Declan Rhodes
Declan Rhodes writes heartfelt gay romance filled with swoony chemistry, small-town charm, and edge-of-your-seat suspense. Best known for his hockey romances and high-stakes romantic suspense series, he blends heart, heat, and unforgettable happily-ever-afters in every story.
A lifelong resident of the upper Midwest, Declan finds inspiration in the beauty of the Great Lakes, his love of travel, and the energy of the sports world. When he’s not writing, you’ll often find him experimenting in the kitchen, planning his next adventure, or cheering from the stands.
Summary:
Yuletide Valled #1
When carefree Jack Frost breezes into Noel North's life, Noel begins to rediscover the holiday spirit he left behind in Yuletide Valley, the charming Christmas town where he was raised. But there's a catch: Jack is the son of a ruthless businessman plotting to shut down the local hospital and ruin the town's traditions.
Despite his Jack's father's nefarious plans, Noel finds himself falling for Jack. As their affections blossom, Noel decides to embrace his family legacy and don the Santa suit once worn by his late father.
Together with Jack, he races to save the hospital and protect Yuletide Valley's holiday heritage from profit-hungry developers. With Jack's father dead set on ruining Christmas, Noel and Jack have only days to pull off a miracle and preserve the town's magical spirit.
Santa Just for One Day is a gay Christmas romance with a guaranteed happily ever after ending.
Summary:
Five years ago on Halloween, Jake Harmon’s partner, Dylan, perished when he wrapped his car around a steadfast maple tree. Each year, Jake makes a week-long pilgrimage to Dylan’s hometown of Port Timothy, Maine, hoping to ease some of the pain.
On his fifth annual trip, Jake finds his bed and breakfast host, Patrick O’Hare, impossibly attractive, and, in some ways, disquietingly familiar. As the week unfolds, secrets emerge, ghosts appear, and stories are told leading up to a fateful Halloween night.
Reunion is a 30,000-word paranormal gay romance novella with trick-or-treating, friendly ghosts, and a mysterious second chance.
Summary:
The League #1
Blake Powell was a minor league baseball player on the cusp of making it to the majors. His career promised fame, fortune, and the chance to play the game for small armies of fans. Then the roof caved in. A moment of distraction caused by a kiss, a wrong step, and a bone-shattering injury put an early end to his baseball career.
While nursing his injury, he met his new next-door neighbor Ian Chapman, a player-manager of a local gay softball team. Their first meeting is brief, but six months later, neither has forgotten that first encounter.
His baseball career is over, but Blake is soon a new star on Ian’s softball team, and Ian is teaching him new lessons about loving men. The future looks exceedingly bright until the game of baseball comes calling once again and Blake considers leaving his new life behind.
Complete Game is a 55,000-word gay romance novel with a cast of ragtag softball players, a bartender named Claw, and secrets long forgotten in Blake’s basement. It’s a slow-burn first time gay story with steamy scenes and a happily-ever-after ending. It is the first book in the series The League, but it can be read as either a standalone story or an introduction to the series.
Summary:
Living Legends #1
“Never have sex with the boss!” Chase’s sister Celia shouted the words with the extra emphasis only personal experience could provide. Fortunately, Chase’s situation was different. He was saying goodbye to the minor leagues, and he was unlikely to see his manager regularly ever again, much less play baseball for him. The opportunity to go to bed with Aaron Beck was Chase’s parting gift for leading the Rock City Ramblers to a second-place finish, and the gift was perfection.
Chase O’Rourke always played baseball well. From the moment he picked up a bat in a T-Ball league, the game came to him naturally. Seeing his sculpted body built perfectly for optimal batting and chasing down balls in the outfield, most observers thought big league stardom was the most important of Chase’s goals.
28-year-old Aaron Beck was one of the youngest managers ever in the minor leagues. He had baseball management in his blood from his World-Series-winning grandfather to his Uncle John who managed teams for more than a decade in the minor leagues. Aaron’s goal was clear. He would be a big-league manager by age 40.
Then Aaron got called up just months after Chase. They were not only both in the majors, they were working for the same team. Soon, high-minded vows to follow the rules and remain professional melted in the flames of passion. It was a brand new ballgame that Aaron and Chase were learning to play.
A Brand New Ballgame is a 52,000-word gay baseball romance with steamy scenes and a happily-ever-after ending. It has second chance and hurt-comfort themes.
On the Road to Christmas
Summary:Les and Sly embark on separate holiday road trips from Phoenix back home to Chicago. Neither knows that the magic of the season will intervene to make them lovers by the time the parallel journeys are over.
Both Les and Sly are still aching from recent breakups, and they vow to avoid romantic entanglements for the foreseeable future. Fate has other plans. By the time they unexpectedly cross paths for a third time, they suspect it might be more than a coincidence.
Good-natured happy-go-lucky Les is great at friendships and a failure at love. He moved to Phoenix to stick by his best friends and immediately jumped into another painful dating relationship that ended in a parking lot Christmas tree market.
Sly is eager to leave one of the worst years of his life behind. The end of a two-year romance and the death of his stepfather cast a cloud of gloom over his December. He decides to visit his mom in Chicago for a bit of guaranteed Christmas cheer.
On the Road to Christmas is a 40,000-word holiday romance. It features Christmas carols, Cadillac Ranch, lots of cookies, and a magical boost from Santa Claus.
An earlier version of On the Road to Christmas was published under the title Love for Christmas by Grant C. Holland. The book has been revised, updated, and expanded for re-release.
Reunion
On the Road to Christmas
