The Christmas Guest Who Never Leaves

Elliot Grant doesn't hate Christmas.

He just prefers it when everyone else is somewhere far away celebrating it without him.

For years, he's perfected the art of spending December alone. No awkward family arrangements. No pretending he doesn't notice when everyone else has somewhere they're expected to be. Just peace, quiet, and his irritatingly cheerful university roommate, Noah Bennett, disappearing home for the holidays.

Except this year, their student accommodation becomes uninhabitable days before Christmas.

And Noah discovers Elliot has nowhere else to go.

Noah refuses to leave his best friend behind. Which is how Elliot finds himself dragged into a chaotic British family Christmas full of crowded kitchens, terrible jumpers, competitive games, too many relatives, and people who seem strangely determined to act as though Elliot has always belonged there.

There is also one small problem.

There's only one bedroom.

And one bed.

After three years of friendship, shared groceries, stolen hoodies, lingering looks and an attraction neither of them has been reckless enough to touch, being trapped together over Christmas suddenly makes ignoring what exists between them considerably harder.

Especially when the snow starts falling.

Elliot has spent years convincing himself he doesn't need anywhere to belong. But surrounded by Noah's family, with Noah closer than ever, he begins to realise that wanting to stay might be far more dangerous than leaving.

The Christmas Guest Who Never Leaves is a warm and funny MM Christmas romance featuring university roommates, best friends to lovers, grumpy × sunshine, mutual pining, forced proximity, only one bed, snowed-in romance, found family, hurt/comfort, and a lonely hero discovering what it means to finally be expected somewhere.