Five Gold Blings
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Gray isnβt enjoying December. The weatherβs grim, his jobβs a struggle, and his useless boyfriend ran out on him months ago. Heβs a walking Mr Christmas Grump. And then he delivers a parcel to Alec, a bright, sparkly, over-earnest vlogger whoβs going through his own hard times. Over the course of five days, accompanied by an irritating but relentlessly cheerful pop song, Gray and Alec share secrets, kisses, regrets, triumphs, some truly awful fashionβand maybe a love that will last far beyond the new year.
This short story was previously published in the 2020 anthology βGifts for the Seasonβ. It is a standalone Christmas romance.
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Clare took the pen name London from the city where she lives, loves, and writes. A lone, brave female in a frenetic, testosterone-fuelled family home, she juggles her writing with the weekly wash, waiting for the far distant day when she can afford to give up her day job as an accountant. She's written in many genres and across many settings, with novels and short stories published both online and in print. She says she likes variety in her writing while friends say she's just fickle, but as long as both theories spawn good fiction, she's happy. Most of her work features male/male romance and drama with a healthy serving of physical passion, as she enjoys both reading and writing about strong, sympathetic and sexy characters.
All the details and free fiction are available at her website.
Clare also writes as Stella Shaw, and launched a new series of rent boy romances in 2021.
Website + blog : www.clarelondon dot com
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Publishers: Jocular Press, JCP Books, JMS Books, Lethe Press, Cleiss Books.
