Holiday Scars

Quinlan Empire

By: Deborah Garland

Narrated by: Tyler Griffin

A Spicy MM Holiday Novella set in the Quinlan Empire World.

Enforcers don’t do holiday cheer. But one bed. One forbidden kiss. And one holiday that changes everything.

BLADE

I thought my partner Jett was straight. Off limits. Until a text meant for his brother lands in my phone. Now I know exactly what he feels when he looks at me.

We’re supposed to be taking a break for the holiday away from the city. Instead, we’re playing with fire in the woods. Every glance, every breath, every touch is a risk neither of us can afford.

Because in our world, love is a liability. All we have on this mountain is our secret. Our truth about what we are to each other.

But what if I want more?

JETT

I don’t talk about the past. The foster homes. The violence. The scars. I do my job for Quinlan Empire and nothing gets rise out of me. Except my partner, Blade.

He’s my brother’s best friend and the one man I can’t stop thinking about when the lights go out. But that’s a line I can never cross.

Now we’re trapped together in a remote cabin for the holiday. And the tension between us is thicker than the snow blanketing the mountain. Blade is temptation and danger wrapped in one brutal, beautiful package.

When he finally touches me, there’s no going back.

Holiday Scars is an MM Romance with an HEA. It is a NOVELLA, which means it is a SHORT Romance. If MM and Novellas are not your thing, skip this one!

Tropes:

• MM/Bi-Awakening
• Brother's Best Friend
• Mutual Pining
• Wrong Text
• One bed
• Forced Proximity
• F*k it
• Tattoo claiming
• Spicy Holiday Novella with an HEA

©2025 Deborah A. Garland (P)2026 Deborah A. Garland

MM Romance - short and spicy

I love good novella and this one did not disappoint. This has romance, longing, spicy, and murder. All the good things a love story needs. lol

Emotional

This was an emotional and quick read that stitched my heart back together.
There was heartache, longing, confusion & love.
Jett & Blade heal something in each other & their love and passion is hot & beautiful.

Gets there

My own fault that I didn’t read the descriptor, so I didn’t realize that this was a M/M romance. I have never saw one of those out before, but I’ve seen them in other storylines.
So it’s not the author’s fault that this isn’t my thing. I did listen, and the characters back stories were as well developed as they could be in the sort of a novella. You felt the depth of emotion and were happy for them in the end.