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Came Upon a Midnight Clear by [Katie Porter]

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A 2017 Riptide Holiday Charity Novel

Up-and-coming film producer Kyle Wakefield lives in the closet rather than risk the wrath of his influential, conservative parents. The only time he took a chance on love was a tempestuous teenage affair with Nathan Carnes. But when Nathan proved himself hell-bent on self-destruction and wound up in prison, Kyle closed off his heart.

Almost a decade later, Kyle’s production partner hires Nathan’s stunt company, Second Chances, to work on a big-budget action film in London. Nate is floored by his explosive reunion with Kyle. But he sure as hell isn’t surprised that Kyle still treats their mutual needs—and Nate—like dirty little secrets.

As the London holiday season casts its dazzling spell, the two men find themselves falling in love again. Kyle is one breathless kiss away from declaring himself to Nate—and to the world—but they cannot ignore secrets borne of youthful mistakes. To protect their bright new future, Kyle and Nathan will need all their passion and trust . . . and a little Christmas magic.

NOTE: This is a lightly edited reprint of a previously published novel.

Word count: 71,300; page count: 291

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Twenty percent of all proceeds from this title will be donated to the Russian LGBT Network. To learn more about this charity or to donate directly, please visit their website: lgbtnet.org/en.

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“Porter does a masterful job…”
—Publishers Weekly

“…raw sex scenes and emotional banter… readers who enjoy two strong personalities engaged in rediscovering love will find this book intriguing.”
—Library Journal

“This is the perfect piece of erotica: nuanced, complex, dirty, loving and intimate. The sex is scorchingly hot, but it’s made infinitely sexier by the layers of emotion that the team behind Katie Porter gives their characters.”
4 ½ stars and a Top Pick—RT Book Reviews --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Born to a wealthy and conservative family, film producer Kyle Wakefield ventured outside the closet only once: for a teenage affair with Nathan Carnes. When his reckless lover landed in prison, Kyle abandoned youthful hopes. Until he hires Nathan and his stunt crew of ex-cons.
Nathan has come a long way in thirteen years, but Kyle still treats their explosive sexual chemistry like a deep dark secret. As the London holiday season casts its spell, they find themselves falling in love again—even as old secrets keep them shackled. The only hope of unlocking their hearts is a Christmas miracle. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

About the Author

Katie Porter is the multiple award-winning writing team of Lorelie Brown and Carrie Lofty, friends for so long that they've stopped counting the years. Carrie holds an MA in history, loves movies, and has no fear of gross things like dissecting formaldehyde sharks. Her two daughters aren't appreciative. Lorelie is a US Army veteran and true-crime devotee, whose three boys love when she screams like a little girl around spiders.

Since launching the glitzy "Club Devant" series, set in a New York City burlesque club, the duo will return to their military-themed roots in the summer of 2014 with the adventurous, La Femme Nikita-inspired "Boston Boys" series.

To learn more about the authors who make up Katie, visit KatiePorterBooks.com or follow them on Twitter at @carrielofty, @LorelieBrown, and @MsKatiePorter. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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"What the f**k are you doing here?"

The minute the words left Nate's mouth, he knew how goddamned rude they sounded. It'd be pretty hard to miss. But Kyle Wakefield was more than a ghost from Nate's past. He was a demon. Someone he'd thought himself well quit of.

Second Chances needed this gig. Doing stunts for a Peter Upton picture would make them. Once and for all. There was no other reason Nate would drag his crew all the way to merry-f**king-England.

Kyle smiled. He'd never been exactly handsome. His features were bluntly rounded, with lines carving around his mouth. Those full lips though. Enough to plant dirty ideas in a man's mind. Especially when he knew what Kyle was capable of achieving.

"Nice to see you too, Nathan."

Stephanie's eyes narrowed. She was an attractive woman, if one went in for the over-done look. And vaginas. "You two know each other?"

