I’ve been a huge Amy Aislin fan ever since I read my first book by her and I loved Get Frosted. It’s a really sweet older brother’s best friend story with just the right amount of spice. It’s part of the multi-author series called Christmas Falls. Each of the books can be read as standalones and read in any order; the thing that connects them is the town of Christmas Falls.

Mik was a pro-hockey player, just like his older brother and his brother’s best friend, Rudy. All of them are now retired and living in Christmas Falls. Mik and Rudy had a huge rivalry thing going on when they were playing but things have started changing now that they’re retired. What used to feel like snippy comments from Rudy now has Mik thinking that it’s more like flirting and it’s got him reevaluating how he feels about Rudy. Rudy has had a crush on Mik for a few years but never acted on it. Now that their hockey rivalry is over, he wants to show Mik that there are other ways for them to connect.

I loved how sweet these two are together once they both admit to their feelings. I also loved the family feeling in this story. Mik and his family are close and Christmas Falls is home. Rudy is also close to his mom and dad but they’ve always moved around so Rudy isn’t used to being in one place as long as he’s been in Christmas Falls. Rudy has to decide whether or not he can put down roots and stay with Mik for the long haul.

This is a pretty low angst story with warm family feelings and lots of Christmas cheer. Reading Get Frosted was the perfect way to spend an evening.

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“You certainly know how to make a splash,” said a dry voice at his elbow, shaking him out of his irritation.

And setting into motion a new kind of annoyance that fizzled in Mik’s blood. “No one asked you,” he said to his brother’s best friend.

Rudy Snow raised one dark eyebrow, because of course he could do that. When Mik tried, he ended up with both eyebrows at his hairline.

“It’s certainly . . .” Rudy cast his gaze around, taking everything in. “Unique.”

“It’s majestic.”

“It looks like the Island of Misfit Toys. All you’re missing is a Charlie-in-the-Box.”

Crossing his arms over his chest, Mik clenched his teeth. “You’re not allowed to judge. You don’t even have a wreath on your front door.”

Rudy made a sound in the back of his throat, a rumbly laugh that made the back of Mik’s neck itch. “Do you often happen to find yourself outside my house, Miki?”

Mik’s stupid feelings went all gooey at the nickname. Or maybe that was just hunger. “It’s on my way to work.”

“Sure. If you take the long way.”

God. Why did he have to be so annoying?

And hot.

And annoyingly hot. All dark-haired and dark-eyed and scruffy-jawed, with a natural tan to his skin that perpetually made him look like he’d just come from the beach. He stood a couple of inches taller than Mik’s five feet eleven. At a year older than Mik’s thirty-one, Rudy was as fit now as he’d been when he’d played in the NHL, even two and a half years post-retirement.

Mik had considered himself lucky to be drafted to his brother’s team’s rival. With Mik playing for Washington and Josh playing for Pittsburgh, it had given Mik the chance to step out of his brother’s shadow and assert himself as his own person. And playing up the rivalry between their teams had been all sorts of fun at family get-togethers.

The problem Mik hadn’t anticipated had been twofold.

First, because Josh’s rookie year had been the gold fucking star of rookie years, Mik had been instantly compared to him when he’d been drafted a year later, forevermore casting him in the role of Josh Gilmore’s little brother.

Second, there was Pittsburgh defenseman Rudy Snow. And Pittsburgh defenseman Rudy Snow wasn’t shy about checking his teammate’s little brother into the boards during Mik’s first Washington versus Pittsburgh game.

“It’s no secret in the league that your brother and his teammate Rudy Snow are good friends,” a reporter had said to Mik during the post-game interview after that game. “What do you have to say to your brother’s best friend after that check in the second period?”

Um, nothing?

He’d barely known Rudy. Plus, checking was what hockey players did.

While both those things were true, that hadn’t been what the reporter wanted to hear. So Mik had smirked and said, “That he better watch out. He won’t get the jump on me again. In fact, next time, I’m going to swipe the puck out from under him and score. Just wait and see.”

Mik had later learned that Rudy had responded to that with a pithy, “He can try.”

And that was it. Instant rivalry.

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