It’s that time of year! It’s become my holiday tradition to release a Christmas romance at Thanksgiving—a tradition as ingrained as putting up all our decorations that weekend.
This year’s story was so much fun to write! One of my husband’s favorites movies is I Know Where I’m Going (1945). We’ve watched it together many times, and I’ve always loved its romance structure, with a very proper young woman engaged to a wealthy man who has a clear-eyed and determined view of her future—until she gets stuck on an island on her way to the wedding and falls for a penniless but charming nobleman.
I always wanted to write a m/m romance version of the story, and this year it just fit as my Christmas novella. In Planes, Trains, and Hurricanes, Joe Blankenship is a young man who came from a very poor and unstable background. He’s worked his way up to be the right-hand guy in a big medical supply business, and he’s engaged to the boss’s daughter. His in-laws-to-be have everything he thought he ever wanted in life, and he’s on the verge of securing his future.
But then there’s this hurricane, see, and an unexpected passenger for the long drive from Miami to Manhattan, and what Joe thinks matters in life is about to face a sea change.
Now you may be thinking — hurricanes? For Christmas? Trust me, dear reader, I had the same thought when this idea came to me. But there is a ton of Christmas spirit in this book, I promise!
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Joe knows where he is going in life. But one crazy road trip just might change everything.
Joe Blankenship knows where he’s going. He’s on track to marry the boss’s daughter and become heir apparent to a multi-million dollar medical supply business. The financial security he never had growing up is within his grasp along with a glitzy Manhattan lifestyle. All he has to do is get to New York by Christmas Eve for his engagement party.
Joe didn’t count on getting grounded in Florida thanks to a hurricane. He couldn’t have anticipated having to rent a broken-down car for the long drive north. And he certainly never foresaw being stuck with a passenger like Remy Guidry, a sweet-natured Cajun boy, social worker at a children’s home, and free spirit. Remy is the opposite of everything Joe has worked for. But he just might teach Joe, not only the spirit of Christmas, but what’s truly of value in life.
Planes, Trains, and Hurricanes is a Christmas road trip, forced proximity, opposites attract romance.