Monday, 27 October 2025

Author Spotlight - Max Vos - Excerpt from A Christmas Memory

AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT and BACKLIST PROMOTION

MAX VOS

 

BOOK 1

Book Title: Going Home (Book is also available in French and Italian)

Cover Artist: A. J. Corza

Length: 47 021 words/ 122 pages

Release Date: February 14, 2016

Pairing: MMM

Genres: Menage

Tropes: Forbidden Love

Heat Rating: 5 flames 

It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger.

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Is Love truly ‘Love is Love’?

 

Blurb 

Journalist Carter Roberts was required to interview Carl Foltz and Matt Evans for an article on their lives. It was not an assignment he relished: he just wanted to get there, get it done and get out. Thinking about the subject matter made his stomach churn. The interview reveals as much about himself as about the two men, and for the first time, Carter learns what a real home feels like. He never would have expected that meeting the two men would change his way of thinking - and his life - forever.

 

BOOK 2

Book Title: Play Chopin for Me

Cover Artist: A. J. Corza

Length: 222 pages

Release Date: May 2017

Genres: M/M Fairy Tale

Themes: Music, Cuisine

Heat Rating: Three flames

It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger.

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Fire ignites love with music and food.

 

Blurb 

After a devastating fire, Dale Lusk shows up at his sister’s door in nothing but his boxers and a raincoat, desperately needing her help. Losing both his restaurant and home has left Dale without direction or a place to live. While pushing her handsome brother into a new wardrobe to match his model looks, Chrissie introduces Dale to Al Borkowski. Al is in desperate need of a roommate before his grandmother takes more control of his life. Little did Chrissie know when she pushed the two men together the sparks that would fly and the changes that would happen in all of their lives.

 

BOOK 3

Book Title: The V Unit

Length: 83 866 words/290 pages

Release Date: July, 2014

Genres: M/M Romance

Themes: Military, Paranormal

Heat Rating: 5 flames

It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger.

Content Warning: This books contains a scene of sexual assault.

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Blurb 

Only a select few in the human world knew of the existence of the V-Unit, a small group of highly trained Marines - who happened to be vampires.
And it would have stayed that way.
But when events in the vampire world threatened the stability of the human world, the powers that be called for the unit's specialized services.
An intrepid war correspondent, Bronson Rudan, who'd seen more than his fair share of fighting, stumbles across the unit by accident, and is drawn into their world.
Bronson has no problem with that, given that he gets to spend time with a hunky Marine Lieutenant, Sarge. Although he won't remember any of this when they're through.
At least, that was the plan...

 

BOOK 4

Book Title: Life After Living

Length: 96 350 / 300 pages

Release Date: June, 2016

Genres: MM, Romance, Military, Fiction, Contemporary, Drama, Disability 

Themes: PTSD, Male Bonding

Heat Rating: 5 flames

It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger.

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Blurb 

Two men: each trying to cope with PTSD. 

Vance Spence is suffering from yet another loss. The episodes are becoming more and more frequent. Only time will tell if he will be able to cope with yet another person leaving him. 

Wade Farmer recently returned from Afghanistan only to have his family disown him for loving another man. He also is suffering from loss. When the two are put together, neither are comfortable with the situation, but agree to give it a try. 

Two different lives. Two different men. Two different experiences, but common ground gives each of them understanding. Are they strong enough to battle their own demons as well as the others? Only time will tell.

 

BOOK 5

Book Title: A Christmas Memory

Length: 22 293 words/ 55 pages

Release Date: November 2013

Genres: Contemporary MM Romance, Christmas, Holiday Romance, Short Story

Tropes: Teacher falls for the football coach.

