Mr Grumpy but I loved him anyway. I enjoyed his unexpected and eye-opening Christmas with sweet, uninhibited Seth.
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I would rate this 3.5 stars.
On Christmas Eve, Erik is stuck in an airport bar on a business trip to Buffalo when he meets a travel writer named Seth. This is a week after Erik’s twenty year marriage has ended. After a mix-up in their accommodation they end up being roommates. Erik’s company owns the inn. I was a little worried at first since Erik is not the nicest guy and stress seems to make him worse. Their odd conversations turns strangely sexual. The awkward flirting continues as Erik wrestles with being attracted to Seth, but it sounds like Seth has been the only person he’s been attracted to for over a decade so he just…goes with it. Seth is a little too good to be true. The intimacy and trust, since they are both open and honest people, makes the sex more than just physical. What’s great about this is they actually communicate about their hopes and fears. This happen fast yet had moments that were sweet and hot. However, I felt a little removed from it like it engaged my head rather than my heart.
Loved this story! Erik had been married, had a daughter, Joanna and after she left for college his wife left and divorced him. He poured himself into his work and ends up his father bought an inn in Williamsville. He doesn’t know why and goes there to assess if it’s worth keeping and putting in the improvements or just selling it off. He ends up getting snowed in and having to share his room with Seth after some confusion about their names. Slowly he is drawn to Seth and exploring his sexuality with him. Good ending, but what happened to the inn?
A fun bi-awakening story with forced proximity and cute characters. I liked the setting of the story and the characters’ backgrounds a lot!
Erik and Seth were so cute together. Their chemistry was almost immediate and their connection felt through out the story. This was a sweet story. Erik was a sad case and Seth was younger free spirit. Seth brought out the good in Erik and helped him find his Christmas miracle. I really enjoyed this story so much so that I immediately purchased Snowflakes and Song Lyrics.
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What a sweet wonderful holiday read! I wasn’t so sure about grumpy Erik at first but Seth really brought out the sweet side in him and to see Erik open up and truly find himself was a Christmas miracle. Seth was just the best, from the Christmas movies, holiday socks, that I absolutely adored to the special coffee, and he was just so great with Erik. I loved the interconnected story with Hank Edwards and the Williamsville Inn, if you haven’t read Snowflakes and Song Lyrics it’s a must as well. Great holiday romance!
Erik Josef grimaced, in the true spirit of the Grinch, when he heard yet another Christmas song as he drank his Scotch. His marriage had officially ended a week before, and he didn’t even miss his ex-wife. He was hoping to go somewhere warm like Tahiti, but his business partner, Bertram Forsythe, had stumbled upon an old hotel in the property management company’s holdings, acquired by Erik’s father decades ago. Bertram wanted it off their books, so Erik was in an airport bar in Buffalo to meet Bertram and drive to Williamsville together to assess the property and decide if it should be renovated or sold “as is”. Bertram was delayed by the weather, so Erik was staying in the bar for however long it took him to get here. The bar was packed and a stranger asked if he could take the last seat, which was next to Erik. Seth Cobb radiated happiness and the Christmas Spirit and it got on Erik’s nerves quickly. Every time Seth moved, he bumped Erik in the tight quarters.
As Seth told Erik he was headed to Pittsburgh but it looked doubtful now, Erik told him about his plans to meet his partner. Odd questions followed about how he first met his partner and their age difference, which he claimed really didn’t matter as long as they got along. Erik was confused – what difference did it make anyway how old his colleagues were? Bertram called him to tell him all flights were cancelled and asked Erik to drive to the Inn himself for the assessment. But their office temp had neglected to set up a car for them – and the Inn had no reservation for them under their “fake” names they usually used to avoid favorable treatment at a property they owned. With so many drinks swirling in his head, he reserved the room under the name Erik “Cobb”, not remembering where he had heard that name recently. Waiting an hour to get someone willing to drive to the Inn – at twice the cab fare – Erik flatly refused to allow Seth to share the cab when he came outside in the snow and asked. He felt guilty, but he needed silence right now, and paid the cab driver an extra $50 to not say a word.
Through a misunderstanding by the front desk — no doubt caused by the name Erik unthinkingly gave them for his reservation — Erik and Seth are booked into the same room and that was the last one the Inn had. Grumpy at first, as Erik and Seth get to know each other better, the tension from their abrasive relationship begins to change into something else. Could Erik admit to his attraction to Sean? Could he give up his loneliness and allow someone in who genuinely cared for him?
This was a sweet story, predictable but “feel-good” and humorous. There is also some history on the Inn’s purchase by Erik’s father, so grab your copy and put it all together.
I absolutely loved reading this story. It was wonderful watching Erik and Seth’s journey to love. Their banter/dialogue to get to know one another was so realistic. Seth was so lovable and I can see why Erik fell for the man. Erik came 180 with his thoughts on Christmas and his willingness to explore his sexuality after getting to know Seth. Finally, it was nice how the author showed the reader love is love no matter the gender… its on how that special person makes you feel. This story had me smiling throughout. I highly recommend this book to all the romantics out there…gay, bi or straight. Wonderful Christmas story!
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A really sweet, funny read with engaging characters and an entertaining storyline. Erik and Seth were very likable characters and I enjoyed seeing their chance encounter/forced proximity grow and blossom into something lasting. All in all a very enjoyable holiday story.
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This is a sweet holiday romance with a feel good love story. The author brings strong characters in Sean and Erik who are forced to room together in a snowstorm and weaves a heartwarming story joining two people together who are perfect for each other. I was hooked from start to finish watching their relationship grow into love in this beautiful Christmas romance. I loved and would highly recommend reading.
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This is a lovely Christmas romance, but when you meet Erik, it took a bit of time for me warm up to the man. You learn about his divorce and a bit about his daughter, but the loneliness coming from the man is visceral. It doesn’t excuse his treatment of Sean, who is a sweetheart, but it was almost unforgivable how Erik treated Sean during the taxi incident.
The coincidences in this book bothered me at the beginning, but after both men arrived at the inn and Erik and Sean started getting to know one another, I began to enjoy the story. By the end, the book became a sweet holiday read, especially when Erik admitted his attraction to Sean without much fanfare. A feel-good holiday romance!
I absolutely LOVED this sweet, poignant, fantastic, charming, engaging, endearing, adorable, lovely, grab-you-by-the-feels, slow burning, delightful and totally awesome story. Erik and Seth were so perfect for each other, and their relationship slowly bloomed into something so much richer and deeper. I was hooked from beginning to end, and would definitely recommend getting this holiday season gem immediately.
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