True Colors (True Love #2) [Marco & Oskar] by Anyta Sunday

SUCH a beautiful heart felt story. My heart BURNED for Marco. As we only got his POV it took me time to truly warm up to Oskar. I could see he is sorry for what he said/done, but being inside Marco's sad and despair filled head I just wanted him to be happy, to be able to accept himself the way he is. Scars and all.

Oskar and Marco have been friends for YEARS. Living next door they hang out all the time, sneaking in each other's bedroom, playing, skating. When a car accident takes Marco's mom away, their friendship doesn't change, it even grows stronger in a way, but Marco does change. The scars on his skin and in his heart closes him out to the world.

One thing their friendship didn't survive - a cruel remark from Oskar breaks Marco's heart as well as their friendship. After that they share nothing but distant glances. Marco keeps his warm relationship with Oskar's younger sister (especially when Oskar moves away to college) but he wants nothing to do with the guy.

True Luck (True Love #1) [Ben & Sebastian] by Anyta Sunday

This novella was sweet and endearing. My heart was aching for the beautiful person Ben is, even though he seems to has it all - money, smarts - he isn't lacking in a heart. Yet six month before Christmas his father decides to teach him a lesson - he has to "save Christmas" meaning save the usual money the (overly rich) family spends on Christmas so his younger brother can enjoy the holiday as he is used to..

Wish Come True by Keira Andrews, Joanna Chambers, Amy Jo Cousins, Megan Erickson, Suki Fleet, Kaje Harper & Anyta Sunday

This is a holiday anthology I was really excited to read. First it contains a novella by Joanna Chambers - no doubt it means it's a MUST read, then I realized it also has novellas by Amy Jo Cousins and Megan Erickson! Yeah, I clicked on the buy button without thinking more about it. I recently read a short story by Kaje Harper I really enjoyed and planned on reading more by her so I was happy about that as well. I haven't read anything by the other authors and so it's a good opportunity to sample more "new" (=to me) authors.  

Another reason to grab this anthology is its worthy cause! The proceedings will be donated to "Lost-N-Found" youth - a nonprofit corporation whose mission is to take LGBTQ youths off the streets into permanent housings.