DSP Advent Calendar Review: Season to Shimmer by Kim Katil

Title: Season to Shimmer
Author: Kim Katil
Category: Holiday, Advent
Pages: 45

Dreamspinner Press

One morning close to the holidays, Nolan wakes up to two surprises: a distress call from his younger brother and a beautiful man in his bed. Nolan, an art gallery owner, has always been discreet about his sexuality, but when his baby brother plans to come out at the annual family gala, Nolan wants to have his back—and that means showing up with a man of his own on his arm. Nolan knows just the man for the job.

Skylar, who owns a karate studio in St. Augustine, can’t get his one-night stand out of his mind. When he runs into Nolan at his gallery he is more than happy to volunteer his services as arm candy. Out-and-proud himself with his striking blue/green hair, Skylar is all in. Their adventure means a fancy salon, family drama, lots of sex, a ninja hippo, and palm trees lit up in a very suggestive way. By the end of it, what started as a hookup might become much more.

3.5 Stars!

Gallery owner Nolan wakes up to a beautiful man in his bed, but a growing crisis within his family. He really likes Skylar and is hoping to see him again soon. Skylar runs his own dojo and is pretty easy going. When Nolan's younger brother needs help, Nolan is ready to rock the boat with his family with the help of Skylar and lots of friends.

In some ways, I found this story to be a full one even with the shorter page count. The problem came in that the situation with Nolan's younger brother and their family seemed to overtake a lot of the story. There were a lot of characters introduced in a short time and I really never got a good handle on all of them. That being said, I liked Nolan and Skylar and their banter. I liked how Nolan stood by his brothers and did what needed to be done. I just wish we would have gotten some more relationship building between Nolan and Skylar. The sex scenes were great and it was a nice story overall.

*** Copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie by Dreamspinner Press for my reading pleasure, a review wasn't a requirement. ***