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Secret Santa

By: Jay Northcote
Narrated by: Hamish Long
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Keeping secrets is never a good way to start a relationship.

Theo hardly has time to date. Between work and caring for his four-year-old son, there aren’t many hours left over. He’s lonely though, so he joins a hook-up app and starts chatting to a guy called Luke. Luke seems friendly, and they arrange to meet. Theo doesn’t mention that he has a child. It’s early days, and he’s worried about putting Luke off before they get to know each other.

Luke is currently working as Santa at the local shopping mall. He figures Theo never has to know. Christmas will be over soon, and Luke will move on to a new, less embarrassing job. He’s surprised when Theo and a little boy visit Santa one afternoon. Theo doesn’t recognize Luke, and Luke realizes he’s not the only one with a secret.

Despite misgivings on both sides, they start dating, and the chemistry is amazing. But as Christmas approaches, their secrets pile up like colorful packages under the tree. If they’re not careful, they’ll lose the best gift of all - each other.

©2017 Jay Northcote (P)2020 Jay Northcote Contemporary Contemporary Romance Literature & Fiction Romance Winter Christmas Feel-Good Heartfelt

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Another lovely Christmas story from Jay. He is so good at creating believable characters and grounding them in real situations - with just enough angst to keep it interesting. Archie was a great addition! As usual Hamish does a brilliant job with the narration. He is very easy to listen to and brings the characters to life.

Excellent Christmas story

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I read this book back in November 2017 and I liked it a lot. Now, having listened to the audiobook performed by Hamish Long, I love it. Hamish has performed several books by Jay Northcote and I have loved them all.

Theo and Luke have great chemistry with each other but the secrets they’re keeping from each other cause misunderstanding and keep them from forming a close relationship at first.

Theo is a great dad who wants to protect his son so he’s reluctant to tell Luke about him because he misunderstood an off-hand comment that Luke made when they first met. Luke’s keeping his job as a shopping mall Santa from Theo because he believes it makes him look less than successful. The secrets create tension between them even though neither of them know what it is that’s causing it.

I really liked how these two get along together. Once they finally come clean with their secrets their relationship begins to flourish. I found this to be a very entertaining story which didn’t take me too long to read and the epilogue which lets us know how they are getting on a year later was a great touch. I love stories of this length because they are a perfect way to spend an evening.

A copy of both audiobooks was provided to me but my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author.

Great performance!

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A bit of a comedy of errors, or better, a comedy of lies. But it’s funny and sweet, and in the end, on the lesser angsty side.
Both Luke and Theo were very sweet and funny, and sweet little Archie is a treasure.
Loved Jay Northcote’s engaging writing and Hamish Long’s fab narration.

A lovely and heart-warming Christmas story.

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Luke was feeling lonely he'd been single for a while and hadn't had any luck on Grindr either until he noticed a new post from someone calling themselves Geek Guy...and only 4 miles away!
I loved this seasonally set story based in the UK, and Hamish Long did a great job doing a variety of characters voices, it made a nice change to not have to listen to an American accent.

Geek Guy Gets Lucky

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This is one of those audiobooks where I resented everyday life impinging on my listening pleasure. I so desperately wanted to find out how the initial misunderstandings are resolved. That they have been a few chapters before the end, and then the rest of the book solidifies their relationship,  makes this book even more delightful.

I knew the narration by Hamish Long would be to my liking as he is a firm favourite. He brings both main characters to life, but I have to admit that I adore his Archie (Theo's son).

A firm favourite

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