Watermelon Liqueur & Christmas Kisses

On Christmas Eve, after losing a patient he could not save, Dr. Ezequiel Ferreira wants only one thing: to disappear into the kind of silence that asks no questions.Instead, he finds himself in a nearly empty bar, nursing a glass of watermelon liqueur and the weight of a day he cannot forget.Nathan was meant to be nothing more than a momentary escape.A handsome stranger with restless green eyes, an easy smile, and an unexpected invitation to spend the night somewhere warmer than grief. But what begins as a chance encounter between two lonely men hiding from Christmas soon becomes something neither of them saw coming: a night of quiet confessions, candlelit dinner, shared laughter, and a connection too real to dismiss as seasonal magic.For Ezequiel, who has spent years keeping his heart carefully guarded, Nathan's kindness feels perilously close to hope.And for Nathan, who stopped believing life still had surprises left to offer, Ezequiel may be the one unexpected thing worth holding on to.Tender, intimate, and quietly unforgettable, Watermelon Liqueur & Christmas Kisses is an atmospheric MM holiday romance about grief, healing, and the extraordinary ways love can arrive when least expected—sometimes in the fragile space between midnight and a first kiss.