If Only in Our Dreams

Christmas Daddies, Book 3

De: Fae Quin

Narrado por: Stephen Dexter, Liam DiCosimo

Sometimes, a meet-cute, a long nap, and a sexy-ass bicep are just what the doctor ordered.

Ben Montgomery

I'm not sure if I've ever believed in love at first sight. In my forty-five years on this earth, the only sort of love I've known is the unconditional, soul-healing kind I have for my twin daughters. But when I meet a sweet, flirtatious man dressed in all black with circles under his eyes even darker than his eyeliner—I'm immediately captivated.

Robin Johnson makes me smile more than anyone I've ever met. He's emo-goth and a walking ball of sunshine. He's giggles and quips, and yet deep beneath the surface, he hides an overwhelming sadness. And though I know he's only in town for a short time, there isn't much I wouldn't do to make Robin's life just a little bit more merry. Even if it means admitting that love at first sight isn't a fairy tale, after all.

Robin "Trashmouth" Johnson

Years of constant touring with sleepless nights on the road and in countless hotels have taken their toll on both my body and my mental state. It's a lifestyle that's left me exhausted and wrecked, but also afraid to slow down, afraid to stop running. The truth is, I've always been running—from my past, from my family, from myself. But visiting my brother, Miles, and his new husband this holiday season in their quiet Vermont town feels like just the break I need to figure out my next step in life. And after a chance encounter with a sexy stranger, who turns out to be more than I ever could have wished for, I wonder if maybe a rolling stone could learn to grow roots.

If Only in Our Dreams is a standalone holiday MM romance with high heat, an HEA, and no cliffhangers. Includes a blossoming friends-to-lovers romance between a single father and his adorably flirty emo-punk shadow. Together, these two are warm, snarky, and tooth-achingly sweet. If you like funny stories with lots of banter, holiday magic, positive mental health rep, and the slowest, sweetest of all burns, then listen on!

Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website.

©2024 Fae Quin (P)2025 Podium Audio

cute, but

Way too much cursing. Was it necessary to have cursing in like every sentence. It got old real fast. For me it was distracting.

Fae does it again!

This is my favorite installment in the series and to finally available on audio is a dream come true! The characters are lovable and the pacing/ development feel right.

Also , shout out to the narrators- excellent performance!

Age gap, single dad, hurt/comfort... say less

This audio has been long awaited and was brought to life in the best way. Immediately added to my comfort listen rotation 🥰

- Holiday romance
- Single dad
- Emo rockstar x doctor
- Age gap (MC's in 30's and 40's)
- Size difference
- Hurt/comfort
- Mental health & chronic pain rep

I'm not exaggerating when I say this series cured me from a pretty big slump and absolutely healed my heart. Every book in this series is absolutely amazing, but I have an extreme soft spot for Ben and Robin. Pheww these two!! I've already reread it a couple of times because I just don't want to leave them 🥹

Robin is an exhausted rockstar, who in an adorable airplane meet cute, falls asleep on Ben's bicep. Unknowingly, they were both on their way to the same destination and oh yeah... Had the same ride home.

Robin is so clearly a bird with a broken wing, and Ben takes it upon himself to nurse his little songbird back to health. This man is big and rugged and ooohhh boy the mouth on this man!! Gah the spice and the M/M size difference was 🥵

I'm a sucker for hurt/comfort and the mental health rep and chronic pain rep for these two were both so well done. Their pain brought them closer together and I enjoyed that they were topics that aren't often discussed in books. Representation matters and I just know there's going to be someone who reads this and feels *seen* because of it, and that's a big deal!

Anyway, I could go on and on about how much I love this series, but just do yourself a favor and add Christmas Daddies to your holiday reads! Or your general reads for that matter, because I know these are going to be in my comfort rotation from here on out!

Perfect conclusion to the series

𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐧𝐢𝐩. 𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥. 𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐲. 𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭-𝐢𝐟𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭-𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞-𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐭.

Oh gosh, the way I love these two so much!

I didn't think that anyone could hold a candle to Trent and Miles, but Ben and Robin completely blew those two out the water.

If had I had to be completely honest, I was a goner for Robin the minute I saw how desperately he wanted the love and affection that Ben doled out to him. He was absolutely the sweetest and kindest lonely little man, and I just wanted to hug him forever.

𝐀 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐠𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐂 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧.

& don't even get me started on Ben. That man, despite his grumpy exterior, was an absolute teddy bear and the most perfect boyfriend to ever book boyfriend. He was just to awkward and adorable, and I loved how patient and perceptive he was with Robin, but also dominating in the best way (which I'll admit I wasn't expecting lol).

These two just balanced each other out so well, and I loved every sweet and steamy minute of their story so much that I never wanted it to end!