"Well now, that's a matter of interpretation," Nate drawled. He flicked his jacket back, which was rapidly becoming too warm in the closely-packed pub. The fireplace at the far end didn't help. "I used to know someone named Kyle Wakefield. Turned out I knew someone entirely different than the rest of the world."

Kyle's eyes were brown. Just brown. Not rich or deep. But once, they'd been so special. Nate couldn't look away. "Is that really at issue right now?"

Nate ground his teeth. "You tell me. Does Ms. Penn know you like dropping to your knees and--"

"That's more than enough," Kyle said, interrupting. "If you don't mind, Steph, apparently we need to adjourn to my office and discuss a few things."

The blonde nodded, looking a little stunned. "Apparently you do. I'll fix things with Richard and wardrobe."

Kyle nodded, then wrapped his hand around Nate's upper arm.

Through the dark-paneled pub, up a narrow stairwell, and down to a single door, Nate let himself be herded. Upstairs, the large multi-use space stretched the entire length of the narrow building. A pool table at one end contrasted with three tables pushed together, piled with papers and half a dozen computers. Mid-way along the room was a grouping of couches that faced a seven-foot screen, probably for running dailies.

Most of all, it was private. Quiet. Through the wooden floorboards and scattered rugs came the muted thump of patrons downstairs. But up here, there was no one. Except him and Kyle. No sound but their breathing.

Nate curled his fingers into fists at the small of his back. "Your partner. In business?"

"Mostly."

Edgy, still stunned, Nate ranged toward the front of the room. Two slender windows looked out on the hotel where he'd agreed to stay for the next month. Most importantly, he wasn't looking at Kyle. That moment to recover his bearings was priceless. But he could feel the weight of the other man's gaze on his nape.

"Have you broadened your horizons, then? Used to be you had very narrow tastes."

"Still do." Kyle's voice was so hoarse. Almost as if he gave a s**t.

Nate had been with plenty of guys over the years--only one in the joint, despite prison's reputation. Didn't mean he'd ever forgotten Kyle's mouth. Those lips. The wet heat. More than that, though. The way he'd made Nate feel like the center of the world.

"I need this job," he found himself saying. Almost unwillingly. "I've got five of my best drivers, our parkour specialists, and Jimmy, our pyro guy. We turned down two other jobs. The outlay in time alone..."

"You've got it."

"Then why the hiding?"

There were a few quiet footsteps. The shifting of cloth and fine wool. "Would you have taken it if you knew I was involved?"

"F**k no."

Nate turned. A punch to the gut all over again. Kyle had stripped his jacket. The slim grey vest hugged his trim waist. His shoulders had filled out, even wider and thicker. The crisp white dress shirt gleamed in the low light.

Out of Nate's league. Always had been, even when they were in school. That had been a hard lesson learned, but he'd never thought himself dumb. Slow, maybe. Stupidly deluded by Kyle's insistence that so long as they were together, everything would be fine.

"I don't much care for working with two-faced assholes," Nate said quietly.

Kyle lifted his chin. He never smelled like anything so simple as soap. Expensive cologne made of musk and spice. "Ten years is a long time."

"You're right." Nate nodded with mock understanding. He was close enough that the small movement brought his mouth in line with Kyle's. At least they'd burned up the sheets. Always had. "So maybe I should just check in first. Downstairs, did you cut me off because I was rude as f**k? Or does everyone else think the pretty blonde bounces on your dick every night?"

"Stephanie has her own partners."

"That's not an answer."

Kyle licked his lips. Pink tongue, pink lips. Brown eyes, however, remained steady. "I keep my private life private."

Nate understood keeping things quiet sometimes. When necessary. But when a man had a trust fund, a Yale education and all the privileges available in life...not so much. His top lip peeled back from his teeth. "Yeah," Nate said. "If that's what you want to call it."

"I'm trying to do you a favor here, to make the right impression." Kyle's wide shoulders were tense beneath the pristine cloth. "Don't be like this."

