Connor by Shannon West

Connor Floyd is resigned to having a terrible, very bad, no-good Christmas this year. With no family left in the world and all his friends out of town for the holidays, he’s trying to make the best of things during a quiet evening at home, watching tv. It’s then that the power company, who have been threatening for months, demonstrates that they really would be harsh enough to turn off his power only days before Christmas. Meanwhile the worst storm to hit his town in years is barreling his way. As Connor contemplates his imminent demise, a knock comes on the door and a devastatingly handsome man is there, holding a beautifully wrapped gift with an enormous blue bow.

Jared Spencer, the wealthy owner of a popular BDSM club downtown, is simply, and it must be said, grudgingly doing a favor for one of the members of his club by dropping off the Christmas gift sponsored by his club in a contest. He wants only to drop it off and go, but how can he callously turn his back and not rescue the boy who so clearly needs it? Even though he desperately wants to.

Loading Connor up in his chauffeured car, he’s on the way to the nearest port in the storm when icy, impassable roads cause an unplanned detour. Connor is nothing Jared needs or wants, and he’s entirely unsuitable for anyone but a Daddy Dom—which Jared is decidedly not. But the magic of Christmas is that even when you think you’re alone, on the coldest, darkest nights, when the whole world seems indifferent, a Christmas miracle can still happen.