Heat Rating: 5 flames

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Santa Claus Delivers

 

Blurb 

J.J. has always hated the holidays. Presents, decorations, the traditional family Christmas…It’s all his colleagues in the staffroom can talk about. J.J. avoids these conversations like the plague. He’d do anything to keep his co-workers from seeing the real J.J, the gay man who doesn’t want to be noticed. When he slips up and reveals that he is all alone with no plans for Christmas, the well-meaning ladies of his high school want to take him in for the holidays.
Oh hell….
Enter Coach Adam Sutton who comes to his rescue—and now J.J. is trapped by this hulk of a man who won’t take no for an answer. And he would have to be someone J.J finds attractive, wouldn’t he? Too bad he’s straight and J.J’s not about to step out of the shadows and make a move on him. He likes his arms where they are, thank you very much.
But Adam has a secret, one which is going to turn J.J’s world upside-down. Adam wants to give J.J. a Christmas to remember, but as it turns out, both men’s lives are never going to be the same again…

 

Excerpt from A Christmas Memory

“It would be a cold day in hell, I tell you,” Grace Griffin stated with a huff, her half-lens glasses dangling from the fake pearl chain which hung around her neck. She punctuated her latest remark by audibly popping a grape in her mouth.

“You know how these kids are today, Grace,” Libby Blankenship, the head librarian, said, wrinkling her nose.

I could feel my stomach turn sour just listening, dreading what I knew would be a continuation of the endless banter that wouldn’t stop until the final bell rang on Friday afternoon.

“I don’t care how much Elizabeth begged,” Mrs. Griffin went on. “I would never let my sixteen-year-old daughter go on a ski trip with her boyfriend, chaperones or not, especially over Christmas. Christmas is all about family, and family should be together for the holidays.”

“I agree with you, Grace,” Mrs. Blankenship said, her voice muffled by a tuna fish salad sandwich.

“Now that all my papers have been graded, and the testing is done, I can get on with finishing up my gift wrapping and get started on my Christmas baking.” The self-satisfaction on Grace Griffin’s face made the muscles in my jaw tighten.

“I have most of my shopping done,” Libby piped up, sounding very pleased with herself. “I have a few more things that I want to pick up but overall, I'm pretty much done.”

The main topic in the teacher’s lounge for the past week had almost always been the upcoming holidays. I would overhear some chattering about finding time to do their ‘holiday shopping’, or decorating their homes. Decorating? Hell, I didn’t have one Christmas decoration, never have, and doubted that I ever would. I just wanted the whole thing to be over with.

I was dreading this holiday season more than any in the past eight years. This was the first year of my teaching career as a high school history teacher. Previously, I'd always worked during the holidays, since I was paying my way through school, so I was always too busy to think about it too much. This year, however, I was going to have eighteen days off in a row, with nothing to occupy my time.

Friday being the last day of school for this calendar year, the conversation during lunch at the teacher's table revolved around nothing but the upcoming holiday break. I was so sick of hearing about it that I thought at any moment I would jump up and pull my hair out as I ran screaming from the building. That was until Coach Sutton sat down right across from me, making my mouth go dry. For some strange reason, he’d taken to sitting with me, or at least in the same vicinity as me, during lunch.

Coach was a bit of a hero around here, having taken the football team all the way to the state finals. They didn't win, but getting there was good enough for those around here, or so it seemed. He was also one of those outgoing, gregarious types, who seemed to draw everyone to them. It didn’t hurt that he was a young Tom Selleck look-a-like. The women swooned, and the men would be all buddy-buddy, high-fiving him while talking about what a fantastic season he’d had and what next year might bring. I had to admit that I myself had an internal love/hate thing going on for the guy. What gay man would not be attracted by his masculine good looks? The chipper personality, success, and popularity made me envious, and yes, even a little jealous, and there lay 

 

About the Author 

 

Max Vos is best known for his ‘inappropriate’ side. Bringing readers a range of stories with an unexpected edge. His bestselling novel My Hero is a hot and steamy romance, while his banned book Going Home questions what you know of love. With something for everyone, there is a Max Vos book for you.

Creativity has been a lifelong passion for Max, who retired from being a chef in 2011 and turned to writing. His strong relationships with the women in his life influence his stories and Max’s Southern charm shines through. Each new book will give you something to explore and love.

 

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