"You led me around by the dick in high school, but I'm not your little bitch." He framed Kyle's jaw. The sharp bristle of evening growth abraded his palm. The tender flesh under Kyle's chin was meant for the press of a man's fingers. "Or maybe you can convince me that your financial beneficence is completely unlike your parents' methods of buying the world."

Kyle's tendons twitched. But he didn't pull away. "We each have a job to do here."

"You're always playing an angle."

"It's called being a professional. And you're doing really good work with your company."

Nate locked down against the greedy impulse to take that as a real compliment. He'd learned after three years on the inside that ex-cons didn't always get good breaks. Not only did future employers look on a record with disdain, it was a different kind of life. Freer. No regimen to keep the restlessness at bay. Adjustment was slow. People who didn't understand failed to provide the necessary help, which meant more men back behind bars.

So Nate had combined the adrenaline he used to get off boosting cars with a better purpose. Stunts. Then he'd set out to hire as many cons as he could reasonably train. They turned out to be excellent stuntmen.

Having little to lose helped. Just like Nate had very little to lose now. Second Chances was all he had, which meant pushing hard made no sense. He couldn't risk this gig.

Well, shouldn't risk it. Kyle went to his head. His c**k too.

"That's not an answer."

"I need a Maserati to barrel past Big Ben. It's not a bulls**t stunt, and neither are the others. They're big. The whole project is big. I need the best." Kyle's dark eyes narrowed. "Steph thought you were it, too. It wasn't just me. If we were wrong, just say the word. We'll find someone new."

"Don't you dare."

Kyle lifted his eyebrows, carving lines across his forehead. "Or what?"

Jesus, Nate knew that look. That challenge. They'd spent two years hiding in Kyle's fancy, so-huge bedroom. Sweaty and sticky, wrapped up in each other's bodies. All because of challenges thrown down and picked up again. Seeing it repeated, now all grown up, punched Nate in the small of his back. Tense pleasure.

Anticipation.

He took Kyle's mouth. Those lips he'd missed were soft under his. He couldn't even call it a kiss because it was all explosion. Tongues stroking together and teeth and taste. Kyle was bitter beer and memories. Kissing him was like taking back a piece of his youth, when Nate still thought he could be everything Kyle had hoped.

Before Nate had figured out he had a hard-on for self-sabotage. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B077M5MKSW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Riptide Publishing (November 18, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 18, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2468 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 274 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1619214962

Best Sellers Rank: #1,057,941 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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Katie Porter is the award-winning writing team of Lorelie Brown and Carrie Lofty. Both are multi-published in several romance genres. Carrie holds an MA in history, loves movies, and has no fear of gross things like formaldehyde sharks. Lorelie is a US Army veteran and true-crime devotee, whose three boys love when she screams around spiders. After years of wishing and planning, they finally share an office in the Chicago area.

All five of Katie Porter’s "Vegas Top Guns" erotic romances received 4½ Stars from RT BookReviews. These books are "impressive and incredibly well done," and will "move Fifty Shades of Grey to the children’s section." The third title, HOLD 'EM , won a Reviewers' Choice award for Best Erotic Romance, and the m/m Christmas-themed CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR was the first LGBTQ romance nominated for RT's Book of the Year.

To learn more about the authors who make up Katie, visit KatiePorterBooks.com or follow them on Twitter at @carrielofty, @LorelieBrown, and @MsKatiePorter.

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Sirius

Top notch writing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 4, 2012

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I am not going to go into the plot details - yes, I loved both characters, but what amazed me the most was the writing. Why you would ask? Because more often than not the books where conflict is supported by the characters complete inability to communicate drive me crazy. Not because I think it is not believable per se - of course people may misunderstand each other and not able to express how they feel - it is just usually in my experience the Big Misunderstanding is used as annoying substitute for the conflict and written badly.

Not so in this book. Actually I do not even think that misunderstanding was there, it is just really about the inability to communicate and surprisingly I was convinced.

