Raphael didn't like a lot of things, or didn't like a lot of people. After he accidentally bumps into bumps into a young man, he is in love with the boy. When he realizes that the boy, named Akihiko Leonardo, goes to his school, Raph wants nothing but to make Leo his boyfriend. When Leo's foster father, Oroku Saki, tells him about his past and that Raphael's father, Hamato Yoshi, killed his wife, things start to change for the two
(Au with Raphanardo and Micheltello, but mostly Raphanardo; there will be more parts with Micheltello later in the stories)
When a bachelor-style reality show centered around finding this year's Mrs. Claus comes to Charlie's small town, she is vehemently against the attention it brings, yet in the chaos of it all, somehow finds herself in the running as a contestant... and falling in love.
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In the weeks before Christmas, Charlie Duncan's small town finds itself the backdrop to the hit new reality show, Finding Mrs. Claus. And to spice up the drama, a handful of locals are thrown into the casting mix, including not only Charlie, but her best friend Ellie as well. While Charlie does everything she can to get tossed off the show (to no avail), and watches skeptically as Ellie truly begins to open up her heart, she can't help but feel a certain spark for the man behind the scenes - the show's producer, Noah Cyrus.
Book One of the Anne's Ferry Series