{"product_id":"tentacled-christmas-trilogy","title":"Tentacled Christmas Trilogy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTentacles Rock blurb:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eA tentacled waiter. A grumpy musician. A song that brings them together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eNereus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eI arrived in Miami to learn about the restaurant business so I could sail towards my goal of taking over my dad’s taverna. Or so I thought. Because when I meet Rick, a talented rockstar with a body to die for, my love for music reawakens. In the past, I found out through heartbreak and rejection, that the world wouldn’t accept a musician with tentacles. I can’t jeopardize my future and disappoint my family for a fling with a rockstar, no matter how much me and my tentacles want him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eRick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eAfter months of creative block and fruitless search for a new sound, I find something even better. A muse. But the waiter with a dimpled smile and talented tentacles becomes so much more to me all too quickly. The music we create together touches my heart, but it’s Ner who finally steals it. His dominant streak hidden behind easy smiles, the alluring shade of his teal skin, and the things he can do with those tentacles blow my mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eIf only he didn't have to return to Greece and the future he had planned before our paths crossed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eNereus and Rick’s lives couldn't be more different, their plans for the future more diverse, but the strength of their connection rivals the pull of the ocean.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eWill they have the courage to battle the storm of their lives to choose each other?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eTentacles All the Way blurb: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eA crush on his best friend. An artist unable to create. A month in snow-covered New York.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eHow to spend magical Christmas time with your bestie without falling in love?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eMarinos. Tentacled, dominant, secretly in love with his best friend.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eHow do I come out as pan to my gay best friend without telling him about my crush on him?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eThat’s right, my bestie from art college in Germany, the reason for my awakening, is going to stay with me for Christmas. No matter how tempted I am, I can’t crawl into his bed. Our friendship will suffer if he finds out that I know about his secret submissive side and I’ve been obsessed with learning how I could fulfill that for him. In my quest to become his dream dominant, I found out I have more in common with my kinky krampus friend than I ever thought. How would he react if he learned about that side of me? Worse yet, what will he think of me when he sees my failed career as a painter?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eKert. Horned and horny, burning for his tentacled bestie.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eFive years of making eyes at my tentacled Greek God of a roommate, then three more of us keeping in touch long-distance. Now, I’m about to visit him, spend my favorite holiday in magical New York City, and find the inspiration I desperately need to continue sculpting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eI hoped face-to-face time with Marin would cure me of my infatuation with my straight friend. Instead, all I can think of is his tentacles around me, taking charge, using me however he likes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eWould he be shocked to learn about my submissive side? I can’t risk tainting our friendship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eBut most of all, Marin can’t know that I’ve become famous while he didn’t didn’t find success. He’d resent me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eWill our reunion prove to be a Christmas disaster?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eTentacles All the Way blurb: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eA tentacled cook.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eA cat-shifter influencer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eA snowstorm that brings them together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eSpiro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eSpending Christmas away from my responsibilities as a chef at my family’s restaurant will give me the break from my busy life in Greece to recharge and plan the perfect new menu.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eOnce I’m in snowy Chicago, I end up sharing a house with a cute twink with big cat ears and rainbow socks. True to his name, Kaos bursts into my life like a tornado, luring me in with his carefree outlook, hopelessly romantic heart, and insatiable love for my talented tentacles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eI want to bring him so much pleasure he’ll remember our time for the rest of his life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eI need to hurry. After all, we only have a month before I go back to the life I carved for myself and we never see each other again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eKaos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eWhat’s a better cure for a breakup than a trip to a city I always wanted to visit? If I can enjoy the holidays far from home, nothing will stand in the way of my future success as a culinary influencer, and finding someone who’ll love me back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eBut when my plan goes sideways, a tentacled Greek god invites me to spend the month with him while he cooks dishes that match my needs. He treats me like I’m the most important person in his life while taking charge in bed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eDoes he truly like me, or is the wild attraction between us purely physical?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eIf I have my way, our holiday fling will turn into so much more than he bargained for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"K.C. 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