Add to it the world of movies and risky movie stunts and you will understand why I enjoyed this one a lot.

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Netti3000

Good Story

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 5, 2012

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Unexpected. I enjoyed this book. Kyle had a hard time coming out and Nate was not about to join him that closet. Kyle made a gutsy choice for the love of an old lover.

Nate missed 10 years with man he loved because of Kyle's parents. He'll be damned if he loses any more. Nate pushed Kyle out of the closet in order for them to be together.

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Adriak

ok, title and cover did not do this book justice. So worth the gamble I took!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 26, 2014

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The sample I read drew me in but the tension, heat, and deep storyline kept me hooked. The concept of staying in the closet is nothing new but it was well written here. The emotional connections between the two characters were very strong. A little rough and aggressive at times but it really added to it. The added element of danger throughout during the stunts played in good opposition to the occasional tender moments shared between the two lovers. Their attempts at recapturing the love they both shared and lost was touching. Certainly kept one guessing the outcome til the end.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 25, 2014

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This story has all kinds of problems. The premise had promise. The author unfortunately created unsympathetic characters who were pathetic and at times cruel to someone they purportedly loved. Other than the action sequences the writing was dull and in at least one circumstance unbelievable. I will be more careful choosing a book. My time and money was wasted. Sorry.

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I loved this book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 30, 2012

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I really enjoyed this book for a few reasons. The first being that it was actually very well written. I enjoy m/m fiction, but often it is not well written, and the characters lack development. These characters were both very likable, and there was enough erotic detail and romance, without being trashy or tacky.

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L. Moon

Pass it up - you'll thank me

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 18, 2013

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There really isn't a plot here. There are only some words used to string sex scenes together. The characters are unlikable, and they have enough angst to totally turn you off.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 3, 2013

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Omg the angst!! Great book (and great cover) no wonder it won all those awards!
I needed five more words...

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"...it's a book I'm glad I read..."

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 26, 2013

Film producer Kyle Wakefield is finally working on a film that looks like it's going to be a blockbuster. Seeing an opportunity, he makes sure to hire his former lover's stunt company, Second Chances, a crew made up entirely of ex-cons. Kyle is still fully closeted, but reuniting with Nathan Carnes makes that difficult. Old feelings bubble right back up, and they're soon embroiled in a wild affair. Nathan wants more than Kyle is willing to give, however, so Kyle is determined that the end of filming will be the end of their affair. Watching Nathan risk his life on dangerous stunts and spending time with him off-set make that a tough resolution to keep.

More than a decade after insecurity and bad choices led Nathan to destroy whatever chance he and Kyle had of staying together, he's shocked to find Kyle is the man behind the company that hired his crew. At first, anger leads Nathan to want to punish Kyle for keeping their relationship hidden. It's not long before Nathan's getting in deeper than he wanted to with Kyle. He's determined to keep his defenses up.

Can two men scarred by the past find a way to move on together, or will their holiday reunion be short-lived?

Came Upon a Midnight Clear is a bittersweet tale of love lost and found again. I found it a bit difficult to read at first, because there's so much anger between Nathan and Kyle, especially on Nathan's part. Their early interactions are so full of anger and bitterness it nearly overwhelms the heat between them. After a while, though, they both begin to lose sight of the past and focus more on the present, where real feelings are being reborn between them.

Kyle's spent his life trying to please his parents, and the past few years building his business with his partner and best friend, Stephanie. Hiring Nathan's company for his movie appears to everyone else to be a purely business decision, but Kyle has ulterior motives, which is why he has Stephanie deal with Nate until they're on set. When he reveals himself, Nate is understandably furious, especially since he can't just tell Kyle off and leave--his employees depend on him. At first Kyle's real motives are unclear. I wasn't sure if he only wanted to reconnect in an attempt to make up for how horribly his and Nate's relationship had ended the first time, or if he was really ready for something real. Even Kyle clearly doesn't know for sure, and the uncertainty makes for an unsettled reading experience.

