Summary

Sometimes a meet-cute, a long nap, and a sexy-ass bicep is 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 has taken its 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, a 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 read on!

Review

The men in Fae Quin’s Christmas Daddies series are all flawed in the most relatable ways, and Robin is by far my favorite of them all. There were some passages that hurt so much I needed to read them 3 or 4 times before moving on. Do you ever press on a bruise sometimes, just to feel the ache? (…And it occurs to me maybe I’m a little bit of a masochist, lol!) Anyway, there are so many of those bruised moments in this book, moments that make tears well up in my ears and my heart physically ache, and like Ben I can’t help but think, “Oh, sweet baby.” I just want to scoop Robin up in my arms and hug him SO tight, and tell him he’s wanted and loved and just everything.

I love the chemistry between Robin and Ben right from the get-go. Ben so intuitively senses what Robin needs, and just quietly gives it to him. And Robin pays him right back in all the ways he can. *swoony sigh* I also adore Ben’s twin daughters, Rosie and Jane, are my favorite little spooky goth babies ever and I love them.

I didn’t know this series could even get better, yet somehow this book takes the cake. This is the third book in the Christmas Daddies series, and can be read as a standalone. Characters from the first two books do show up in this one as side characters (and it was so lovely to see them again!)

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book. All opinions are unbiased and my own.