The Christmas Rebound by Seth King

It’s Christmas Eve, and Harry just dumped his boyfriend James after he denied his sexuality – and their relationship – in front of James’ entire family at their annual party.
When Harry agreed to come home with James to meet his family for Christmas, he had no idea James had never come out to his family – and after a week of pretending to be James’ “straight roommate,” Harry finally snapped.
All Harry wants to do is get out of James’ hometown forever – until he gets a message from James’ ex-boyfriend Dex, whom he’d bonded with earlier that week at a holiday party:
I know this might be weird and wrong, but I don’t want you to leave yet. I felt something this week – and I know you did, too. Now that you’re single. Please meet me for a drink. Please stay in town.
Harry knows it would be risky. And dangerous. And, quite possibly, very dramatic. He turns around anyway…
And steps into a gay Christmas wonderland with the guy of his dreams.
As the snow falls outside the tiny gay bar and the drag queens belt out Mariah onstage, Harry and Dex discover that their initial spark did indeed hint at the powerful connection that is now blooming between them…
But Dex is still the ex-boyfriend of the guy Harry dumped an hour ago. Do rebounds ever work at all? And can you really forge a future with someone so tied up in the same past you’d like to forget forever?