Nate felt like Kyle's dirty little secret in high school. That feeling led him to make a terrible mistake--one which resulted in jail time. Now all he cares about is making his stunt company, Second Chances, the best in the business. Finding out Kyle's the man behind the job is a shock to Nate, who reacts poorly. The heat between them is still there, which Nate is happy to take advantage of, but the thought of loving Kyle again scares Nate. He doesn't want to have his heart ripped out again, so he puts up protective walls and treats Kyle cruelly at several points.

A few times I had to put Came Upon a Midnight Clear aside because Kyle and Nate hurt each other so badly, both in the past and in the present. I kept going, however, hoping there could be a better ending to their second chance. My persistence was rewarded. While they have to go through a lot, Kyle and Nate both grow and learn a great deal about themselves and each other. Came Upon a Midnight Clear isn't the easiest book to read, but in the end it's a book I'm glad I read.

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R H Warwick

If you like a book with a lot of sex and some kind of story, it just might be for you

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 1, 2018

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I guess I had high hopes about this book, because it was about making a film. Instead it's mainly about
2 men that meet years ago, and what happens when they meet again. One is the money man the film the other
a stunt men. Most of it is about there sex lives and meeting up to have sex all the time. Its mainly about them
having sex, then a bit about making this film. I'm in 2 minds about this book, I've nearly finished it, and it just
go'es on about them meeting up for sex. I do like sex in books, but I also like a good story to go with it.

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One of the best.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 22, 2013

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I had never read anything written by Katie Porter before I read this book
and it is one of the best books that I have read for a while.
It was a first class book in every way The two guys were perfect and I could not help feeling that things would go right for them ,When they last met there was so
much left unsaid between them and after all that time apart they have a chance
to get to know what really happened and also a chance to put things right between
them because the one thing they never lost was their love for each other.
I will read this excellent book more than once.
Its worth more than the price asked and more than 5 stars.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 11, 2013

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Meet Kyle and Nate, our two chiseled star-crossed lovers. Ten years after a youthful romance blew up leaving Kyle in the closet and Nate in the klink, events reunite them on a film set in festive London. Kyle, richer than god and physically as beautiful as one, is perfectly happy to pick up where they left off -- just as long as it stays behind closed doors. Nate, from a different world but apparently the same cosmic gene pool, won't accept anything more than total flag-waving openness. Each man wrestles with the ghosts of their lost love alone -- while wrestling a lot with each other. Can they find a way to move beyond their pain and insecurities and forge a life together? More importantly, can they pause the bedroom athletics for long enough to talk about it?

Nate is by far the more sympathetic protagonist, having at least one discernible character flaw and something recognisable as a personality outside of the sack. Kyle is superficially dazzling but a rather wooden human, like a perfume advert personified. If there is more to him than a flawless physique and an enormous ...bank account, we never get to see it. This is a shame, because we're supposed to believe that Nate has been in love with him his whole adult life. I suspect the author was as dazzled by Kyle's beauty and wealth as we are supposed to be, and consequently forgot to worry about a personality. Maybe it's a case of playing to the audience but I had a strong sense throughout the book that Nate could have done a lot better.

If you can get past the inexplicably pretentious title, Came Upon a Midnight Clear is essentially about two hot guys getting it on. A lot. Sure, there's a back story, and a plot of sorts, but mostly there is two guys with nothing else to do at night but hump like angry bunnies. Life, for our protagonists, is what happens during those moments when you're too sore to go at it again. And it's good as far as that goes. But the thin plot and lack of characterisation make for rather joyless romance.

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London at Christmas

Reviewed in Germany 🇩🇪 on August 3, 2013

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London at Christmas is never this nice except in films but perhaps thats just right because after all this is a story set on a film 'set'. Not much more to say, two hot main characters, a good support cast, a nice level of suspense, lots of hot sex and what more could you want lying in front of a fire on a cold Christmas night with a light read?

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